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The Spike: or, Victoria College Review June 1902
Tennis
Tennis.
The Tennis season which closed at Easter was so successful that the Committee felt bound, at the Annual General Meeting, to "congratulate the Club on the progress made by it during the past year." It seems a pity the Committee did not explain whether the progress was positive or negative, for the finances were rather worse, and the results of the matches not so satisfactory as the previous year.
| First Team. | Matches played, 5; | won 2, | lost 3. |
| V. C. v. Wellington. | . . . | Lost. | |
| V. C. v. Thorndon | . . . | Lost. | |
| V. C. v. Brougham Hill | . . . | Won. | |
| V. C. v. Newtown | . . . | Won. | |
| V. C. v. Petone | . . . | Lost. | |
| Second Team. | Matches played, 5; | won 1, | lost 4. |
| V. C. v. Clifton Terrace | . . . | Lost. | |
| V. C. v. Khandallah | . . . | Lost. | |
| V. C. v. Brougham Hill | . . . | Lost. | |
| V. C. v. Karori | . . . | Won. | |
Championships.— The Ladies' Championship Singles was won by Miss L. Van Staveren, and the Men's Championship by F. P. Wilson.
In the Handicap Tournament Miss F. G. Roberts won the Ladies' Trophy, and A. J. Will the Men's.
The part taken by the Tennis Club in Christchurch, at Easter, will be found under the heading "Inter-University College Tournament."
J. C. Burns, the late Secretary, was transferred during the season to the Rikiorangi School. The transfer took away the Club's best player.
The legal position of the Club has caused considerable discussion. The Constitution has apparently been lost. An attempt is to be made to find it before next annual meeting.
The Committee has ordered 12 dozen balls from England which it will retail to members at 2s. 6d. per pair. These, when they come, can be obtained from the Secretary, or from T. J. Thompson, Ironmonger, 60 Cuba Street. It is hoped by this means to make the game a little less expensive.
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