LAWN TENNIS.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19165, 23 November 1927, Page 4

LAWN TENNIS.

THE JUNIOR CHAMPION. [THE PRESS Special Service.] WELLINGTON, November 22. New Zealand tennis is to suffer a, loss when Camillo Malfroy, the present national junior champion, leaves for Cambridge University at the; end of the present season. Malfroy, who is only eighteen, is considered by leading players in Wellington as possibly the most promising boy player that New Zealand has produced. When the laßt New South Wales team was in the Dominion, Malfroy gained several-victories over different players, was sent to Maaterton by the Wellington Lawn Tennis Association to play exhibition matches with the team, and finally represented Wellington against Canterbury at the close of the season. In the final of the Thomdon Club championship he was beaten by D. G. Franco in five sets, after defeating Dr. Edward Smyth, a New Zealand representative of two seasons ago, in the semi-final. JUNIOR ASSOCIATION. In the third round, played on Monday, Elmwood beat Burwood by 79 games to 40. Scores, Elmwood names first):— ' Girlß' Singles—M. Tingey 6, A. Jones 1; N. Corby 6,-3; H. Hamilton 6, A. Everett 3; F. Drummond 5, I'. Santhon 6. Girls' Doubles—M. Tingey and N. Corby 9, A. Jones and 2; H. Hamilton and F. Drummond 9, A. Everett and P. Santhon 5. Boys' Singles—A. Kennedy 2, Shand 6; T. Archer 6, Mehrtens 3; D. .Martin 6, Weld 4; J. Camr.i 6, Nurse 2. Boys' Doubles—Kennedy and Archer 9, Shand and Mehrtens 5; Martin and Camm 9, Weld and Nurse 0. PRIMARY SCHOOLS. Richmond beat East Christchurch by 62 games to 50. Scores, Richmond players mentioned first:— Boys—L. Fox r. W. Phillips 1-6, D. Westgarth v. L. Read 6-1, G. Diekson v. J. Southam 6-2, D. P.etrie v. F. Pattrick 4-6. Girls—Dora Palmer v. Joan Newsome 3-6, G. Stephenson v. Jean Wood 6-1, M. Adams v. N. Broomo 6-2, J. Twooley v. D. Brown 0-6. Doubles—L. Fox and L. Westgarth v. W. Phillips and L. Read 9-1, G. Dickson and L. Pctrie v. J. Southam and F. Pattrick 9-2, Dora Palmer and Greta Stephenson v. •J. Newsomo and J. Wood 9-8; Marjory Adams and Joyce Twooley v. N. Broome and D. Brown 3-9. Ayres' C.S. tennis balls, officially adopted by the Canterbury Provincial and the N.Z. Lawn Tennis Associations for this season, are as perfect as scientific research and manufacture can evolve. A British-made ball with, .great wearing properties. —2