LAWN TENNIS
CANTERBURY CHAMPIONSHIPS By Telegraph—Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, December 27. Defeating two New Zealand ranked players in one day, J. T. Mayson, a promising young Auckland player, reached the semi-finals of the Canterbury men’s singles lawn tennis championships. In successive rounds he beat Norman Sturt and A. D. Brown, both from Auckland, and now will play H. A. Barnett, second ranking player in Canterbury, for the right to enter the final. The other semi-finalists are C. Angas (defending champion) and D. C. Coombe (Wellington). In the women’s singles semi-finals, Miss Dulcie Nicholls (Wellington), New Zealand champion) will meet Miss Irene Poole, and Miss Thelma Poole will play Miss Margaret Beverley (Waikato) . With continued good weather the tournament, in which practically all the competitors for the New Zealand championships are playing, should be completed to-morrow. There were several surprises of less importance than those caused by young Mayson. Small and slight, Mayson hits hard and accurately on either hand, volleys and smashes deftly and effectively, and seldom makes errors In footwork.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20611, 28 December 1936, Page 11
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170LAWN TENNIS Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20611, 28 December 1936, Page 11
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