LAWN TENNIS

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 307, 19 March 1928, Page 7

LAWN TENNIS

Ngiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii knell beats franklin FRIENDLY MATCH s.rnell Club sent a team to j fb» pa ‘ Saturday and defeated tlie matches to 3. Re«u and c Chalmers beat MorJ. Co ?.miis ?--4. 6—5; Aid red and T. I » nd b cat Fulton and Johnson, 6—e, i 3. .. noubles.— Misses Potter and »' oi rl n ket Misses Matuachka and Pleybatac» Misses Craift and Me- I ill. XT' 4 ; Misses Meikbjohn and , •doe 1 2—-k. Misses Wells and Cill rkl e *-T ... lohris and Scott, 6—4, 6—2. —C. Chalmers beat Ohl- #•£.- s 5!«. «—l! Aldred beat Smith,) -!■ singles.—Miss Potter lost to * <>o «sftischka. o—6. 6—2, 6—3: Miss li*» ‘lest to Mi-ss Pleydell, 2—6, 4—6. al *.a Doubles —Miss Mclndoe and W. Hl* - heat Miss Arkle and Morrin. tillianis ( Miss Fearnley ami 11. -A’ i— t 1 Miss Meiklejohn and Willis, :l»y W. Miss Gill and R. J. Coates i~ 2 ' vlss ’ Johns and Fulton, 6—2; Miss ”‘,l. and T Gould beat Miss Scott and •veil* an t 5 — 6 g—t. Parnell won yff&tki to »: nearing the end CLUB EVENTS piaving in events of two leading AT on Saturday, two young and promising players qualified for the ‘"uVmuora A. Steadman, who is first * for Auckland University College the coming Varsity tournament, beat rntwistle after losing the first two "" He steadied up to win out, 55 3—6 6—3. 6—3, 6—l, and he liil now play the present champion, r L. Bartleet, in the final, j A North, second string for \ arsprang a surprise at Eden and Fnsom by dispatching Rowlands in a virathon semi-final. The score was “ 3 %-«• G—4. 4—S, 9—7 The tennis res' hard and spectacular at times. North will play Morrison for the club The excellent form shown by Steadman and North augurs well lor Auckrjnds prospects in the Varsity tournament to be held at Wellington at Sr Results of other club events played on Saturday are as follow. — REMUERA Van's Championship Singles,—SemiA . c. Stedman beat H. Entwistle, 3—6. 6—3. 6—2. 6—l. Men’s Championship Doubles.—-senu- £ \v. GrifTi ths and H. Brtnsden »tat A. C. Stedman and ,T. C. Stedman, : '! 2—6, 6—3, a 7, 6—4. _ Men's Handicap Singles.—Semi-final: ' C Stedman beat F. I-ucas, u—o. 6—4. lien's Handicap Doubles. —Semi-final. PI, Bart'eet and IT. L. Robson (owe m beat R. Lusk and H. G. Thomson owe 13 3-6), 6—3, 6—4 Women's Junior Championship Singles. -Final: Miss b. Roberton beat Miss Is. I'dlhft'k 3 '6, 6 1 ■ X 3 -6. Womens Handicap Singles.—Fourth round: Miss 1,. Roberton (owe IS) beat Mrs. Seott-Watson (owe 40 X —6). 6—4, Handicap Doubles.—-Final: Mrs Seott-Watsou and Miss colebrook owe 40> beat Misses Roberton and Colson (plus 2—6 13), 6—2, 6—3Mixed Handicap Doubles. —Semi-final. V. C. Stedman and Miss Colebrook beat P Lintott and Miss Cox, o—4, 4—6, b —o. ONEHUNCA Men's Handicap Singles.—Final: M. Robb (owe 30 3—6) beat N. Johnson * iosre I—4 13), 10— 3, 3—6, *—s- - Handicap Doubles.—Final: 1 Sutherland and Hastie (ser.). beat Hayi den and Hayden (owe I—61 —6 15), 4 b, . «—l. 6—2. . ' Mixed Championship Doubles. —fcinai. * IT. Harrison and Miss Campbell beat R. E. Taylor and Miss MeDougall, 6 * 7—9, 6—l. . T Handicap Mixed Doubles.— b inal: Jt T. Harrison and Miss McCrea (owe 40) oeat Hayden and Miss Hayden (owe l, 1-6 15). 6—2. 6—3. EDEN AND EPSOM l. Mens Championship Singles.—SemiIk dual; K. North beat H. C. Rowlands. * li—3, 2—6, 6—4. 4—6, 9—7. t> Combined Championship Doubles.— Semi-final: M. Morrison and Miss «J. * Ramsay beat A. C. Johns and Miss P. *• Miller, 6—2. 3—6, 6—4. PARNELL ”• Men's Handicap Singles.—Final: V. 'lay (owe 2—6 15) beat D. Friedlander 3- icr.), 6—4, 6—4. sU SCHOOLS TENNIS £ GOOD PLAY IN FINALS S* Primary and secondary schools tennis championships of Auckland were conr<' linued at Remuera courts on Saturday. Miss Delia Newton (Technical Colthe school girl who plays for t&ien and Epsom's second team, had a tussle in the final of the secondary • singles, in which she beat Miss R* Taylor (St Cuthbert’s). Playing ae * forehand aggressively. Miss Newi«s» ! °n. who was last year’s runner-up. A >4 2—l and 5—2, but lost confidence

the set 5—7. In the next two *ti, however, she showed decided superiority over a less-confident opponent. The tennis was of good standard. . & Chalmers (Takapuna). a son ot ;; l « Parnell player. C. C. Chalmers, is .•* first holder of the primary schools , a “ e * He showed a much better knowledge of strokes and court craft ; Ja n the other lads. In the final lie Cochrane (Otahuhu), who nearly % ’°n the second set, after leading 3 1 *o* i-3. Results of Saturday’s play:

SECONDARY SCHOOLS Gir-U’ Singles.—Final: Miss T. D. Newbeat Miss R. Taylor. 5—7, 6—3, 6—4. . Girls’ Doubles.—Third Round: Misses 2 Roche and Griffiths beat Misses Con,.fy and Singleton. 9—3. Fourth round: La Roche and Griffiths beat ,7l ses Kissling and Moloney, 9—o’, •sses Rukutai and Newton beat Misses ‘Ueproud and Rennie. 9—l. Semi-final: 1 sses Rukutai and Newton beat Misses *** Roche and Griffiths. 9—3.

PRIMARY SCHOOLS Soys' Sing es.—Fourth round: Chaim- j J* beat Gunn. 7—3: Hedge beat .hwmpaon, 7—3; Cochrane beat Roberts. Cl/ pocherty beat Kerr, 7—3. SemiChalmers beat Hedge, 9—2: C°cnbeat Dccherty. 9—o. Final: ChalmCochrane, 6—3. 6—5. vjpg Doubles—Third round: < s un ” 3.,,. *Z*rr beat Parry and Norn?. 22* and Mains beat Chalmers and 7—C: Lewisham and Lewisham Sf ® on d and Thompson. 7—»; Hedge Cochrare beat Rendell and Mont* K™*?. 7—:;. semi-final: Gunn and 'iJFn*** Butler and Mains, 9—*** Hed,, Cochrane beat Lewisham and LewJn *TO, 9—4 ■.r 1 :. 15 ' Singles.—Fourth round: A. s 22f« beat. P Ellerington, 7—B: B. ‘hatus beat G. Walker. 7—4: D. Peters S* 1 . M. Taylor. 7—l; B. Gardner neat Übe, 7—‘j. Semi-final: D. Pet_r^ Gardner. 9 —2. . Doubles.—Third round anrl B - Hlll heat 1.. Goddarl and R. AUntm. 7—3: M. McLeod and Uit* heat D Bailey and N. L®- Peters and J. Biss beat B. And u/'oodwln, 7—o. Semi-final: I>. V Prang, beat M. McLeod and o.

GRADE FINALS

INTER-CLUB COMPETITIONS There were close* matches in the finals of the < ’ and D grade city interclub competitions on Saturday. The C grade title went to Papatoetoe, which defeated Aratonga by six matches to four. Pukeroa defeated Campbell Park in the D grade by the narrow margin of five matches and 14 sets to five matches and 12 sets. Results:

A Teams MANUREWA V. PUKEROA Pukeroa won by 7—2. Men's Singles.—Sims beat Warlich, 6 —2, I 6 —2; Abbott beat L. M. Pegler, 6 —3, t G—4. f Women’s Singles.—Miss Tidd lost to r Mrs. Rushton, 2— 6, 3— 6; Miss Stewart c beat Miss Fin lay son, 6 —2, 6 —3. ] Men’s Doubles. —Abbott and Sims beat Warlich and L. Pegler, 6 —l, 6 —2; Ton- j son and Wood lost to B. Pegler and Gilmore, 4— 6, 6 —2, 4— 6. | Women’s Doubles. —Misses Tidd and | Stewart lost to Mrs. Rushton and Miss , G. Finlayson. 6 —4, 1-— 6. 3— 6: Misses i Hamilton and Barton beat Miss Finlayson and Mrs. Warlich, 6 —4, 6 —l. Mixed Doubles.—Tonson and Miss Barton beat Gilmore and Mrs. Warlich, 2—G, « 4 t 6 —l; Wood and Miss Hamilton beat B. Pegler and Miss Finlayson, G —4, t 6—2.

B Teams Manurewa won by 6 —4. Men’s Singles.—R. Bennett beat Hardv, G—4, 6 —2; Mclnnes beat Connor, 6 — 2, * 6 — 2. Women’s Singles.—Mrs. Cox lost to Miss Finch, I— 6, 2— 6; Miss Coxhead beat .Miss Bastter, G—4, 6 —2. Men’s Doubles.—R. Bennett and Mclnnes beat Hardy and Connor, 6 —4, G—s; Dreadon and Wall lost to Mawson and Pardington, 2— 6, 2— 6. Women’s Doubles. —Mrs. Cox and Miss Coxhead lost to Miss Finch and Baster, 5 6, 3—G; Misses Dreadon and Yeoland beat Mrs. Hardy and Miss McKenzie, G Mixed Doubles. —Mclnnes and Miss Dreadon beat Pardington and JJrs. Hardy, 5—G. G—3, G—4; Wall and Miss ] Yeoland lost to Madson and Miss McKenzie. 4— 6. 3—G.

C Grade PAPATOETOE V. ARATONGA. j Men’s Singles.—Eden beat George, 5— 6, 5. i > 6 —2; Brown beat Coldliam, 2—b, ] i: 5* g 2. ! Women's Singles.—Miss Bryant beat . . Miss Darling, 6 —4, 6 —2; • Miss Mellsop lost to Mrs. YVcrsop. 5— 6, 5— 6. Mixed Doubles.—Firth and Miss Bryant beat Fowler and Miss Coldliam 6—4, 6 3; Thompsor and Miss gaslit lost to Morris and Miss Bolton, 4—6, 6—— ' Men’s Doubles. —Elder and 1 irtli beat George and Coldham, 6 —4, 6 —3; Brown and Thompson lost to Fowler and Mor-r‘Women-so_D6ubles.—Misses Bryant lost to Miss Darling and Mrs. Woi’sop, o— •>, 4 (; g 4; Misses Haslit and Melsop beat Miss Bolton and Mrs. Coldham, 6 1. 6 »• :D Grade pyKEROA V. CAMPBELL PARK. Men’s Singles.—O’Connor lost to Cheat, 4—G, 6—3, 5—7; Fernandez lost to Owen. 6- —3, 3— 6, 4— 6. Women’s Singles—Miss Coleman lost to Miss Gosling. 6—4, I— 6. .* ~ b ~ V f, ss Rickard beat Miss Keenan, 6—4. >»—“• Men’s Doubles. —O’Connor and i* ei Sl^ eZ St b rl^e? h and a GolS?r , be°lI I’BtrTy 1 ’BtrTy al W o tnen*s° y r>cmbles.—Misses Cotoman 6-t%-6: M Snd Harper beat Misses Keenan and Hughes, \uxed~' Doubles. —Golding mid :?Bss Kmnri beat Barry and Miss Hall, 3—6- - s—y ; Stringer and Miss Harner lrs. to McElroy and Miss Hughes, d— B, 4—6.

OUTER SUBURBAN

Som e of tlie games of the previous round, which had been postponed by mutual consent, were played on batur- - dav. In tlie A grade Mangele Bast . defeated Clevedon at Manger© Eas , and Papatoetoe beat Mangere Central at Papatoetoe. In the B grade Man-,-ere East journeyed to Clevedon, and was beaten by the home team. ■Results (the home team being mentioned first in each instance):

A Grade MANGERE EAST V. CLEVEDON and M. Soloman osts to Misses g StePh^erDoubles°_Cutfield M and I ?fy°pmne P and Miss Crooks beat Bull' and Miss DOW. *■ * PAPATOETO| n V. al MANGEP. E Papatoetoe won by 6—L , n , ost to c . • FHetL S 2--6.’ 2-6: V. Franklin lost waters beat Mtes’ jt Montgomerie. 6-1, Alin’s Doubles -C t 1-6. irrankun t to Jfa 6 S . Gubb beat Lloyd - and ' Dart. 6—3, .'iTZ 4 ' x Tisse s M. Cutforth Women’s Doubles —Misses i Miss ’ and D. Waters beat ,J. Montgomery 4—6, k eat Mlss «, T. j m. Waters and K. vv enn ie. 6—2, 5—6, Montgomerie and B. nenm 3 6_ MKed Doubles. -F. Catt Waters beat Lloyd an ' a nrl Miss K 1 Srs' btTt' &*’ aAd°Miss E. Bennie, s 6—4, 4—6. 7—5.

J 5 V*l Cl vac; CLEVEDON V. MANGERS EAST Clevedon won _by I | te l p liens beat C. Men’s Singles, j paine. Paine: C. Stephen®_b^at g M Stephens J°S S K Miss J. Mumo beat M'ss K ,^ C L l^) d s'tephens and C. Men’s Doubles.—R: ne &^ a j Paine: C. Stephens beat c : n lost to I- Kaj Knight and A. A, Alexander and D. and L- KeM D Humphrey and D. Rvburn beat uJanies. , , —Misses M. Stepbe.m Women s Double- . R. Reynolds and .r. M.unro beat M j K night and and K. Reynolds. Ml- Brown and H. M Dow beat Misses Cul i oug h and M. Halberon Misses c( irl . and m. Fountain o t-'nl-hl and Miss J. yiixed Doubles. C. Miss D. Brown; Knight beat D. Kay v Do w beat L. A. Atkinson and M£ lberry; W. AlesanKey and M ISS McCullough beat tier and Miss .Clark 1 D. Ryburn H "a™ Miss'" M Gore teat D. James and ?hti m / trtiintain.

Miss M. Fountain. k|MBERLEY BIRKDALE■ V. . 'mayed between A. return hiateh .w and the Birkdale the Kimberley Club o . r eserve , Birkciub at tke afternoon. Bukdale, on .11* to 3 3 games. on (Bmkdalo players mentioned Singles-—G. M BenUeV n bjt M. | Hutchings. 6—L f- Bert M oller beat K. Honeycombc, o -• Casey beat Miss Gulliver, Garrett and L Men s Harrison and M. Moller. .lust., beat Alexander and r s Locr ie and M. Hutch-

in SS : t e—2; G. McGovern and F. Schorman beat X. Hyde and Mr. Copeland, 6 — 2. , Women’s Doubles.—Miss D. Chetwynu j and Miss Casey beat Mrs. Hyde and Miss j Gulliver, 6 —l; Mrs. Alexander and Mrs.: Casey beat Mrs. Kerruish and Miss | Reve'll, 6 —o; Mrs. Garrett and Mrs. Chet- j wynd beat Miss I. Coyle and Miss Osmond, 6 — 2. | Mixed Doubles. —Mrs. Alexander and G. Bentley beat Mrs. Kerruish and Mr. ' Honeycombs, 6 —2; Miss D. Adkins and C. Raver beat Mrs. Hyde and Mr. Hutrh\ng?, 6—2; Miss Wilson and F. Tonar lost to Miss Osmond and Mr. Harrison,

VARSITY CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Auckland Varsity tennis championships were begun on Saturday at the College courts.

The onlv surprise of the day was the defeat of R. B. Hardy, skipper of the A grade team, in two sets, by a c °lt» Cx. Bowden, who holds the C grade championship of Auckland. Results of to-day’s play were as follow :

MEN'S SINGLES

A Grade. —First round: G. Bowden beat R B Hardy, B —G, 6 —4; A. K. Turnei beat Craig, 6—3, 6—l; Hubble beat L. Turner, 6 —l, 6 —3: Robins won fro . Steadman by default; Nicholson beat W. Bowden, 6 —o, 6 —l. w __ B Grade.—First round: Hume won from Smith by default. Second round. E. Smith beat Schischka. 6—2, b—l. Schnackenberg beat Wilkinson, 6 l, 6 —l; Black beat Adams, 6—B, b a, Gilmore beat Freeman, 4—6, 6—-, J G. Turner beat Herbert, 6—3, 4— b, o o, T. Wilson beat Kaa. 2 — 6, 7— o; i o. MEN’S DOUBLES Second Round.—Hubble and Turner beat Black and Simmers, 6 — o, b—u. WOMEN’S SINGLES First F.ound.—Miss Clevely beat Miss Gallaher, 6—4. 6—4. Second round; Miss Whitelaw beat Miss Bowel], 6—2, o — i. 10 —8. MIXED DOUBLES First Round. —Nicholson and Whitelaw beat Turner and Miss Webster, 6—o, 6—o. Second round. Harflj and Miss P. Miller beat Averi.ll and Miss Anderson, G—2, 6 — l; Turner and i .. Mueller beat McDonald and Miss i.,owlii, 6 —3, G—2.

WAIUKU WINS

FRANKLIN COMPETITION (From Our Oion Correspondent) WAIUKI7, To-day. Waiuku B defeated West End by ten | matches to four, and won the MooreSchlaepfer Shield on Saturday. inis is the Franklin Lawn Tennis Association's trophy for the B grade compet tion. , Men’s*Singles.—F. Bavriball l^at. C. Mason, 9—5; C. James beat A. .fallows, a ~Men’s Doubles. —Barriball and Jal n®s beat Mason and Fallows, and McGarvey beat Allan and JTisk, J » Ashworth and Blackler beat D. Fallows Mrs Adlan 3— 6; Misses Bell and Seoulfar beat Misses Adams and Wright, 6 1 Misses Brighouse and Jf M SISd R bS\ 0 -slgs a kell 1 3’Leon: rvsKs-Sb'isbS-sss ’ Garvey lost to Miss M. Malone and D. Fallows, 2 —7.

morrinsville tourney

(From Our Own Correspondent.) MORRINSVILLE, To-day. Final results of the Morrinsville to Men ? s y Doubles.— Boyce 3 ' aiid Thessman be Women’s tyl Dmible^—Misses Bach and Mclntyre beat Misses D. and G. Welch, Vomen’s Singles.—Miss W. Bach beat Mrs J. D. Williams, 50— 40. . Men’s Singles.—Cocks beat Austin, 65—62. .

HAURAKI PLAINS GAMES

(From Our Own Correspondent.) NGATEA, Monday. Results of the Hauraki Plains Lawn Tennis Association's tourney on Saturday, are as follow. CoppinSi V. O’Connor, Patetonga, Women's ° Handicap — Miss Duffy, Patetonga (owe 20). defeated xvr.s Clotworthy. Turua (owe 5), 50-41 pafe _ Handicap ®i I } E ' lpfea t w. E. Murphy, tonga (owe io) defeatea c. H MSed <o Doubles. third 'round—S. Cop?‘aLd an w M k SS Mu'rphy‘'and 1 °mTss°uffy (owe 25), 50 —48.

DAVIS CUP ZONE PLAY

MATCHES AT CHICAGO

Bp Cable. —Press Association. — Copyright. CHICAGO, Saturday. The final matches in the American fnr thp Davis Cup will be played zone foi tne 9 d 3 The United 6 Stetes will play - Mexico City i In the other half Japan will Stina. CU Canada and haTe"d^wn byes in the first round.—A. and N.Z.Sun.

records broken

DUNEDIN STUDENTS’ SPORTS

UNIVERSITY CHAMPIONS DUNEDIN, Sunday. 1 Tlie Otago University Inter-faculty , athletic championships were 1 eather I terday afternoon b,“tn “ ie Severa l the after- | noon. , . n t he hammer-throw- j ins establishing- a fresh record | ° f A I3B H. MTicolm equalled the record | m r the e 4 4 40 yd d s S | w r ß he » : 2 b?oiw ,t ? e JavMliH“Tflingwon d the n three-mile chamPI S IS S. P Cabot wSn 9 the. mile eC walk in a-Ssec 1 4 h"AndeS)n°tlie IOOydB In 10 ypsiin F - *§: : Ch The Pi a?ffacuUy 2 wo n n Vie Thomson Barreit Cup with most individual points.