Lawn Tennis.

Free Lance, Volume II, Issue 77, 21 December 1901, Page 43

Lawn Tennis.

The New Zealand championship meeting will be held at Auckland on the 26th 27th, 28th, and 30th of this month, and promises to be a decided success Most of the best players in the colony have decided to attend the meeting, and this is stimulating others to follow tmt hence the number of entries will be quite up to those of previous tournaments Among the names of players who have intimated their intention to be present are — Dunedin P. Marshall and Dicker Christchurch Fisher, Miss Nunolle^ and Miss K. Van Asch : Wellington Laishley, H. Gore, Sloman, Mrs. Pain, and Miss Powdrell , New Plymouth, Tnke. It is more than likedy that a strong team w ill come from Sydney, and it may include Miss Pay ten, the lady champion of New South Wales. This young lady, though only 19, is a most brilliant player, and volleys and smashes like a man If she does come, a meeting with Miss Nunellev (the New Zealand champion) ought to be worth goine miles to see Among those who have definitely decided to be present at the tournament, the following combinations have been arranged for the doubles — Miss Nunnellev and Miss K. Van Asch for the champion doubles , Fisher and Miss Nunelley for the combined , Laishley and H. Gore for the championship doubles , and Laishley and Mrs. Pain for the combined P Marshall and Dickey, championship doubles, and Fisher and Peacock, championship doubles. Christ church has received a decided ton nis acquisition m Mrs. (Professor) Blunt who is reported to be next to Miss Nunellev in New Zealand. Her style is very similar, her game hard and earnest, and she never thinks it too much trouble to run, which is the usual feminine failing. From Australian files I extract the following, which will be of interest to all local players - — At the recent Australian championship meeting, DunJop and Diddams again secured the champion doubles This pair have won this event five tames out of six attempts during the past seven years. It is probable that Collins (Christchurch) will not attend the championship meeting, as Harman, Wilding, and he are said to be going to Ashburton at the same time the championships are held A. Wilding, champion of Canterbury, one of our most promising young players is stated to be plaving in interprovineial cricket against Otago at Christ-

mas>, so that probably he will not take part in the tennis tournament. The young fellows who have been accustomed to play tennis on the courts of the Wellington Bowling Club have arrived at the conclusion that the directors of this club are a set of the veriest old fossils extant. Reason is that the fiat has just gone forth that only "members and their lady friends" may play tennis on the lawn. Members means bowlers, and bowlers, of course, don't plav tennis. The exclusion is aimed at the voung men who could play tennis.