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Canberra Times

Location

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Date

Jul 15, 1957

Page

5

Presbyterians Fall To Royal Military College In Men's Hockey

Royal Military College defeated Presbyterians 4 to 1 in a fast match with RM C taking control via wing to wing moves and solid defense. Presbyterians lone early goal came in the first half. RM C led 2-1 at halftime and extended to 4-1 in the second half.

Royal Military College Presbyterians A.C.T R.M.C Rm.c Lloyd Constable McWalter Tibera d. Presbyterians Ashley Waratah St. Patricks Harding Horan Combintah Thompson D. St. Patricka Central Old Canberrang Brill Cuthbertson Walker Crisp Canberrans Shannon MacNicol Harvie Gellatly Coggin Rams Martin Old Canberrans Wheen Cromer Hardman Collings Barton Emerson Daniels Presbyterian Rycroft Skerry D. St. Edmunds

Chilean star Ayala advances at Midland Championships

Luis Ayala Chile's leading lawn tennis player reached the final of the men's singles by defeating Mervyn Rose Australia 4 6 6 4. In the final Ayala lost 7 5 3 6 6 1 to America's Budget Party after Budget qualified by beating Rama Krishnan India 8 8 6 4.

Rose Birmingham Luis Ayala Chile Mervyn Rose Australia Ayala America’s Budget Party Rama Krishnan India

High Scoring Darts Matches Dominate Evening

Magpies edged Magpies 4-3 while Royals 11 beat M.GRS.L. 1 8-2 and Royals 1 defeated Eagles 7-0. Scores included top marks by Griffith Eastlake 168 and Waterhouse Blacks 164, with several players breaking century thresholds.

Magpies N.c.t Royals M.grs.l Royals I Eagles K.N.R.S.L. S Boake Eastlake Ors I Uni. Blues O.rs. IL Griffith Waterhouse Blacks Ross Hap- Bood Hendry Royals 1 Thornton Plenty N-C.r.s.l. IT Wilson May Bastlake Bur- Bess Birkett Whites Calvert N.C.R.R.L Paterson Lawford Coesel Eadie Cooper Fitzsimmons Ncr.s.l Smith Kelly N.c.rs.l Matfadzen K.n.rsl Watt Burke Rickman Selway Savage O.ra

Riflemen Open New Season with High Scores

Bob Massonsnr led the opening rifle season with a double 48 at 300 yards on Saturday, top scoring of the day. Trophies awarded included the Turner-O’Connor RS.L. Shield and the Hudson Trophy, with the club preparing results for the yearly and half yearly contests. The champion title went to Tom Ashton. the annual general meeting is set for Tuesday July 23 at All Saints Church Hall in Cowper Street, Ainslie. Saturday scores included Mason 96, Hussey 95, Lloyd 95, Macintosh 94, Pers-Ockenden 88, Bengtsson 87, Hudgon 87, Robert 86, Cashmore 75, Row 84, Lee 77.

Bob Massonsnr Turner-O'Connor All Saints’ Church Hudgon Robert

Dawn Fraser Equalled World Record At Honolulu Meet

Dawn Fraser of Australia tied her own world record in the 100 metres freestyle at the Keo WN swimming meet in Honolulu last night. Fellow Australian Lorraine Crapp set a world mark in the 500 metres, finishing second, with Chris von Saltza in third place.

Honolulu Dawn Australia Imin Lorrains Crapp Chris von Saltza

Hoad Debut Delayed by Rain at Forest Hills

Rain halted promoter Jack Kramer’s professional tournament at Forest Hills delaying Hoad’s debut by 24 hours. The day featured leading Rosewall 6-4 in the flat set before a two hour stoppage, with three singles and a doubles match postponed to tomorrow as Kramer teams with Hoad against Segura and Pails in the closing play.

New York Sunda A.a.p.reuter Hoad Perominent Jack Kramer Oy Trapers Rosewall Forest Hills Stadium Power Kettle Australian Court Craft Andments Sedgman Segaray Gonzales Trabert Ae Wall Gonzales Palla Kramer Segura Pails

Cooper Beats Drobny For Irish Title

Ashly Cooper, now the world’s leading amateur lawn tennis player, won the Irish International men’s singles title in Dublin by defeating Jaresley Drobny 6 4 6 2 6 3. Reynolds won the women’s title, beating Sheila Armstrong 4 6 6 0. Cooper and Bob Mark teamed to beat Drobny and Bob Howe in doubles.

Dublin AAP Reuter Ashly Cooper Jaresley Drobny Wimbledon Cooper Misa Sandra Reynolds Sheila Armstrong Britain Bob Mark Bob Howe Australia

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