LAWN TENNIS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22203, 5 March 1934, Page 6

LAWN TENNIS

INTERPROVINCIAL MATCH -ABANDONED * Rain seriously interfered with play in the lawn tennis tournament between teams ..from North Otago and Southland on Saturday, and after a number of games had been played on the Logan Park courts the venue of the tournament was shifted to the St Clair Club's courts in the hope that better condition* would prevail. The reverse was the case, however, and the tournament was finally abandoned "%ith Southland leading by seven matches to North Otago's two. The results' of the completed matches were as foljows (Southland names first) : MEN'S SINGLES.'. Sumpter beat" Mollison, 6—2. 6—2. LADIES/ SINGLES. Miss Melvin 0, Miss Miller 9. Miss Graham 6, Miss Sumpter 9 MIXED DOUBLES. , Sumpter and Miss Melvin beat Gal* lagher and Miss Weavers, 7—5, B—6. Baird and Miss Rein beat Feathert and Miss Romans, 6—3, 6—4.; Hanan and Mrs Hanan beat Johnston and Miss Miller, I—6, 6—3, 6—4. Cockerill and Miss. J. Wilson beat Whelan and Miss Baikie. 2—6. 6—4, '6—4." , - ;;, ■ - M'Leod arid Miss R. Wilson beat MolIkon and Miss Sumpter, 6—3, 7—5. Barnes and Miss Graham beat Maud* and Miss Wylde-Brown, 6—o, 6-^-3.-OTAGO y. SOUTH CANTERBURY VISITORS; EASILY DEEEATEDI . (Pes United Press Association.) TIMARU, March 4. In an interprovineial lawn tennis cottiesf on Saturday, South Canterbury cured an easy win over Otago*. , The visitors, who were unaccustomed to grass courts, took some timei to\ settle down. The home team won all the Women's Singles, losing only one set, and the men won four but of the six Singles. The women .won: all the Doubles gam"es, the men dropping one, while the visitors won three of the Mixed. ,