TENNIS.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12908, 23 February 1906, Page 7

TENNIS.

-.WASBDYKEV. ST. JOHN'S. A tennis match .between the St. John's and \Washdyke Clubs took place yesterday. The weather was fine, but rather too op•■pressivc for vigorous exercise. The courts were Jn .nice order, and the match proved very enjoyable. .The visiting team ai;d -friends were entertained at afternoon te:i. and Mr Cooke on behalf- of the' Washdvke Club ...cordially, thanked the St. John'* *fr.i the kindly way the visitors had been treated.. The match resulted in a verv - easy win for the home club. Play oil the whole was very fair, and as the Wash-, ■uyke is this ysar's entry, so. far as matches . -are concerned, it speaks well for the members' courage in battling against older clubs. In tennis, as in other field games, the more .. practice players get ths better will be their progress. The scores were as follows: Singles. St. J. W. Mrs Minifie v. Miss Brooks 7 5 Miss : McGuinness v. Miss Harris 7 5 Miss Weathered v. Miss Brader 7 0 Miss Beattie v. Mr Skerton ...... 1 7 ■ _ Craigie v. Wadsworth 7 0 V ■ O'Leary v.. Copke 7 4 E. O'Connor v. Grant , 7 1 Dennehy v. Dale 7 0 -'Finnerty v. Mitchell ; . 7 5 Doubles. 'Mrs Minifie and Miss McGuinness * y. Misses Brooks and Harris ... "7 2 Miss McGuinness and O'Connor v. Miss Harris and Cooke ......... 7 1 VMrs Minifie and'Craigie v. Z\lks ißrooks and Wadsworth .......... • 7.'. -1 'Miss"Weathered-* and Dennehy v. -'=:, . Bradei' and Grant-,..>"...... 7. 0 O'Connor and Craigie '■', v: "Cooke arid Wadsworth '.:'.'".;..-.'...."..-„.. 7 v O'Leary and Dennehy v. Dale and Grant ~,..."* 7 0 Finnerty and Miss Beattie v. Mitchell and Skerton 7 3 Totals 10-5 52