OPEN TOURNEY

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 723, 26 December 1933, Page 6

OPEN TOURNEY

FIRST DAY'S PLAY ' (The annual open tournament- of the Rotorua Tennis Club was commenced yesterday morning on the Government Grounds' Courts and with the exception of postponements during the- matches played by the visiting Australian lady players, continued throughout the day. Although the Wind was not particularly strong at the commencement of play it increased to gale forc-e as the day progressed' and in addition to making pliaying conditions unpleasant, someWhat marred the day's games. Yesterday's play was mainly confined to matches in the men's championship and handicap series, but pla.y in both men's and ladies' secijons will be continued to-day. Following are yesterday's results: CHAMPIONSHIF 0 : ... Men's Singles : J.C. Charters heat G. Rich 6-4, 6-2: G. Cornes heat T. Wjilson, 6-1,

6-1, 6-0; S. T. Mayson beat D. C'low 4-6, 7-5, 6-2; A. E. Tonkin beat R. S. Burd 6-4, 6-3; D. T. Murp'hy beat G. Jones 6-3, 6-1; Rostgard beat R. D. Brown 5-6, 6-4, 7-5. A. Walker heat B. Wferahiko 4-6, 6-0, 6-4; V. R. Johns beat Haggard 6-4, 6-2; Page beat C. 0. Pratt 6-3', 6-3; H. Roy beat H. L. Boughton 6-1, 6-1; C. M. Collins beat S. Mitchell 7-5, 6-3; W. E. Murphy beat R'. Roberts 6-4, 6-0; A. C. Hardy beat C. W. Wheeler 6-0, 6-3. Men's Doubles Hardy and Rogers beat Allison and Roberts 3-6, 6-2, 7-5; Johnston and Rostgard bea.t Tonkin and Von Dadelzer, 6-1, 6-2; Murphy and Murphy beat Page and Takle 6-4, 2-6, 6-1; Cornes and Ro.y beat Mitchell and Jacob 6-5, 6-1. HANDICAP MATCHES Meai's Singles Bramwell (plus 15) beat Wferahiko (minus 15) 11-3; Cornes (minus 15) beat N. Patterson (scr.) 11-6. Allison (minus 15) beat A. D. Barfoer (scr), 11-5; Haggard (minus 15) beat Morrison (minus 15) 11-5; Hardy (minus 15) beat W'heeler (minus 15-) 11-6; Burd (minus 15) beat Murphy (plus 15) 111-5; Roy (minus 15) beat Brown (minus 15) 11-6; Jones (minus 15) beat Nicholls (plus 15) 11-9; Lewis (scr) beat S-. Takle (minus 15) 10-1; Elliott (minus 15) beat Von Dadelzer (plus 15) 11-3; D. Clow (minus 15) beat T. Wilson (minus 15) 11-8; W. Burns (plus 15) beat S. Mitchell (minus 15) 11-3; Kent (scr) beat W/ilson (minus 15) 11-9. Tonkin (plus 15) beat M. Mitchell (minus 15) 11-6; Murphy (plus 15-) beat Ptikes (minus 15) 11-4. Ladies' Doubles Misses Dawson iand Knight (plus 15) beat Mrs. Bent and Mrs. Thorne (minus 15) 9-2. TO -DAY'S DRAW The draw of games to be played today is as follows: — • Men's Singles, 9 a.m. — Gault v. Roberts; Morrison v. Roach; Andrews v. D. Wilson; Page v. Peak; A. Gray v. Elliott, Cameron v. Miller. Men's Doubles, 9 a.m. — Walker and W'heeler v. Johnston land Rostgard; Kent and Lewis v. Brookbanks and Collins; Jones and Orrell v. Von Dadelzer and Tonkin. Ladies' Singles, 9 a.m. — Mrs. Gault v. Mliss Runciman; Miss Green v. Mrs T'horne; Miss Hall v. Miss R. Steele. Ladies' Doubles, 9 a.m. — Misses Hall and Stokes v. Mlisses Mitchell. All players in the ladies' iand men's handicap singles must be on the courts at 9.30 a.m.