LAWN TENNIS.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2128, 16 February 1897, Page 3

LAWN TENNIS.

AKAROA V. DITTLE RlVfcß.

The' renirrii. rnafeh brtveen ttieee ; tw, oi.ob* took piece on SWirdtfy Oti Hip Ak«roa grdnnd : in beautiful weefher, and »eeoled 5n a-viotory for'the home Club; by 23 #fthve. Little River Were con-.; d»rnbly handicapped by *he absentee of one of their beat -players, *nfl after prae-; ticing ontnrf were naturally not quite at home on'the asphalt conf. Akaroa, on the other hand. lo»t the services of Mr« E. E. Lelievre. who by a mott regrettable aocHent injured her ankle in an e-Xe't'ng rally "in the final of a Lioiee 1 tournament last''F'iday. The.. mo*t exciting metohee during the d«y were the two Mei.'rt Doubles, both of which/were we'l fought oaf In the Larfia*' Singles Mine Buchanan end Mies Mapefield had a great timele oflch My pdorinpr five eamoe. AkAroi won «ll thn pinglee wifh the eioerition of one, Ryde v. Orbell, in which played en excellent came. In the Mixed DonKipp, Ryde and Mies Sefton proved too pood for Hnrgreevee and Mice N. "Vengioni, hot "in the other events Akwroa won eafi'y. E«oh Hde peored a Win in the Ladies' Doubles. Mrs Barriedn And Miss Sliyth end Misses Unchanan and Sefton winning their respective There wae some very jjood pUy shown in thin clew, some of; the raHiee being extremely exditing. The final result was Akaroa 90 gameß. Life River 67 gftmae, Aknrca thae hating a majority of 23 gaenee. In the eete p!eyed Akaroa won ten And Little River three. There wan a big mucter of npeo« tatore on the ground, several Little River vicitore being present. In the afternoon the courte were crowdedj when afternoon tea was diepenred by the Akaroa ladiee. AU the arrangements were admirably carried out and we must congratulate the indefatigable Secretary of the Akaroa Club (Mies Jaoobeon) and the Oommittee oo the eneoeßß that attended their energetic effortc. A capital collation wne perved nt the Mnddra Ho«e», to which a good number sat down. Tho tmtch wae a most enjoyable onp, find the vi itore departed by the e.u. Pirski arjaidat a pblvo of lioeing cheere. Fall eoordß ap« pendod — • LediPß , Singleß—Mi«B N. Vingiooi (A.) beat Miss Si'ton (L:R ) by 6 to 1 ; Misa Jacobeon (A.) beat Miaa Coop (LIR.) by 6 to 2; Mips Masefield (A.) beat Miss Bnchanan (L R.) hy 6 to 5. Gentlemen's Singles— J. B. Hnrrison (A) beat J. Buchanan (L.R.) 9to 3; H. B. Helhert (A.) beet R. T. Pinokney (L.R.) by 9 to 3; W. Ryde (L.R.)baat H. G. Orbell f A.) 9 to 6. Ledien' Donbleß—Mrs Harrison and Miss Smyth (A.) beat Miaoes Ooon *na Sefton (L.R) by 9 to 4; MJesee Sefton end Bnohanen (L.R.) beat Misses >Ta*Jfield (A.) by 9 to 5. Gentlemen'e Doubles — Harrtoon and Helbett (A.) bflrt Buchanan and Pinckney (L R ) by 9 to V ; Buchanan and Rydn (L.R.) bo t Hargreavee end Orbell (A.) by 9 to 8* , „. Combined Doubles—Helbert nnd Mice Jaoobson (A.) bent Pincknpy and Mi-<s Coop by 9 to 6>, darripon and Mrs Harrison (A.) beat Buchanan and Mine Buchanan (L.R.) by 9 f> 0 ; Ryde and Mice Sefton (L.R) boat Hargreaveß nnd Mice N. Vangioni (A.) by 9 to 5. Totals—Akaroa 90 games, Little Rirer 67 gnmefl