ENGLISH TENNIS STARS

Stratford Evening Post, Volume III, Issue 198, 10 November 1934, Page 5

ENGLISH TENNIS STARS

GAMES PLAYED IN CHRISTCHURCH BRILLIANT EXPONENTS Press Association— Copyright ChriStchurch, November. 0. , -Approximately 2000 people assembled at Wilding Park today to see the visiting English lawn tennis team engage in matches against one another and with leading Canterbury players. A large proportion of, "the visitors came mainly to see ,M.iss D. Round, the first woman player in the world,

• None could have been disappointed in Miss Round, for she played tennis of a* standard that has never before been produced by a woman player in the South Island. Results of the matches were as follows: — F. J. Perry (England) beat C. Angas (Canterbury) 7—9, o—l, 6—o. G. P. Hughes (England) beat T. Rhodes-Williams (Canterbury) 6—4, 6—3.

Miss ft. E. Round (England) beat Miss N. M. Lyle (England) 4—6, 6—4, 6—2.

P. J. Perry (England) and H. A. Barnett (Canterbury) beat G. ,:P. Hughes (England) and 11. Dymond (Canterbury) 6—l, I—6, o—2. Miss. E. M. Dearman and G. P. Hughes (England) beat Miss D. E. Round (England) and T. Rhodes-Wil-liams (Canterbury) G—3, 10—8.