TENNIS

Southland Times, Issue 23346, 2 November 1937, Page 11

TENNIS

THE MATAURA VALLEY ASSOCIATION Under threatening weather, the Mataura Valley Tennis Association’s competition was begun Tha teams that were strongest last season again won matches, with the exception of Mimihau, which suffered defeat at the hands of Menzies Ferry. WYNDHAM D v. MOKORETA These teams met on the Wyndham Club’s courts, and Mokoreta was beaten in the first match in the competition by six sets, 37 games, to two sets, 24 games. Nevertheless, it put up quite a creditable performance, especially the top men, who, after being down 5-1, made a splendid recovery to win by 6-5. The detailed scores (Wyndham names appearing first) were as follows:— Men’s Doubles.—H. Mackley and G. Burgess lost to T. Knapp and D. L. Rhind, 5-6; W. Hansen and R. D Gibson beat S. Knapp and T. Foster, 6-3. Women’s Doubles.—Misses M. Harley and M. Dynes beat Misses M. Foster and M. Robinson, 6-5; Misses H. and S. Strang beat Misses M. and B. Carnie, 6-2. Mixed Doubles. —H. Mackley and Miss M. Harley lost to T. Knapp and Miss M. Foster, 2-4; G. Burgess and Miss M. Dynes beat D. L. Rhind and Miss M. Robinson, 4-1; W. Hansen and Miss S. Strang beat S. Knapp and Miss M. Carnie, 4-1; R. D. Gibson and Miss H. Strang beat T. Foster and Miss E. Carnie, 4-2. MENZIES FERRY v. MIMIHAU Menzies Ferry secured a narrow win from the runner-up in last year’s competition, Mimihau, which does not appear to be very strong this season. The match took place on the Mimihau courts, the winners securing 4 sets, 30 games, and Mimihau 4 sets, 25 games. The detailed scores (with home team names appearing first) were as follows Men’s Doubles.—D. Horne and W. Smith beat W. Baird and J. Matheson, 5-1; J. Arnott and A. Smith lost to V. B. Foxon and D. Henderson, 0-5.

Women’s Doubles. —Misses A McLaren and N. Smith lost to Misses N. Hamilton and J. Henderson, 3-6; Misses W. J. Smith and F. Laurie beat Misses M. Newman and N. Crosbie, 5-1. Mixed Doubles.—D. Horne and Miss A. McLaren lost to W. Baird and Miss N. Hamilton, 1-5; W. Smith and Miss N. Smith beat J. Matheson and Miss J Henderson, 4-3; A. Smith and Miss W. Smith lost to V. B. Foxon and Miss M. Newman, 3-6; J. Arnott and Miss F. Laurie beat D. Henderson and Miss N. Crosbie, 4-3. SEAWARD DOWNS v. GLENHAM Playing on the Seaward Downs courts, the home team secured a comfortable win over Glenham by five sets, 44 games, to three sets, 33 games. The detailed scores, with Seaward Downs names appearing first, were as follows:— Men’s Doubles.—W. Dunlop and J. Pow lost to A. Melvin and A Ferguson, 4- R. Drysdale and Lobb beat W. Diack and Jennings, 6-2. Women’s Doubles.—Misses I. Drysdale and McCormack beat Misses J. Laurie and M. Farrell, 6-2; Misses J. Crosbie and I. Morton beat Misses M. Hunter and F. Murray, 6-2. Mixed Doubles.—W. Dunlop and Miss McCormack beat A. Melvin and Miss J. Laurie, 6-5; J. Pow and Miss I. Drysdale beat A. Ferguson and Miss M. Farrell, 6-4; R. Drysdale and Miss I. Morton lost to W. Diack and Miss M. Hunter, 5-6; Lobb and Miss J. Crosbie lost to Jennings and Miss Murray, 5BRYDONE v. WYNDHAM E At Brydone, Wyndham E was convincingly defeated by six sets, 44 games, to two sets 21 games, Brydone being definitely superior in the men’s games, although the women were much more evenly matched. In the following details of play, Brydone names appear first:— Men’s Doubles.—S. W. Kirker and G. Wyeth beat G. Burgess and O. Gillespie 6-2; N. Parker and Kennedy beat S. McKay and J. Garrick, 6-1. Women’s Doubles.—Misses M. Drysdale and C. Hay lost to Mrs W Hansen and Miss S. Strang, 4-6; Mrs Lambie and Miss Wyeth lost to Mrs W. L. Stewart and Miss G. Gaw, 4-6 Mixed Doubles.—S. W. Kirker and Miss C. Hay beat G. Burgess and Mrs W. Hansen, 6-2; Wyeth and Miss M. Drysdale beat O. Gillespie and Miss S. Strang, 6-2; N. Parker and Mrs Lambie beat S. McKay and Mrs W. L Stew-

art, 6-1; Kennedy and Miss Wyeth beat J. Garrick and Miss G. Gaw, 6-1. DRAW FOR REMAINING MATCHES Because of an additional entry having been received from the Wyndham Club, the draw for the remaining matches in the Mataura Valley Association’s competition will be as follows:— November 2.—Brydone v. Glenham, at Brydone; Seaward Downs y. Mimihau, at Seaward Downs; Menzies Ferry v. Wyndham D at Wyndham; Mokoreta v. Tuturau, at Tuturau; Ota Creek v. Wyndham at Ota Creek. November 9.—Glenham v. Wyndham, at Wyndham; Brydone v Seaward Downs, at Brydone; Tuturau v. Mimihau, at Tuturau; Ota Creek v. Menzies Ferry, at Menzies Ferry; Mokoreta v. Wyndham E at Mokoreta. November 16.—Glenham v. Mokoreta, at Glenham; Ota Creek v. Seawaid Downs, at Seaward Downs; Wyndham D v. Mimihau, at Mimihau; Tuturau v. Brydone, at Tuturau; Menzies Ferry v. Wyndham E at Wyndham. November 23.—Tuturau v. Seaward Downs, at Tuturau; Brydone v. Menzies Ferry, at Menzies Ferry; Ota Creek v. Mokoreta, at Mokoreta; Mimihau v. Glenham, at Glenham; Wyndham D v. Wyndham E, at Wyndham. November 30—Menzies Ferry v. Glenham, at Menzies Ferry; Seaward Downs v. Wyndham E at Seaward Downs; Mimihau v. Mokoreta, at Mokoreta; Ota Creek v. Brydone, at Brydone; Wyndham D v. Tuturau, at Wyndham. December 7.—Mokoreta v Seaward Downs, at Mokoreta; Ota Creek v. Mimihau at Ota Creek; Brydone v. Wyndham D at Brydone; Menzies Ferry v. Tuturau, at Menzies Ferry; Glenham v. Wyndham E at Wyndham December 14.—Wyndham D v Seaward .Downs, at Seaward Downs; Brydone v. Mimihau, at Mimihau; Glenham v. Ota Creek, at Glenham; Mokoreta v. Menzies Ferry, at Mokoreta; Tuturau v. Wyndham E, at Wyndham. December 21.—Glenham v. Tuturau, at Glenham; Seaward Downs v. Menzies Ferry, at Seaward Downs; Mokoreta v. Brydone, at Brydone; Ota Creek v. Wyndham D at Wyndham; Mimihau v. Wyndham E at Mimihau. EASTERN SOUTHLAND MATCHES WYNDHAM A I v. CITIZENS In its first match in the Eastern Southland A grade competition, Citi-

zens suffered defeat at the hands of Wyndham’s No. 1 team by 9 sets 70 games to 5 , sets 65 games, with two sets unplayed Unfortunately, Citizens was able to bring only three men, Wyndham thus winning three sets by default. The windy weather that prevailed prevented any semblance of good play. The detailed results, with Wyndham players’ names appearing first, were as follows: — Men’s Singles.—C. A. Sharp v. D. S. McLeod, unplayed; A. T. Strang beat D. McLeod 9-4; D. E. Scott lost to C. M. Mason 4-9; C. S. Macfarlane won by default. Women’s Singles.—Miss H. Baird lost to Miss K. Jopp 6-7; Miss Z. Traynor beat Miss L. Jopp 7-3; Mrs C. W. Rout lost to Miss M. Anderson 3-7; Mrs E. A. Woodward beat Miss A. Sherbourne 7-6. Men’s Doubles.—C. A. Sharp and A. T. Strang beat D. S. and D. M. McLeod 9-6. Women’s Doubles.—Misses H. Baird and Z. Traynor beat Misses K. and L. Jopp 7-6; Mesdames C. W. Rout and E. A. Woodward lost to Misses M. Anderson and A. Sherbourne 6-7. Mixed Doubles. —C. A. Sharp and Miss H. Baird v. D. S. McLeod and Miss M. Anderson, unplayed; E. S. Macfarlane and Miss Z. Traynor lost to D. M. McLeod and Miss M. Anderson 5-7; D. E. Scott and Mrs C. W. Jtout beat C. Mason and Miss L. Jopp 7-3.

THE LOWER MATAURA ASSOCIATION SEAWARD DOWNS v. MATAURA ISLAND A match was played recently between Seaward Downs and Mataura Island, Seaward Downs winning by 14 sets to two. Results were, Seaward Downs names first:— • Women’s Doubles.—Mrs L. Drysdale and M. Palmer beat Misses A. Richardson and E. Howden 6-3; Misses J. Palmer and G. McCormack beat Mrs Richardson and Miss Christie 6-0. Men’s Doubles.—Mclvor and J. Rewcastle lost to B. Scott and J. Richardson 5-6; J. Dunlop and T. Morton beat W. Currie and J. McHugh 6-1. Mixed Doubles.—L. Morton and Miss L. Drysdale beat J. Richardson and Miss A. Richardson 6-5; Mclvor and Miss M. Palmer beat B. Scott and Mrs Richardson 6-4; J. Dunlop and Miss J. Palmer beat W. Currie and Miss E. Howden 6-3; J. Rewcastle and Miss G.

McCormack beat J. McHugh and Miss Christie 6-1. Women’s Singles.—Miss L. Drysdale lost to Miss A. Richardson 3-6; Miss M. Palmer beat Mrs Richardson 6-4; Miss J. Palmer beat Miss E. Howden 6-3; Miss G. McCormack beat Miss W. Christie 6-1. Men’s Singles.—M. Mclvor beat B. Scott 6-3; L. Morton beat J. Richardson 6-4; I. Dunlop beat W. Currie 6-5; J. Rewcastle beat J. McHugh 6-0.

CENTRAL DISTRICT DRAW FOR FIRST ROUND Following is the draw for the first round of the .Central District tennis competition;— November 6.—Dipton A v. Winton A, at Winton; Limehills v. Dipton B, at Dipton; Winton B v. Oreti, at Oreti; Drummond v. Browns, at Browns; St. Thomas’s a bye. November 13.—St. Thomas’s v. Drummond, at Drummond; Browns v.' Dipton A, at Dipton; Dipton B v. Winton A, at Winton; Winton B v. Limehills, at Limehills; Oreti a bye. November 20.—Drummond v. Dipton B, at Dipton; St. Thomas’s v. Browns, at St. Thomas’s; Dipton A v. Winton B, at Winton; Winton A v. Oreti, at Oreti; Limehills a bye. November 27.—Limehills v. Drummond, at Drummond; Oreti v. Browns, at Browns; Dipton B v. Dipton A, at Dipton; Winton B v. St. Thomas’s, at St. Thomas’s; Winton A a bye. December 4.—Winton B v. Browns, at Browns; St. Thomas’s v. Winton A, at Winton; Limehills v. Oreti, at Oreti; Dipton A v. Drummond, at Drummond; Dipton B a bye. December 11.—Winton A v. Drummond, at Drummond; Dipton A v. Limehills, at Limehills; Oreti v. St. Thomas’s, at Oreti; Dipton B v. Winton B, at Dipton; Browns a bye. December 18—Limehills v. Browns, at Browns; Oreti v. Dipton A, at Dipton; St. Thomas’s v. Dipton B, at St. Thomas’s; Winton A v. Winton B, at Winton; Drummond a bye. January B.—Dipton B v. Browns, at Dipton; St. Thomas’s v. Dipton A, at St. Thomas’s; Drummond v. Oreti, at Oreti; Limehills v. Winton A.-at Limehills; Winton B a bye. January 15.—Drummond v. Winton B, at Drummond; Browns v. Winton A, at Winton; Limehills v. St. Thomas’s, at Limehills; Oreti v. Dipton B, at Oreti; Dipton A a bye.