GRADE TENNIS

Southland Times, Issue 24890, 2 November 1942, Page 3

GRADE TENNIS

COMPETITIONS BEGUN ON SATURDAY The Southland Lawn Tennis Association's inter-club competitions began on Saturday when matches were played in the A, B and C grades. The weather was fine and sunny throughout the afternoon, but a gusty wind made conditions difficult. Following are the results of matches played:— A GRADE KUGBY PARK V. INVERCARGILL II Rugby Park defeated Invercargill II by five sets to one. Scores (Rugby Park names flr Women’s Singles.—Miss Morton 9 beat Miss South 3; Miss Henry 5 lost to Miss Pollock 9: Miss Barrett 9 beat Miss Mitchell 2; Mrs Hughes 9 beat Miss Halligan 7. Women’s Doubles.—Misses Morton and Henry 9 beat Misses Smith and Pollock 5; Miss Barrett and Mrs Hughes 9 beat Misses Mitchell and H Tigan 4. INVERCARGILL V. WAIHOPAI Invercargill beat Waihopai by six sets to nil. Scores (Invercargill names first): — Women’s Singles.—Miss L. Barrett 9 beat Miss J. Moir 1; Miss G. Ferguson 9 beat Miss P: Whyte 2; Miss K. Cutt 9 beat Miss P. Hardy 1; Miss M. Shand 9 beat Miss A. Henderson 5. Women's Doubles.—Misses L. Barrett and G. Ferguson 9 beat Misses J. Moir and P. Whyte 3; Misses K. Cutt and M. Shand 9 beat Miss P. Hardy and A. Henderson 6. B GRADE GLADSTONE V. RUGBY PARK Rugby Park beat Gladstone by six sets to nil. Scores (Gladstone names first):— Women’s Singles.—Miss J. Fogarty 3 lost to Mrs A. Harvey 7; Miss S. Newth 0 lost to Miss J. McKee 7; R. Brodrick 2 lost to Miss M. Ferguson 7; J. Hodge 3 lost to Miss F. Orr 7. Women’s Doubles.—Misses Fogarty and Newth 0 lost to Mrs Harvey and Miss McKee 7; Misses Brodrick and Hodge 4 lost to Misses Ferguson and Orr 7. C GRADE Invercargill I beat Invercargill II by 3 sets 35 games to 3 sets 32 games. SECONDARY SCHOOLS’ CHAMPIONSHIPS At the Invercargill tennis courts on Saturday the Southland secondary _ schools’ championships were continued with the opening round of the mixed doubles and the finals of some of the other sections. In the senior boys K. Corkery (Marist), the Southland junior champion, had a long hard game with K. Curran (Marist), winning, in a match of nearly two hours, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2. Both players drove and placed splendidly, although the winner was inclined to chop too much, thus bringing his opponent on to attack. Curran was the more aggressive, having his rival on the defence much of the time, but found Corkery too steady. M. O’Brien (Marist) became junior boys’ champion by defeating W. McCaw (Marist) 9-4. The loser did not play with his usual dash and allowed his opponent to call the tune.

The final of the senior girls’ doubles was rather one-sided, P. Hardy and H. Fallow (High) defeating T. Stevenson and E. Hulse (High) 9-0. In the mixed doubles good progress was made, the only surprise being the defeat of Walker and Miss Fallow (High) by Cochrane and Miss Fitzgerald (Marist). The games will be concluded next Saturday at the Invercargill courts. The results of the mixed doubles were as follows:—First round: Cochrane and Miss Fitzgerald (Marist) beat Mahoney and Miss Reid (High) 7-2; McCallum and Miss Eastlake (Technical) beat Murray and Miss Hulse (High) 7-6; Roughan and Miss Winders (Marist) beat Lilley and Miss Walker (High) 7-4; McKenzie and Miss McKay (High) beat Fitzgerald and Miss McCaw (Marist) 7-4; McCaw and Miss C. Wilson (Marist) beat Lawrence and Miss Morris (High) 7-4; Curran and Miss O. Wilson (Marist) beat Doake and Miss Brown (High) 7-2; Don Crawford and Miss Frampton (High) beat Stevens and Miss McDonald (Technical) 7-3; Gallagher and Miss Hodge (High) beat Robbie and Miss B. Frampton (High) 7-6; Dave Crawford and MissDeaker (High) beat Forde and Miss Hopper (Marist) 7-3; Folley and Miss Napier (High) beat O’Brien and Miss Hannon (Marist) 7-2; Ott and Miss Laurie (High) beat Robbie and Miss Colley (High) 7-3; Richardson and Miss Robbie (High) beat Mahoney and Miss McDonald) 7-4; Corkery and Miss Townsend (Marist) beat McDougall and Miss Cameron (High) 7-3.

Second round.—Cochrane and Miss Fitzgerald beat Walker and Miss Fallow (High) 7-6; Roughan and Miss Winders beat McCallum and Miss Eastlake 7-2; McKenzie and Miss McKay beat McCaw and Miss C; Wilson 7-5; Bloomfield and Miss Hardy (High) beat Dave Crawford and Miss Deaker 7-1; Ott and Miss Laurie beat Folley and Miss Napier 7-5.

Third round.—Cochrane and Miss Fitzgerald beat Roughan and Miss Winders 9-4.