S.A. TENNIS TITLES Finals in Heat Wave ADELAIDE, March 10 1934. “For the fourth day in succession the temperature passed the century mark.”
S.A. TENNIS TITLES (1934, March 10). The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 – 1947), p. 4 (LAST RACE). Retrieved March 20, 2020, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/182637513?searchTerm=march%20heat%20wave&searchLimits=#
Players to-day in the finals of the championship tennis games bad to face a record heat wave. For the fourth day in succession the temperature passed the century mark.
The Memorial Drive Courts, was one of the few places in Adelaide where there was no shortage of ice.
When Quist and McGrath went to the centre court to play the final of the singles championship the spectators followed from all sections of the grounds.