LAWN TENNIS.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 301, 19 December 1931, Page 9

LAWN TENNIS.

Primary Schools’ Tourney To-day. MATCHES AT WILDING PARK The Primary Schools* Lawn Tennis Tourney was played at Wilding Park this morning. There were large entries in all events, and the standard of play showed a marked Improvement on that of formter year The final of the boys’ singles between Winfield and Rutherford, both of the Elmwood School, will be played later. Results were:— Boys’ Singles. First round—W. Coburn beat J. Sheppard, 6-2; L. Hay beat P. Taylor, 6-0; H. Boardman beat L. Chapman 6-0: K. Steven beat C. Coburn, 6-2; W. J. Corich beat J. Pearce, 6-1; L. Read beat G. Badger, 6-0: M. Woolley beat N. Rowe, 6-1: R. Winfield beat R. Kerr, 6-4; W. Hastings beat J. Taylor, 6-0; L. Purse beat N. Walker, 6-2; C. Stevens beat D. Friedman, 6-3; P. Rutherford beat B. Rae, 6-1. . . __ R «. Second round—Coburn beat Hay, 6-3, Corich beat Boardman, 6-2; Steven beat Read, 6-4; Winfield beat Woolley, 6-2. Third round—Corich beat Coburn, 6-2; Winfield beat Steven, 6-3; Purse beat Hastings, 6-2; Rutherford beat Stevens, Semi-finals —Winfield beat Corich, 6-5; Rutherford beat Purse, 6-4. Girls’ Singles. First round—Marjorie Field beat Betty Black, 6-1; Dorothy Handley beat M.fl Smith, 6-4; Rawea Trent beat Nancy Ramsay, 6-3. Second round—Jessie Duncan beat Marion Parker, 6-0; Joan Carter beat Vivien Turner, 6-3; Kathleen Partridge beat Edna Standsell, 6-3; Pearl Philpott beat Ruth Stringer, 6-1; Sylvia Turner beat Margaret Dawe. w. 0.; Betty beat Shirley Uren, 6-3; Betty Black beat Joyce Mackenzie, w. 0.; Dorothy Handley beat Rawea Trent, 6-3. Third round—Jessie Duncan beat Joan Carter, 6-5; Pearl Philpott beat Kathleen Partridge. 6-5; Betty Wilson beat Sylvia Turner, 6-2; Betty Black beat Dorothy Handley, 6-3. _ . Semi-finals —Jessie Duncan beat Pearl Philpott, 6-5; Betty Black beat Betty W Finai—Betty Black (Elmwood) beat Jessie Duncan (New Brighton) 9-1. Boys’ Doubles. First Round. —Chapman and Rowe beat Boardman and Woolley, 6-0; Corich and Read beat Taylor and Rae, 6-1: Hay and Hastings beat Walker and Badger, 6-1; Coburn and Coburn beat Bowton and Cross, w.o. Second Round.—Boardman and woolley beat Blank and Taylor, 6-1; Steven and Rutherford beat Bishop and Stevens, 6-4; Winfield and Sheppard beat Littlewood and Skinner, 6-4. Third Round.—Corich and Read beat Boardman and Woolley, 6-3; Hay and Hastings beat Coburn and Coburn, 6-1. Semirfinal. —Hay and Hastings beat Corich and Read, 6-3. Winfield and Sheppard beat Stevens and Rutherford, 6-1. Final: Hislop and Hay (New Brighton) beat Winfield and Sheppard, 9-8. The boys’ singles finals will be played at Elmwood next week. Girls’ Doubles. First Round. —V. and S. Turner beat E. Stansell and M. Dawe, w. 0.; Joan Carter and Pearl Philphott beat Fay Cunningham and O. Derbridge, 6-0; Jessie Duncan and Betty Hickson, w. 0.; M. Parker and R. Stringer, w. 0.; Betty Wilson and Kath. Partridge beat M. Field and R. Trent, 6-3; Dorothy Handley and Joan Thompson beat G. Mackenzie and N. Ramsay, 6-5. Second Round.—Joan Carter and Pearl Philpott beat V. and S. Turner, 6-1; Jessie Duncan and Betty Hickson beat M. Walker and R. Stringer, 6-4; Betty Wilson and Kath. Partridge beat D. Handley and J. Thompson, 6-0; Betty Black and Shirlie Jamieson beat S. Uren and M. Smith, 6-3. Final: Joan Carter and P. Philpott (Richmond School) beat Betty Black and Shirley Jamieson (Elmwood), 9-8.