BADMINTON
FRIENDLY MATCH. A friendly badminton match between Britannia and All Saints was played on the latter club’s court on Wednesday evening and resulted in a win for Britannia by 8 sets to 4. A number of the matches were very keenly contested and there were only 26 points between the teams at the finish. The following are the detailed results, All Saints names being mentioned first:— Combined Doubles.—J. Wren and Mrs P. Skelt v. R. Stephens and Miss Melvin, B—ls, 15—10, 12—15; R. Boyd and Miss E. Coutts v. L. Pattison and Miss Wade 15—4, 9—15, 14—15; P. Skelt and Miss A. Latter v. W. Strang and Miss Gardiner 15—12, 6—15, 6—15; N. Mitchell and Miss M. Barclay v. R. Hanan and Miss Ronald 10 —15, 9—15; R. Ferguson and Miss S. Price v. Dr Oakey and Miss Whyte 15—14, 15 —12; W. Stirling and Miss R. McNeil v. I. McGrath and Miss Woods 15—4, 10— 15, 15—3. Ladies’ Doubles.—Miss Coutts and Mrs Skelt v. Misses Wade and Ronald 6 —ll, 11—7, 11—8; Misses Barclay and Latta v. Misses Melvin and Gardiner 4— 11, 3—11; Misses Price and McNeil v. Misses Whyte and Woods B—ll, 11 —lO, 10—11. Men’s Doubles.—J. Wren and R. Boyd v. R. Stephens and L. Paterson 6—15, 5— 15; N. Mitchell and P. Skelt v. W. Strang and R. Hanan 14—15, 14—15;; B. Stirling and R. Ferguson v. Dr Oakey and I. McGrath 15 —10, 15—4. Britannia, 8 sets, 18 games, 348 points; All Saints, 4 sets, 12 games, 322 points.
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Southland Times, Issue 21772, 29 July 1932, Page 6
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