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Sports shop aces competition with Carnival display

9th Sep 2015 8:58 AM
The Davis Cup (Tennis) Trophy and Neale Fraser's tennis racquet displayed in the Duncan Thompson's Sports Shop in 1962.
The Davis Cup (Tennis) Trophy and Neale Fraser's tennis racquet displayed in the Duncan Thompson's Sports Shop in 1962. Contributed

Duncan Thompson's Sports Shop window was home to the famous Davis Cup trophy and Neale Fraser's tennis racquet during the 1962 Carnival of Flowers.

Introduced in 1900 as a competition between the USA and Great Britain, the Davis Cup is now the world's largest annual international team competition in sport, with 126 nations taking part in 2015.

The photo was taken by the late Clarence Wuth and submitted by Beryl Wuth.

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