TENNIS.
■ - ; — - — ," m A -A I" '".-' " : (Per PreKS Association.) , AA : AUCKDA'N'P,. Ja-st night. Exhibition' matches ,bet\y!eien Wilding and Parker m singles, and Wilding and Grossman and Parker and. -Fisher iij doubles, took i-lace this^ aftoriioon ori.. the Eden and lEpsom. coni-ts. Ther^f was v. lai'ge attendance, indluding -Sir Joseph Waaxl' and party; In the singles Parkfer beat Wilding, S-~ 6, ■ fr—4.- -'Wilding ap--peared to have an off day, and at various stages slackened off • considerably . Padv* ker'a hitting was im-ariaibly- well directed, and by his shot© lie frequently coax, ed Wilding out of position^ "by, clever manoeuvring. In the doubles Parkea* iaid Fisher beat Wilding a.nd ; Gax>ssman m the first set, 6 — 4, and the second set wentito Wilding and Grassm«_n 7 B—6: At this stage Wilding retired. 'Wilding 1 -und Fisher left by the express this evening for Wellington en route to Nelson.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11465, 22 December 1908, Page 7
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143TENNIS. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11465, 22 December 1908, Page 7
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