TENNIS

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 429, 13 January 1933, Page 3

TENNIS

^ GENERAL NOTES POSITION OF" PLAYERS IN ROTORUA CLUB . COMPETITIONS. ARAWA CHALLENGE CUP. \ (Noes by "Forehand.") A very successful Christmas tournament was held hy the Rotorua Tennis Club during the holidays and for the efficient control of the matches the tournament manager, Mr. D. Macfarlane (Auckland), and the eommittee of the cluh must be congratulated on their organisation. The annual fixture se'ems to be gaining popularity each year and is one of the greatest festive season attraetions of the town, The Bay of Plenty Dunlop Shield matches will be recommenceu on Sunday, when the Tauranga South team will play Rotorua on the Government grounds courts. The local team has not yet been selected. Ifandicap competition matches of the Rotorua Club are now well under way and in most sections the second round of matches have been played. The following are the latest detailed results: — Mixed Doubles. Second Round. — Hay and Mrs. Young beat McKerras and Mrs. Kingon; Bleasel and Miss Wright beat Spedding* and Miss Hill; Y/. Smith and Miss Dawson beat McDowell and Miss Knight. To play: Cunningham and Miss Manson v. Crawford and Mrs. Crawford. Third Round: Smith and Miss H. Dawson beat Bleasel and Miss Wright. Ladies' Handicap Singles First Round. — Mrs. Guy beat Miss Manson; Miss Schultze won by default from Miss Green; Miss Cooney beat Miss Faram 7 — 5; Miss Holland beat Miss Isdal§, 7 — 3; Miss Hill beat Miss Winslade, 7 — 1; Mrs. Clay heat Mrs. Potter, 7 — 1. Second Round. — Miss Cooney beat Miss Holland, 7 — 5. Ladies Handicap Doubles. Second Round. — Mrs. Guy and Mrs. Clay beat Misses Holland and Hillcoat, 9 — 4; Mrs. Young and Miss Hill 1 beat Mrs. Potter and Miss Moore, 7 — 3; Mrs. Crawford and Miss Dannefaerd oeat Misses Isdale and Dawson, 9 — 0; Misses Dawson and Knight beat Misses Dawson and. Wright, 9 — 4. Third Round. — Mrs. Crawford and Miss Dannefaerd beat Misses Dawson and Knight, 9 — 1. Mens Handicap Doubles. Second Round. — Plimmer and North beat Anaru and Cunningham, 9 — 6; Holland and Hay heat Harron and Spedding, 9 — 3; White and McDowell oeat Crawford and Sheriff, 9 — 5. To play: Potter and Brewer v. W. Smith and Mclsaac. Men's Handicap Singles. Third Round— Crawford beat Spedding, 9 — 3; McDowell beat N. Clay, 9 — 7; N. Smith beat Plimmer, 9 — 4. To play: W. Smith v. G. White. Arawa Challenge Cup. In matches between the Tuhourangi and the Rainbow Tennis Clubs for the Arawa Challenge Cup last Saturday, the former was defeated by two sets and 16 games. The following were the results, the names of the players of the Tuhourangi Club being mentioned first in each instanee. — Men's Singles. — Panapa Kukume beat H. Reweti, 11 — 9, 8 — 6; H. Hamiora beat W. Werahiko, 4 — 6, 6 — 4, 6 — 1; K. Hamiora beat T. Werahiko, 6 — 2, 2 — 6, 6 — 2; R. Pene heat W. Murinui, 6 — 4, 6 — 4. Ladies' Singles. — Mrs. E. Morgan lost to Miss A. Reweti, 0 — 6, 0 — 6; Mrs W. Hunt lost to Miss M. Werahiko, 0 — 6,0 — 6; Miss K. Winiata lost to Mrs. M. Te Kauru, 2 — 6, 6 — 5, 2 — 6; Mrs. R. Winiata heat Mrs. Reweti, 6—2, 6—2. Mens Doubles. — P. Kukume and R. Pene beat H. Reweti and W. Werahiko, 6 — 3, 4 — 6, 8 — 6; Hamiora Bros. beat T. Werahiko and W. Hurinui, 6—3., 6—4. Ladies Doubles. — Mesdames R. Umiata and E. Morgan lost to Mesdames M. Te Kauru and Reweti, 4 — 6, 4 — 6; Mrs. W. Hunt and Miss K. Winiata lost to Misses A." Reweti and M. Werahiko, 4 — 6, 0 — 6. Combined Doubles. — Mr. P. Kukume and Mrs. E. Morgan lost to Mr. H. Reweti and Miss M. Werahiko, 2 — 6, 4 — 6; Mr. II. Hamiora and Mrs. R. Winiata lost to Mr. W. Werahiko and Miss A. Reweti, 2 — 6, 5 — 6; Mr. K. Hamiora and Mrs. W. Hunt lost to Mr. T. Werahiko and Mrs. M. Te Kaura, 2 — 6, 5 — 6; Mr. R. Pene and Miss K. Winiata beat Mr. W. Hurinui and Mrs. Reweti, 6 — 5, 6 — 2. Interprovincial Contests. The annual Wilding Shield and Nunneley Casket interprovincial -tennis matches will be played at Wellington to-day and to-morrow, and on the following Monday and Tuesday. Canterbury, Wellington and Auckland have each entered a men's and a women's team, and Wellington and Auckland will meet on the first two days. The winners of these matches will meet the teams from Canterbury. The teams are: — Wilding Shield.Canterbury: C. Angas, H. A. Barnett, W. R. Robinson and T. RhodesWilliams. Wellington: C. . Malfroy, D. G. France, N. R. C. Wilson and R. McL. Ferkins. Auckland: A. C. Stedman, N. G. Sturt, E. L. Bartleet and M. M. Morrison. Nunneley Casket. Canterbury: Miss D. Nicholls, Miss M. Wake, Miss T. Poole and Miss E. Rudkin. ' Wellington: Mrs. H. M. Dyl-ces, Miss D. Howe, Mrs. D. G. France and Miss M. Whyte. Auckland: Miss Marjorie Macfarlane, Miss B. Knight, Miss J. Ramsay, and Mrs. E. Napier. Auckland is represented by the same Wilding Shield team as a year ago, and, wliile its players are cap-

able* of brilliant play at times, there does not seem to be much chance of its beating Wellington.. Stedman, ' who played disappointingly last sea- ! son, seems to he nearer his best form j this year, but he was beaten by Mai- 1 froy in straight sets at New Plymouth ' on Saturday., As regards the other players, the advantage lies with Wel- j lington. Neither Sturt nor Bartleet ! is a player to he trifled with — the | latter is capable of extending anybody when in the right mood — but France | and Wilson are both' solid men. Morrison should be evenly matched when he meets McL. Ferkin. The Wellington team is decidedly impressive. Angas was Malfroy's master before the latter left for England, but it is hy no means certain that he is still in that position. But , he has been playing very fine tennis ! lately, and when it comes to a ques- I tion of fitness he should outlast Mai- j froy. Wilson was beaten by Barnett j a year ago, and there is no reason j why the Canterbury player should not do as well this year. France, on the other hand, found out how to heat . Barnett, and his tactics, if he can j repeat them, may be just as successful | again. A. L. France, regarded as a / fine match player, has dropped out this year, together with E. A. Rousell, and the fourth place in the Wellington side goes to McL. Ferkins. . The latter is said to have improved a good deal, but Rhodes-Williams only needs to strike one of his brilliant patches J to heat him. [ Canterbury's chances, therefore, are | reasonably good, and, with average luck, there is a sound chance of the Wilding Shield being brought baek to ] Christchurch. Angas and Barnett ' will not let their province down, Ro- , Milson, has yet to prove himself in interprovincial tennis, but is admittedly a sound player, and Rhodes-Wil-liams seems to have struck reliable form this season. It is a somewhat open question as to how the Nunneley Casket matches j will result, but Auckland has very 1 good chances. All of its four players are experienced. Wellington has lost Miss Nicholls, and this may make all the difference. Like Canterbury, it has introduced some new blood into its team. The Canterbury side may spring a surprise, but the chance of the "Nunneley Casket crossing Cook Strait this season is rather doubtful. Miss Nicholls was beaten by Mrs. Dykes at the Wellington championships, and if she should go down to the same ' player again Canterbury will not get very far. =1: * * Here is an old-timers record that will take some beating, P. E. Bean, who is 72 years of age, settled down to some solid tennis in the last weelc of 1932. He was out on the courts for five afternoons, and on each aftermmnplayedfivesets^HeMiada