Tennis

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 30, 8 December 1948, Page 5

Tennis

Whakatane Loses In Shield Match Tauranga defeated Whakatane fairly convincingly by 9 games to 7 in a match for the Dunlop Shield played at Whakatane on Saturday. The weather was fine and the courts fast. Results with Whakatane names mentioned first:— Women’s Singles: Miss Hall beat Miss Galbally 6/3, 4/6, 6/3; Mrs McDonald lost to Mrs Dean 0/6, 1/6; Mrs Bridger lost to Miss Brown 3/6, 4/6; Mrs Morgan beat Miss Johnston 6/1, 6/2. - Men’s Singles: P. Bryers lost to J. Aitkenhead 2/6, 3/6; I. Wylds lost to J. Nicholls 6/4, 0/6, 4/6; G. Gordon lost to N. Guiness 6/5, 5/6, 4/6; E. Wilson beat R. Dickison 6/4, 5/6, 8/6. Women’s . Doubles: Miss Hall and Mrs McDonald lost to Miss Galbally and Mrs Dean 5/6, 6/5, 2/6; Mrs Bridger and Mrs Morgan lost to Misses Brown and Johnston 2/6* 6/1, 5/7. Men’s Doubles: Bryers'and Wylds beat Aitkenhead and Nicholls 6/5, 6/4; Gordon and Wilson beat Guiness and Dickison 6/2, 1/6, 7/5. Combined Doubles: Bryers and Miss Hall lost to Aitkenhead and Mrs Dean 4/6, 6/1, 4/6; Wylds and Mrs McDonald beat Nicholls and Miss Johnston 6/1, 6/1; Gordon and Mrs Bridger lost to Guiness and Miss Brown 6/5, 6/3; Wilson and Mrs Gordon beat Dickison and Miss Galbally 6/4, 0/6, 6/4. Tauranga 9 games defeated Whakatane 7 games.