TENNIS

Southland Times, Issue 23992, 6 December 1939, Page 13

TENNIS

C GRADE TOURNEY LAST EVENING’S GAMES Further progress was made with the Southland Lawn Tennis Association’s C grade tournament last evening, singles and doubles matches being played. Results are as follows: MEN’S SINGLES Second Round.—McGrowther beat Cameron 7-5. Third Round.—R. Frampton beat Osman 7-6; Stevens beat Fraser 7-1; Sayer beat Williams 7-4; C. McMillan beat Dunne 7-2; McCormack beat _W. McMillan 7-5; R. Ferguson beat Baird 7-2; McGrowther beat Stone 7-4. Fourth Round.—R. Frampton beat Anderson 7-6; McCormack beat Ferguson 7-4; Sayer beat Stevens 7-2. MEN’S DOUBLES First Round.—Upjohn and Hodson (scr) beat Gosden and Campbell by default; Fraser and McKenzie (rec 3-6) beat Harper and O’Kane by default; Dunne and Butler (owe 15) beat Forde and O’Brien (scr) 7-4; Brown and Grenfell (owe 15) beat Ayson and Tansley by default; Stevens and Foster (rec 3-6) beat Campbell and Swale (rec 3-6) 7-4; Marchant and Baird (scr) beat O’Neill and Bohan (rec 3-6) 7-6; Beal and Insall (owe 15) beat Waddick and Soon (rec 15) 7-4; Insall and Storrie (scr) beat Osman and V. Grenfell by default. Second Round. —McGrouther and Fogo (scr) beat McDougall and Osman (scr) 7-5; V. and C. McMillan (owe 15) beat R. Frampton and Williams (rec 3-6) 7-4; Fraser and McKenzie beat Upjohn and Hodson 7-1; Forde and O’Brien won by default from Brown and Grenfell; Stone and Cameron beat Smith and Hunt 7-5; Stevens and Foster beat Marchant and Baird 7-3; Insall and Storrie beat Beal and Insall 7-4; Sayer and McCormack (owe 3-6) beat Fleming and Snow (rec 3-6) 7-3. Third Round.—Forde and O’Brien beat Fraser and McKenzie 7-5; Sayer and McCormack beat Insall and Stone 7-5. WOMEN’S SINGLES Second Round.—Mrs H. Kennedy beat Miss B. McMillan 7-2. Third Round.—Mrs Truscott beat Miss M. McGrath 7-5; Miss Lynch beat Mrs Kennedy 7-5. Fourth Round.—Miss Marshall beat Miss Collings 7-3; Miss Crawford beat Miss Broad 7-3. WOMEN’S DOUBLES First Round.—Misses Hardy and Collings (rec 3-6) beat Misses Lee and Dowling (rec 3-6) 7-4; Misses B. and M. McMillan (rec 3-6) beat Misses Maclean and de la Mare (scr) 7-4; Misses P. Winders and Wilson (rec 15) beat Mrs Fraser and Miss Z. Smith (scr) 7-4; Mrs .Nesbit and Miss Orr (owe 15) beat Misses Deegan and Lynch (rec 3-6) 7-5; Misses Crawford and Macdonald (rec 3-6) beat Misses Findlay and Croad (scr) 7-1; Misses S. Rodger and Low (owe 3-6) beat Misses Roderique and Brumby (scr) 7-6; Misses James and Thomson (rec 3-6) beat Misses Crowe and Keppel (rec 3-6) 7-5; Mrs Kennedy and Miss Broad (scr) beat Misses M. Winders

and Drury (rec 3-6) 7-0. Second Round.—Misses Harney and Cowie beat Misses James and Maley 7-6; Mesdames MacMillan and Melvin beat Misses Marshall and N. Rodger 7-5; Misses' Hardy and Collings beat Misses B. and M. McMillan 7-6; Misses Crawford and Macdonald beat Misses Rodger and Low 7-1; Mrs Stoneman and Miss Kennedy beat Misses Galt and Snedden 7-4; Mrs Truscott- and Miss Anderson beat Misses Ford and McGrath. THIS EVENING’S GAMES Misses Hinchey, J. Hardy, Lynch, Marshall and Crawford, and Mrs Truscott are to report at the Invercargill courts at 5 p.m. All the remaining players will go to the Waihopai courts and unless they report by 6 p.m. they will be scratched.