TENNIS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 54, Issue 92, 29 January 1934, Page 3

TENNIS.

INTE R MEDIATE CO M P ETITIO N.

' The Mid-Canterbury Lawn Tennis Sub-Association’s: intermediate eompetion was continued on Saturday under fine weather conditions. Fairton beat Te Marae B' by 11 sets to five Te Marae A beat Ashburton B by 10: sets to six, and Eiffelton defeated Ashburton A by nine sets to seven. Details of the play were as follow:—:

Fairton v. T© Marae B. (Fairton names first.)

Men’s Singles.—E. Bryant 9, P- E. Slade 2- W. Watkins 9, D. Harwood 3; H. Mueller 9, J. Betteridge 4; H. .W. Slade 9, G. AVarriners 6. Women’s Singles.—Mrs Slade /, Miss H. Drummond 0; Miss G. Dunphy 6, Miss I. McLellan 7; Miss B. Wilson 2, Miss J. Samuels 7 ; Miss 0. Evans 5, Miss M. Willers l. . Men’s Doubles, —Bryant and Watkins 9, Slade and Harwood 7; Mueller and Slade 9, Betteridge -and AVarriner

4. Women’s Doubles. —Mrs Slade and Miss Dumphy 7, Misses Drummond and McLennan 5 ; Misses Wilson and Evans 3, * Misses Samuels and Willers 7. Combined Doubles.—Bryant and Mrs Slade 9, Slade and Miss Drummond 3;. Watkins and Miss Dunphy 9, Harwood and Miss McLennan 5 ; Mueller and Miess Wilson 9, Betteridge and Miss Samuels 6; Slade and Miss Evans 6, Warriner and Miss Willers 9. Te Marae A v. Ashburton B, (Te Marae names first.) Men’s Singles.—G. Kelly 9, W. T. AVebster 5; C. Parsons 9, T. L. Crooks 8; K. Waters 9, A. Cookson 5- E. Brophy 9, I. Gilchrist 7. Vomen’s Singles.—Miss J. Meekmg I, Mfs‘s B. Lane T; Miss D. Burgess 6, Miss E. Cuff 7; Miss P. Cornish 0, Miss H. Harper 7; Miss F. Opie t , Miss E. Pilbrow 3. Men’s Doubles Kelly and Parsons 4, Webster and Crooks 9; .Waters and Brophy 9, Cookson and Gilchrist 6. Women’s Doubles.—Misses Meeking and Burgess 2, Misses Lane and Cuff 7; Misses Cornish and Opie 2, Misses Harper and Pilbrow 7. Combined Doubles.— Kelly and Miss Meeking 9, A\ r eb*ter and Miss Lane 3; Parsons and Miss Burgess 9, Crooks and Miss Cuff 5; AVaters and Miss Cornish. 9, Cookson and Miss Harper 6; Brophy and Miss Opie 9,, Gilchrist and Moss Pilbrow 6. Eiffelton v. Ashburton A. (Eiffelton names first) Men’s Singles.—N. Stoddart 6, C. Denham 9 ; M. Stoddart 9, C. G. de C. Drury 2; A. Tansey 7, H. Doherty 9; J. Cox 3, E. Fooks 9. Women’s Singles.—Miss K. Me-

Quilkin 7, Miss L. Gilchrist 4; Miss M. Stevens 7, Miss M. Watt 6; Miss L. McQuilkin 7, Miss M. Fear 2; Miss M. Grossman 7, Miss W. Pilbrow 3. Men’s Doubles.—Stoddart and Stoddart 7, Denham and Drury 9; Tansey and Cox 5, Doherty and Fooks 9. Women’s Doubles—Misses K. McQuilkin and Stevens 6, Misses Gilchrist and Watt 7; Misses L. McQuilkin and Crossman 7, Misses Fear and Pilbrow 6. Combined Doubles.—N. Stoddart and Miss K. McQuilkin 9, Denham and Miss Gilchrist 4; M. Stoddart and Miss Stevens 9, Drury and Miss Watt 7; Tansey and Miss L. McQuilkin 9, Doherty and Miss Fear 6; Cox and Miss Crossman 5, Fooks and Miss Pilbrow 9.

friendly matches played. In friendly matches played on Saturday, the St.' Stephen’s Tennis Club’s A team beat Baptist A by nine sets (85 games) to seven sets (83 games), while Baptist B defeated St. Stephen’s B by 11 sets to five. AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS.

SYDNEY, January 28. The Australian lawn tennis championships resulted as follow : Men’s Singles. Final. F. J. Perry (England) beat J. B. Crawford, 6-3, 7-5, 6-1. Women’s Singles. Final. Miss J. Hartigan beat Mrs M. Molesworth 6-1, 6-4. Mixed Doubles. Final. E. F. Moon and Miss J. Hartigan defeated R. Dunlop and Mrs Westacott, 6-3, 6-4. The courts were slippery after misty rain. Perry played magnificently, throughout. He won many points with good length drives to the corners, forcing Crawford into errors. The Australian’s service was very weak, and he frequently double-faulted. Perry’s anticipation of Crawford’s shots was faultless. Continuing the attack, he ran out an easy winner. An unpleasant incident occurred when Perry was leading 5-1 in the final set. After Crawford had won the sixth game a spectator cried, “How do you like that, Perry?” Perry turned and said something to the crowd regarding barracking and sportsmanship. Further barracking followed. Then Perry said, “What is this, a cricket or a-tennis match?” The game was held up while the umpire asked for order. Miss Hartigan’s strong forehand shots were too good for Mrs Molesworth. The latter appeared not to know whether her opponent intended a sideline or a cross-court shot, so well was the direction of Miss Hartigan s strokes concealed. Had Dunlop afforded Mrs Westacott any support in the mixed doubles the result would probably have been reversed. Mrs Westacott was easily the best of the four, while Dunlop’s play was pathetic. VINES BEATS TILDEN.

OAKLAND, January 27, jj. E. A T ines beat AV. T. Tilden, 3-6, 13-11, 6-4, 9-7. AUCKLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS; AUCKLAND, January. 28. Semi-final matches in the Auckland Lawn Tennis Association’s annual championships on. Saturday resulted : Men’s Singles—Andrews (England) heat Donohue (Australia), 6-1, 6-4, Malfroy (AVellington) heat Sturt (Auckland), 10-8. 7-5, 6-3. . . Women’s’ Singles-Miss Marjorie Macfarlane beat Miss N. _ Beverley (Matamata), 5=7, 6-4, 6-2,; Miss Dulcie Nicholls (Wellington) beat Miss B. Knight, 6-1, 6-1, 6-1. Men’s Doubles—Andrews and Sturt beat Morrison and 1 Rowlands. 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 • Malfroy and Bartlett beat Donohoe and AVilson, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. AVomen’s Doubles—Misses Nichols and Beverley beat Mrs Melody (A\ ellington) and' Miss Knight, 6-0, 6-0.

WEST COAST TOURNEY. AVESTPORT, January 28. The AVest Coast lawn tennis championships, which had been interrupted by two days’ rain, were continued today in glorious weather with a good gallery- Dymond (Christchurch) ietained the mein’s singles .title, defeating Ford (Christchurch) in the final, 2-6, 6-2, 6-1. * Miss Costello (Greymouth) retained the women’s singles title in the final against 'Mrs AValfier (AVestport), 6-4, 6-2. Minifie and McLauchlan (Christchurch) >von the men s doubles from AVarner and Pattisoii i(Greymouth), 6-3, 6-2. Nofctle defeated Fowler, 6-3, 6-5, in the final of the boy’s championship. The other matches are still undecided.

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