LAWN TENNIS
VICTORIAN TITLES BRILLIANT DISPLAY BY CRAWFORD. CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY. i (Australian Press Association). Received Dec. 9, 5.5 p.m. MELBOURNE, Dec. 9. In the semi-finals of the Victorian tennis championships Hopnian beat Schlesigner 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1. Crawford beat Gregory (England) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 8-6. Playing brilliant tennis, Crawford (New South Wales) defeated Hopman in the finals of the Victorian Singles Championship yesterday 5-7, 6-2, 6-3, I 6-4. 1 Crawford and Hopman easily won the
Men’s Doubles Championship, defeating Dunlop and Donohue (New South Wales) 6-2, 6-1, 6-3. In the Women’s Singles Championship Aliss Cox (New South Wales) beat Airs Harper (Victoria) 6-8, 6-1, 7-5. In the Women’ s Doubles Championship Mrs Conway and Aliss Cox (New South Wales) boat Alisses Alercer and Lo Alessurier (South Australia) 6-2, 6-2. I Thus the New South Wales players carried all three finals before them.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 292, 10 December 1928, Page 5
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