LAWN TENNIS.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19172, 1 December 1927, Page 15

LAWN TENNIS.

PRIMARY SCHOOLS' COM-

PETITION.

~^i th v DW S°? v Club courts Sumner defeated >.orth Brighton by 80 games to 49. Scores, Sumner names firstr, G } r K ~?i nf ' "—A ileen Smith defeated Doris Smith 6-3, Eleanor Turnbull defeated Dorothy Hamer 6-3, Gwen Watson defeated Ola Ritchie 6-5, Lois Cook defeated Ivy Brown 6-4. ' Girls' Doubles—Aileen Smith and Eleanor Turnbull defeated Dorothy Hamer and Doris Smith 9-3, Gwen Watson and Lois Cook defeated Ola Ritchie and Ivy Brown Boys' Singles—Claude Carter defeated Rhys Evans 6-1, D. F. Mathews defeated J. Collins 6-1, H. Lindroos lost to A. Stevens 5-6, M. Wiggins lost to I. Hulme 3-6. Boys' Doubles—C. Carter and D. F. Mathews defeated R. Evans and J. Collins 9-8, H. Lindroos and M. Wiggins defeated A. Stevens and I, Hulme 9-6. RANGIORA V. CUST. A tennis match played on Saturday between the Rangiora and Cust Clubs, on the courts of the latter, was won by Rangiora by 94 games to 79. The scores were as follows, Rangiora names being mentioned first: — Singles—Miss Meyer 1, Miss P. Cowins 6; Miss Taylor 6. Miss A. Smith 1; Mrs Smedley 5, Miss Wood 6; Miss D. Payne 6, Miss L. Rowe 6; L. E. Carter 9, L. C. Tyler 3; S. H. Smedley 8, G. F. Burrows 9; L. Smith 9, L. G. Cowens 3; L. P. Devlin 8, J. F. Forbes 9.

Doubles—Misses Meyer and Taylor 0, Misses Cowena and Smith 2; Mrs Smedley and Miss Payne 4, Misses Wood and Rowe 6; Carter and Smedley 9, Tyler and Burrows 2; Smith and Devlin 8, Cowen and Forbes 9; Miss Meyer and Carter 6, Miss Cowen and Tyler 5; Miss Taylor and Smedley 6, Miss Smith and Burrows 5: Mrs Smedley and Smith 3, Miss Wood and Cowen 6; Miss Payne and Devlin 5, Miss Rowe and Forbes 6.

ENGLISH TENNIS. N.Z. PLAYER'S VIEWS. [THE PRESS Special Smtlm.] AUCKLAND, November 30. Mis 3 MaTjoTie Macfarlane, the Auckland tennis player, who has on .our occasions held the provincial singles title, returned by the Ulimaroa after a two years' visit to England. While in England, Miss Macfarlane met with considerable success, and played twice in the All England Championships at Wimbledon. Her most notable performances were two victories over Miss P. Saunders, an English representative player. "English ladies' tennis is of a high standard, not only the championship standard, but the general average," Miss Macfarlane said. "This is probably due to coaching. The English girls take their game very seriously, and nearly all are coached, just' as New Zealand lady golfers are. If an English player recognised she wbb . playing, a stroke wrongly, she would not hesitate to change, even if it meant many weeks of work and concentration. "The standard of the men, on the other hand, is low compared with other countries, and much below that of the French and the Americans."