EVEN CONTESTS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 February 1940, Page 6

EVEN CONTESTS

TENNIS AT MIRAMAR

NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIPS. AUSTRALIANS COMPETING. (By Telegraph—Press Asociation.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Conditions were ideal at Miramax yesterday for the New Zealand lawn tennis championships. There was a northerly breeze with bright sunshine in the morning and an overcast sky in the afternoon. There was an unusual number of evenly-contested matches for the first day of such a tournament and though the leading players came through as expected, in several instances they were hard pressed. The courts were in excellent condition, though playing a trifle slow.

The Australian entrants, J. Bromwich and J. H. Crawford and Misses N. Wynne, T. Coyne and M. Hardcastle, made their first appearance today. Details of yesterday afternoon’s play are as follow: — Men’s Singles. First round: C. F. Penfold beat E. G. Hawthorn, 6/0, 8/6, 6/1; A. R. Cant beat B. J. Kelly, 6/8, 8/6, 6/4, 10/8. Second round: O. Bold beat W. T. Pountney, 7/9, 1/6, 7/5, 8/6, 6/4; A. D. Brown beat I, Willis, 8/6, 10/8, 6/1; R. Howe beat J. Foster, 6/3, 6/4, 6/2; G. A. Pearce beat E. C. Falconer, 6/1, 6/2, 6/4; N. V. Edwards beat M. L. Lampe, 6/1, 6/3, 5/7, 6/0; R. ‘Barnes beat M. Ferkins, 6/3, 4/6, 6/2. 6/2; D. G. France beat J. Hamilton, 6/1. 5/7, 7/5, C/1; R. G. Pattinson beat N. A. Morrison, 2/6, 6/4, 6/3, 6/2. Women’s Singles. First round: Miss Z. Castle beat Miss J. Wallace. 8/6, 4/6, 6/3; Miss P. Cooke beat Miss J. Bevan, 6/4, 6/0. Men’s Doubles. First round: N. V. Edwards and R. Howe beat R. Cant and J. Corich, 6/1, 6/4, 6/3. Second round: R. Barnes and K. Dyer beat M. Ferkins and D. Paterson, 6/1, 6/3, 6/0; W. T. Pountney and R. J. Sharpe beat P. Hawksworth and G. A. Pearce, 6/3, 8/6, 6/3; R. Ferkins and E. A. Roussell beat W. R. Hooper and S. S. Hooper, 6/0, 6/0, 6/4; O. Bold and I. Willis beat M. L. Lampe and E. C. Falconer, 6/3, 6/4, 6/3; N. G. Sturt and D. G. France beat N. A. Morrison and F. Renouf, 6/3, 6/8, 8/6, 6/4. Women’s Doubles. First round: Misses E. Atwood and F. E. Mac Lean beat Misses C. Chester and J. Nicholls, 8/6, 3/6, 6/3; Miss Z. Castle and Mrs H. Kennedy beat Mesdames R. H. Milburn and G. Cotterill, 6/0. 6/2; Mesdames H. M. Dykes and D. G. France beat Misses J. Wallace and M. Glenny. 4/6, 6/4, 6/4: Misses N. and M. Beverley beat Miss M. Howe and Mrs R. P. Adams, 6/0, 6/0: Misses P. Cooke and J. Douthett beat Misses R. .Wilson and D. Miller, 6/1, 6/3.

TODAY’S PLAY RAIN INTERRUPTS TOURNEY. APPEARANCE OF AUSTRALIANS. WELLINGTON. This Day. Players in the New Zealand Centennial tennis championships had to contend with a gusty northerly wind, and dead courts- after several light showers of rain that fell shortly after play began. A heavy shower at 1 p.m. interrupted play. The men’s and women's singles and combined doubles matches were played this morning. Chief interest centred round the appearance of the Australian players after lunch, but rain was still falling at 1.30 p.m. Results: —

MEN’S SINGLES. Second Round. Robb beat Penfold, 6/1, 6/1. 6/2; McKenie beat Cant, 7/5, 6/4, 4/6, 6/3.

WOMEN’S SINGLES. Second Round. Miss N. Beverley beat Mrs R. H. Milburn (Hawke’s Bay), 6/2, 6/3.