TENNIS.

Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume XXVII, Issue 1349, 15 December 1931, Page 3

TENNIS.

Nightcaps A grade team emerge from the first round of the compet tion undefeated when they beat Otai )t tau on Saturday m even sets, but t 95 to 91 games. • v The day was ideal and a very ii teresting match ensued, the local me c proving strong to win all thei singles and men's combined but oni 0 Miss T. Scatter was equal to winninj m the ladies' singles. Mclvor provei , he is entitled to be ranked as Wes tern's top man, as, having beatei Higgins, he beat Johnstone on Satur s day by 9-8, with the final game runn 1 ing to duece. This was a well-fough . struggle with splendid volleys o . first class driving shots and gooc ■ placements. S. Harrington looked t< 5 be beaten, 7-4; at one stage, but per . sistency and good placing won out tc ! land him a winner, 9-8. Burgess, a promising young player, made tbc many mistakes on the day and was beaten by Alan. Harrington, *but made no race of his combined with Mrs Laidlaw, defeating the Otautau pair -7-0. Altogether, it_was a good, even match and it will be interesting to see the result at their second meeting. The results were t Otautau "names first: — OTAUTAU v. NIGHTCAPS. Men's Singles. E. Mclvor 9 v. Johnston 8; R. S. Harrington 9 v. Grant 8; C. A. Hairington 9 v. Burgess 3; R.. W. janson 9 v. Kennedy 6. -„ Ladies' Singles. ....; Miss T, Scatter 6 v. Miss Hunt 4 ; Miss Harrington 3 v. Mrs, Malcolm 6; Miss McDougall 1 v. Mrs -Laidlaw 6; Miss Gonley 4 v. Mrs Baird 6. Combined Doubles. Miss' Scatter. and Mclvor 7 v. Miss Hunt and -Johnston 3; Miss Harrington 6 v. Mrs Malcolm and Grant -7 ; Miss McDougall and A. Harrington 0 v. Laidlaw and Burgess 7y Miss Gonley and Janson sv. Mrs Baird and Kennedy 7. Men's Doubles. Mclvor and , S. Harrington 9 v. Johnston and Grant 6 ; A. Harrington and Janson 9 v. Burgess and Kennedy 6. Ladies' Doubles. Miss Scatter and Miss Gonley 0 v. Miss Hunt and Mrs Malcolm 0; Miss McDougall and Miss Harrington 5 v. Mrs Laidlaw and' Baird 6.