TENNIS RESUMED

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20132, 29 December 1939, Page 6

TENNIS RESUMED

DISTRICT TOURNEY COURTS REMAIN SOFT FINISH AT WEEK-END After an interruption caused by the rain, the Poverty Bay and East Coast Lawn Tennis Association’s tournament was resumed this morning. The courts were still damp during the early part of the day. but dried out rapidly. With little play on Tuesday afternoon. only a few hours on one court on Wednesday and none yesterday, the completion of the tournament has been delayed considerably, but if no further interruptions occur it should be possible to reach the final stages during the week-end. Results of the early part of the play to-day were:— CHAMPIONSHIP SECTION Men’s Singles Second Round.—M. R. Maude w.o. O. Simmonds; P. Kaua d. L. Burdett, 6 —l, 6 —3; A. M. Singer w.o. N. R. Mackay. Women’s Doubles First Round. —Misses B. Kemp and E. Reeves d. Misses Appleton and Newton,--0,6 —0, 6 —2. Second Round. —Mesdames A. M. Philpotts and O. Simmonds d. Mrs. Kemp and Miss Hegarty, 6 —2. 6 —l. Men’s Doubles First Round.—R. Bignell and R. Richardson d. P. L. Singer and A. Singer, 6—o, G—o. Girls’ Singles First Round. —Joan Cooke d. Shona Cox, 6 —o, 6 —o. HANDICAP SECTION Women’s Singles ' Second Round.—Mrs. C. H. Wells (o. 15.5) d. Miss J. Williams (r. 15.3), 9—B; Miss E. Reeves to. 15.4) d. Miss L. Linton (o. 15), 9—6. Men’s Singles Second Round.—W. Kohn (o. 5) w.o. G. Cotterill to. 3); B. Graham (o. 15) d. G. Mills (o. 15.5), 9—6; G. Bright (o. 15,2) d. G. Gregory (o. 3), 9 —o. Third Round.—R. Connop (o. 3) w.o. O. Simmonds (o. 30.3). Men’s Doubles First Round.—Cranswiek and Shone to. 15.5) d. Chrisp and Bull (r. 45), 9 —6; Maude and Howe (o. 15) d. Burke and Barns-Graham (scr.), 9 —5; Hansen and P. Cranswiek (r. 15) w.o. Philpotts and Simmonds; Dumont and Wilson (o. 15.4) w.o. Cotterill and Burke (o. 3).