LAWN TENNIS
CENTRAL DISTRICT COMPETITION CENTRE BUSH BEATS DIPTON Playing on the Centre Bush courts in the Central District tennis competition, the home team beat Dipton B by 15 sets to one. Following are the scores, with Centre Bush names first:— Women’s Singles.—Miss E. Tippett beat Miss L. McDonald, 7-4; Miss C. Harper beat Mrs Martin, 7-0; Mrs C. Hawkins beat Miss Milligan, 7-1; Mrs | C. Watson beat Miss Taylor, 7-5. Men’s Singles.—G. Stewart beat G. Martin, 9-7; R. Reid lost to Cosgrove, 6-9; H. Phillips beat W. Browning, 9-2; C. Hawkins beat Milligan, 9-1. Women’s Doubles. —Misses E. Tippett and C. Harper, beat Miss McDonald and Mrs Martin, 7-1; Mesdames C. Hawkins and C. Watson beat Misses Milligan and Taylor, 7-2. , r, .j Men’s Doubles.—Stewart and Reid beat Martin and Cosgrove, 9-6; Phillips and Hawkins beat Browning and Milligan, 9-8. Mixed Doubles.—Stewart and Miss Tippett beat Martin and Miss L. McDonald, 7-2; Reid and Miss C. Harper beat Cosgrove and Mrs Martin, 7.-3; Phillips and Mrs Watson beat Browning and Miss Milligan, 7-0; Hawkins and Mrs C. Hawkins beat Milligan and Miss Taylor, 7-1. Centre Bush, 15 sets; Dipton B, one set. DIPTON BEATS DRUMMOND Drummond travelled to Dipton and was beaten by the Dipton A team by 13 sets to three. . Following are the results, with Dipton names mentioned first:— Mixed Doubles.—Whitaker and Miss Ewen beat Woodhead and Miss Woodhead, 7-3; Shand and Mrs Stewart beat Sutton and Miss Allison, 7-2; Watt and Mrs Whitaker beat Townshend and Miss Hallum, 7-3; O’Callaghan and Miss Stewart lost to Sutton and Mrs Townshend, 5-7. Men’s Doubles—Whitaker and Shand beat Woodhead and Blee, 9-8; Watt and O’Callaghan lost to Sutton and Townshend, 5-9. Women’s Doubles.—Miss Ewen and Mrs Stewart beat Misses Woodhead and Allison, 7-4; Mrs Whitaker and Miss Stewart beat Miss Hallum and Mrs Townshend, 7-4. Men’s Singles.—Whitaker beat Woodhead, 9-7; Shand beat Sutton, 9-6; Watt lost to Townshend by default; O’Callaghan beat Blee, 9-4. Women’s Singles.—Miss Ewen beat Miss Woodhead, 7-5; Mrs Stewart beat Miss Allison, 7-1; Mrs Whitaker beat Miss Hallum, 7-2; Miss Stewart beat Mrs Townshend, 7-6. Dipton A, 13 sets, 109 games; Drummond, three sets, 80 games.
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Southland Times, Issue 23674, 24 November 1938, Page 11
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361LAWN TENNIS Southland Times, Issue 23674, 24 November 1938, Page 11
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