TENNIS TEAMS
A REPRESENTATIVE PARTY A day full of engagements fared the j visiting British lawn tennis players on Saturday. After play in the afternoon | at the Stanley Street tennis courts the j team was entertained at a dinner party I at the Hotel Oargen by the Auckland j Lawn Tennis Association, after which they Mere taken to Dixieland, where j they were the guests of the management I for the evening, together with their i hosts. The team comprised Miss Dorothy | Hound, who was wearing a frock of | black net and lace with a cherry velvet j sash; Miss E. M. Dearman, in a soft blue figured frock; Miss N. Lyle, | powder blue lace with a large pale j pink velvet rose in front of the cor- | sage; Mr. G. P. Hughes, captain and j manager, and Mr. F. .T. Perrv. Their 1 hosts included Mr. P. Harrison, presi- i dent of the Auckland Lawn Tennis j Association, with whom was Mrs. Har- j rison, wearing moss green flat crepe with pear] trimming; Mr. H. Clav, Mr. S. Lamb, .Air. S. A. Cleal, Mr. .1. K. Hall, Mr. E. W. Griffiths, Mr. A. E. ! Bockett, Mr. L. J. Williamson, Mr. A. j K. Turner and Mr. N. C. Pierce (sec- i retary), members of the executive of I the Auckland Association. There were also present Mr. T. E. j Hickson, president of the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association, and Mrs. Hickson, who was wearing scarlet lace; Mr. H. N. Burns (secretary), Mr. A. E. Thompson, president of the Waikato Association, Miss Marjorie Macfarlane, Mr. D. G. France, Mr. N. G. Sturt, j Mrs. H. Clav, 31 r. S. Lamb, Mrs. S. A. Cleal. Mrs. J. K. Hall, Mrs. E. W. Griffiths and Mrs. N. C. Pierce. The toast of the English Association ! was proposed by .Mr. P. Harrison, and | responded to by Mr. G. P. Hughes; ! that of "Our Visitors," proposed by Mr. j T. E. Hickson, was replied to by Mr. F. J. Perry; that of the Wightman Cup ' team, proposed by Mr. H. Clay, was j replied to by Miss Dorothy Round and j that of the New Zealand Association, i proposed by Mr. S. Lamb, was re- ! sponded to by Mr. H. X. Burns.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21949, 5 November 1934, Page 3
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