TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18892, 6 January 1927, Page 11

TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS.

TARANAKI. ISSOCIATIOK TXLEGHAM." NEW PLYMOUTH, January 5. Perfect weather prevailed for the- continuation of the Taranaki lawn tennis chamI pionships to-day. A number of the first round matches has not yet been played owing to several prominent competitors staying over for the completion of the Wanganui tournament, which was delayed by rain. Melody, D. France, Scott, N. Wilson, end Malfroy (Wellington), Haege (Victoria), Lampo (Wanganui), and Pearso (Temuka) were amongst those who arrived this afternoon from Wanganui, and fhey will all be engaged in elimination matches to-morrow. The only notable players defeated to-day were Fitzgerald and Brewster (of tho Now South Wales' touring team), who -went under 6-3, 6-2, to a. pair of local men-, Ellis and Richards, in tho men's dpublcs, ana Melody (Wellington), who was beaten by | Webster (New Plymouth), 6-1, 7-9, 6-0. McCausland (New South Wales) and Miss BrewBter (New Plymouth) had a narrow escape in the combined doubles at the hands of a youthful pair, Pease (Han-era) and ilTss B. Nutting (Inglewood), gaining the victory by a last "minute recovery. WANGANUI. (MISS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) WANGANUI, January 3. The- W-mganui lawn tennis championships now in progress 1 , ore approaching the final I stages. Jln.it of the ".veil-known New Zealand plavcis are compcti.'ig and also Haegc (Victoria;. Jn the men's singles, U. G. j France ("Wellington) beat M. Lamps < iWaneamii) i" the- final. Mrs W. J. Melody (Wellington) beat Miss Powdrell (Wanganui) in 'the semi-fiml of the ladies' singles. In the ladi.V doubles Miss Calver and Miss Mvor3 iWanganui) beat Mrs Melody and Mrs Brown in the final. In the final of the. combined doubles, Miss Myers and Wheeler i beat Mi_'s Calver and Christie (Wanganui).