LATE SPORTS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 49, Issue 68, 31 December 1928, Page 4

LATE SPORTS.

LAWN TENNIS. DOMINION CHAMPIONSHIPS. (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, This Day. The Dominion lawn tennis championships were resumed this morning in dull but warm weather. Results:— Men's Singles.—Third round: Angas (Canterbury) beat Gregory (Auckland), 6-0, 6-0, 6-0; Stedman (Auckland) beat Lampe (Wanganui), 6-3, 6-1 6-1; Malfroy (Wellington) beat Rhodes Williams (Wellington), 10-8, 6-1 6-4- Sturt (Auckland) beat Lowry (Hawke's Bay), 6-2, 6-2, 6-0; France (Wellington) beat Watson (Otago), 6-1, 6-l, v 6-2; Glanville (Canterbury) beat Martin (Auckland), 6-3, 8-6, 6-2 Ladies' Singles.—Mrs Adams (Wellington) beat Miss Myers (Wanganui), 7-5, 7-5; Miss Speirs (Canterbury) beat Miss Nicholls (Wellington), 6-4, 6-1; Miss Tracy (Wellington) beat Mrs Melody (Wellington), 6-0, 7-5. Mixed Doubles.—First round: Miss Andrew (Canterbury) and Perkins (Wellington) won from .Miss D. Miller and 1 R; Johns (Auckland) bv default; Mrs Jones and Jones (Maori) won from Miss P. Miller and A. O. Johns by default; Miss Nicholls (Wellington) and Sturt (Auckland) won from Mrs Napier and Coster (Auckland) by default. Second round: Miss Nicholls and Sturt won from Mrs Jones and Jones by default; Miss Marjorie Macfarlane and Mcintosh (Auckland) beat Miss D. Howe (Wellington) and Griffiths (Auckland), 7-5, 7-5. Boys' Junior Singles.—First round: Brownlee (Auckland) won from Heeps (W*aikato) by default; George (Auckland) beat Burns (Wanganui), 6-1, 6-2; R. Ho\ve (Wellington) won from Knowling (Auckland) by default. Second round: Robertson (South Canterburv) beat Roussell (Wellington), 6-4, 6-5; Drew (Otago) beat East (Wellington), 6-4, 6-1; Newman (Nelson) beat Perkii.i (Wellington), 64, 6-4; Barnett (Canterbury) beat Thomson (Auckland), 6-1, 6-2; Wilson (Auckland) won from Moir (Auckland) by default. Boys' Junior Singles.—First round: E|rownlee (Auckland) beat George Auckland), 6-0, 6-0. Boys' Doubles.—First round,: Newman (Nelson) and Barnett (Canterbury) won from Moir and J. S. Wilson (Auckland) by default. Men's Singles.—Third round": Bartlett (Auckland) beat P. H. Jones (Maori), 6-0, 6-2, 6-0. Men's Singles.—Third Round: Laurenson (Waikato) beat Entwhistle (Auckland), 6-2, 6-4, 6-8, 6-2. Men's doubles.—Third round: France (Wellington) and. Angas (Canterbury), beat A. K. and E. A. Turner (Auckland), 6-1, 6-1,6-1. Men's Doubles.—Third round: Charters (Whangarei) and Stedman (Auckland) beat Glanville (Canterbury) and Lowry (Hawke's Bay), 6-1, 6-3, 61. Ladies' Singles.—Third round: Miss Marjorie Macf'arlane (Auckland) beat Miss Gibson (South Canterbury), 6-1, 6-2.

The ladies' singles match between Mrs Adams and Miss Myers was very keenly contested. Miss Myers led 5-2 and 40 love in the first set by attacking on the backhand. She then changed her tactics, enabling Mrs Adams to recover and take five games on end. Girls' Junior Singles—Second roand: Miss Griffiths (Auckland) beat Miss P. Buddie (Auckland) 6-3, 6-3; Miss Taylor (Auckland) beat Missßaird (Auckland), 6-1, 6-1. n . , Girls' Doubles.—Misses Eliot Smith (Canterbury) and Howe (Wellington) beat Misses Dickson and Rich White (Auckland), 6-1, 6-3.

BAKING SQUARE v. WILLOWBY. The Baring Square Lawn Tennis Club played a match against Willowby on the former's courts on Saturday and resulted in a win for Baring Square by 08 games to 67. Results were as follows, Baring Square names being mentioned first:— Ladies' Singles.—Mrs L. Stone 7, Miss M. Dolman 3; Mrs C. Parsons 7, Mrs B. Clothier 3; Miss F. Hardy 7, Miss H. Lill 1 : Miss D. Fowke 7, Miss D. Dolman 5. Ladies' Doubles.—Mesdames Stone and Parsons 7, Miss M. Dolman and Mrs Clothier 3; Misses Hardy and Fowke 7, Misses Lill and Dolman 2. Men's Singles.—E. R. Hopwood 1, B. Clothier 7: C. Parsons 7, R. JChapman 4; H. Weston 7, H. Dolman 3; K. Fowke 7, S. Lill 5. Men's Doubles—Hopwood and Parsons 1, Clothier and Chapman 7? Weston and Fowke 7, Dolman and Combined Doubles.—Hopwood and Mrs Stone 7, Clothier and Mrs Clothier 5 Parsons and Mrs Parsons 6, Chapman and Miss M. Dolman 7, Weston and Miss Hardy 7, Dolman and Miss Lill 5, Fowke and Miss Fowke 7, Lill and Miss M. Dolman 6.

EIFFELTON v. WILLOWBY. A friendly tennis match between the Eiflelton and Willowby B teams was played on Saturday, and resulted in a win for Eiffelton by 136 games to 68.

CRICKET. OTAGO v. AUCKLAND. DUNEDIN, This Day. After a night of threatening weather, the clay came in fine for the Plunket Shield oriuket match, Auckland y. Otago, which commenced at Carisbrook to-day. Otago won the toss, and H. C. Alloc and Knight opened on a slow, easy wicket. Auckland opened the attack with Dunning and Allcott. The batsmen started warily, attempting nothing serious with off theory trundling, but getting an occasional ball well away to leg. Allcott, bowling round the wicket, was working up slightly more turn than Dunning, who gradually worked over to the leg side as his objective. Knight presented a straight bat to everything and only 10 were on the board after half an hour's play. Dunning took to bowling round the wicket, and, with balls that pitched on the centre stump and turned to leg, was still more effective. For him three fieldsmen stood up close in the square-leg zone, and two more guarded the deep-leg boundary. Although the fielding was keen, the batsmen

were not to be tempted. Player, whO! took the ball from Allcott, bowled a maiden to Knight. Twenty came u« - after 50 minutes' play, as the resuftl of Knight walloping a full-tosser from Dunning to the off boundary. After am hour's play, Bowley relieved Dunning - At 12.15 the 6core was 37 for no wickets. CANTERBURY v. WELLINGTON. CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. The Plunket Shield match againsfc Caanterbury was commenced to-day. Wellington won the toss and Dempster and Foley opened. With the last ball of Read's second oyer, Foley! was clean bowled. Lamison filled the vacancy. When his total was threes Dempster was missed in the slips and the ball went to the boundary. The} score was 18 when Lamison was smart* ly caught behind the Avickets off Cun-» ningham. Lowry went in. The bats-* men were adopting cautious tactics* Lowry's score was 13, when he wad dropped in the slips. Lowry stepped! out and drove Merritt for four, bringing 50 up after nearly an hour's play* Just before reaching 30, Lowry nearly] played Merritt on to his wickets* Dempster was now scoring freely. Low* ery twice caused derisive laughter bjj attempting to kick a ball from Mer* ritt. Dempster and Lowry were stflj together at the luncheon adjournment! with the score 127 for two. The partnership had yielded 109. At 2.40 Wellington had made 163 for three wickets (Dempster lbw, K Read, 63; Lowry, not out 70; Lam* bert,'not out, 6; extras, 16). Scores: WELLINGTON. First Innings. Foley, b Read ... 0' Lamason, c Burns, b Cunningham 10 Dempster, not out 60 Lowrv, not out H Extras 13 , Total (for two wickets) ... 1273 BOXING. MODRICK KNOCKED OUT. 'United Press Association—Copyright.) (Received This Day, 11.5 ft a.m.) OLSO, December 30. In a boxing match, the Norwegian*. Ihlen, knocked out the New Zea* lander, Gebrge Mod'rick, in the second.' round.