LAWN TENNIS SURPRISES
CANTERBURY TITLES PROMISING AUCKLANDER. [ Per Press Association. ] CHRISTCHURCH, Dec. 27. Defeating two New Zealand ranked players in one day, I. 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 t<» enter the final. The other semi-fin-alists 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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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 306, 28 December 1936, Page 3
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173LAWN TENNIS SURPRISES Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 306, 28 December 1936, Page 3
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