TENNIS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXX, Issue 11130, 13 February 1930, Page 3

TENNIS

• ALL-AUSTRALIAN : TEAM. MOST POWJfIRIFUB BIDE TO VISIT NEW ZEALAND. (Special To The Times). W'ELLINGON, Fob. 11. The All-Australian tennis, team, announced to tour New Zealand, is the most powerful s,de over to visit this country from the Commonwealth. . l'\ Kiilms (New South Wales), C. Sp.roule (New South Wales),' C. Donohue (New South Wales) -uhli W. • Teague .(Victoria) are 4lio ’ side, and all are in the Tfo&t six -in their States. Tho Nijw Zealand Lawn tennis .Assy-elation hoped for Hawkes or, Schlosiiiger as a fourth :n:in, but-tire very pleased with the sale. Kahns is welLkiimvlv in New Zealand, as with Willard, he is the Laly man in the N«\v South Wales “first six te-doy who Was fiVnkerl in that position when 9 obits’ team from the Dominion Went to Aus* bralia in -195.5-26. In that year,' Crawford and Hopmari Were playing I in tile - jiiiiiors, And Kahns beat E. D. Andrews in the final of the Aus_ j traktsuin singles championship. Two | yeai's ago, Kalins won the* Now South Wales singles championship, anil played third ill the team of which Crawford and 110 pm an wore .members UUd which beat the British side at White City. Sproulo .and Douohue are recent arrivals lliid their record this sensou hlls been a lino one. Ju tho Victorian tournament, just before, the Australian Championships, Crawford beat, •Sproulo o—l, b—b, 2 —o, 9—■ 11, o—l—and0 —I—and llawkes beat .Donohue <>—3, a—2, 4- —Oj 0— (>, o—4. In the Inter-state match between New South Wales and Victoria, Donohue lost to O’Hara Wood B—o, o—o, 3—o, and to 'league (who is the sixth player in Victoria) o —7. >5 —7, Sproulo heat Teague o—3, te—3, and also beat, O’Hara Wood o—3, o—3,0 —3, In the doubles .Sproulo and Donohue lost to O'Hara Wood and Hawkes 3—o, s—■?. In a trial match for the Davis Cup team, Sproulo beat Hopman, chosen to represent Australia in the Davis Cup, 7- —o, (>—3, G—o. The provisional itinerary for the, visitors, as announced by the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association, subject to acceptance by the various associations of the matches offered them, is as follows: The Australians will play Auckland province at Auckland on Feb ruary 21st and 22nd. leave for .Rotorua and there play an exhibition match, or meet a. Maori representative team on February Still, proceed to Napier and play an exhibition match on February 20ill, proceed to Palmerston North, which has been chosen on account of its central position) and play a North Island team on February 28th and March Ist. The Australians are scheduled to meet. Wellington at Wellington on March 3rd and 4th and to proceeil to Christchurch to play the only Test Match on March 7th and Bth. The team goes on to Dunedin and there meets the South Island team on March 11 and 12th eaving Dunedin on March 13th tor Wellington and sailing on the return to Svdnev on March 14th.