LAWN TENNIS.
■■:'. : iv ? ,...;'.:',::'^/\ : ; v A wire from. Christehurch yesterday conveyed the disappointing tidings that 1 Wilding would not. be participating ■ in to-inorrow's represontativb fixture. The Canterbury team, which leaves to-night, consists of Ollivier, Kivor. Quill, Pearce, and!■': Borrows. Notwithstanding•. Wilding's regrettable abBfnee, some good tennis should be seen, as the talent includes tho best available in both provinces' -and.' " practically in New Zealand. Ollirier'e meeting with ■ Swanston should prove interesting, in view of his defeat in the 1908 provincial final. Ho is a greater player to-day than he was, thirteen months ago. ,-Tlio attraction , of the afternoon will, of course, be the Peacock-Quill matchj whilst the'voterim Goss no doubt will give Fisher, something to do. Ollivier arrives this morning. Mr! Eric J. Tayler, secrotarj; of the;.. Canterbury. Association for many years past, accompanies tho visitors. A match with the local secretary is syiodUhl,
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 442, 26 February 1909, Page 9
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143LAWN TENNIS. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 442, 26 February 1909, Page 9
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