TENNIS FINALS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22950, 31 January 1938, Page 3

TENNIS FINALS

PERFECT CONDITIONS many spectators present CLOSELY-FOUGHT MATCHES A large number of enthusiastic spectators gathered to see the closelyfought finals of the Auckland tennis championships held at the Stanley Street courts on Saturday. There was a slight breeze blowing which made the conditions perfect for the spectators, as it prevented the heat from being excessive. The finalists in the ladies' events, Miss Margaret Beverley, Miss Berenice Bishop, Miss Marjorie Facfarlane, Miss Pam C'ooke and Miss Ruth Taylor, all looked smart and neat in either the now much-favoured shorts or short white dresses. Among thoso present were; — Mrs. J. B. Macfarlane, Mrs. G. L. Taylor, Mrs. Malcolm Robb, Mrs. Spencer Lamb, Mrs. J. K. S. Hall, Mrs. A. L. Stedman Mrs. D. L. Dobson, Mrs. John Dreadon, Mrs. A. Stewart, M rs. Eric Tonks, Mrs. W. Melody (Wellington), Mrs. E. W. Griffiths, Mrs. Percy Harrison, Mrs. Leese. Mrs. Martin, Mrs. D. G. Franco (Wellington), Mrs. N. G. Sturt, Mrs. S. Mitre, Mrs. Deidrich (California), Mrs. Livingstone (Waikato), Mrs. N. Gleeson, Mrs. L. Munro, Mrs. J. Glennie, Mrs. J. C. Charters, Mrs. Osborne-Lilley, Mrs. Tong, Mrs. Cooke, Mrs. R. Sketch, Mrs. C. Knott (Suva), Mrs. S. C. Hodges, Mrs. Bishop, Mrs. Burns. Mrs. Green, Miss Gwen Hooper, Miss May Beverley (Matamata), Miss Margaret Deidrich (California), Miss Phyllis Bent, Miss Nancy Whitelaw, Miss Sydney Bickerton-Fisher, Miss Roma Drake, Miss .June Bnbb (Sydney), Miss Rita Pagni, Miss Betty Griffiths, Miss Amy Graham (Waverley), Miss Joan St. George, Miss Deidre Williams, Miss Barbara Stedman, Miss Barbara George, Miss Marge Savage, Miss Nesta Self, Miss Hodges (England), Miss Margery Hall, Miss Margaret Glenny (Hawke's Bay), Miss Elizabeth Plummer (East Coast), Miss Pat Wootton.