LAWN TENNIS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 45, 21 January 1938, Page 8

LAWN TENNIS

DRAW FOR TOURNAMENT. The draw for the Manawatu Lawn Tennis Association’s close tournament, to be' played to-morrow at the Linton Street and Northern Club’s courts, is as under:— MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES. First round.—R. Chisholm, a bye; R. Smart v. A. Mac Lean; C. Sherrin v G. Hamilton; Davy v R. Gloyn; J. Christie v K. Anderson; V. Hobin v A. Bovis; G. Beattie v L. A. Smith; D. McMurray, a bye; D. B. Livingstone, a bye; C. Kaye v O. McLaren; R. Hill v W. J. Patton; L. F. Evans v W. Gloyn; J. Cope v H. Merritt; D. Spring v B. Ryder; Spragge v N. Hume; W. Boddy, a bye. MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES. First round.—Boddy and Chisholm v. Patton and Merritt; Stuart and McKewan v. Hill and Slierrin; Hume and Hamilton v. Bovis and McLaren; Livingstone and Beattie v. Betteridge and Kaye; McMurray and Hobin v. Young and Smart; Moffafrt and Landers v. Christie and Spring; Evans and Ryder v. Gloyn and Gloyn; Johansen and Lee v. Spragge and Cope. MEN’S HANDICAP SINGLES. First round.—N. Hume ( 4-6; v. J. Moffatt (scr.); G. Stuart (r 15) v. C. McLaren (r 3-6); L. F. Evans ( 15) v. Peter Tait (r 15); G. Beattie ( 2-6) v. C. McLaren (scr.); Davy ( 2-6) v. A. Bovis ( 3-6); R. Gloyn ( 4-6) v. L. A.' Smith ( 3-6); D. McMurray ( —ls 4-6) v. R. Smart (r 1- W. Gloyn ( —ls) v. N. Johansen (r 4-6); J. Betteridge ( —3-6) v. A. Landers (scr.); C. Sherrin ( 4-6) v. K. Anderson (r 15); S. Lee v. C. Kaye ( —ls 1-6); W. Ferguson (r 2-6) v B. Ryder (r 3-6); H. Merritt (—ls 2- v. S. C. Young (r 15); T. McKewan (r 4-6) v. G. Hamilton ( 4-6); A. Mac Lean (scr.) v. R. Hill (—15); W. J. Batton ( 3-6) v. V. Hobin (—ls 3-6). WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES.

First round.—Byes: Mrs Adams. Miss L. Robertson, Mrs J. C. McDonald. Miss J. Barnett, Miss M. O'Brien and Mrs Hobin; Mrs Evans v. Mrs New.