TENNIS CHAMPS.

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 856, 27 December 1929, Page 11

TENNIS CHAMPS.

PLAYERS UNDETERRED BY DRIZZLE PLAY AT STANLEY STREET The Auckland Lawn Tennis Association's annual championship tournament was resumed this morning. The first games were scheduled to start at 9 o’clock, but play was held up till 10 o'clock on account of a drizzle which persisted. The first games were a continuation of matches in the A grade men's singles division which were not completed yesterday afternoon, being postponed through rain. After play had started this morning the rain commenced again. but players carried on undeterred. Results: MEN’S A GRADE SINGLES Second Round Morrison beat Turner, 6—2, 6—S. S—6. 6—4. Entwistle beat North, 6—3. 6—2. f»—2. - Bartleet beat Pickmere, 6—2, 6—2, 4—6, 6—4. Lamb beat Hayr, 6—3, 6—4, 3—6, 6—4. Charters beat Hubble, 2<—6, 6 —3, 6—4, Griffiths beat Clark, 6—3, 6—2, 4—6, C—4. MEN’S B GRADE SINGLES Second Round Harrison beat Wilson, 6—3, 6—3. Carter beat McMillen, 6—4. 7—9, 6 Colegrrove beat Pert, 6—2, 6—l. Roberts beat Turei, 6—l, 6—3. Brown beat Brownlee, 6—l, 11—9. Sparling beat Bassett, 6—2, 6—2. Tonks beat Porter, 6--3, B—6. Hobbs beat Walton, 6—l, 6-—4. WOMEN’S SINGLES First Round Miss M. Potter beat Miss McCrea, 6—l, 6—l. Second Round Miss M. Macfarlane beat Miss M. Miller, 6—2. 6—4. Miss Taylor beat Miss Parr, o—7, 7—5. Miss Ramsay beat Miss Whitelaw, 6—o, 6—2. Miss Potter beat Miss Sanderson, 6—l, 6—l. Mrs. Melody beat Mrs. Napier, 6 —3, 6—l. MEN’S DOUBLES Griffiths and Clark beat Gould and Gould, 6—3, 6—l, 6—2. Hughes and Aldred beat McDonald and Andrews, 6—3, 3—6, 6 —4, 6—3. ROTORUA TOURNEY PLAY MARRED BY RAIN Special to THE SUN ROTORUA, Today. Heavy showers marred the annual open lawn tennis tournament which was begun here yesterday. Entries were large and were augmented by numerous visiting competitors. .Results are as follow: Men’s Championship Singles.—T irjst round: Tukere beat E. W. Smith, 6—2, 56, 6—o*, N. Craig beat W. Phillips, 6 d e—4; Phellan beat Hamiora, 6—2, 6—2; O’Halloran beat W. T. Morrison, 6—4, 6—4; Morgan beat Lockyear, 6—o, 6—2; J. N. Wilson beat A. B. Fabling, 6—l, 6—2; F. D. Macky beat H. Wickliffe, 4—6, 6—o, 6—o; N. Donovan beat Henderson, by default; J. M. Horton beat S Fernandez, 6—4, 6—4; Latham beat Royal, 6—2, 6 —l; J. M. Horton beat. Malcolm, 5—6, 6—3, 6—2; A. C. Thompson beat Hobbs, by default; Leggatt beat C. H. Sim monels, 4—6, 4—6, 6—2; Bennett beat Menzies, 6—4, 6—l. Second Round. —Margoliouth peat R. Pannaport, 6—2, 6—3; J. B. Elliott beat N. W. East, 6—3, 6—4; Candy beat S. Hitchcock, 6—2, 6—2; Stedman beat Downer, 6—2, 6—3; V. C. Hollis beat A. Walker, 6—5, 6—5; K. Dyer beat E. J. Richardson, 6—2, 6—4; R. W. Johnson beat R. S. Burt, 6—3, 6—o; J. E Tonson beat D. H. Dyer, 6—2, 2—6, 6—4; Stedman beat Donovan, 6—3, 6—3; Thompson beat Horton, 6—l, 6—l; Morgan beat O’Halloran, 6—l, 6 —l; Richards beat Tukere, 2—6, 6—3, 6—l. . Men's Handicap Singles.—First round. O. H. Simmonds beat J. E. Tonson, 9—<: Margoliouth beat Hollis, 9—4; J. W. Wood beat C. B. Randreson, 11—6; Fernandez beat T. R. Hobbs, 9—7; W. Smith beat Lockyer, 9—4; Tukere beat N. Donovan 9 8; V. S. Latham beat Kmgi, 9—3; Scott beat N. W. East, 9—6; Richardsson beat Johnson, 9—3; Watene beat N Craig, 9—2; Bennett beat R. S. Burr, 9 J_4; Bullivant beat M. R. Anderson, 9 —s; Shalfoon beat Fabling, 9—5; Hamiora beat Carnavan, 9—7; Pakes beat Malcolm, 9 —l; C. J. Richardson beat R. Phelan, 9 —5; J. N. Wilson beat R. Royal, 9 3; J. M. Horton beat A. Walker, 9—7.