TENNIS STAR WEDS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22839, 21 September 1937, Page 3

TENNIS STAR WEDS

MISS DOROTHY ROUND ! NEARLY 15,000 SPECTATORS CROWDS BREAK POLICE CORDON [ FHOJI OUR OWN COP.RKSrONIJKNT] LONDON, Sept. 4 About 15,000 people, mostly women, lined the barriers erected in front of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, Dudley, Worcestershire, for the wedding, on September 2, of Miss Dorothy Round, the "Wimbledon lawn tennis champion, to Dr. Douglas Leigh Little. In spite of the efforts of scores of police to keep them back, thousands broke through when the bride arrived at the church. She came with her father, and had the greatest difficulty in reaching the gate to the avenue leading, to the church. The bride wore a high-necked dress of ovster-tinted lame ornamented with a long row of buttons which extended from the back of the neck to within a yard of a three and a-half yards train. She carried a bouquet of cream roses. Miss Mary Hecley, of Birmingham, a well-known tennis player, who was bridesmaid, wore a dress of blue taffetas and carried a bouquet of red roses. Two children, wearing frocks of blue chiffon, were train-bearers. Dr. William Miller, who was an undergraduate at Glasgow University with the bridegroom, was best man, and there were six groomsmen, including three of the bride's brothers. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. H. V. Capsey, secretary of the Methodist Sunday School Union, and a friend of the bride and her parents. Bride's V«il Torn

There were further enthusiastic scenes when the wadding party left the church. As clu; bride stooped to kiss little Margaret Eveson, daughter of the Mayor of Stourbridge, who handed her a huge autographed silver key—a symbol of happiness—the women in the crowd raised loud cheer. Many ran down the road in the wake of the car that carried the couple to the reception in the Dudley Town Hall, where the crowd was so thick that the car was brought to a standstill. It was pushed the remainder of the way by the people surrounding it. The bride's veil was torn in the crush. The only tennis note struck at the reception was a tennis ball and racquet ornament on the three-tier cake. Miss Betty Nuthall and many county tennis champions were present. Home Secretary's Gift Among the presents received were ash trays from Sir Samuel Hoare, Home Secretary and president of the Lawn Tennis Association, and Lady Maud Hoare, and an antique bedroom suite presented by the Dudley Town Council. Gifts were also sent by members of the British Wightman Cup team. The honeymoon is being spent motoring, walking and golfing in Scotland. Dr. and Mrs. Little will take up residence in Dudley. The former is a county hockey player and a keen golfer, but plays very little tennis.