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Tennis.

It was ten o'clock on Saturday morning before the struggle began; the struggle which resulted in the first victory of Victoria College in these contests. It was our ladies who did it, for it was the Ladies' Singles and Doubles with the Combined Doubles which gave us the three events necessary to win the Cup. Miss Batham and Miss Van Staveren were easily the best ladies in the competition and it is very much to be regretted that circumstances did not allow them to play off the final round of the Ladies' Singles. The Men's Championship Singles fell to H. Bundle of Otago University. There were many close sets in this event and the games between O. Prouse (V.C.) and R. G. Sellar [C.C. 1-6, 6-3, 6-4], F. P. Wilson (V.C.) and L. T. Pickmere (A.U.C.) [6-5, 5-6, 6-5] were especially interesting. Bundle won his way to the final by safe and consistent tennis, winning the final from F. P. Wilson by (6-1, 6-4). The result of the Men's Doubles Championship was in doubt right to the end. The semi-final round gave two surprises, for G. P. Anderson and R. G. Sellar (C.C.) beat R. St. J. Beere and F. P. Wilson (V.C.) and F. A. de la Mare and O. Prouse (V.C.) beat H. Bundle and A. Friedlander (O.U.). Both matches were severe struggles and all the players wore in a state of physical collapse. The final was won by Anderson and Sellar by 6-4, 8-6. Two Victoria College pairs met in the final of the Combined Championship and Beere and Miss Batham won the last set from Wilson and Miss Van Staveren.

The Victoria College Tennis Club is to be congratulated on having representatives in the finals of each event and on having won three out of five championships.

The following table shows the result:

Tennis Championships (Saturday and Tuesday).

Event.	Winner.
Men's Singles	H. Bundle, O.U.
Men's Doubles	G. P. Anderson and R. G. Sellar, C.C.
Combined Doubles	R. St. J. Beere and Miss A. M. Batham, V.C.
Ladies' Singles	Miss L. Van Staveren, V.C.
Ladies' Doubles	Misses A.M. Batham & L. Van Staveren, V.C.

Victoria College thus won the Tennis Cup with three wins.