MISS JOAN FRY
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED FAMOUS TENNIS PLAYER The engagement is announced in ft London journal of Miss Joan Fry, th® 24-years-old lawn tennis player, and. Lieutenant Ashley Lakfeman, of the Royal Tank Corps. Miss Fry, who is a daughter of Dr. A. C. Fry, of Mansion House, Stone, Staffordshire, has for the fast five years been among the foremost women players in the world. She is slim, brown-skinned, browneyed, and vivacious. She was formerly engaged to a South African solicitor, Mr B. G. Pagden, whom she met during a tour with the British tennis team in that country in 1927, but in October, 1929, th- er igement was broken off. Miss Fry came into prominence as a player in 1925, when she reached the final of the singles championship at Wimbledon, but lost to Mlle. Lenglen. Her victories have been numerous and brilliant. • f
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 345, 16 August 1930, Page 22 (Supplement)
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