EASTER TENNIS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 April 1941, Page 6

EASTER TENNIS

TOURNAMENT IN MASTERTON GOOD PROGRESS DURING WEEKEND. HAWKSWORTH BEATS LEADING WELLINGTON PLAYER. Good progress was made with the Wairarapa Tennis Association's championship and handicap tournament, during the weekend but. following the heavy rain which fell this morning the I\ospects of play today are extremely unpromising. Some excellent tennis was seen on Saturday and yesterday. P. Hawksworth scored a notable victory when he defeated R. McKenzie, of Wellington, a Wilding Shield player, in the third round of the men’s championship singles. Using his slashing forehand drive to perfection, Hawksworth prevented McKenzie from obtaining an attacking position at the net. MEN’S SINGLES. First Round. D. Goodwin beat G. H. Croskery, 2/6, 6/4, 7/5. A. M. McCardle beat H. Weipeihana, 6/0, 6/2. Second Round. P. Hawksworth beat G. Goodwin, 6/0, 6/1. . R. McL. Ferkins beat C. Lust’, 6/3, 6/0; E. Evans beat H. Walshe, 6/1, 7/5. Max Ferkins beat J. Hamilton, 2/6; 6/2, 7/5; R. McKenzie beat D. Goodwin, 6/1, 6/0; A. H. McCardle beat M. Forkins, 6/3, 6/2. Third Round. Bold beat McLeod, 7/5, 6/3; Hawksworth beat McKenzie, 6/2, 6/4. Semi-finals: Hawksworth beat Bold, 6/4. 6/2; R. Ferkins beat McCardle, 6/3, 6/3. WOM EN’S' SI NG LES. First Round. Mrs R. McL. Ferkins beat Miss M. Wilton, 6/1, 6/1. Mrs R. H. Milburn beat Miss James. 6/2. 6/0; Mrs G. Cotterill beat Mrs McLeod, 6/1, 6/2; Mrs Ferkins beat Mrs Torr. 6/1, 6/0. Mrs C. Torr beat Miss J. Mulvaney, 6/5, 9/7; Mrs G. S. McLeod beat Miss R. Percy, 6/4, 6/3. Second Round. Miss M. James beat Miss Peg Jameson, 6/3, 12/10; Mrs N. T. Beetham beat Miss M. West. 6/2, 6/4. Semi-finals: Mrs Cotterill beat Mrs N. T. Beetham, 7/5, 8/6; Mrs Milburn beat Mrs R. Ferkins, 6/3, 6/2. MEN’S DOUBLES. First Round. McCardle and Swinburne beat O. Grant and P. Rishworth, 6/2, 6/1. Goodwin and Goodwin beat O'Kane and Kennedy, 6/1, 6/4. Second Round. Biillick and Faulknor beat Evans and Walshe, 6/2, 0/6, 6/1. Third Round. McCardle and Swinburne beat Sharpe and Whiteman, 6/2, 8/6; McKenzie and Hamilton beat Bullock and Faulknor, 7/5, 8/6. Semi-final. McKenzie and Hamilton beat Hawksworth and McLeod, 7/5, 11/9. \ WOMEN'S DOUBLES. First Round. Misses Peg and Pat Jameson beat Misses West and Wilton, 4/6, 6/4, 6/2. Second Round. ( I Mesdames Milburn and Cotterill beat! Misses Jameson, 6/2, 6/2. | COMBINED DOUBLES. First Round. Hurley and Miss Percy beat Payton and Miss Russell. 12/10, 6/2. Second Round. McLeod and Mrs McLeod boat Walshe and Miss Bryant, 6/2, 6/2; Hawksworth and Miss McKenzie beat McCardle and Miss Jameson, 6/0. 6/1.