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LAWN TENNIS

INTERPEOVINCIAL TOURNEY

.■WIN 1 FOR

were favourable on I 1 a , nnua l lawn tennis touraamenJt between teams representing the Canterbury and .Wellington Provinch! Associations, The fixture took place at tha Ihorndon Clubs courts, before an intrnsted crowd of spectators. Last y'ear. hl, l'i lnC ' y was separately between the men and the ladies from each province, Canterbury winning the men's wntest, while the Wellington ladies H,!!" llp^d S opponents from tho south, lhis year a different system i was adopted, ana all the results wcie--111 i ' 16 - Altogether nu.eleen Tubbere were played, Wellington winning by ten to' nine. The honour fL to n°^ y r^ st ?. almost enll ">iy with-! the Wellington ladies, who won all the rubbers in which they were engaged alone, while Canterbury succeeded in i only one of .the combined rubbers. As was tho case last yeur, (the Canterbury men ere superior, to their local opponents, and won all tho singles, and two ! out of the three doubles, was made with tho games ! and <fche last of them. had been played 1 soon after 5.30 p.m. The secretarial ar-! rangements wero in the hands of Mr. D. Mumy Kean, and tho referee was Mr» il» il. Gore. Assistance as umpires was lont by Messrs. Fathers, Melody. Beeves, ' Austin, and Saunders. Details of the play are as follow i— I^adie6 , Singles, r Hughes (Wellington) defealfced Mrs. Lord (Canterbury) 6—2, 6—5. Jfiss IVavers (Wellington) defeated .Mrs. Greenwood (Canterbury), 5-6, 6-0, 6—l.' Miss Williams (Wellington) defeated Mrs. Berry (Canterbury) 6—l, 4—6, 6—o. Miss Stevens (Wellington) defeated Miss' Cotton (Canterbury) 6—l, 6—o, Ladies' Doubles. Misses Williams ajad Stevens (Wellington) defeated Miss Cotton and Mrs. Greenwood (Canterbury) 6—3, 5-6, 6—l " Misses Hughes and Travers (Wellington) defeated Mesdames Lord and Berrv (Canterbuiy), 0-3, 6—i. ' • ■ Men's Singles. : _W. Lyons (Canterbury) defeated L. G. Butcher (Wellington) G—2, 6--5. G. L. Berry (Canterbury) defeated G. Smytho (Wellington) 2—6, 6-5, 6—3. P. G. Greenwood (Canterbury) defeatedH. W. Brown (Wellington) 6—3, 6—2. W. Goss (Canterbury) defeated F. M. B. Fisher (Wellington) 0-6, 6-0, 6-5. . G. Seay (Canterbury) beat J. C. Peacock (Wellington) -6 —3, 6—l, G. Ollivier (Canterbury) beat R. N. K. Swanston (Wellington) 6—o, 5—6, 6—4. Men's Doubles. Ollivier and Goss (Canterbury) defeated Peacock and Fisher (Wellington) 6—5,' 1-6, 6 3, Seay and Groom?ood (Canterbury) defeated Swanston and Brown' (Wellington) 6 —3, 5 —6, 6—5. Butcher and Smytho (Wellington) defeated Lyons and Berry (Canterbury) 6—2, 1-C, 6-0. ■ Combined Doubles. Misa Stovcns and Swanston (Wellington) defeated Mrs. Berry and Greenwood (Canterbury) 6—5, o—3. . Miss Williams and Peacock (Wellington) ton) defeated Mrs. Lord and Seay (Canterbury) 6—1,. 5—6, B—l. Miss Hughes and Brown (Wellington) defeated At iss Cotton and .Goss (Canter-' bury) 6—2, Mi, 6-4. Mrs. Greenwood and Ollivior (Canterbury) defeated Miss Travers and Fisher {Wellington) 6—4, 6—3. Aggregates.—Wellington, 10 rubbers, 25 sets, 232 games. Canterbury—9 rubbers, 21 sets, 196 games..

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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2385, 15 February 1915, Page 9

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LAWN TENNIS Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2385, 15 February 1915, Page 9

LAWN TENNIS Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2385, 15 February 1915, Page 9

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