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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 14, 1941
Page
5
Our Lady's hosts Albion in the A Grade semi final at Gardens with umpire K Bolton. Gardens 1 faces St Albans at Our Lady's with umpires H Seddon and E Huxtable.
Saturday results show Our Lady's 1 defeated Gardens 2 by 63 to 20. Other matches include Grogan Jackson beating Bolton Coakes 7/3 and Garden teams recording wins over North Sunshine and local rivals in a busy day of club play.
The report lists multiple July fixtures and outcomes across a series of tennis style matches. Players include J Miller Barnes G Miller Vogele Whittingham Halliday Penrose Foster Hargreaves Smith Major Wood and Misses, with several wins and losses noted on dates from July 1 to July 7.
Ferrell Tyers defeats Omant Seddon on July 3 while Tyers Fleming loses to Huxtable. Seddon defeats Ferrell Fleming on July 4. Miss Stafford Mrs Thompson beats Miss Mullins on July 2 and again July 5. Mrs Beardmore defeats Misses Nor Omant Mullins on July 1. Tyers Miss Stafford defeats Seddon Miss Mullins on July 6. Ferrell Mrs Thompson beats Huxtable Miss Nor Omant on July 3. Fleming Mrs Beardmore loses to Omant Miss Nor Omant on June 7.
Tournament results list Masson Farrell and Roberts posting wins over Fawns Kennedy Goddard and McCreery, with several matches noted for July 4th to July 7th. A February 22 deadline is set for all entries to reach the secretary.
The text lists a series of matches and results among local players including Methodists 1 d. N Sunshine 57 44 Sully Taylor lost to Werner Reilly 4 7 Sully Wenn d. Riley Reilly 7 4 Taylor Wenn d. Werner Riley 7 6 Mrs Taylor Miss Wills d. Mrs Gahan Mrs Moffatt 7 4 Mrs Taylor Miss Taylor lost to Mrs Gahan Mrs Wilkinson 6 7 Misses Wills Taylor lost to Mrs Moffatt Mrs Wilkinson 6 7 Sally Mrs Taylor d. Reilly Mrs Gahan 7 3 Wern Miss Taylor d. Werner Mrs Moffat 7 4 Taylor Miss Wills d. Riley Mrs Wilkinson 7 2.
St Mark's Harriers recorded two wins and multiple standout performances led by Rus Cox who won the C Grade mile in 4 minutes 48.2 seconds. Trevor Frazer took the A Grade 220 yards in 22.90 seconds and Roy Cox won the A Grade 880 yards. Gordon Pippett was runner up in the 100 yards hurdles. The relay team of Roy Cox Gordon Pippett Frank Dunkley and Trevor Frazer won the A Grade relay.
At home last Saturday the A team edged Footscray despite finishing 2 up. Perry 25 defeated, Day 21, Pengelly 24 defeated. Jackson 20, Crook 16 lost to Griffith 22, Rooney 21 each with Sayers 21. Rooney captained in place of ill Wilson. C team trailed Ascot Vale 9 at Ascot Vale. Underhill 24 defeated Beck 15, Lowe 26 lost to Calthorpe 33, Lorenz 16 lost to Skinner 27. Championship nears end with Wilson and Kyle set to play Perry next, winner faces Perry.
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