LAWN TENNIS.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20489, 7 March 1932, Page 7

LAWN TENNIS.

INTERPRO VINCI AL M^TCH. CANTERBURY BEATS NORTH OTAGO. 8 " ' ' The weather on Saturday must have * . great disappointment to th<. „ of lawn tennis playerß who, tra fa ! Oamaru on Friday, were to have 3 bury team at Wilding Park. Drizz in. shortly before the starting im , . it was evident that there would be no p y ■ on grass courts on a£ter . The weather clearing later in noon a start was made with the mtck « ] the courts of the Nort 1 e nis Club, very generously P> ac ® d e committeei posal of the Association bj . ted t b e The asphalt game naturally North Otago players, y ho .°£®™ d f ut aU of sition to the strong local team. , them had been looking to tne un usual luxury of grass court pi y- h ■ ing many of the games at Nonb «eacn, ine teams completed the match on courts at Wilding Park. ,„ m nnscd of The North Otago team was voune? players who, without exccpti » Eood style and none of the stodginess usually associated with hard court T? « Cant , er bury. Owing to his not reahsmg that Play would be possible, K. Bryan, the lead ng player of the team, was not s . ee °. W e i nßin the doubles on Saturday, his place being taken by C. Mollison, the manager, who proved a very capable volley er. . gher, the second player, proved sound and aggressive in all departments of t g > while L. McKinnon and A. Feathers, not possessing quite the same ease of a production, were little less effective. All of thom camped on the net in great style, wane few better exhibitions of smashing have been seen here recently than that of Feathers. The women players, too, showed sound tennis ability, although lacking in variety of strokes. Miss D. Miller impressed as n tenacious defending player, Mrs Borrie both volleved and drove with judgment, and Miss D. Baikie and Miss K. Weavers combined steady and accurate ground strokes with the ability to press home from the net advantages so gained. The best of the mixed doubles games was that between JfißS Miller and Feathers and Mrs Macdonald and Dymond. Losing the first set to a combination who defended resolutely and took advantage of every opening, the Canterbury pair had to struggle hard for the second set, although the third was decisively theirs. In the first men's doubles Mollison and Gallagher volleyed finely in the opening set, but lost their accuracy as Patterson found hiß. McKinnon nad Feathers crowded the net at every opportunity to take the first set from Dymond and A'Court, and caught up from 0-5 to 8-all in the second. Misses Wake and Rudkin were too severe for the visiting pair, Mrs Borrie and Miss Baikie, in the first women's doubles, but Misses Miller and Weavers took the second set to love against Mrs Macdonald and Miss 1. Poole. The game between Misses Wake and Miller was keenly contested, and dpysloped into a steady struggle, in which the North Otago player cam« out with most of the points. Miss Wake gained only two games. The results were as follows: ! MEN'S SINGLES. 11. A. Barnett (C.) beat K. Bryaa (1f.0.) 6-4, 6-2. T. W. Patterson (0.) beat IV Gallagher (N. 0.), 6-2, 9-7. H. Dymond (C.) beat A. Feathers (X.0.), 6-2, 6-2. J. G. A'Court (C.) beat L. McKinnon (N. 0.), 6-3, 6-2. WOMEN'S SINGLE?. Miss M. Wake (C.) lost to Miss D. Miller (N. 0.), 0-6, 2-6. Mrs D. Macdonald (C.) - beat Miss D. Baikie (N. 0.), 6-4, 3-6, 6-0. Miss M. Rudkin (C.) beat Mrs D. Borrie (N. 0.), 6-0, 7-5. Miss I. Poole (C.) beat Miss Weaver* (N. 0.), 6-8, 6-3. MEN'S DOUBLES. Barnett and Patterson (0.) beat Mollison and Gallagher (N. 0.), 6-4, 6-0. Dymond and A'Court (C.) beat Feather* and McKinnon (N.O:), 4-6, 11-9, 6-2. WOMEN'S DOUBLES. Misses Wake and Rudkin (C.) beat Mrs Borrie and Miss Baikie (N. 0.), 6-1, 6-2. Mrs Macdonald and Miss Poole (0.) ▼. Misses Miller end Weaver* (N. 0.), 6-3, .0-6, unfinished. < MIXED DOUBLES. 'MtairUfeke and Barnett (C.) beat Miss Baikie and Mollison (N. 0.), 6-0, 6-8. Miss Poole and Patterson (0.) beat Miss Weavers and Gallagher (N. 0.), 6-2, 6-2. Mrs Macdonald and Dymond (C.) beat Miss Miller and Feathers • (N. 0.), 8-10, 6-4, 6-1. Miss Rudkin and A'Conrt (0.) beat Mrs Borrie and McKinnon (N. 0.), A-i, 9-7. Canterbury won by 14 matches to.l.

SCHOOLS' TENNIS. JUNIOR ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENT. The secondary schools' tournament was continued at Wilding Park On Saturday morning, most of the events reaching the third round. Rain, however, Interfered with the play about 11 a.m., and as a result it will probably be necessary to continue the tournament for two more Saturdays. The results were:— BOYS' EVENTS. SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES. Third Round—R. W. Burns beat Moffat, 9-3; Shand beat Mcßrearty, 9-2; M. Rickard beat McGregor. 9-5 ;* O'Connor beat Corich, 9-8. JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES. Third Round —Dowker beat Blake, 9-1; Radford beat Nicholls, 9-2; Penfold beat Perry, 9-4; Colwill beat Hay, 9-2. SENIOR HANDICAP DOUBLES. Third Round—Young and Foote (scr) beat Black and Rich (owe 3-6 15), 6-2; Smith and T. Birch (plus 3*6 15) beat W. O. Gill and J. Tweedie (scr), 6-0. CURLS' EVENTS. SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES. Second Round—P. Price beat N. Metric, 9-1; E. Turnbull beat U. Gunn, 9-3; A. Smith beat C. Montgomery, 9-0; S. Roscoe beat M. Stevenson, 9-S; J. Senior beat B. Trewin, 9-2; I. Wright beat J. Evans, 9-3; N. Prestney beat S. Wynn-Williams, 9-2; H. Bruce beat L. Thompson, 9-6; H. Harper beat M Talbot, 9-5; D. Gerard beat T. Ward, 9-6; K. Cuddon beat E. Boy, 9-5: H. Hervey beat U. Doell, 9-5. Third Round—M. Halcrow beat S. Anderson, 9-8; K. Cuddon beat J. .Wright, 9-6; D. Dickey beat A. Smith, 9-5. JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLE'S. Second Round—M. Richardson beat M. Whiteside, 9-1; C. Wilson beat A. Buchanan, [ 9-0; E. Inwood beat B. Flower, 9-4; K, Armstrong beat I. Beaumont, 9-3; L. Johns beat |B. Johns, 9-2; J. Peake beat M. Nurse, 9-2; H. Dalziel beat B. Nicholson, 9-4. Third Round—M. Richardson beat L. Johns, 9-3; R. Barry beat C. Wilson, 9-8. GIRLS' HANDICAP DOUBLES. Second Round—Z. Bowling and G. Cuff beat J. Webb and B. Pine, w.0.; R. Caldwell and J. Grange (plus .3-6 15) beat .B. Andrew and T. McQuartley (scr), 6-1. Third Round—J. Burrell.and D. Earl (scr) beat M. Lucas nad.M. Bull (scr), 6-3; J. Barron and M. McGahey (owe 3-6 15) beat E.. Taylor and H. Campbell (plus 2-6 15), 6-3. JUNIOR HANDICAP DOUBLES. Second Round—C. Fryer and L. Manning (owe 1-6 15) beat D. Welsford and B. Parry (scr), 6-0; P. Blunden and J. Anderson beat M. Browne and L. Mann, w.0.; L. Petrie and G. McFarlane (owe 3-6. 15) beat G. Milliga" and Milne.r (scr), -6-1; B; Nicholson and K. Armstrong (owe 2-6 }o) beat A. Morrow and P. Preston (scr), 6-0; B. Ford and I. Sinclair (owe 4-6 15) beat I. Beaumont and T. Tisch (scr), 6-4. Third Round—N. Murray and E. Inwood (owe 15 2-6) beat B. Flower and N. Vale (scr), 6-2. INTER-BOROUGH MATCH: In the inter-borough contest, for the _Mcliitosh Shield, a match was played at Kaiapoi on Saturday afternoon, between the Rangiora and Kaiapoi Clubs, which resulted in a win for Rangiora by 129 games to 91. The games resulted as follows, Rangiora names first: Women's Singles—Mrs Movtland 6, Miss aI. Logan- 2; Miss Parsons 6, Mrs Baker 1; Miss Kennedy 6, Mise Macilree 4; Miss Glasgow 4, Miss Taylor 6; Miss Amor 6, Miss Todd 5; Miss Clark 3, Miss V. Logan G. Men's Singles—G. R. Robinson 9, L. -Morris 2; G. M. Mehrtens 0, A. Hirst 6; F. W Jull 6, F. Hammer 0; J. A. Johnston : 5, M. Liiley 6; N. H. C. Sell 4, C. Gordon 6; A- H. Palairet 5, A. Dixon 6. "omen's Doubles—Mrs Mortland and Miss Glasgow 6, Miss M. Logan and Misß V. Logan 4; Miss Parsons and Miss Kennedy 6, Mrs Baker and Miss Macilree 1; Miss Am 01*

and Miss Clark 6. Miss Taylor and Miss Todd 3. Men's Doubles—Robinson and Mehrtens 6, Morris and Hirst 4; Jull and Johnston 6, Liiley and Dixon 5; Bell and Palaijjet 6, Hammer and Gordon 4. Mixed Doubles—Robinson and Mrs Aloitland 6, Morris and Miss M. Logan 2; Jobnslon and Miss Glasgow 3, Hirst and Mrs Baker 6; Jull and Miss Parsons 6, Hamn'er and Misa V. Logan 1; Mehrtens and Miss Amor 6, Liiley and Miss Macilree 2; Bell and Miss Kennedy 6, Gordon and Miss Taylor 4; Palairet and Miss Clark 6, Dixon and Miss Todd 5. TOURNAMENT AT MELBOURNE. (Received March 6tli. 5.5 p.m.) MELBOURNE, March 6. . In the finals in the city tennis tournament to-day main interest was centred in the men's singles between H. Hopman. (member of the Australian Davis Cup team) and Vivian McGrath, youthful Sydney champion, Hopman winning after a gruelling battle, 10-12, 6-4, 7-5, 6-4! WOMEN'S SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP. Mrs Robertson beat lltss. Toyne, 8-6, 7-5. MEN'S DOUBLES. McGrath and Hopman heat Hawkes - and Hassett, 6-4, 6-2, 7-9, 6-2.