BADMINTON

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22822, 1 September 1937, Page 11

BADMINTON

AUCKLAND TOUENEY D GRADE COMPETITIONS FINAL STAGES REACHED The Auckland provincial badminton tournament was continued last night at the Colonial Motor Company's building, when the D grade events were reduced to the final stages. Matches in this grade will be concluded this evening, and a start will then be made with the C grade men's singles. Results were as follows: — Men's Singles.—Second round: N. Simmonds beat D. F. Johnston, 21—G; A. Douglas beat C. O. Hughes, 21—15; J. N. Webster beat J. B. Gibson, 21—'JO; E. Watts beat G. R. Wallace. 21—IS; R. G. Carson won from J. G. Beale by default; Cochrane beat Stone, 21—IS; Thomas beat A. E. Carson, 21—19; Deverill beat Cutfield, 21 —11. Quarter-finals: N. Simmonds beat D. F. Johnston, 21—7; D. A. Deverill beat J. N. Webster, 21—18; E. Watts beat R. G. Carson, 21—17. Ladies' Singles.—Semi-finals: Miss J. Brown beat Miss M. Shand, 1.7—15; Miss M. Brown beat Miss M. Hansen, 15 —11. Men's Doubles.—First round: A. E. and R. G. Carson beat Douglas and Shand, 21—1(5; Cochrane and Hughes beat Johnson and McLaren, 21 —13. Second round: Hopkins and Johns beat Wallace and Treyes, 21—18; Clark and Whalley beat Greenhalgh and Power, 21—10; A. and I. Cutfield beat Blackett and Kirk, 21 —5; Cutforth and Nielson beat Ncedham and Maxwell, 21 —(>; Dixon and Whitten beat A. E. and R. G. Carson, 21 —20; Cockrane and Hughes beat McCallum and Simmonds, 21 —10. Men's Doubles. —Second round: Smith and Vail beat Watts and White, 21—fi; Sharpies and Walker beat Stone and Stonex, 21—0. Quarter-finals: Hopkins and Johns beat Clark and Whalley, 21—0; A. and 1. Cutfield beat Dixon and Whitten, 21 —15; Cockrane and Hughes beat Cutforth and Nielson, 21 —18. Ladies' Doubles. —First round: Misses Stenson and Ash win beat Misses B. Ashley and D. Totman, 21—3; Misses E. Pollard and Gibson beat Misses H. Hansen and J. Russell, 21 —20. Semi-finals: Miss Fricker and Mrs. Southley beat Misses Hunter and McLaren, 21—0; Misses Pollard and Gibson beat Misses Stenson and Ashwin, 21 —10. " _ Combined Doubles'. —First round: Trayes and Miss M. Brown beat R. Walker and Miss D. Cameron, 21—7. Second round: Simmonds and Miss Shand won by default from Dixon and Miss A. Gilmore; McCallum and Miss Stenson beat Theyers and Mrs Pollard, '21—18; D. Smith and Miss Hansen beat Maxwell and Miss Bower, 01 —0; Hughes and Miss Greaves beat Trayes and Miss M. Brown, 21—7; Greenhalgh and Miss Fricker beat McLaren and Miss Skeen, 21—0. Quarter-finals: Simmonds and Miss Shand beat Ncedham and Miss Cunningham, 21—12; Hughes and Miss Greaves beat Greenhalgh and lliss Fricker, 21—7; Smith and Miss Hansen beat Sharpies and Miss P. Cameron, 21—7; McCallum and Miss Stenson beat Vail and Miss Russell, 21—11.