LAWN TENNIS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1945, 31 December 1913, Page 8

LAWN TENNIS

NEW ZEALAND TOURNEY.

WALLACE,7THE CHAMPION,

TAP U'AKI \\ I\S TUF B VNXER. W? 1 J ' ■]!'■■■> . -. .. Auckland, ■Bc(;eniliP!'.,3y. Inp finals, of ihe ;Ne.v- Zealand .'lawn tenuis ,: ?jiarai)iondiii.\s. : wor«' Co(>m],l(>t<!.l. nil tho Eden aiul coitrtsfrto-"day',i, 111 tho presence"of; ; : a large the v.Jiojo tb.o.-.plav;was.of .'rrhigh staii-i dard, a Jul v.uy few. k.l':.. tho ooiiils. ai, the end of'the play- without'feeling that tho tennis had .beou.£weH,wflrtlftrhile. -4 A feature ofi tho-tournament•' \ras-.the success of A.■ G/,."\Valaeo. : and• G. ■ J. Dickie, of tlio Wavoriey Club, Taranaki, who carricd off i'iio doubles championships, and a(so filled 1 tlio 1 positions of champion and runner-up. in the singles. It is some years since' tho -Taranaki pja-yers took part in New Zealand championships, and ihis makestheir success i all the moro creditable ■ Miss A. Gray (Auckland) followed up her success of last year and anu-osed the singles cliampbns'hip.' With Sires Baird, sho also carried off tho ..ladies' , doubles./ Kesults are as follow ■ \ 'V- ; W Ladles' Singles.•.The final was contested .by Misses'-A'! Gray (Auckland) and E. Baird.(Hawke's Bay). The first set was all in favour of Miss Gray, who played consistently. -Tho set went to her, 6—2. Miss Baird played lip well in tho second set; and at one stage led G —s. The. games then alternated to 7 all, when .persistence in lobbing gained former a victory. 9 —7. .".Miss Gray.''has-'now ,won the chainpionship .: jn ;i\vo;i'sttccessive years, ana by,. virtuwof'this carries off tho rose bowl'presentediby.Messrs.;;!''... H. Ayres, Ltd.' Combined Doubles. The outstanding feature cf the, final between E. N. K. Swanston and Miss Gray and G. Ollivier and iliss Steele was tho brilliant play of Ollivier,-- whose agility at the net gained ace-.-after/'acc. Ollivier and Miss Steele took the first set, 6—4, but lost tiio sccond, 5—7.In the, final set Ollivier and lliss Steele played splendidly and wcn,> (>—4. ■ Men's Doubles. A. G. Wallace and C. J..Dickie met Abbott and M'Cntelicon■■■ in' tho final. A good game was; expcctcd,;--.but';.tho Taranaki men • won easily;" 6—.3,-• 0 ;-l, 6- —0. ■■ Merc's Singles li> the semi-final for the' men's singles Dickio (Taranaki) beat' Goss(Canterbury). 7—3, B—6, 4—6, 9—7. >■:' «. Dickie beat Wallace in tho first set; 7—5, and led 2 love in tho second,' but his condition then, gttvo out," and Wallace forged aliead. . Playing with great accuracy, Wallace took the "nest two sets, 6—2, 6—2, and then Dickie, owing to iiis condition giving out, retired. Tlio banner, for the greatest number of points won, was secured hy tlio Taranaki representatives, who scored 11 points. Auckland was second with 7, nihil* Hawke's Bay, and ...Canterbury scored 1J each. ■