WIN FOR TAYLOR

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 3258, 3 May 1943, Page 5

WIN FOR TAYLOR

MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP

PAEROA LAWN TENNIS LADIES’ SINGLES TO MISS HOBBS Defeating H. Thorp in the final, G. Taylor carried off the men’s championship singles of the Paeroa Lawn Tennis Club for the 1942-43 season, while Miss N. E. Hobbs, the winner of the ladies’ championship singles, defeated Mrs A. Nield in the final, 6—3, 6—l. Messrs E. Lee and H. Lee were the winners of the men’s championship doubles, while Mrs Morran and Miss Hobbs carried off the ladies’ championship doubles. The combined championship doubles were won by G. Taylor and Miss Hobbs. Details:— Men’s Championship Singles First Round.—G. Taylor heat H. L ee 6 1, 7—5; L. Whisker beat J. Sinnett 4—6, 6—3, 7—5; D. Boyd beat R. Williams 6—3, 6—O'; E. W; Lee beat H. Walker 6—l, 6—l; R. Dunn beat J. Hill 6—4, 7 —5; B. Hunt won by default to A. F. Thorp; M. Wallen won by default to H. Morgan; H. Thorp beat W. O’Meara 6—l, 6—o.

Second Round.—Taylor beat Whisker 6 1, 6—2; E. Lee beat Boyd; Dunn beat Hunt 7—5, 63; H. Thorp beat Wallen 6—l, 6—l. Semi-Final.— Taylor beat Lee 4 6, 6—3, 6—4; Thorp beat Dunn 6—3, 6—>o. Final.—Taylor beat Thorp 6—o, 4—6, 6_—3' 6—B, 9—7.

Men’s Championship Doubles First Round. —J. Hill and D. Boyd beat H. Walker and another 6—3, 6 —o; E. Lee and H. Lee f beat L. Whisker and M. Wallen 6—4, 6—4; G. Taylor and J. Sinnett beat B. Hunt and H. Morgan 6—l, 6—2; H. Thorp and R. Dunn beat W. O’Meara and F. Clark by default. Second Round. —E. Lee and p. Lee beat Hill and Boyd 6—4, 6 3; Taylor and Sinnett beat H. Thorp and Dunn 6—4, I—6, 7—5. Final.—E. Lee and H. Lee beat Taylor and -Sinnett 6—3, 6—3, 6—4. Men’s Handicap Singles First Round. —W. O’Meara, J. Bockett, H. Walker, B. Stewart, byes; L. B. Hunt beat B. Catton 9 4; L. Whisker beat F. Clark, 9 —3; M. Wallen beat G. Taylor, 9—7; R. Dunn beat H. Morgan, 9—4; J. Sinnett heat F. Thorp, 9—7; H. Lee beat J. Brown, 9 —5; H. Thorp beat J. Hill, 9—5; R. Williams, E. W. Lee, N. Whisker, D. Boyd and R. Jessen, byes. Second Round. —O’Meara beat Bockett, 9 —4; Walker beat Stewart by default; Whisker beat Hunt, 9—B; Dunn beat Wallen, 9—B; Sinnett beat H. Lee, 9—l; H. Thorp beat Williams, 9 —o; E. Lee 'beat N. Whisker by default; D. Boyd beat Jessen by default. Third Round. —Walker beat O’Meara, 9—3; Dunn beat L. Whisker, 9—3; H. Thorp beat Sinnett, 9—6; Boyd beat E. Lee, 9 —B. ■Semi-Final. —Dunn beat Walker, 9—4; Boyd beat H. Thorp, 9—5. Final. —Boyd beat Dunn, 7—5; 6—2. Men’s Handicap Doubles First Round. —W. O’Meara and R. Williams, N. Whisker and L. Whisker, H. Thorp and B. Hunt, B. Catton and B. Stewart, J. Brown and F. Clark, byes; J. Boyd and H. Morganbeat M. Wallen and R. Jessen, 9—B; R. Dunn and D. Boyd beat H. Walker, 9 4- -G. Taylor and J. Sinnett beat J. Hill and H. Lee, 9—3; E. Lee and F. Thorp beat H. Thorp and B. Hunt, 9 4; B. Catton and B. Stewart, J. Brown and F. Clark, byes. Second Round.—O’Meara and Williams beat N. Whisker and L. Whisker, I—7; Dunn and D. Boyd beat J. Boyd and Morgan by default; Taylor and Sinnett beat E. Lee and F. Thorp, 9—B; Brown and Clark beat ■Catton and Stewart, 9—4. Semi-Final. — Dunn and D. Boyd ■beat O’Meara and Williams; Taylor and Sinnett beat Brown and Clark, 9—5. - Final.—Dunn and D. Boyd beat Taylor and Sinnett, 6—l, 6—o. Ladies’ Championship Singles First Round—Mrs A. Nield, Mrs B. Aitken and Miss Hobbs, byes; Miss R. Dickson beat Miss S. -Silcock, 7_s } 3 6, 7 —5; Mrs Whisker beat Mrs Dunn, 6—l, 6—l; Mrs- Pett, beat Miss Taylor; Mrs Morran beat Mrs G. Bain, 6—3, 6—6; Mrs C. Handley beat Mrs J. Pickford by default. Second Rround.—Mrs Nield beat Miss Dickson by default; Mrs Whisker beat Mrs Pett, B—6, 6—o; Mrs Moran beat Mrs Handley by default; Miss Hobbs beat Mrs Aitken, 6—o, 6—l. . “ Third Round. —Mrs Nield beat Mrs Whisker, 61, 6—3; Miss Hobbs beat Mrs Morran, 6—3, 6—2. (Continued on Page S.)