BADMINTON

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 June 1939, Page 7

BADMINTON

-a NEW ZEALAND TEAM TO TOUR AUSTRALIA. MR AND MRS HAWKSWORTH . SELECTED. (Bv Telegraph—Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, June 12. The New Zealand Badminton team to tour Australia, the first to leave the Dominion, was selected at New Plymouth on Saturday after the final of the inter-provincial championship between Wellington and Auckland. The eight players selected are:—?. Hawksworth (Wairarapa), E. A. Roussell (Wellington), J. Spedding (Taranaki), G. A. Pearce (Wellington), Miss N. Fleming (Wellington), Miss M. Kerr (Otago), Mrs Hawksworth (Wairarapa), Mrs P. Wren (Auckland). The selection is subject to medical examination. Reserves are:—R. G. Pattinson (Wellington) and Miss I. Greaves (Wanganui). A member of the New Zealand team last year, R. W. Lewis (Auckland), was not available. The team will leave Wellington on July 21, returning on August 17, after touring New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania. One Test will be played in Melbourne. The selectors, Messrs D. O. Whyte (Wellington), D. C. James (Auckland), and C. J. Smith (New Plymouth), also announced -that the Rev L. W. Austin> (Wanganui) would be manager. Wellington won the Wisden Cup for the first time, beating Auckland by 11 matches to five. Wellington won all eight singles.