LAWN TENNIS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 419, 30 January 1909, Page 12

LAWN TENNIS.

.■i' i :';':'. ;: ::,.;:,.-;;■■ '',-{ The inter-club'matehes start again tp-day,i .when;'.Thomdon''willVmeet. :; Wellington^'.on- the: 'former- club's■ court's, and the mateh. between.: .Victoria' .College.'.:ahd KBrougliani'.Hill will. be: fought put ;.at';Dfty'.s".Bay.,v- After.- a spell of .some' six.weeks fromclub matches; players will keen;than ; over,, especially! as.iso many;have' just;returned flushed'iWith; Christmas' and the January"! ■to-urnaments.; !: ;;j:U,:■;..';.; V-: '.•:. . : '. : .-.-i'.;- :..■;:-,'.•.',- : : -The.i Postponement ■ whichimeets: at ;12;o'olock'vOn; i Saturdays,vwill;do much: tej popularise 'the .'match,; .tennis.-: at'■■ Day's Bay"; if; they;?unliesitatingly 'postpone all', .matches i ■to' be .playe'd.:acrbss the,harbour .on doubtful; and" : windy..;days.-;;The prospect lof ~a/roughi : trip - aerpss',-to:■;tho.;bay; .-frequently' been'■ the 'cause- of ..players declining to appear.: 'Oiii the.-bther ; : hand,- given-a\pleasanfe: run; across, i ;with,:terinia l on;.the:grass'jcourtsi-a, most de-' lightf ul af ternopn can be spent, and, jas there'; are :frequently;courts.te; sparoj .a .player-oau,; if he.-ulcosj' get ; :-more ' than■' his- two-matchi 'ganves^vu-',;:,.:; ; , ;,.;;.v:.';;;,;..' ; !..'- ■,-, > ; :'';.,'.'.;; '■:.,-.■ ■:i ;S lii: the. final; of; the' Taranaki championshipi .doublesi'.Parker -and Brown 'sprang a surprise by Sde^ating'jWildirig^i'and^'Fisheri:;: Parior i .played/.fa-m'arveiloTis.: gamoj ■'■ quite above; his; best,':form;. arid: seemeuito inspire: his iparttte'r' Brown.-, ~yThe iatter 'had not Vstarted' well/ ,but as .:tiino..weiit on. he "seemed, to'get going,: •backuig..up,ParkerV and , .getting in' some s splendid'winning'shotsiiSWjldiiig 'and- Fisher; ; both;: heavy men; J ,were,,more;troubled by: tlie! slippery'i'court .'-less , .weighty opppri-j ents.; ! Fisher;,suffered;--a lapse- m. tho second: .setjfailing/frcq'uently wij;h his-'smashes,- and: 'often being caughtput of positions : In the* de-" .aiding set 6 all. was.called and'twice Parker and' Brown, had,;.the;odd , game. iii,■'but .Wilding; and Fisher ; evened .iip,; and' it; was, not • until: the; score had 'that' the former' i;, '•'■.''':..-::. : ; ';'vV!

; Tho cp.mbined.'dbubies went to.'.Wilding and; Miss Nunneley, who 'defoateiFisher'and.Miss the final; ;,The;winners were niuckj : too -strong.for their opponents. Mies- Nunneley;; cleforly.. Jpassed' .unslier ■ it.' the' net' •n ; " several;:<>cqasions,: l .!ind;;hor;;,"driT'es . on\ the damp ,court,were:'very/ -deadly.-'. Wilding: With.;very little: was ' always l :iii the: fjght ■ pla<» : at ■'the" .1 right; moment. .:" iv;. : »; :.;. ; :,The; ; Danneyirke.meeting,' proved-most enjoyable. ■' A :largo;number:: of .visitors" ware ■present,. and.lthe'quality-:of 'play was;goba. Six, excellent, and the croquet, .lawn .was,.pressed.;into ■service, which ;made;another;,eonrt..gilite,«qual.:to-the best.■flayers,_certainly .had/to work pretty ha-d' and.. ;some' : , : . hundred;- and- twenty ■ ocld f? ai ? es :;'^ere-; ■■, got■; '4 off;";■■-.•:on; -V.the . • first day-v..';.The;,,V.'inariageincnt:-.. ;waS' . all 'that could be desired,-and for a-tournainent of this , .iri-ijwq\days) this -metfns hard wbrk for the. committeo' as' well .as: the .competitors.■.■■Ono'player'who-Etpod out from all-^he. rest.waa:Miss flarigill. quite ; a young player,-. 1 ;who; gives v promise ..of.;' great', things, .bue-has.a.parttciularly. free'■; style,- : strong '.drive, and:lises'herlieadj athing which many older players fail.to do at times.-. The. ladies' championship, singles was jvon by tbis ybun* lady..Miss..MartglU , contemplates making her. first appearance- iri: New Zealand championships at the' Auckland 1909' meeting, j-Parker, tasr ekpcotodj -won; the -.championship singles! beating Brpwn.'iir the final; and theso two playing together"'won ? the doubles, : . defeating the.'final.'. Swainspn' .and-.,Miss'-:fßa;y :.Hughes\wou. ; the combined ohampionship.i .This'ypungiady'comes from ?ahiatua; and :has 'improved immensely diir-:»ng-.vtni(J;-';last',lyearV: ;-Mjss<iß. Hindmarsh Played w.ell dunrig/te tournament, and won the- combined;.handicap,':•'partnered : with!'H. A. iParker,-fromVpive 25. -Certainly. Parker' "fPPpared ;toiplay/ a singlo,.but 'what little /lie; left _for,his. partner*to fl6;:was done well. ■J. ho\visitors- wer<i /entertained';-at : a dahce : on Friday.' night, >and- one and all-'cannot speak .too. higbly\ of .the. hospitality extended to U^ , '-■■•:!■;. (-.; : " ; i : ', J :\ :,'.■ The 1 Mastertbri'iournanicnt seems -to '.have 'run Danneyirke..pretty, close "for' popularity, ■quite a-: large' nuniber : of ■Wellington and Hutt players.' making:; tho\ trip/ '' .Wilding .was tho attraction of this meeting, and; his appearance on the court-was always a signal for the orcwd to gather. Cox put upa very fine ■performance.;against Wilding- in?tho final.of the championship:;singles|"taking in .all sis games from; the , Jfew' Zealand champion—the :besf, scoro • so_ far that, a Now : Zealander has reoordedragMn.Bt::him. ;: Fisher and Wilding wotijithe. men- 8 .'doubles, defeating Cox •■.'And Broad, 6~0.; : Broad .was -the . weak spot,.-.and'the winners:did,not'fail to make ■itjjretty ho't.for-hiin/.';'.-. ■!■'. ■■-'■ ; • ..: X' Miss i>. Mearee,' Christchurch, after accounting for ■ Misd .Fitzherbert, and- Mrs. Wagg, defeated Mies Batham/. B—7. in tho ':■■ ■;;■■ > --: : 0. : ;;-.; •-'■ '.-;.[.) .'■...; ' v 0:.. C: Cox and Miss Meares won the; combined Roubles,, 9—7;. from Proilse. and;' Miss Batham,'after an extremely close game. Mrs. Holmes and .Miss 'Batham (sorO, Won. the ■ladies handicap, doubles from Mrs.v Murphy and ;Miss :R<jss (rec.l4); '60—45. I '-.. ;■ ;-...: , The iWellingtbn Association has decided to hold-the provincial championships at Easter, also junior championships at tho same timo. Tlie tournament will be held at Day's Bay. .If tho usual:handicap players enter in full force, for, the junior .championships, the management will have some difficulty'in. completing the meeting , in threo days, especially as I the best of-three sets is to.be played. There .(ire; , -ten:Events on,tho programmo—men's einglee and doubles, ladies' singles, deublos, and combined ] for both senior and- junior.i Play will start on Friday. April 0, and continue on tho 11th, and, 12th.' Intending competitors are warned that entries will not bo accepted after the date fixed for closing same. . Entries, which must bp accompanied by entrance foos; addroseed to-T. H. Jones, ,hou. sec.\ W.P.L.T.A., Eona Bay, oloso on■] April 2. '*■■■■■ . ■ ■ .|