Tennis

Tournament this year has shown that Drinking and Tennis are Victoria's forte. We were able to field quite a strong team, which was practically the same as last year's.

At the end of the first day's play in a high wind at Miramar, Victoria was leading with 9 games in its favour, and Otago next with 7 games. For the next few days the weather was a dream of delight—very wet.

Owing to bad weather in Town, the finals had to be played at Paekakariki on hard courts. By the afternoon Victoria had four finalists out of five. Playing brilliant tennis in the Men's Singles, John Cope defeated Brian Kelly, of Otago, in straight sets.

In the Men's Doubles, Cope and Baird, of Victoria, decisively beat Childs and Caughey, of Otago. Roy Larsen and Ngaire Marshall, of Victoria, combined badly, and were no match for the experienced Tom Childs and Rae Brown, of Otago, in the Combined Doubles. Ngaire Marshall and Glen Macmorran played uninspiring tennis, and provided little opposition to Joan Howie and Beryl Warren, of Auckland, in the Ladies Doubles.

The Ladies' Singles final will be played at Auckland at a later date between Joan Howie and Beryl Warren, those two great players from A.U.C.

Well done, Victoria; that Tennis Cup will look well in Big Hall.

B. D.