MATAMATA TENNIS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 862, 4 January 1930, Page 11

MATAMATA TENNIS

WAIKATO EAST ASSOCIATION From Our Own Correspondent MATAMATA, Today. Play in the third annual tennis tournament under the auspices of the Wai- j kato East Lawn Tennis Association, was commenced at Matamata yesterday in fine weather. Detailed results of the matches played are: Men’s Handicap Singles.—First round: Porter beat Fletcher, 50—45; Hitchcock beat Lynch, 50—42. Second round: Connolly beat Porter, 56—27; Hawes beat Hitchcock, 50—40; Watson beat Bates, 50—40; Green beat Webster, 60—44; Hollis beat Stacpoole, 50 —41; Lawrie beat Alexander, 50—22; Egan beat Keeley, 50—45. Third round: Watson beat Germain, 50—31; Green beat Hollis, 60—45. Men’s Championship Singles.—First round: Hawes beat Black, 6—o, 6—o; Green beat Fitzgerald, 6—o, 6—3; Robinson beat Connolly, I—6, 6—2, 6—4. Second round; Hitchcock beat Webster, o—6, 6—l, 6—4; Egan beat Keeley, 6—4. 6—4; Ward beat Hutchison, 6—3, 6—4; Lawrie beat Hollis, 6—5, 6 —3; Oates beat Alexander, 5—6, 6—4, 11—9. Third round: Egan beat Porter, 6—3, 6—l; Ward beat Lawrie, 6—l, 6—5. Men’s Handicap Doubles. —First round: Fitzgerald and Hutchison beat Webster and Buckley, 50—29; Oates and Germann beat Bluck and Bluck, 53 —51. Second round: Ward and JTollis beat Connolly and Lawrie, 60—49; Hawes and Porter beat Alexander and Reese, 55 —45. Men’s Championship Doubles.—First round: Connolly and Laurie beat Webster and Buckley, 6—5, 6—4; Hawes and Porter beat Bluck and Bluck, 6—3, 6—3; Robinson and Hitchcock beat Fitzgerald and Hutchison, 6—2, 3—6, 6—l; Watson and Green beat Keeley and Egan, 4—6, 6—2, 6—4. Second round; Ward and Hollis beat Alexander and Reese, 6—2, 6 —2. Women’s Handicap Singles.—Miss M. Beverley beat Miss Oates, 40—21; Miss N„ Beverley beat Mrs. Boney, 60—54; Miss Stewart beat Miss Margaret Beverley, 40—33. Women’s Championship Singles.—Miss Stewart beat Miss Matheson, 6—3, 6—3; Miss N. Beverley beat Miss Oates. 6—2, 6—l. Semi-final: Miss Stewart beat Miss Ellery, 6—o, 6—2; Miss N. Beverley beat Mrs. Bonney, 6—2, 6—2. Combined Handicap Doubles.—First round: Miss Stewart and Keeley beat Miss Oates and Hutchison, 50 —46. Second round: Miss Stewart and Keeley beat Miss M. Beverley and Hollis, 55—47.