ENGLAND WINS EASILY

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 498, 30 October 1928, Page 13

ENGLAND WINS EASILY

FIRST TENNIS MATCH SOUTH ISLAND TROUNCED (Special to TBE SUN} CHRISTCHURCH, Monday. sev J n .matches to two, the I thei[-"f B r ,4 L? h ten " is Players won their first New Zealand rubber to-day. South Island was soundly trounced, Ollivier and Glanville being the only two New Zealanders to score matches.

although® “ atche „ s wre interesting, sided ° f . them were onesided. The visitors - game did not diffev fronl tho game as it has showed ? herC ’ but the visitors stvlennd « en ?f ° f the cultivation of tinenhhl tenti ? n tC “ detail which dishwa ex S ertness from mediocrity. ' V ‘ Al »stin is the stylist of the v is »tinsr party, Dr. J. c. Gregoi-y Is a aKtf n* UtCl '' r and E - Higgs, third man. h sood speed - Collins is no th v. several New Zealand Players. Nobody in New Zealand today can rival Austin in the use of Th 7= e< i t strol i e ' c °rrect time and place. Tins accounted in a large measure for his defeat of Ollivier, in two straight sets. Gregory met Ollivier at his best the day and the New Zealand champion seemed not so much puzzled

by Gregory’s tactics as by Austin’s. Glanville, the Canterbury player, gained a well-earned victory over Higgs, who, like Gregory, puts pace on nearly every shot, but who in this match made some mistakes. Results: SINGLES V TI. W. Austin (Britain) beat G. Ollivier, 45 —4, 6—l. J. C. Gregory (Britain) beat C. Angas, 6—2, 6—3. G. Ollivier beat J. C. Gregory (Britain), B—6, 6—3. H. W. Austin (Britain) beat C. Angas, 6 —3, 6—4. T>. F. Glanville beat E. Higgs .(Britain), 6—2, 6—2. I. G. Collins (Britain) beat R. A. Guy, 6—o, 6—l. DOUBLES Higgs and Collins beat Ollivier and Angas, 6—o, 5—7, 6—2. Gregory and Austin beat Glanville and Guy, 6—l, 6—4. Higgs and Collins beat Glanville and Guy, ti—2, 6—2.

TEST MATCH ENGLAND V. NEW ZEALAND The Englishmen have shown their superiority over the South Islanders, how will they compare with New Zealand’s best? The question will be decided at the test match to be played at Stanley Street courts, Auckland, next Saturday and Monday. Flay commences at 1 p.m. each day. Seats may be reserved. See advertisement in this issue.