MISS T. GREAVES BEATEN IN SINGLES AT N.I. TENNIS TOURNEY

Wanganui Chronicle, 29 December 1947, Page 4

MISS T. GREAVES BEATEN IN SINGLES AT N.I. TENNIS TOURNEY

(Special) New Plymouth, Dec. 28. Results ot matches in which Wanganui competitors played on Saturday and to-day in the North Island tennis championship tournament at Hawera are:— Men’s Singles. Second round: M. S. Rountree (Wanganui) beat R. Westwood (Wellington) 6-2, 6-1; R. Dempsey (Auckland) beat G. Honeyfield (Patea) 6-1, 6-0; C. Campbell (Wellingt.»i) beat R. S. Mcßae (Patea) 6-0, 6-0; J. A. Cook (Wanganui) beat D. Dunn (Wellington) 6-4, 6-3. Third round: A. W. Tills (Auckland) beat M. Fleming (Wanganui) 6- 6-0; C. Nicholls (Hawera) beat Rountree 6-0, 6-2; D. Smith (Lower Hutt) beat A. Dickie (Waverley) 6-0, 7- P. Becroft (Auckland) beat Cook 6-0, 6-1; O. B. Welsh (Wanganui) beat B. White (New Plymouth) 6-2, 6-4. Fourth round: Tills beat Welsh 3-6, 6-1, 6-2. Women’s Singles. Second round: Mrs. A. Fagan (Opunake) heat Mrs. E. Dickie (Waverley) 3-6, 7-5, 6-4. Third round: Miss T Greaves (Wanganui) beat Miss P. Kinks (Hawera) 6-2, 6-0. Quarter-finals: Miss E. Attwood (Auckland) beat Miss Greaves 6-0, 6*4. Men’s Doubles. First round: Becroft and Tills beat Lampe and Welsh 6-3, 6-1; Mcßae and Honeyfield beat J. Rolls and C. Bristol (Wanganui) 6-4, 6-2. Second round: Cook and J. Connett (Wanganui) beat J. E. Mercer (Seatoun) and R. Westwood (Wellington) 6-2, 7-3; Rountree and Fleming beat E. L. Murray (New Plymouth) and C. Loveday (Stratford) 6-1, 6-0. Third round: W. T. Poutney and A. S. Burns (Auckland) beat Rountree and Fleming 6-3, 6-3. Women's Doubles. First round: Misses E. Coull (Wanganui) and L. Robertson (Hawera) beat Misses Wade and Mortimer Jones (New Plymouth) 6-1, 6-1. Second round: Misses B. Lobb (New Plymouth) and C. Vaughan (Stratford) beat Misses Coull and Robertson 3-6, 6-1, 6-4; Misses T. Greaves (Wanganui) and K. O’Sullivan (Hawera) beat Misses N. Brown and V. Garcia (New Plymouth) 6-0, 6-1.