AUCKLAND TENNIS TITLES
N. F. BEDFORD WINS MEN’S SINGLES
(United Press Association) AUCKLAND, February 5. The Auckland Lawn Tennis Association’s annual championships were completed on Saturday afternoon after having been postponed from the previous Monday because of rain. Results:
MEN’S SINGLES N. F. Bedford beat N. G. Sturt, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
WOMEN’S SINGLES Miss M. Beverley beat Miss E. Plummer (Wellington), 6-1, 6-2.
MEN’S DOUBLES
R. W. Griffith and M. T. Wilson beat Bedford and J. W. Gunn, 6-1, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4.
WOMEN’S DOUBLES
Misses N. and M. Beverley beat Misses B. L. Bishop and P. Cooke, 7-5, 6-3. The combined doubles had previously been decided, the winners being W. T. Pountney and Miss N. Beverley. Miss M. Beverley retained all three intermediate titles, the girl’s singles and the girl’s doubles with Miss Pountney. A. S. Burns, New Zealand junior champion, won both the intermediate and junior singles and intermediate boys’ doubles with B. Brown,
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Southland Times, Issue 23735, 6 February 1939, Page 11
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