LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
By Telegraph. —Press Association. Auckland, X'ecember 27. 3he Championsbix) Tenuis* Tournament opened to*day. There was a splendid attendance and the lawns were in good order. Following are the results : Men’s Championship Singles.—First round —Peel beat Take, 6—2, 6-1, Ct*4 ; Parker beat Gore, 6—3, 6—2, 6—3 ; Smith beat Brabant, 6—l, 4—6, 6—3, 6—3, 9 «J. Marshall, a bye from Staite ; Hooper beat Fisher, 6—l, 6-6, 6—l. Second round— Parker beat Smith, 6—2. 6—2, 8- 6 ; Hooper boat J. Marshall, 6—o, 6—3, 6 —4. Champion Doubles. —Brabant and Peacock a bye from Staite and Rees; Hooper and P, Marshall beat Tuke and Smith, 6 —2, 6—o, 6—2. . 3 Men’s Handicap Singles.—Firstround —J. Wilson a byo from Purdio, Goldie beat Keea, J. Peacock beat Peel, Harrison boat Davis, Tnke beat Sinclair, Brown a bye from Gore, Stevenson beat Dinwiddie, Second round— Gentles beat McLeod, Staite beat Bruce, Styche beat Burton, J. ‘Marshall beat Lawford, Smith beat Robinson, Dargavillo beat Macfarlano, Turner beat D’Aroy, Woolmcr beat Cooke. , _ . Ladies’ Handicap Singles,—Miss Read beat Mrs Baldwin, Miss Whitelaw beat Mrs Chapman, Miss Paterson beat Miss Van Aach, Miss Bull beat Miss Dargaville. Second round— Mrs .Nowell beat Miss Kennedy, Miss Harvey beat Miss Jolly. , Men’s Handicap Doubles.—H. R. Cooke and A. Harrison beat J, and J. K. Wilson, Gentles and Caldwell beat Woolmer and Gillies, Peel and Turner beat Scherff and Baddeley, Hooper and P. Marshall boatJ. M. Marshall and Baker, i Comb ned Handicaps. Miss Brabant and Robinson beat Mrs Baldwin and Brabant, Miss Davy and Take beat Mrs Chapman and A. Goldie, Miss Gome and J. Peacock beat Mias Ledingham and H. R. Cooke, Mias Nunneley and P, Fisher beat Mias Bellairs and J. Wilson, Miss Kennedy and W. Styche 4 beat Miss Uargaville and A, Peel, Mias Stewart and Garcia beat Mias Sloman and J. Wilson, Miss Whitelaw and J. Caldwell beat Mrs and Mr Gentles. Ladies* Handicap Doubles.—Misses Hawey beat Miss Bellairs and Miss Davy, Misses Patterson and Keals boat Mrs Harrison and Mrs Baldwin.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 3318, 28 December 1897, Page 4
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336LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT. New Zealand Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 3318, 28 December 1897, Page 4
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