N.Z. TENNIS TOURNEY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 February 1940, Page 6

N.Z. TENNIS TOURNEY

GALE SWEEPS COURT

SEEDED PLAYERS BEATEN. LITTLE GOOD TENNIS SEEN. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON. This Day. For the second day in succession a fierce wind swept the courts at Miramar yesterday. making conditions both difficult and unpleasant for the competitors in the New Zealand lawn tenuis championship tournament. Little tennis that was consistently good was seen, though some players were able to adapt themselves and showed surprising form in the circumstances. The New Zealanders accepted the conditions philosophically, but some of the Australians, to judge from their expressions and gestures, were by no means resigned. Two seeded players were beaten in the men's singles, A D Brown (Canterbury) going -out to R Howe (Wellington) in five sets and D. G. France (Wellington) to the Australian junior R. Barnes in straight sets. A seeded pair, N. G. Sturt (Auckland) and Miss M. Hardcastle (Australia) were beaten easily in the mixed doubles by Howe and Miss M. Beverley (Waikato). The feature of the day’s play was the splendid opposition provided by the young Wellington player S. Painter against J. H. Crawford (Australia) in the third round of the men’s singles. Detailed results are:— | Men’s Singles. Third round: J. Bromwich boat M. 1 J. Corich, 6/1, 6/1, 6/2; N. G. ’Sturt ; beat O. Bold. 6/4, 6/0, 4/6, 6/2; R. ' Howe beat A. D. Brown, 2/6. 5/7. 6/3, 6/0, 8/6; R. G. Pattinson beat R. V. Robb, 7'5. 7/5, 6/2; C. Angas beat R. ' McKenzie, 6 z 3, 6/3, 7/5; N. V. Edwards ; beat G. A. Pearce. 7/5. 6/2. 7/5; R. Barnes beat D. G. France, 6/3, 6/3, 6/2: J. H. Crawford beat S. Painter, . 4/6, 6/1. 6 3, 8/6. Women’s Singles. Third round: Miss M. Beverley beat Miss N. Beverley, 6/3, 6/3; Miss M. Hardcastle beat Miss J. Douthett. 6/0 7/5; Miss T. Coyne beat Miss T. Poole, 9/7. 6/1. Men’s Doubles. Third round: J. Bromwich and J. H. Crawford beat W. T. Pountney and R. J. Sharpe, 6/4, 6/1, 6/3; N. V. Edwards and R. Howe beat R. MeL. Ferkins and E. A. Roussell, 6/1, 6/4, 6/4; A. D. Brown and C. Angas beat O. Bold and I. Willis, 3/6. 6/3, 6/3, 6/2; N. G. Sturt and D. G. France beat R. Barnes and K. Dyer, 6/4. 1/6, 4/6, 6/3, 7/5. Women’s Doubles. Second round: Miss M. Hardcastle and Mrs Gallagher beat Mrs D. G. I France and Mrs H. M. Dykes, 6/4, 6/3; Mrs Hatherley and Miss T. Poole beat Miss Z. Castle and Mrs Kennedy, 6/2, 6/3; Misses M. and N. Beverley beat Misses E. Attwood and Mac Lean, 6/1, 4/6, 6/1. Mixed Doubles. Second round: R. Howe and Miss M. Beverley beat N. G. Sturt and Miss M. Hardcastle, 6/2, 6/2. * Men’s Plate. First round: B. J. Kelly beat M. L. Lampe, 6/2, 6/4; N. A. Morrison beat K. W. Dyer, 6/4, 7/5. Second round: A. R. Cant beat R. Sharpe, 6/1, 8/6; R. McL. Perkins beat J. Foster, 6/1, 6/4; S. Hooper beat E. Walker, 0/6, 8/6, 6/2; P. Hawksworth beat E. G. Hawthorn. 6/3, 6/3; M. Ferkins boat Kelly, 4/6, 6/2, 6/0; Ei C. Falconer beat I. Willis, 4/6, 7/5, 6/4; J. Hamilton beat F. H. Renouf, 6/3, 6/1. Women’s Plate. First round: Miss R. Wilson beat Miss Z. Castle, 6/4, 6/4; Miss J. Nicholls .beat Mrs R. P. Adams, 6/1. 3/6, 7/5. Second round; Mrs Hatherley beat Miss C. Chester. 6/4, 6/4; Miss M. Kerr beat Miss E. Attwood, 6/1, 6/2; Miss M. Glenny beat Mrs D. G. France, 6/3, 6/2; Miss J. Beban beat Miss J. Pitcaithly. 6/1, 6/1; Miss M. Howe beat Mrs R. H. Milburn, 4/6, 6/2. 6/3. Veterans’ Doubles. First round: J. McGill and W. R. Walker beat J. Mercer and W. Hawkins, 6/1, 6/3; R. V. Hooper and M, L. Lampe beat T. P. Laurenson and J B. Dobie, 2/6. 7/5, 6/3. BETTER PLAYING CONDITIONS.

IMPROVED FORM SHOWN. WELLINGTON, This Day. After three days of high wind competitors in the New Zealand Centennial tennis championships at Miramar today welcomed greatly the improved conditions. The weather is beautifully fine and the fresh northerly wind did not worry the players who showed all-round better form. Play did not commence until midday. The finals of the men’s and women’s championship doubles will be played tomorrow afternoon and the finals of the other championship events on Monday. Today’s results arc:— COMBINED DOUBLES. Quarter-finals.—R. Howe (Wellington) and Miss M. Beverley (Waikato) beat R. Robb and Miss Douthett (Wellington), 6/4,- 6/4; R. Barnes (Australia) and Miss P. Cooke (Auckland) beat N. V. Edwards (Wellington) and Mrs Hatherley (Canterbury), 6/2, 7/5,