LAWN TENNIS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3079, 28 December 1908, Page 5

LAWN TENNIS.

4 By Telegraph—Preps Association, J NELSON. December 27. vi In the Tennis Championships the Men's Singles in the first round resulted:— Prouse beat Weir, 5—7, 6—o, B—6, 4—6, 9—7. In the second round Fisher beat W. Pearae, 6—3, 6—4, 7—5. Wilding beat Pea-cock,S-l, 6-0, 6—o. In the third round Wilding beat Harrawav, 6—l. 6—o, 6-0. Ladies' Singles—First round, Miss Wellwood beat Miss N. L. Hughes, 6—2, 6—l. Men's Doubles—Second round, Quill and Prouse beat Leggatt and Rowley, 6—4, 3—6, 6—2, 6—4, 9—7. F. Wilding and A. F. Wilding beat Mitchell and De Rose, 6—o, 6—o, 6-0. Ladies' Doubles—First round, Misses Nunnelley and Braithwaite beat Misses R. Hughes and N. L. Hughes, 6—3, 6—l. Misses Powdrell and Gray beat Misses Bloxam and Mears, 6—l, 6—o. Misses Wellwood and Travers beat Misses Bock and Baham, 10-8, 4"—6, 6—l. Misses Todd and Seed beat Misses Jlurton and Hannay, 6—2, 6—2. •Third round, Misses Powdrell and Gray beat Misses Nunnelly and Braithwaite, 3—6,. 6—3, 6—2. Combined Doubles —First round, Miss Nunnelley and A. F. Wilding beat Miss Ward and Fisher, 6—o, 7 —5. Miss Wellwood and Brown beat Mrs Goldie and Weir, 6—4, 7—5. Second round, Miss Braithwaite and Peacock beat Miss Batham and V. D. Bam ford, 6—4, 6-4. and Parker beat Miss Hughes and J. G. Swainson, 6—o, 3—l.