TENNIS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 March 1941, Page 2

TENNIS

WILDING SHIELD. WON BY WELLINGTON. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Increasing the lead they gained on Friday, Wellington’s Wilding Shield tennis team on Saturday beat the visiting Canterbury side by the handsome margin of eight matches to four. Wellington thus become the holders of the trophy for inter-provincial tennis supremacy for the first time since the 1933-34 season. Canterbury women whoj, like the men, were down 2-4 in matches after the first day’s play, fought their uphill fight almost to a successful conclusion, the verdict going to Wellington only after the last match of the day was decided. Detailed scores are (Wellington names first):— Men. —N. V. Edwards beat C. Angas, 6-2, 6-1. R. McKenzie beat R. G. Pattinson, 6-3, 6-4. D. G. France lost to H. A. Barnett. 6-1. 4-6. 4-6. E. A. Roussell beat C. Penfold, 2-6, 6-1, 7-5. Edwards and McKenzie lost to Angas and Pattinson, 3-6, 7-5, 4-6. France and Roussell beat Barnett and Penfold, 6-4, 8-6.

Totals: Wellington, 8 matches, 18 sets, 148 games; Canterbury 4 matches, 11 sets, 131 games. Women. —Mrs. Green lost to Miss T. Poole, 4-6, 2-6. Miss J. Beban beat Miss J. Senior, 6-1, 6-2. Miss F. Fernie beat Miss K. Armstrong, 3-6, 8-6, 6-3. Mrs. Kennedy lost to Miss H. Elsom. 6-4, 2-6. 5-7. Mesdames Green and Kennedy lost to Misses Poole and Armstrong, 3-6, 3-6. Misses Fernie and Beban beat Misses Senior and. Elsom, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3. Totals: Wellington, 7 matches, 16 sets, 140 games; Canterbury, 5 matches, 15 sets, 140 games.