CHALLENGERS DEFEATED

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 46, 24 February 1930, Page 14

CHALLENGERS DEFEATED

WELLINGTON WIN TEN MATCHES Canterbury were soundly defeated by Wellington in the Wilding Shield lawn tennis matches, which were concluded on tho Miramar courts on Saturday,afternoon. Of the twelve matches played Wellington won' ten, Canterbury winning one doubles and one singles only. Wellington started the second day's play leading by four matches to two. and won all the games played on Saturday. The courts on Friday were ou the heavy side, but for the second day's play conditions were ideal. . FRANCE BEATS ANGAS. Of Saturday's matches most interest centred in the meeting of D. G. France and C. Augas, in view of the fact that Angas beat France in the final of the New Zealand championships earlier this month. In a match which was always exciting France won, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3. The Wellington man started shakily, and allowed Angas to run to a 4-0 lead. Whatever he did in the first act he did wrong. He netted easy shots and lost valuable points with erratic smashing when there was no necessity for it. Angas played very steadily, and it was only to be expected that the Canterbury mau would take the set, which he did, at 6-3. The reversal of- form nbown .by France in the second set was astonishing. Playing bright tenuis, he had "the Canterbury player on the run from start to finish; and took six games in succession. Occasionally his lobbing was not deep enough, and it gave Angas a chance to come in and score heavily. France,; however, once he had settled down, appeared to master everything, and he scored innumerable points with his lightning-like cross-court driving, wjiich left his opponent guessing. Angas uever looked like a winner in this set, which. France took 6-0. The Canterbury man did not intend to be beaten easily, and the final ; set produced some excellent tennis, which thrilled the spectators. Angas won the first two games, but France evened, and then' the score went on to 3-3. In the concluding stages of this set France was by far the superior. • His strokes were pretty' to watch, and he simply outplayed Angas, who could do nothing but attempt to play his usual steady game. France passed him at the net time and again with beautiful sideline driving, and when Angas began, to anticipate the shots the Wellington man sent the balls flying to the other corner. The Wellington man's superiority in making winning shots was marked, and on the' day's play he; was by a. long way the better. / . , '. ■' , .... ' s WIN FOR MALFROY. The game between C. E. Malfroy and T. Rhodes-Williams, which was won by Malfroy, 6-3, 7-5, was an exhibition of bright tennis, in which there was plenty of clean-hard hitting. In the first set both were' content to play a base-line game, and in the early stages Malfroy had Rhodes-Williams running- hard, Malfroy's side-line driving was deadly accurate, and he found the corners repeatedly. Swift cross-court driving was a feature of the second set, with Rhodes-Williams playing well to even at 4-4. The Canterbury man made a bid in the ninth game, when he had Malfroy on the run, but the latter evened in the next, and took the set at 7-5. The last was a love game, Malfroy winning- the set with1 a service ace. SANDRAL v. PATTERSON, A. E. Sandral started off well in his match with T. W. Patterson, the Wellington man quickly running to a lead of 4-0,. He took the first set 6-2, but Pair terson ■ reversed matters in the nest set, which went to Canterbury 6-1. Patterson enjoyed a lead of 3-1 in the final Bet, but the concluding games went in favour of Sandral, who exploited the drop-shot .with marked success, leaving Patterson standing time after time. Sandral played fine tennis, and won 6-2, 1-6, 6-4. A LONG MATCH. As on the first day. N. R. C. Wilson played another long match,'the final set of which went to twenty games before he beat D, F. Glanville. Both played spirited tennis, the Canterbury man winning the firet game, and then leading 2-1. Wilson finished the first set strongly, but could win only one game in the next, which fell rather easily to Glanville. The third set was : a long-drawn struggle in which the Wellington player battled grimly for ■ games when the score was 5-3 against him. Glanville took the first two games, and then went on to lead 3-1, 4-2, and then 5-3. Wilson evened at 5-5 and again at 6-S and 7-7. He never let up, and finally won the set and match, 0-4, 1-6, 11-9. THE DOUBLES. The doubles match between D. G. France and C. Malfroy and C. Augas and T. Rhodes-Williams was a very one-sided affair, in which France and Malfroy ran out easy winners 6-2, 6-1. The Wellington pair excelled all round, and smashed and drove' their way to victory in quick time. , The other doubles match between N. R. C. Wilson and A. E. Sandral and D. F. Glanville and T. W, Patterson went the three sets.. Wilson and Sandral led in tho first set 3-1,- and- Canterbury winning the next two : games, evened the score. The! seventh game went to Canterbury, and Wellington eveneirin the next, after which two fell to Canterbury, who took the set at 6-4. Wellington started strongly in the second set, taking the first two games. Canterbury won the next, but that was the last they won in that set, which went to Wellington 6-1. The final set provided patchy tennis. Wellington established an early lead, and after Canterbury had evened at 2-2 Wellington went on to win comfortably 6-4. The results, Wellington playera mentioned first, were:— Singles. C. E. Malfroy beat T. Rhodes-Williams, 6-3, 7-5. A. E. Sandral beat T. W. Patterson, 6-2, 1-6, 6-4. . D. G. France beat C. Angae, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3. N. R. C. Wilson beat £>. F. Glanville, 64, 1-6, 11-9. Doubles. N. R. C. Wilson and A. E. Sandral beat D. F. Glanville and T. W. Patterson, 4-G, 6-1, 6-4. D. G. France and C. E. Malfroy beat C. Angas and T. Rhodes-Williams, 6-2, 6-1. Wellington won 10 matches. Canterbury won 2 matches. Wellington retained the Wilding Shield.