LAWN TENNIS

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 245, 6 January 1928, Page 10

LAWN TENNIS

TARANAKI TOURNEY AUCKLANDERS DOING WELL NEW PLYMOUTH, Thursday. Splendid weather allowed the Taranaki lawn tennis championships to be advanced a long way to-day. Aucklanders are prominent in the men’s singles, in which Bartleet meets J. B. Parker and J. E. Stedman plays M. L. Lamps to decide two semifinals. It seems likely that the other two semi-finals will be decided by the E. W. Griffiths v. Noel Wilson and the A. C. Stedman v. A. G. Wallace games. J. Stedman had a good win over C. B. Webster, an efficient local man. Mrs. Scott-Watson, Miss Tracy, Mrs. Melody, Miss Myers, Miss Calver and Miss Barltrop are still in the women’s singles. The semi-final stage in the women’s doubles has been reached by Mrs. Melody and Miss Shortt. Results of the matches are: Men’s Singles. —Second round: E. W Griffiths beat W. J. Melody, 6 —l, 6—o; A. C. Stedman beat Hine, 6—2, 6—o; E. L. Bartleet beat Hay-Campbell, 6 —O—2; Berg beat Dickie, 7 5, 2—6, 6—4; J. Stedman beat Smith! c — l - 6— l ; Wallace beat Ellis 6 —4 Jj —4: Griffiths beat Tulloch, 6—2, 6 4! Third round: X. Wilson beat A I-I Richards, 6—3, 6—2; Bartleet beat d" Ballantyne, 6 — l, 6—l; J. B. Parker beat R. o. Sellar, 6 —o, 6— 2; c E Stedman beat C. B. Webster, C 4 ■J—l. 6—3: Lampe beat G. Wills, 6—l!

I ?\ n .’ s ° oubles - —Second round: Ellis and A. \\ilson beat Bennett and MeDayett, 6—2, 6—2; Griffiths and Bartleet beat H. and G. G. Wills 6 4 o- 4.

C-Singles. —First round: Miss Scott-\\ atson beat Miss Buist, 6 1 6—3. Second round; Miss Tracey beat Miss Hobson, 6— 2, 6—o* Miss Calver beat Miss Ramsay, 6—3 6* 4Mis_s Shortt beat Mrs. Higginson, 6—3, l~h g Myers beat Mlss Malcolm.

Womens Doubles.— First roundMisses Nutting beat Misses Madeley and Campbell, 6—2. 6—4; Misses Tracy and Cameron beat Misses McMullan ana Randle, 6—3, 6— l. Second roundS Scott-Watson and Miss Sloman R ! YVr Se ? Evans aud Hirst, 6 —l YT -J hl^ d round: Mrs. Melody and Miss Shortt beat Misses Barltrop and Simpson, 6— l, 6 —3 Mixed Doubles.— First round: E. ai 3 d , Mlss Sloman beat Meuli and Miss Buist; E. W. Griffiths and Miss G. Griffiths beat Sellar and Miss

Smith, 6—o, 6 —4: X. Wilson and! Tracy beat Price and Miss J« 6—o, 6—o; J. Stedman and i Higgirison beat Hay-Campbell * Miss M. Xutting, 4 —6, 6—4, Second round: and Miss 31beat Longmore and Miss M. 6—2, 6 —2; Webster and Mrs. S' Watson beat Wills and Miss Ra# 6—4, 6—3.