BADMINTON.

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20258, 29 July 1937, Page 14

BADMINTON.

WISDEN CUP MATCH. | BRILLIANT PLAY PROMISED. What should prove one of the finest exhibitions of badminton seen in Hamilton will be. staged at the Bledisloe Hall on Saturday, when Waikato will meet Auckland in the Wisden Cup contest. Many of the best players in the Dominion will lie engaged in the games, l which commence in the afternoon and ' continue in the evening. • In the Waikato team will he 11. H. Fow, ex-New • Zealand champion, and Miss M. Edmondson, tlie present holder of the f New Zealand ladies’ championship. : Auckland hold the trophy at present, t but they will have to he at the height j of I heir form to resist, I lie Waikato , challenge. In no oilier town in New Zealand can the game be conducted : so favourably, from the players and spectators’ point of view, and a fine exhibition is assured. i PLAY AT TE AROHA. i ST. MARK’S DEFEATS HAMILTON. Playing at t** Aroha St. Mark’s “A ’* badminton team defeated Hamilton bv seven matches m five. Following are tho results (Te Aroha names mentioned first): Men’s Doubles.—Johnson and Crawford heat Fow and Fear, 2t —l4 and beat Dempster and’ Gower. 21 Wright beat Dempster and Gower. 21 10. and beat, Fow and Fear 2 1 —l2. Ladies Doubles.— Misses Pilling and El- ! lery lost to Misses Clough and Dempster, j 11—2 1, and to Miss Edmondson and Mrs j Vendall, IS—2l: Misses Powell and M. , Herring lost to Misses Clough and Dempster, 16—2 i and to Miss Edmondson and | Mrs Yendell, B—2l. j Combined Doubles.—Johnston and Miss j Pilling beat Fow and Miss Edmondson, 21 :—10; Lewis and Miss Ellery beat Dempi ster and Miss Clough. 21 —l7; Crawford ! and Miss Powell beat Gower and Miss \ Dempster, 2 1 —ls; Wright and Miss Her- ) ring lost to Fear and Miss Yendell, 9—21. St. Mark’s B defeated Cambridge by the substantial margin of 1 1 matches to l. Following are the scores (Te Aroha players mentioned first): .Men’s Doubles.—Bliss and Bree beat Wylde and Brett, 21—8, and beat Wetlierall and Clemow, 2 1 —16; Hawes and Bryson beat Wylde and Brett, 21—8, and beat \VetheraU and Clemow, 21—7; Ladles’ Doubles.—Miss Hepburn and Mrs Kennedy heat Mrs Wylde and Miss Wild, 21 io. and boat Misses Dalllmore and oddy. 2 I —9; Misses E. and D. Bree i beat Mrs Wylde and Miss Wild. 21 —in, | and beat Misses Dallirnorc and Oddy, 21— i Combined Doubles.—Bliss and Miss Hepburn beat Brett and Mrs Wylde, 21 16; Hawes and Miss E. Rree beat Wylde and Miss Oddy, 2 1- 7; Rree and Mrs Kennedy lost to Wetlierall and Miss Wild. 17— 21; Bryson and Miss D. Rree beat Clemow and Miss Dalllmore, 2 I—6.