UNIVERSITY TOURNAMENT
BOXING, CRICKET AND TENNIS. Wellington, April 8. The annual tournament of the four university colleges of New Zealand commenced here to-day. The boxing finals resulted:—Bantamweight, V. C. Rickard (Auckland) beat McAlevey (Otago); feather-we'ght, Ferguson (Otago) beat Dick (Canterbury); light-weight, Mayhill (Auckland) beat Chester (Canterbury); welter-weight, Richardson (Victoria) beat Jenkin (Auckland); middle-weight, Allan (Otago) beat Moorhouse (Auckland); Leckie (Otago) beat Frear (Auckland). Otago wen the boxing shield. In the inter-varsity rowing event the Victoria College crew beat the Auckland University crew by two lengths. The lawn tennis results are:— Men’s Singles.—First round: F. R. Chisholm (Otago) beat G. N. T. Goldie (Victoria), 9—7, 6—2; A. C. Stedman (Auckland) beat H. W. Smithson (Canterbury), 6—4, 6—l; ,K. H. North (Auckland) beat W. R. Robinson (Canterbury), 6—3, 6—4; R. McL. Ferkins (Victoria) beat J. I). F. Watson (Otago), 6—4, 6—l. Second round: Stedman beat Chisholm, B—6, 6—3; Ferkins beat North, 4—6, 6—4, 6—4. Men’s Doubles. —First round: Ferkins and Goldie (Victoria) beat R. B. Hardy ,and North (Auckland), 6 —3, 3—6, 6—4; Chisholm and Watson (Otago) beat A. G.‘ Gillies and R. M. Innes (Canterbury), 6—l, 6—2; Robinson and H. G. Searle (Canterbury) beat D. M. Earle and J. H. Stall worthy (Otago), 6—2, 7—5; A C. and J. E. Stedman (Auckland) beat W. J. Hav and I. H. Macarthur (Victoria), 6 —o. 6—3. Ladies’ Singles.—First round: Mic-s E. E. Miller (Auckland) beat Miss E. K. Scott (Canterbury), 5 —6, 6—4, 6 —4; Mi® D. E. Scott (Otago) ’beat Miss O. Lenz (Victoria), 2—6, 6 —3, 6 —2; Miss M. O. Miller- (Auckland) beat Miss 11. G. Jones (Canterbury), 6—4, 6—l; Mub L. S. Ballantyne (Otago) beat Miss M. Carty (Victoria), 6—o, —l. Ladies' Doubles. —-First round: Misses E. K. Scott and H. G. Jones (Canterbury) beat Misses N. Duthie and D. Vesty (Otago),. 6—5, 6—3; Misses E. E. and M. O. Miller (Auckland) beat Misses E. M. Armstrong and K. Sharp (Canterbury), 6—l, 6— 4; Misses L. S. Ballantyne and D. E. Scott (Otago) beat Misses F. Line and K. Zeisler (Victoria), 6—3, 5—6, 10—8; Misses J. B. Mueller and W. Whitelaw (Auckland) beat Misses O. Lenz, and M. Carty (Victoria), 6—4, 6—3.
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Taranaki Daily News, 10 April 1928, Page 5
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