SENIOR TENNIS MATCHES START.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17871, 12 June 1926, Page 10

SENIOR TENNIS MATCHES START.

The opening round of the Canterbury Idjpjrn Tennis Association’s senior intercriib competition was played at the Wilding Park and Opawa courts this afternoon. Eight teams have entered for the competition, and the best players of the province are taking part. The matches consist of men’s singles and doubles, best of three straight sets, and ladies’ singles and doubles and combined doubles, best of seventeen games. There was a number of interesting matches. The following are results:— CANTERBURY COLLEGE v. FENDALTOX. -l ! *, ante, ‘ bury names are given Men's Singles. Seay beat Wake. 6-4, 0-6, 6-1. Hunter beat Hollobon, 0-1, 6-2. Boughnsn beat Vestey, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1. s?earle beat Somerville. 8-6, 6-0, 6-3. Men's Doubles. S»ay and Loughnan beat Somerville and Wake. 6-3. 3-6, 6-n. Searle arid Hunter beat VeatMT and Hollobon, 6-2, 6-2. Badies’ Singles. Miss Fartridgge beat. Miss Wake. 9-5. Miss Scott, beat Mrs England, 9-7. Miss F.yburn lost to Mrs Crawshaw, Miss .Tones lost to Miss Dallas. 3-9. Bodies’ Doubles. ; Misses Partridge and Ryburn lost, to Misses Wake and Dallas. 6-P. Misses .Scott and Jones lost to Mcs- ; dames England and Crawshaw. 4-9. Combined Doubles. Hunter and Miss Scott bent Hollobon and Airs Crawshaw, 9-2. NEW BRIGHTON v. CASH-MERE. Men's SinglesO'Connell (Cashmere) bent Johnston (New Brighton), 6-3, 6-5. Browning peat Barnett. 6-0, 6-3. Perbidge beat Munne. 6-4. 6-2. Mu linings lost to P»lk, 5-6, 4-6. Men's Doubles. O'Connell and Browning bent Johnstone and Barnett, 6-1, 6-5, Derbidge and Munnlngs beat JJunns and Palk, 6-1. 6-2. Badies' Singles. Mrs Miles 9, Mrs Johnson 4. Mias Eaglesome •), Mrs Donga 11 4. Miss Hooker 9, Mrs van Atsc-h 5. Airs Barry 3, Mrs Greenwood 9. BADIES’ IfOUBLES. Mrs Dougall and Alias Johnston 9, Mrs Miles and Alias Eaglesome 5. .Mrs Greenwood and Mrs Van Ascii 5, Airs Barry and Alias Hooker 9. COMBINED DOUBLES. Browning and Airs Dougall 9, Johnston and Airs Aliles 6. O’Connell and Alias Johnston 7. Munns and Miss Eaglecome 3. Derbidgo and Air a Greenwood 9, Falk and Alias Hooker 7. Munninge and Airs lan Aech 5, Barnett and Mrs Barry 9. Cashmere won by nine matches to seven. AV ON SIDE v, BIN WOOD. Avonslde beat Blnwood by i) matches to a. Aten's Single*. Angas beat Wood. 6-3. 6-2. Denton beat Field, 5-6, «-5, 6-5, Aloore b©Rl Goss, 6-3, 4-6. 6-5. Wilkinson beat Borrows, 6-2, 6-5. -Men’s Doubles. Denton and Angas beat Goss and Borrows, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Badies’ Singles. Miss JSpeirs 9, Mie* Borrow-* 6. Alisa Campbell 8, Mis* Emma Borrows 9. OPAWA v. SI." BUR BAN. Opawa bent Suburban by 14 matches to 2. Aten's. Olllvier beat Hawkins fl-o. 6-4. Patterson beat Mercer 6-4. 6-0. W. R. Robinson beat Tillman 6-2. 6-4. G. R. Robinson beat Dickson 3-6. «-3, Olllvier and Patterson beat Hawkins and Mercev 8-0, 6-0. Robinson brothers beat Dickson and Tillman 6-3, 6-2.