LAWN TENNIS.
NEW ZEALAND LADIES' TEIAJI COMPLIMENTED. Sydney, April 20. The morning papers publish complimentary references to the play or th« New Zealand ladies. The Herald naym "The visitors have shown to wunt perlection the forehand drive can be .brought. On the other hand they will derive benefit from some of the 'backhand strokes and volleying of their opponents. The contest in which Mrs. Cohjuhotm and Miss Baker defeated Misses Ward and Wellwood was a remarkable one. It started at 10.30 and finished at 1 o'clock, The third set ran into 30 games, the mate'Ji taking 50 games.
Brooke's play, though marked by flashes of great brilliancy, was lacking in the later stages of the inter-Statf* matches. It. wanted sting anil forceful volleying. At the end of the day he ailiounci'd that lie was not feeling fit. He will not participate in the matches during the present week. Received April 2", 12.5 a.m. Sydney, April 20. Owing to rain there were no important tennis matches today. The unfinished matches of Saturday were not proceeded with.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 77, 27 April 1909, Page 2
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175LAWN TENNIS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 77, 27 April 1909, Page 2
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