Lawn Tennis.

Manawatu Herald, 9 January 1896, Page 3

Lawn Tennis.

FOXTON v. OTAKI.

On Tuesday the expected tournament between the Foxton and Otaki Lawn Tennis Clubs took place at the Foxton court. Six representatives of either club were chosen, and six singles and three doubles, one game each was to decide the result. The scores were to be counted as a whole.

The Otaki team gave the home team a very severe beating, the result being obtained by superior play and from the Foxton men displaying much nervousness. The contest was carried out in the most friendly manner, and members of one club were accepted as sole umpire in some of the matches. This Uas it ought to be.

The piny on the whole was not

brilliant nor was it fast. The P^lllessrs Simcox, father and son, were the beßfc players of the visitors, as well as of the local tenm, bar on p. It will be seen by the scores Lhat Mr Dowsing, an English player just at present a member of the Otaki Club, bat leaving shortly for the Old Coun try, beat Mr Curtis by a large num. ber of points, as did Mr Winchester beat Mr Cook. Mr W. H. Simcox defeated Mr Aitkens by 12 points. On the other hand Mr 0. Kobin&on

scored 50 to Mr M. Simcox's 4'

j^ Me M. Simcox is abonfc the same * age as Mr 0. Robinson and their play was wonderfully even in style and scoring as after 20 was parsed the scorer declared so many all, right through the game. Messrs M. > Simcox and 0. Robinson wore undoubted^ the two best plnyers on the ground. Mr Cowles is to be congratulated on the battle he made for his club and the win, though only 5 points, gained from Mr MoWilliam. This last player need not be ashamed at the result as be played

Will all through and it was juafc the accident of play that found him 5 nninf.s to th" b?rl j.ist nt, the. end rf liu 1 ;«ni«. Mr Dr-a-h wo'lo'd through Mr Littio in thuir set by 19 points. In the doubles Messrs Robinson and Little played very well and woke their opponents up rather unex* pectedly with some very quick 'balls which had come and gone without a rise. The vice-president attended to the wants of the visitors in the morning, assuaging the thirst obtained by the exercise, and in the afternoon the ladies provided tea and cakes, which were much appreciated. It was a compliment to our visitors, the number of ladies who attended after dinner. They evidently took a large interest in the games, the players, and the result. Below we append the scores : — • Singles.

Foxton Otaki O, Robinson ... 50, M. Simcox .. 47 P.Curtis 28 Dowsing ... 50 G. Aitkena ... 38 W. H. Simcox ... 50 W. Cook 24 A. V. Winchester 50 E. Cowles ... 50 J. Me William ... 46 W. Little 81 — Death 50 Total ... 221 292 Doubles. Robinson— Little 80 Winchester — McWilliam 59 Aitkens— Cowles... 01 W. H. and M. Simcox 80 Curtis - Cook ... 70 Dowsing— Death 80 211 219 Totals. Single's ... 221 292 Doubles ... 211 219 Win for Otaki by 79.