RIVERSDALE NOTES

Southland Times, Issue 20950, 6 December 1929, Page 8

RIVERSDALE NOTES

TENNIS MATCH. RIVERSDALE A v. BALFOUR A. (From Our Correspondent.) The Balfour team met and were defeated by the local team on Saturday. After an exciting day’s play Riversdale ran out the victors by 101 games to 95, the sets being 8-all. The weather was not all that could be desired. The following were the results, Riversdale names being mentioned first:— Ladies’ Singles: Mrs Pankhurst 7 v. Miss L. Grant 1; Miss Stanton 5 v. Mrs Wilson 7; Miss Wayte 7 v. Mrs Henderson 3; Mrs Stevenson 7 v. Miss J. Grant 6. Men’s Singles: Shallard 9 v. Savage 6; O'Brien 6 v. Squires 9; Pankhurst 7 v. O. Wilson 9; Ryan 5 v. R. Wilson 9. Combined Doubles: Mrs Pankhurst and Shallard 7 v. Miss L. Grant and Savage 6; Miss Stanton and O’Brien 4 v. Mrs Wilson and Squires 7; Miss Wayte and Pankhurst 4 v. Mrs Henderson and O. Wilson 7; Mrs Stevenson and Ryan 7 v. Miss J. Grant and R. Wilson 2. Ladies’ Doubles: Mrs Pankhurst and Miss Stanton 7 v. Miss Grant and Mrs Wilson 2; Miss Wayte and Mrs Stevenson 7 v. Mrs Henderson and Mias J. Grant 3. Men’s Doubles: Shallard and O’Brien 6 v. Savage and Squires 9; Pankhurst and Ryan 6 v. O. Wilson and R. Wilson 9. Saturday’s play, concluded the first round of the Northern District competition and the following are the positions of the clubs: —

A tournament restricted to Northern District players will be held in Lumsden next Saturday and a fair number of entries is expected.

Riversdale .. .. Played .. .. 5 Won 5 Pts. 10 Lumsden “A” .. .... 5 4 8 Balfour .. .. 5 3 6 Lumsden “B” .. .... 5 2 4 Freshford .. .. .. .. 4 0 0 Waikaia .. .. .. .. 1 0 0