PUBLIC SERVICE TENNIS

Southland Times, Issue 24056, 21 February 1940, Page 8

PUBLIC SERVICE TENNIS

CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES AT WELLINGTON NATIONAL CENTENNIAL TOURNAMENT (United Press Association) WELLINGTON, February 20. The New Zealand Public Service Sports Association's national centennial tennis championships were played at Wellington today. Results:— MEN’S SINGLES First round.—J. W. Forbes (Hawke’s Bay) beat R. Guy (Otago) 9-7, M. Rountree (West Coast, North Island) beat H. C. Searle (Canterbury) 9-4, A. Adamson (West Coast, North Island) beat Forrest (Auckland) 9-8, B. E. Souter (Canterbury) beat J. Hickmott (Wellington) 9-2, Hurley (Auckland) beat A. Paul (Hawke’s Bay) 9-0, P. C. Parsons (Auckland) beat I. J. D. Mc,Kay (Hawke’s Bay) 9-5, J. Christie (West Coast, North Island) beat R. Sencock (Otago) 9-6, E. A. Roussell (Wellington) beat J. W. McCarthy (Hawke’s Bay) 9-2, K. P. Rothville (Auckland) beat J. Finlayson (West Coast, North Island) 9-4, F. Thompson (West Coast, North Island) beat R. S. Anderson (Hawke’s Bay) 9-3, J. J. Harrison (Auckland) beat P. Burning (Canterbury) 9-2, K. Bryan (Otago) beat R. Hoskins (West Coast, North Island) 9-7, T. Lyons (Wellington) beat C. Smythe (Auckland) 9-4, D. B. Hamilton (Otago) beat V. E. Frost (Hawke’s Bay) 9-1. Second round.—N. Edwards (Wellington) beat Forbes 9-4, Rountree beat Adamson 9-1, Souter beat Hurley 9-5, Christie beat Parsons 9-6, Roussell beat Rothville 9-1, Harrison beat Thompson 9-4, Lyons beat Bryan 9-7, M. J. Corich (Canterbury) beat Hamilton, 9-1. Quarter-finals. —Edwards beat Rountree 9-3, Souter beat Christie 9-6, Roussell beat Harrison 9-3, Lyons beat Corich, 9-8. Semi-finals—Edwards beat Souter 9-4, Roussell won by default from Lyons. The final will be played at a date to be arranged. WOMEN’S SINGLES First round.—M. Lambourne (Wel= lington) beat J. A. Hamer (Otago) 9-2, N. Smither (Canterbury) beat T. Cox (West Coast, North Island) 9-1, E. Edmonds (Canterbury) beat R. Wilson (Auckland) 9-3, A. K. Heard (Wellington) beat M. Murphy (Canterbury) 9-1, T. E. Smith (Wellington) beat G M. Williams (Otago) 9-1, E. Rigby (Wellington) beat J. Francis (West Coast, North Island) 9-3, M. Jackson (Auckland) beat H. P. Allan (Otago) 9-3, Y. Raaff (Canterbury) beat A. Lang (Otago) 9-2. Second round.—Smither beat Lambourne 9-3, Heard beat Edmonds 9-5, Rigby beat Smith 9-7, Raaff beat Jackson, 9-5. Semi-finals.—Heard beat Smither 9-8, Raaff beat Rigby 9-4. Final.—Heard beat Raaff 5-6, 6-3, 6-3. MEN’S DOUBLES First round. —H. G. Searle and J. Burning (Canterbury) beat F. W. Forbes and J. J. McKay (Hawke’s Bay) 9-7, F. Thompson and J. Finlayson (West Coast, North Island) beat D. B. Hamilton and R. Guy (Otago) 9-4, F. G. Forrest and J. J. Harrison (Auckland) beat C. A. Paul and V. E. Frost (Hawke’s Bay) 9-1, B. E. Souter and M. J. Corrick (Canterbury) beat D. G. Parsons and J. Hurley (Auckland) 9-4, J. Christie and A. Adamson (West Coast, North Island) beat R. S. Anderson and J. W. McCarthy (Hawke’s Bay) 9-3, T. Lyons and J. Hickmott (Wellington) beat M. Rountree and R. Hoskins (West Coast, North Island) 9-4, K. Bryan and R. Simcock (Otago) beat K. P. Rothville and C. Smythe (Auckland) 9-1. Second Round.—Edwards and Roussell beat Searle and Durning 9-2, Forrest and Harrison beat Thompson and Finlayson 9-4, Souter and Corick beat Christie and Adamson 9-3. Semi-finals.—Edwards and Roussell beat Forrest and Harrison 9-7, Souter and Corick beat Lyons and Hickmott 9-8. Final.—Edwards and Roussell beat Couch and Souter 6-3, 2-6, 6-4. WOMEN’S DOUBLES First Round.—M. Murphy and N. Smither (Canterbury) beat C. M. Williams and J. A. Hamer (Otago) 9-4, A. K. Heard and T. E. Smith (Wellington) beat M. Jackson and R. Wilson (Auckland) 9-7, E. Rigby and M. J. Lambourne (Wellington) beat H. P. Allan and A. Lang (Otago) 9-3, Y. Raaff and E. Edmonds (Canterbury) beat J. Francis and T. Cox (West Coast, North Island) 9-5. Second Round.—Murphy and Smither beat Heard and Smith 9-6, Rigby and Lambourne beat Raaff and Edmonds 9-5. Final—M. Murphy and N. Smither beat E. Rigby and M. J. Lambourne 6-2, 6-5. MEN’S PLATE, First Round: J. Marrison and J. Hickmott beat B. H. Beale and P. Durning 9-7; R. Guy and R. Anderson beat U. P. Calcinai and I. J. D. McKay 9-0; V. E. Frost and J. Fleming beat J. W. McCarthy and H. C. Searle 9-3; R. Sincock and V. E. Congdon beat C. P. Paul and C. Smyth 9-1. Semi-Finals. —Sincock and Congdon beat Frost and Fleming 9-4. Final. —Congdon and Sincock beat Hickmott and Marrison 9-6. WOMEN’S PLATE. First Round.—C. M. Williams (Otago) beat A. Lang (Otago) 9-4; R. Wilson (Auckland) beat H. Pallan (Otago) 9-2; J. Francis (West Coast, North Island) beat J. Cox (West Coast, North Island) 9-6; M. Murphy (Canterbury) beat A. Fox (Wellington) 9-6. Semi-Finals. —Williams beat Wilson 9-5; Francis won from Murphy by default. Final.—Francis beat Williams 9-4. Wellington won the Centennial Trophy with 48 points, Canterbury coming next with 26. Auckland scored only two points and Otago, Hawke’s Bay, Poverty Bay and West Coast, North Island failed to secure a single point.