Wimbledon Surprised By New Zealand Man

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 390, 26 June 1928, Page 9

Wimbledon Surprised By New Zealand Man

ANDREWS BEATS HUNTER

(United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian P.A. —United Service) Reed. noon. LONDON, Monday. THE first day of the Wimbledon tennis tourney produced a first-class sensation in the defeat of F. T. Hunter, the great American player, by E. D. Andrews, the New Zealander.

There is little doubt that Wimbledon inspires tennis like nothing else on earth. To-day it is a garden party of rare loveliness, with 12,000 present, including many Dominion visitors. There was a picture of frocked society people, flannelled men, and gaily-costumed Orientals, as they paraded, beautifully-hedged terraces dividing the most perfect courts ever offered at Wimbledon.

One heard a dozen different languages. The players alone represented 20 nations. Men’s Singles. —First round: J. B Hawkes (Australia). beat Artens (Austria), 6—3, 6—4, 6 —l; Lycett (England) beat Powell (England), 6 4, 4 —6, 7 —5. 6 —S„ 6—2; Coen (America) beat Peterson (Denmark), 7 5, 6 —3, 6 —3; Austin (England) heat Jacob (India), 6 —l, 6 —3, 6—l; Moon (Australia) beat Gilbert, 5—7, 6 —l, 6—o, 6—4; Cochet (France) beat Sleem (India), 6 —2, S —6, 6—2; Kleinschroth (Germany) beat Collins (the Scottish champion), 6 —l, 6 —2, 6 —l; Jean Borotra (France) beat A. H. Lowe (England), 6 —2, B—68 —6 6 J; Boyd (Argentine) beat Godfree (England). 6—3, 6—2, 6—2; Colonel Mayes (England) beat Cummings (Australia), 6—3, 6—2, 6 —l; Kingsley beat Turnbull, 6—2, I—6, 6—3, 6—2; Dicks beat

Peacock (New Zealand), 6 —4, 3—6, I—G,1 —G, 6—2, 6 —3; Peters beat CroleRees (England), 6—2, 6 —2, 6 —l; Andrews (New Zealand) beat Hunter (America), 6 —4, 5—7, 6 —4, 2—6, 7—5; Patterson (Australia) beat F. Crawford (Australia), 6 —3, 4—6, 6—3, 7 —5; Hopman (Australia) beat Higgs (England), 6 —2, 6 —4, 7—5. Ohta (Japan) beat Stefani (Italy), 6—3, I—6, 6 —l, 6 —3; Landry (France) beat Greig, 6—3, 6 —S, 6 —4,

4 —6, 3—2 (retired); Hughes beat Young (New Zealand), 6—l, 6 —4, 6 —4; Crawford beat Hodges, 6 —l, 6—3, 6 —2. Other first-round winners were Hennessey and Tilden (America), Lacoste (France), Morpurgo (Italy), Boussus, Edouard, Borotra, Brugnon (France). E. D. Andrews, of Palmerston Xorth, who is at present at Cambridge, won the New Zealand men’s singles championship in 1926, and showed great promise when he represented New Zealand in Australia in the same year. He was runner-up in the championship of New South Wales to Kalms. He was twice junior champion of New Zealand in 1921 and 1922. Francis T. Hunter, runner-up to Tilden in the recent Queen’s Club tourney, is among the first flight, ranking sixth on the international ladder. He was in the Wimbledon singles final in 1923, and he won. the Olympic Doubles at Paris and the Wimbledon doubles in 1924, Richards being his partner.