TABLE TENNIS

Southland Times, Issue 24115, 2 May 1940, Page 10

TABLE TENNIS

Men’s A Grade Games Begun SIX TEAMS COMPETE The men’s A grade table tennis competition conducted by the Southland Table Tennis Association was begun last night at the Orange Hall. Six teams took part. Detailed results were as follows:— STAR v. ST. MARY’S Star, 22 games, beat St. Mary’s, 14. Details (Star names first): — Singles.—Robson beat Coupe, 21-11, 21- beat Forde, 21-15, 21-8; beat O’Neill, 21-11, 21-8; beat O’Brien, 21-9, 22- Ferguson lost to Coupe, 17-21, 13- drew with Forde, 21-18, 14-21; drew with O’Neill, 17-21, 21-15; beat O’Brien, 21-10, 21-19; Loudon beat Coupe, 21-12, 21-19; lost to Forde, 11-21, 18- drew with O’Neill, 15-21, 21-11; beat O’Brien, 21-11, 21-9; Mainwaring beat Coupe, 9-21, 10-21; drew with Forde, 14-21, 21-18; lost to O’Neill, 14- 17-21; lost to O’Brien, 14-21, 15Doubles. —Robson and Ferguson beat Forde and O’Brien, 21-11, 21-15; Loudon and Mainwaring beat Coupe and O’Neill, 21-17, 21-16. WRIGHT, STEPHENSON v. METEOR Wright, Stephenson’s 20, beat Meteor 16. Details (Wright Stephenson’s names first): — Singles.—D. Hamilton beat L. Johnson, 21-18, 21-10; beat I. Cameron, 21- 21-6; beat H. Sayer, 21-11, 21-14; beat R. McCormack, 21-6, 21-4; J. Fraser drew with L. Johnson, 20-22, 22- beat I. Cameron, 21-18, 21-17; beat H. Sayer, 10-21, 20-22; beat R. McCormack, 21-12, 21-16; A. Drain beat L. Johnson, 24-22, 21-19; drew with I. Cameron, 6-21, 21-17; lost to H. Sayer, 10-21, 12-21; lost to R. McCormack 13-21, 14-21; G. Webb lost to L. Johnson, 8-21, 13-21; drew with I. Cameron, 17-21, 21-16; lost to' H. Sayer, 12- 13-21; lost to R. McCormack, 19- 17-21. Doubles. —Fraser and Hamilton beat Sayer and McCormack 21-8, 21-15; A. Drain and G. Webb drew with Johnson and Cameron 13-21, 21-15. UNION v. JARA Union 20, beat Jara 16. Details (Union names first): Singles.—T. Breayly drew with A. Booth, 19-21, 21-10; beat A. Roberts, 21-10, 21-18; beat J. Hughes, 21-18, 21-10; beat R. Sleeman, 21-9, 21-7; A. Robson drew with A. Booth, 21-18, 13- drew with A. Roberts, 22-20, 11- beat J. Hughes 21-12, 21-16; beat R. Sleeman 21-12, 21-11; J. Watson lost to A. Booth by default; lost to A. Roberts by default; lost to J. Hughes 12- 17-21; drew with R. Sleeman 19-21, 21-8; A. Dawson drew with A. Booth 21-18, 15-21; drew with A. Roberts 21-17, 11-21; lost to J. Hughes 14- 17-21; beat R. Sleeman 21-15, 21-16. Doubles.—Breayly and Robson beat Booth and Roberts 21-18, 21-18; Watson and Dawson lost to J. Hughes and Sleeman by default. CRICKET TROPHIES AWARDED APPLEBY CLUB’S SUCCESS The Tasman Dawson Shield, awarded to the club in the Southland Cricket Association’s junior A grade competition scoring the most runs a wicket throughout the season was won by the Appleby Cricket Club. Sixty-seven Appleby wickets fell at a cost of 1539 runs, an average of 22.9. Mr C. Warburton’s trophy, awarded to the batsman playing in the third grade competition, who gained the best aggregate, was won by M. Milne (Marist). Results were as follows:—

THIRD GRADE Runs M. Milne (Marist) 384 S. Caddie (Georgetown) 344 M. Morrison (Georgetown) 246 G. Dawson (Appleby) 223

JUNIOR Wickets Runs Average Appleby 67 1539 22.9 Old Boys 92 1526 16.6 Invercargill 79 1023 12.9 Marist 107 1266 11.9 Riverton 91 995 10.9 Railway 94 995 10.6 Union 109 1040 9.5 High School 88 796 9.0