ENGAGEMENTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23058, 8 December 1936, Page 13

ENGAGEMENTS

The engagement is announced between George Brice Alexander, son of Mr and Mrs J. B. C. Templeton, of Albert Town, Wanaka, and Elizabeth Clifford (Cliffie), twin daughter of Mr and Mrs T. C. M'Math. of Gore, The engagement is announced in London between Mr Eskell D. Andrews, the Wimbledon lawn tennis star and New Zealand Davis Cup player, son of Mr and Mrs Oscar Andrews, of Palmerston North, and Miss Yoma Hamilton Watson, daughter of Mr Robert I. Watson and of Mrs Watson, of Boldrewood, Sunningdale. Mr Andrews, who is on the Stock Exchange, won a great reputation at Wimbledon as a "giant-killer." His great win over F. T. Hunter, the American Davis Cup player, was a feature of the 1928 championship meeting. In 1932 he led Frank Shields, another great American player, two sets to love, before injuring an ankle, but still fought on to the fifth set. At Cambridge Mr Andrews captained the University Squash team as well as gaining a blue for lawn tennis. A widely-travelled man, Mr Andrews has recently made world tours on business in which about 50 countries were visited. He is a well-known squash-playing member of the Bath Club. I