TENNIS:

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 38, 21 March 1914, Page 10

TENNIS:

INTERPROVINCIAL GAMES.

CANTERBURY 17 r. OTAGO 7. '■'•cs: ' v■' —— The annual tennis match between representative teams from Otago and Canterbury place to-day at the Avonside Courts, - "which were in excellent order. Unfortunately tho visitors were without the services of ■■•Bome' of their beat players in both departisaents, and under the circumstances they "did remarkably well against such a strong as Canterbury is at the present "time. Taken all round, the tennis was oi high order and proved very enter■taining to the large number of spectators. *The local players won by 17 matches to 7, 'the majority of their victories being gained .- sin the singles. . The teams were: — OTAGO. Men —L. S. Jennings, S. N. Brown, R. A. -".Wilkie, N. Cramond, G. I. Black, and J. H. IJfeek. / Ladies—Misses F. Campbell, Cook, R. ■ 33agley, Cramond, Duthie, and K. Black. CANTERBURY, lien—G. Ollivier, W. Goss, G. Aitken, W. -Piarse, P. G. Greenwood, and G. Seay. , Ladies—Mr« Ballantyne, Mrs Lord, Mrs ISreenwood, Miss Goodman, Miss M'Dougall, ' ttnd Miss Hay. Results:— COMBINED DOUBLES. Ollivier and Mrs Greenwood (C.) beat Jennings and Miss Cook (O.), 6-4, 6-1. Brown and Miss Campbell (O.) beat Goss j»n- Miss Goodman (C.), 6-5,/'6-3. .litken and Mrs Ballantyne (C.) befit lei e and Miss Duthie (O.), 6-5, 6-5 i •>sborne and Miss Bagley (O.) beat Pearse ituxs Mrs Lord (C.), 6-5, 5-6. 6-3. Jroenwood and Miss M'Dougall (C.) beat •Cramond and Miss Cramond *(o.),' 6-3, 6-4. • Seay and Miss Cotton (C.) beat Black and Uiss Bl&ck (O.), 6-2, 6-3. , ' •• LADIES' SINGLES. Miss Bagley »(0.) beat Miss M'Dougall <C.), 9-6. Miss Cotton (*C.) beat Miss Black (0.), ■£rs Lord (C.) beat Miss Cl-amond (O.), «Irs Goodwin (C.) beat Miss Campbell <( >..9-7. . , Hiss Duthie (O.) beat Mrs . Ballantyrie <C ). 9-8. '? } Mrs Greenwood (C.) beat Miss Cook . ; (O.), 9-5. MEN'S. SINGLES. Ollivier (0.) beat Jennings (6.), 4-6, 6-1, 61. ' Goss (C.) beat Brown (0.), 6-I', 6-2. Aitken (C.) beat Wilkie (O.), 6-3, 6-4. • Pearse (C.) beat Cramond (O.), 5-6, 6-0, 6-2. V - -■■■ - Greenwood (C.) beat Osborne (O.), 6-0, 6-1. . Seay (C.) beat Black (0.), 6-0, 6-1. \ • MEN'S DOUBLES. - Jennings "and Brown (0.) beat Ollivier . ami Goss (C.j, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2. Aitken and. Pearse (C.) beat Wilkie and „ . Cranutnd (O.), 6-2, 6-5. v ■fV Greenwood and Seay (C.) beat Osborne TSnd Black (O.), 6-3, 6-0. LADIES' DOUBLES. Miss Campbell - and Miss.. Bagley (O.) beat Miss Goodman and Mrs Lord (C.),Jj-2, 1-6, 6-2. Miss Cramond and Miss Duthie (O.) beat Mrs .Greenwood and Mrs Ballantyne , - . (C.), 2-6, -6-5, 6-1. Miss Cotton and Miss M'Dougall (C.) 7 beat Miss Cook and Miss Black (O.), 6-4, \ 6-4. ' ■■ -.0. Totals.—Canterbury 17, Otago 7. « * The game Ollivier and Mrs Greenwood v. Jennings and Miss Cook was productive of T < some excellent tennis. Ollivier's service had \ Irts opponents in trouble all through, while his net play was much more accurate than that of Jennings's, who was not playing in 3iis best form. . ' ' , ' The Otago' representatives,. Brown and Hiss Campbell-, owed their victory over. Goss 1 aod Miss 1 Goodman mainly to Miss Campbell'i passing shots and serviceable lobbing, ,8110 repeatedly beat Goss at the net, and hex ■ . -"efforts were well \ seconded by. Brown, whose was very accurate. J - > Aitken and. Mrs Ballantyne just managed - to defeat Wilkie and Miss Duthie after an «ven game. The Canterbury pair scored most 7 off their aces at the net, whereas the visitors mainly on base-line play. - "In the- game Greenwood and Miss !M'Dougall v. Cramond and Miss Cramond, the Canterbury pair had matters pretty well their own way all through.'' Greenwood's brilliant net play had the Otago players on ~the~defensive most of the'time, and his Efforts were well seconded by his partner. The Canterbury pair, Seay and Miss / -Cotton, were altogether too good for Black -and Miss Black, who were lacking in experience, and. made far too' many mistakes. * -Seay played a brilliant game, his volleying Ibeing particularly- sound. . - - best tennis <of the afternoon was provided by the single betwe.en Ollivier anc -Jennings, All through the first set Jennings - v more than held his own, being more accu J . trate in his placing than Ollivier. Then thi -latter struck his, very best form and al the last two sets hardly gave, his ■■opponent a look in. In the. double between Ollivier Goss versus Jennings and Brown, the Canterbury pair gave a very disappointing exhibition Their play was full of mistakes, and thej a .complete lack of combination. Thi - Otago players, on the . other hand, wer< particularly accurate, though not hittinj nearly so hard as their opponents. LINWOOD B v. SOUTH CHRISTCHURCH 9 (Linwood names first.) Alpress 6 v. Potter 9. Moore 2 v. Deavol "9. Christiansen 4v. Blythe —. Denton J at. Hulbert 6. Doubles.—Alpress and> Moore 8 V. Pottei and Hulbert 9. Denton and Christiansen i V. Deavoll and Blythe 9.

JUNIOR COMPETITION. The Junior B Grade Inter-club Competiti.on of the Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association was continued this afternoon in excellent' Veatheir. Following are results: — ■ - ST.;a£BANS v. ADDINGTON B. St. Albans met Addington B on the St. Albans court; St. Albans players are mentioned first in each case. Following are sults:—SINGLES. L. Meredith-Ifaye 9 beat Jamieson 5. G. W. Binns 9 beat Earnshaw 1. J. Fisher 9 beat "Webster 2. G. Fisher 9 beat Johnston 2. DOUBLES. Meredith-Kaye and G. Fisher 9 beat Jamieson and Webster 2. Binns and J. fisher 9 beat Earnshaw and Johnston 3. Totals:—St. Albans 54 Addington B 14. AVONSIDE v. UNITED. Avonside met United on the United courts. Ifolowing are results Avonside players being mentioned first in each case:— SINGLES. M'Gill 9 beat Ross 3. Coxhead 9 be&t Burrows 7. Malcolm 9 beat Browning 2. Eaton 9 beat Stocker 5. DOUBLES. M'Gill and Coxhead 9 beat Ross and Burtows 4. Malcolm and Eaton 9 beat Brown and Stocker 5. Totals: Avonside 54, United 26.

NEW BRIGHTON v. ADDINGTON A. New Brighton met Addington on the latter's courts to-day. Fallowing are results, Addington players being mentioned first in oaclf case:— SINGLES. M/&ibbon 9 beat Irwin 7. Hardy 9 beat Jin-vis 7. Allison 7 was beaten by G. Barry 9, Steere 4 was beaten by Scriven 9. DOUBLES. Allison and Steere 1 were beaten by .Tarvis and Scriven 9. M'Gibbon and Hardy 9 beat Irwin and Barry 8. Totals: New Brighton 49, Addington 39. OPAWA B. To-day Opawa B had a bye. SUMNER v. CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL A. .Vbu match was played this afternoon, and

the results, art as follow, the Sumner players being mentioned first in each instance: —■ SINGLES. " P. Harvie 9, T. O'Connell 3. Ackroyd 9, B. O'Connor 5. Tait 1, C. F. Williams 9. H.~ J. 3, J. Lagan 9. ' Totals: > Sumner 22, Catholic Cathedral A 26. ;VL"' • - i, DOUBLES. Harvie and Tait 9, O'Connell and. .Williams 8. Ackroyd and Williams 9, O'Connor and Lagan 5.. Totate: Sumner 18, Catholic Cathedral A 13. , t ,Gran 4 totals: Sumner 40, Catholic Cathedral A 39." OPAWA A v. CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL B. SINGLES. Burnet 9, J. M'Namara 7. ' Longton 5, H. Cahill 9. Paterson 9, P. Amodeo 2. Bowron 9, J. Cronin 5. DOUBLES." Longton and Paterson 9, Cahill and Amodeo 5..: Burnet and Bowron 9, Mj'Namara and Cronin »1. Totals: Opawa A 50, Catholic Cathedral B 29. PUBLIC SCHOOL COMPETITIONS. The finals of the public schools tennis competition, held under the auspices of tjhe Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association, w'ere finished this morning, with the following results:— BOYS' HANDICAP SINGLES. First Round: Wilkinson beat Woods, 9-2; I. Seay beat G. Atkinson, 9-2; J. M'Far lane beat A. Boon, 9-4; Hall beat A. Grammar, 9-5; R. E. Squire beat Wilson, 9-4; J. Gray beat F. Thomas, 9-6. Second Round: Wilkinson beat C. Penlington, 9-3; M'Farlane beat Seay, 9-3; Squire beat Hall, 9-7; Sandman beat Gray, 9-6. Third Round; Wilkinson beat M'Farlaae, 9-6; Sandman beat Squire, 9-2. Final: Wilkinson beat Sandman, 9-5. BOYS' HANDICAP DOUBLETS. First Round: Seay and Peniington beat Thomas and Sandman, 9-7; Boon, and Woods beat Wilkinson and Wilson, 9-5; M-Farlane and Gray beat Grammar and Atkinson, 9-5; Squire and Hall ' a bye. Second Round: Seay and Peniington beat Boon and Woods, 9--8; M'Farlane and Gray beat Squire and Sinclair, 9-2. , Final.: M'Farlane and Gray beat Seay and Peniington, 9-4. GIRLS' HANDICAP SINGLES. First Round: "C. Ralinson' a bye; D. Wills beat,N.,Hooker, 9-4; G. Bair beat B. Rhodes, 9-2; E. Hall beat G. Greig, 9-4; M. Miles beat C. Thornton, 9-6; B. Smith beat A.' Triggs, A. Seay. beat kish a bye. Second Round: D. Willis beat C. Ralinson, 9-2; G. Barr beattE. Hall, 9-3; B. Smith beat M. Miles, 9-7; M. Frankfch beat A. Seay, 9-8. Third Round: D. Willis beat G. Barr, 9-7; B. Smith beat W. Frankish, 9-5. Final: B. Smith beat D. Willis, 9-6. GIRLS' HANDICAP DOUBLES. First Round: B. Smith and E. Hull a G. Barr and N. Hooker beat L. Church and L. Gemmell, 9-5; A. Triggs and A. Seay a bye; D. Willis and M. Frankish a bye. ' Second Round: B. Smith and E. Hall beat G. Barr and N. Hooker, 9-7; D. Willis and M. Frankish beat A- Triggs and A. Seay, 9-4. - Final: B. Smith and E. Hall beat D. Willis and M. Frankish, 9-5..