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Salient. The Newspaper of Victoria University College. Vol. 20, No. 1. March 22, 1956

Men Players Successful

Men Players Successful

The top University men's player, Murray Dunn, was No. 4 in the Wellington Wilding Shield team which narrowly lost its challenge against Auckland. Murray played well to win one singles and one doubles. On the tournament circuit, he won the South Wairarapa men's singles and doubles and reached the quarter-finals of the national men's singles and doubles.

Barry Boon, who was emergency for the Wilding Shield, won the Wanganui mens' singles and Taranaki mens' doubles titles and was runner up in the singles event at Taranaki.

Of the other three Victoria players who played in tournaments during the vacation, Larry O'Neill reached the finals of the Wellington mixed doubles and the South Wairarapa men's doubles and the quarter-finals of the New Zealand mixed doubles; Tom Eichelbaum won the Wanganui men's doubles and the Hutt Valley closed singles and was a member of the Hutt Valley Wilding Shield team; and Alan Robinson reached the quarter-finals of the N.Z. mixed doubles with Betty Nelson and won the Wairarapa men's doubles and mixed doubles.

To Tour Australia—Betty Nelson

To Tour Australia—Betty Nelson