TOP PLAYERS LOSE

Taranaki Daily News, 25 March 1935, Page 11

TOP PLAYERS LOSE

INGLEWOOD SPRINGS SURPRISE.

NEW PLYMOUTH WINS EASILY. The defeat of the first, second and fourth New Plymouth players by Inglewood caused a mild sensation in the New Plymouth-Inglewood match played on the New Plymouth club’s courts. New Plymouth won the match by 17 sets (163 games) to 7 sets (117 games). Torrens and Shaw outplayed S. Cliffordand C. H. Strombom to win the respective singles by the same score, 9—7, while C. Hunt outclassed P. Bennett 9—2. The men’s singles were halved but the New Plymouth women were, except iff the top two games, decidedly superior and won all six sets. In the doubles NeW Plymouth held the advantage thr oughbiit, losing oh fduf of 12 Sets. Results, with New Plymouth players mentioned first, are as follows:— Meh’s singles: S.. Clifford-Jones lost to Torrens 7—9, C. H. Strombom lost to Shaw 7—9, K. Tompkins beat Grant 9—3, P. Bennett lost to Hunt 2—9, L. Christie beat Ross 9=-l, E. Griffiths beat Judd 9 6. Women’s singles: Miss 0. J. Taylor beat Mrs. Grant 7—6, Miss P. Wylds beat Miss Nutting 7—6, Miss E. Griffin beat Miss Longbottom 7—l, Miss M. Bfdbme beat Mrs. Torrens 7—2, Miss F. Evans beat Miss Gernhoefer 7—3, Miss N. Moore beat Miss Feaver 7—2. Men’s doubles: S. Clifford-Jones and Strdmbofh beat Shaw and Grant 9—B, Tompkins and Christie lost to Torrens and Hunt 3—9, Bennett and Griffiths beat RoSs and Judd 9—3. Women’s doubles: Misses Taylor and Wylds lost to Mfs. Grant and Miss Nutting 6—7, Misses Griffin and Evans beat Mrs. Torrens and Miss Longbottom I—2, Misses Broome and Moore beat Misses Gernhoefer and Feaver 7—l. Combined doubles: Strombom and Miss Wylds beat Grant and Mrs. Grant 7—l, Tompkins and Miss Taylor lost to Shaw and Miss Nutting 3—7, S. Clifford-Jones and Miss E. Griffin beat Hunt and Miss Longbottom 7—3, Bennett and Miss Broome lost to Torrens and Mrs, Torrens 6—7, Christie and Miss Moore beat Ross and Miss Gernhoefer 7—4, Griffith and Miss Evans beat Judd and Miss Feaver 7—3.