This Day in History: 1954-02-27

1954 February 27-March 1: The Toodyay Tennis Club hosted the State Hardcourt Tennis Championships on 5 courts on Fiennes Street. There were so many entries the competition had to be finished in Melville (Perth) on the following weekend. Locals Wally Chitty and Bertha Robinson won the Mixed Doubles Handicap.

Sources:
Toodyay herald, 25 Feb. 1954, p. 1; 4 Mar. 1954, p.1; 11 Mar. 1954, p.4; Nov. 2002, p.8.
West Australian, 2 Mar. 1954, p.22; 18 Mar. 1954, p.28; 22 Mar. 1954, p.23.
Wally Chitty. Toodyay – the good old days. Hesperian Press, 2004, pp. 124, 182.