INTERPROVINCIAL TENNIS

Taranaki Daily News, 9 February 1931, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL TENNIS

WANGANUI BEATS TARANAKI EIGHTEEN MATCHES AGAINST SIX HOME TEAM SUPERIOR ALL ROUND Wanganui soundly defeated Taranaki in an interprovincial tennis match played at Wanganui on Saturday. The visitor© won only six matches against the home team’s 18, Wanganui showing an all-round superiority. C. B. Webster was not available for Taranaki. Results, with Taranaki names mentioned first, are:—■ Ladies’ Singles. * Miss O. J. Taylor defeated Mrs. Smith 6—4', 6—3. Mrs. Berg lost to Miss Purcell 6—4, 6—5. Mrs. Baigent lost to Miss J. Izard 6 —o, 6 —3. Miss Pepper lost to Mrs. Richardson 6 —3, 4 —6, 6—4. Mrs. Rudge lost to Miss Lcatham 6—2, 6—5. Miss Martin lost to Miss Best 6—2, 6—2. Men’s Singles. A. H. Richards lost to ,M. L. Lampe 6— 6—2. C. Strombom defeated D. Earle 4—6, L.’Berg lost to' N. B. Barkman 4—6, 7— 6—2. K. McFarlane defeated N. Hay-Camp-bell 6—4, 2—6, B—6. G. Wills lost to Cox 6 —l, 6 —4. —-. Thompson lost tb Udy 4 —6, 6—l, 7—5. Ladies’ Doubles. Miss Taylor and Mrs. Berg defeated. Mrs, Smith and Miss Purcell 2-y6, 6 —4, 7 —fi. Mrs. Rudge and Airs. Baigent lost tc Miss Izard and Mrs. Richardson 2—6, 6—4, 6—4. Misses Pepper and Martin lost to Misses Best and Leatham. Men’s Doubles. MacFarlane and Wills lost to Lampe and Barkman 13 —11, 9 — 7. Richards and Strombom lost to Cox and Udy 6—2, o—6, 6—l. Berg and Thompson defeated Earle and Hay-Campbell 2 —6, 6—2, 6—3. Combined Doubles. y A. H. Richards and Miss O. J. Taylor lost to M. L. Lampe and Mrs. Smith L. Berg and Mrs. Berg defeated N. Barkman and Miss Purcell 6 —5, 3 —6, 6—3. K. MacFarlane and Airs. Baigent lost to Earle and Miss-Izard 6—4, 5—6, 6 —l. C. Strombom and Miss Pepper lost to Cox and Miss Leatham' 6 —4, 5—6, 9—7. G; Wills and Airs. Rudge lost to HayCampbell and Miss Best 6 —2, 4—6, 6—2. Thompson and Miss Martin lost to Udy and Mrs. Richardson 6 —3, 6—3. SOFFE CUP CHALLENGE MATCH. NEW PLYMOUTH RETAIN TROPHY. The New. Plymouth Lawn Tennis Club retained the Soffe Cup, when it sustained a challenge from the Waitara Club on Saturday. The match was played at the New Plymouth Clubs coqrts and resulted in a win for the home team by 14 matches and 156 games to 10 matches and 126 games. The result was not so decisive as in the previous encounter when the New Plymouth Club lifted the cup from Waitara. are, New Plymouth names mentioned first: — ■,y. \ Men’s Singles.—Pickwell . ' lost to Browning 6—9; Thompson -beat Middleton 9—6; Lobb lost to Sole 5—9; Boon lost to Chadwick 2—9; Anthony beat Earley 9—7; Penny beat’Foreman 9—3. Ladies’ Singles—Miss Thompson beat Miss Knight 7—l; MJiss Lobb beat Aliss Gorrie 7—l; Miss Gayton lost to Airs. Dunbar ,2 —7;' Miss, Evans beat Miss Foreman 7—o;' Miss Baker beat Miss Arms 7—2; Mrs/ Alorgan lost to Miss M. Gorrie 6—>7. . Alen’s Doubles. —Pickwell and Loob beat Browning apd' ; .' ( j)liddleton 9—3; Thompson and Penny lost to Sole and Chadwick 8—9;“Boon and Anthony lost to Earley: and Foreman 6—9.- ’ / Ladies’ Doubles.—Miss Gayton and Aliss Lobb beat Misses Knight and Gorrie 7 —4; Misses Evans and Thompson lost to Mrs. Dunba,r and Miss Foreman 6-—7; i Miss Baker-'and Alls. Alorgan beat Misses Arms and M. Gorrie Combined Double?.—Mies Gayton and Pickweli beat Miss Knight and Brownino. 7_6; Miss Thompson and Thompson lost to Middleton and Aliss Chadwick 5—7; Miss Lobb and Lobb beat Airs. Dunbar and Sole 7 —l; Aliss Evans and. Boon lost to -Miss Foreman and Chadwick: 4~7; Miss Baker Anthony boat M iss Arms and Earley 7—4; Mrs. Morgan and Penny beat Aliss Al. Gorrie and Foreman 7—fi. NEW. PLYMOUTH. B V. WAITARA B. The New Plymouth' B tennis team which visited Waitara on Saturday afternoon gained an easy victory by_lB sets to 6 over the Waitara B team. The courts were in very fair order, but the prevailing southerly wind which swept the courts most of the afternoon made play very difficult at' times. At the conclusion of the . matches Mr. R. H. Newing, on behalf of the New Plymouth club, thanked, the Waitara club for its hospitality and expressed the hope that the Waitara club would be able to send a team to play a return match at New Plymouth in the near future. Mr. H. Dugdale responded on behalf of the Waitara club.

Details are as follow:—• Men’s Singles.—Sowry beat Dugdale g—4, Newing lost to S. Tate 39, Redman lost to Muscharnp 4—-9, Newell lost to Palmer 7—9, Davies beat Cooney 9—o, Rogers beat C. Tate 9 —l. Ladies’ Singles—Miss O’Callaghan lost to Miss Browning I—7, Miss Gayton beat Miss Cooney 7—2, Miss George beat Miss Muscharnp 7 —l, Miss Redman beat Miss Kempsell 7—o, Miss TVebster beat Miss Sampson 7 —3, Miss Watkins beat Miss Dowsett 7—3. Men’s and Newing beat Dugdale and Tate, 9 —4, Davies and. Rogers lost to Muscharnp and Palmer B—9; Newell 'and Redman beat Cooney and Tate 9 —o. Ladies’ Doubles.—Misses O’Callaghan and Gayton beat Misses Browning and Cooney 7—6, Misses Webster and Redman beat Misses Kempsell and Muschamp 7 —l, Misses George and Watkins beat Misses Sampson and Dowsett 7—3. Combined Doubles. —Sowry and. Miss O’Oallaghan lost to Dugdale and Miss Browning, 7 —9, Newing and Miss Gayton beat S. Tate and Miss ,Cooney 9—5, Redman and Miss .George beat Muschamp and Miss Muscharnp 9—6, Newell and Miss Redman beat Palmer and Miss Kempsell 9—5, Davies and Miss Webster beat Cooney .and Miss Sampson 9 —4, Rogers and Miss Watkins beat C. Tate and Miss Dowsett 9-M. WOODLEIGH DEFEATS ROTOKARE. MARGIN ONLY THREE GAMES. Woodleigh Park defeated Rotokare on Saturday by only three games. Each

team won eight sets, but Woodleigh Park won 91 games to 88. . . Woodleigh names are given first in the following details: — i Men’s Singles.—Ballantyne beat Knofflock 9—3, Roch beat Yates 9—3, Allen beat Beresford 9—5, Boswell lost io Gilbert 6—9. • , Ladies’ Singles—Mrs. Allen beat Mrs. Lovell 7 —5, Miss Booker lost to Miss Hawkes 6—7, Miss Allen lost to Mrs. Sampson 2—7, Mrs. Boswell lost to Miss Bennett I—7. Combined Doubles.—Ballantyne and Mrs. Allen beat Knofi’lock and Mrs. Lovell 7 —3, Roch and Miss Booker beat Yates and Miss Hawkes 7 —4, Allen and Miss Allen lost to Beresford and Mrs. Sampson :>—7, Boswell and Mrs. Boswell beat Gilbert and Miss Bennett 7—o. Ladies’ Doubles. —Mrs. Allen and Miss Booker lost to Mrs. Lovell and Miss Hawkes 3—7, Miss Allen and Mrs. Boswell lost to Mrs. Sampson and Miss Bennett 3—7. v Men’s Doubles. —Ballantyne and Roch beat Knofflock and Yates' 9—5, Allen and Boswell lost to Beresford and Gilbert 4 —9. -