DOT CUP CONTEST

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 180, 14 May 1935, Page 6

DOT CUP CONTEST

AUSTRALIA WINS FIRST ROUND.

DEFEAT PF NEW ZEALANDERS. PLAY IN THE DOUBLES. (United Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 9.15 a.m.) LONDON, May 13. Australia won the first round match of the European Zone of the Davis Cup contest. In the doubles, played at Eastbourne to-day, J. H. Crawford and A. Quist defeased; C E> Malfroy and A. C. Stedman, 6-3, 4-6, 64, &4. The, weather was dull and cold. The was far below that on Saturday. Ti\e Australian unanswerable smashing froni the New Zealanders' uncertain, lobs gaye Australia a 4-0 lead. smashing volleying enabled Australia easily to take the set. Sftedman's, driving and service improved iii the second set. Crawford twice- double-faulted. The New Zealanders aan to a 5-3 lead. Malfroy held the service, and the New Zealanders' deservedly won the set. Quist's fierce smashing, plus the New Zealanders' errors,, gave the Australians the third set. The New Zealanders wei;e down 1-3 in the fourth set, but Malfroy captured his own sejviqe. Quist missed two volleys, evening the score at 3-3. The New Zealanders' led 4-3, but Crawford won the. service. • The Australians went on to clinch tihe set, match and tie.

COMMENT ON THE MATCH.

NEW ZEALANDERS NOT

VERSATILE

(Received This Day, 12.50 p.m.) LONDON, May 13. A correspondent of the Australian Press Association comments thus on the' Davis Cup match: Quist was easily best of four players to-day. He rarely liad a lapse from sustained smashing and reliable firm low'volleying. Crawford was decidedly patchy. The New Zealanders'' display in the first set was extremely poor, but afterwards they fought hard under a handicap of inability to establish themselves at the net. Nor had they capacity for decisive volleying when they got there. Both frequently! broke down on easy drives. They were not sufficiently versatile to threaten the Australians.