LAWN TENNIS.
PLAY AT WIMBLEDON. By Telegraph.—Press Assn—Copyright London, June 25. At Wimbledon In the singles, Campbell, the young Irish champion, who Is ? promising Davis Cup candidate, beat Gobert 9—7, I—6.1 —6. 4—G, 4—2. Gobert retired in the fourth set with a strained leg. Klngscote beat Marvogordato 6—o, 10—8, 6—4. Shlimidzu beat Lyset 6—3, 9—ll, 3—6, 6—2, 10—8. Received June 27, 5.5 p.m. London, June 26. Mr. Herbert Bourke, writing In the Sunday Evening Telegram, protests against the Lycett match not being stopped. It Is stated Lycett was suffering from a touch of sunstroke. He may have been plucky, but he had to be nursed by constant sponging of tis head, which was unfair to Shimidzu. Towards the end there were frequent cries from the spectators pf “play” and “get on with It,” and if Shimidzu had been beaten there would probably have been an unruly scene.
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Taranaki Daily News, 28 June 1921, Page 3
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147LAWN TENNIS. Taranaki Daily News, 28 June 1921, Page 3
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