TENNIS VETERAN’S DEATH
MR. P. E. BEAN, CHRISTCHURCH.
By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, Last Night.
The death occurred this afternoon of Mr. P. E. Bean following a sudden illness which occurred while he was playing tennis. Mr. Bean, who passed his birthday two days ago, was a retired railway servant whose last appointment was that of stationmaster at Lyttelton. He was a very enthusiastic tennis player and his. skill and steadiness enabled him to play regularly in company with much younger men. Mr. Bean bore his years very lightly. He was extremely popular in tennis and golf circles, in both of which games he was a regular club player. At every tennis tournament at Christchurch he was a familiar figure, usually taking charge of umpiring, though he did not often umpire himself. He was the most, remarkable of tennis veterans of Christchurch and when he played recently in a veterans’ exhibition match at Wilding Park with Messrs. J. H. Kirk, E. J. Ross and J. H. Kirk he was much the most active member of the party.
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Taranaki Daily News, 3 May 1934, Page 5
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