LAWN TENNIS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1641, 7 January 1913, Page 7

LAWN TENNIS.

,; -THE BRITISE' ISLES TEAM, -Persistent 'raiii- since' early'''yestVr'day.' moriisg has.interfered somewhat'; with ;the priparation',M'^lie' , ap^i'B^J^| I Mi-| nis.,contpst., between,, '.the : British Isles' i team, t>n(i p. New.-'Zealand four, and with the 1 'cbprt' itself.!,' Anticipating' weather /troubles,',,.the ■. secretary.. \Mv. A;.'-Berry) and other', zealous, .workers obtained . tarpaulins. and : covered the. court) but these were,not sufficient to prevent a strip behind each : base-line from exposure., Should conditions clear during the night, the court, it is probable, /will be fit for play, ;which'is scheduled to t start this afternoon at-1 o'clock, .The visiters, who are due this morning from willinspect the court,;and if.a postponement is decided, Upon, ticket-holders and the general tennis public will be notified; at •10 o'clock' this morniJMJ. ■ The Mowing 1 are the fixtures for this afternoon:—Singles—Parke (B.I.) v. Olli'vier (N.Z.)j Dixon (B.I.) v. Swanston (N.Z.)i Beamish (B.I.) v. Peacock (N.Z.); Lowe (B.I.) W; Fisher (N.Z.). S '-: 1 .and Lowe- (B.I.): v. OHivicr and Swanston (N.Z.); Dixon and Beamish (B.L)-v. Pisher and. Peacock ,(N;z.).;.'■.'.-.■ ~.•'•'.'■■■'. •■:■.;:■• "■.- . .., •The following; are the fixtures'for tomorrow:—Dixon v. Parke, Lowe v. Beamish. ',: The Englishmen will also play a ••.,■.' ■■'-■■'.■ !.;-.;•.• The teams. • will be .tendered a. dinßer by the Now Zealand Lawn Tennis Association at the conclusion of the contest.. ,