Word: oxfords
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...good summer for Harvard athletics in England. Everyone knows of the triumph of the lightweight crew in the Thames Challenge Cup competition at Henley. Equally impressive, and also deserving of publicity, was the tennis team's joint victory with Yale in the Prentice Cup matches against a combined Oxford-Cambridge squad...
...united Harvard and Boston Tennis and Racquet Club court tennis team yesterday gained an insurmountable 8-3 lead over the Oxford-Cambridge team, previously undefeated on its American tour...
...most exciting match, Roger Tuckerman '59 defeated Oxford's ace, William Gunnery. After losing the first set, 6 to 3, the Englishman rallied to take the second, 6 to 5. Tuckerman pulled out the decisive third set, 6 to 3. Charles Devens '32 defeated Ian Stewart in straight sets, while Hadden Tomes '54 lost the only American match of the day to Englishman Dan Lawrence...
...five matches played yesterday at the Tennis and Racquet Club, the domestic team secured a 3-2 edge. Robert Scott '31 won the most exciting contest of the day when he snapped the winning streak of Oxford's Cedric Gunnery. Also in singles, Charles Stockton '32 and George Wightman '31 were outplayed by England's Jeremy Hogben and David Lowe. Donald Starr '22 won the vigorous final match when he trounced Oxford's Ronald Newman...
Today's key singles contest is between Roger Tuckerman '59 and Oxford's ace, William Gunnery. In the first doubles match Jeremy Hogben and Jem Baily will oppose David Kingly and Edward Harding '58, the only veteran of the 1956 English tour. Charles Devens '32 will play Cambridge's Ian Stewart today, while Dwight and John Davis will represent Harvard in the final matches on Saturday...