TENNIS TOURNEY

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 144, 14 March 1939, Page 3

TENNIS TOURNEY

Broadcasting Services The staffs of the National Broadcasting Service and the National Commercial Broadcasting Service played a series of tennis matches at Miramar on Sunday. The Commercial service reversed its defeat of last year, winning fairly comfortably, mainly through the superiority of its women players. • „ . , Details, Commercial Service players mentioned first, are: —

Singles: Young beat Ngata, J--; Bullivant lost to Chisholm, 5-9 ; Rolfe lost to Batten, 4-9; McLeod los_t to Brown, 6-9; Tahiwi beat Perry. 9-7; Snelling beat Meier, 9-8; Whitchurch beat Coleman, 9-8; Blundell lost to Fox, 5-9. Women's singles: Mrs. Whitchurch beat Mrs. Binning, 9-7 ; Miss Kindred lost to Miss Cairns, 6-9 ; Miss Chant beat Miss Dinihan, 9-8; Miss von Keiscuberg beat Miss McCarthy, 9-4 ; Miss Fitzgibbon beat Miss Barton, 9-1; Mrs. Collins beat Miss Murphy, 9-3; Miss Pimm lost to Miss Barnard, 4-9. Men's doubles: Young and Rolfe beat Ngata and Chisholm, 9-7; Bullivant and McLeod lost to Batten aud Brown, 5-9; Whitchurch and Tahiwi lost to Perry and Meier, 2-9; Snelling and Blundell lost to Coleman and Fox, 5-9. Women’s doubles: Mrs. Whitchurch and Miss von Keiseuberg lost to Miss Binning and Mrs. Cairns, 8-9; Misses Kindred and Fitzgibbon beat Misses Dimhan and McCarthy, 9-8; Misses Chant and Collins beat Misses Barton and Murphy, 9-5. • Mixed doubles: Young and Miss Kindred beat Ngata and Mrs. Binning, 9-8; Bullivant and Miss Fitzgibbon beat Chisholm and Miss Cairns, 9-8; Roffe and Miss Chant beat Batten and Miss Dimhan, 9-5; Tahiwi and Miss von Heisenberg beat Brown and Miss McCarthy, 9-8; Whitchurch and Mrs. Whitchurch beat Perry and Miss Barton. 9-3; Snelling and Mrs. Collins beat Coleman and Miss Hall-Kenny, 9-4 ; Blundell and Miss Pirn lost to Fox and Miss Barnard, 4-9. Summary: N.C.8.5., 18 matches, 226 games. N. 8.5., 11 matches, 203 games.