LAWN TENNIS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 154, 28 December 1911, Page 4

LAWN TENNIS.

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES. YESTERDAY'S PLAY. By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, Last Night. Thet New Zealand tennis championships were continued to-day. Results:— MEN'S SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP. Best of five sets; advantage sets. Present champion, J. C. Peacock, Wellington. First Round. O'Hara. Wood beat W. Sheppard, o—2, o—2, 6-4. Second Round. Kidston walked over from S. Upton. F. M. B. Fisher beat II .W. Brown, : B—o, 6—2, fi—3. O'Hara Wood beat L. Bonnington, 6—3, o—4,0 —4, B—6. T. R. Quill beat G. G. Aitken, 3—fi, 6—3, 2—6, 6—4, 7—5. Third Round. J. C. Peacock beat R. D. Harman, 6—l, o—4, fi—4. T. R. Quill beat H. Morpeth, 6—2, fi—3. 6-3. LADIES' SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIPS. Best of three sets; advantage set 9. Present champion, Miss Eva Travers, Wellington. Second Round. Miss K. M. Niinnelev beat Miss E. Goodman, fi —4, 6 —2. Miss N. Hiu'tgill beat Mrs. G. C. Lord, 6—l, 6-0. Miss E. Travers beat Miss E. M. Baird, 6—l, 4—fi, 6—2. Miss E. Scott beat Miss A. L. Brewster, 6—2, 7—5. , Miss M. Butterwor'th walked over from Miss L. Williams. Third Round. Miss E. Travers beat Miss M. Butterworth, fi—3, 6—3. Miss A. Giray beat Miss K. M. Nunneley. 6—4, 3—6, 7—5. MEN'S DOUBLFjS CHAMPIONSHIP. Best of five sets; advantage .sets. Present champions, F. M. B. Fisher and J. C. Peacock, Wellington. Third Round. Wertheim and Kidston beat Borrows and O'Hara Wood, 6—3, 5—7, 6—2, 7-5. F. M. B. Fisher and J. C. Peacock beat G. Ollivier and Jennings, 4—6. 11—9, 7—5, 6—2. Semi Final. Brookes and Dunlop beat Wertheim and Ividston, 6—o, fi—o, 6—l, Wright and McLoughlin beat F. M. B. Fisher and J. C. Peacock, 6—3, 6—3, 6—l. LADIES' DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP. Best of three! sets; advantage sets. Present champions, Misses Eva Travers (Wellington) and R. Wellwood (Hawke's Bay). Second Round. Misses Butterworth and Simpson beat Misses Molesworth and Greenfield, 6-5, 6—4. Misses Travers and Gray boat Misses Williams and ITartgill, 6 —i, o—3. COMBINED DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP. Best of three sets; advantage sets. Present champions, Miss R. Wellwood (Hawke's Bay) and H, A. Parker (New South Wales). First Round. Kidston and Miss A. Gray beat F. P. Wilson and Miss Greenfield, o—o, fr-4. Second Round. E. G. Ross and Miss L. Van Stavcren beat Pinfold and Miss- E. Scott, 6—o, 6-3. 11. J. Brown and Miss K. M. Nunneley beat Oliphant and Mrs. Rose, <s—l. 6-3. Jennings and Miss B. Cross beat Lampe and Miss Turton, C—2, 7 —5. Kidston and Miss A. Gray walked over from A. W. Dunlop and Miss Wrillwood. H. Rice and Miss L. Williams beat T. R. Quill and Misa E. M. Baird, S-fl, 6—4.