LAWN TENNIS.
THE DAVIS err. (By Cable—Press Association—Copyright.) ("The 'i"i:::te."l LOXDU.N", ilarch 23. Tne Law:- Tennis A.-.-oci.-.ti.m li-s appealed Aus,ralla to permit CYi",.; da mid i-rance> enter in the lJavi** Cud contcet, for •vnich their entries were teat iu too late. ' ENGLISHMEN DEFEATED. (STKCIAL TO "THK MESS.") \Vi£i.LIX Li TO A", Alirch 29. _ Thoso_ who paid their ;o- u ay to see tne doubles lawn tennis match between Upland a;.d A"eu- Zealand go; a go u Jeai more ;:ian their money's v.-crtii. ~v. Zealand's victory was well won, said is a 'anal and satisfactory answer to tho adverse c:i: ot Mr Norman Brookes. A eold wind was j'owiag from the south and all the players V xt! their jerseys throughout tho five se;j. Xe'.v Zealand won the tirst set comfortably by six games to three, Ollivier,_ as usuc.l. pLiyicy well, and Peacock showing considcr•<hly improved form. Tho latier's vollevinir smashes wero at times quite brilliant, ar.ii his passing back-har.d shots were also pood. The one fault was a lather weak service. Lowe's leg was not troubling him so much as before, and ho showed improved form, his service nt times being- deadly. One frame in the second set was especially remarkable for several serves that even a Brookes would have found it almost impossible to return, let alone score o£f. Some of the games in this s:t were very closely contested. One had r.e fr" er than seven deuces in it and another six. While Lowe showed considerfiMo improvement, Beamish, on the other hand, did not play quite up to lii 3 usual standard, ami it \v;'s evident that he was a bit off colour. Ollivier in this set played a sound jrame, and his short cross ehois often puzzled the Englishmen. In the twelfth game, with the score at six-five. New Zealand wanted only one ptroko to win. but tho Englishmen kept making it deuce till Peacock liit one on to the top of the net tho ball dropping short into tho oprosite court and hovering out of vnch. Xew Zealand thug <rot the very useful lend of two pefe to nil. The third -provided a don<» <ro, and it was rot till sixteen games had been plaved that won it. The Englishmen al?o won the fourth set by six to throe, but in the fifth and final set ihe Xew Zealanders, aft~r (joiner off \vi'h th« were caught, and won after brilliant pTay by sis pnme? to one. Ollivirr a "sin a prettv and effective £nmo, and Peacock ;;ot in some excellent drives and defldly vollevincr shots. It was the first day during five o>- six years tbat lie hns been nhle to play without feelin? pain from neuritis.
The t" c uH of the match pt>es to confirm thu conclusion already arrived at that the Zealand players want crnlv practice -with th" best men to find themselves in th« first flight of 1-•rr) tennis plavoTS. The vi«it of the Knrlish-men h>een of incalculable benefit to th~m, and if a team can ho e*nt across to Australia even otlco in every two vsnrs. it is qnito on the thpt Zealand mav vet priith"- Devfs Ctip player, if not an ehampion.
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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16796, 30 March 1920, Page 7
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532LAWN TENNIS. Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16796, 30 March 1920, Page 7
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