LAWN TENNIS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 308, 29 December 1922, Page 6

LAWN TENNIS.

NEW ZEALAND TOURNAMENT. TO-DAYS PLAY. (By Telegraph—rres» Association.! HASTINGS, this day. The Xew Zealand lawn tennis championship tournament was continued today in tine but dull weather, semifinals in all events beinij played. The finals will be played to-morrow. MEVS SINTrLKS. Fourth Round. —'Page beat Greenwood 7—5, 3—<>, G—4, 6 —2; Sims beat Lampe 6— l, 6 —2, t>—2; Younjj beat Thompson '6—3, 6—3. β-l. MEN'S DOUBLES. Third Round. —France and France beat Pearse and Kdmondson (i— 2, o—2.0 —2. 6—l. LADIES' DOUBLES. Third Round.—Misses Lance and Lloyd beat Misses McLaren anj Weisii 6—4, β-l. Mrs. Scott Watson and Miss Payton beat Misse-s Williams and Howe 7—!). 6—4, 6—l. COMBINED DOI'BLES. Tiiird Round.—Mrs. Green and Walker beat Miss Fennick and Lampe (i--4, β-l: Mrs. Hodge and P.oki beat Miss Knight and Johns t> —3, 6— i ; Miss Lanc-p and Sims beat Miss Cato and Cowper 6 —.1. (i—2. Fourth Round.—Mrs. Macfarlane and Robson beat .Mrs. La-eelles and Parker B—B. 4—«, r—i. BOYS* JUNIOR SIXOMCS. Semi-final.—Andrews beat I'ressvvell «—O, 6—2: Rhot!es Williams beat Smith 6—4. t>—:i. GIRLS 4 JUNIOR SINGLES. Second Round.—Miss Kast beat Miss Dallas «—3. o—3. Semi-final.—Miss Hart beat Miss Bennett o—l. tj—4. NOTES ON THE PLAY. (By Telegraph- Special to "Star"). HASTINGS, this day. Peacock fell before France after a fivesetter in which uninspiring backline play predominated. Wellington's youthful No. ■i was consistency itself, a »d while Peacock had better shots their execution was not so good. France was chopping everything, and Peacock found some difficulty in gotting them up to the netting. In many returns France was consistency itself. After losing the first set, 2—G, he took the next two sets after a hard fight, 7—."), (5-4. Peacock evened sets by winning the fourth. o—2, but in the deciding set France ran away, 6—l. Both players scored several placements, and Peacock, while toming to the net more often, bungled his volley. Griffiths and Miss Gray had a hard tussle to triumph over Walker and Mrs. Green. The ladies had beautiful forehand drives, while Griffiths' overhead work at the net was very fine. Walker was erratic, but brought off some phenomenal shots. The score, C—4. .') 06 2, was about the relative merits of the pair. Miss Gray's placement lobs being a decided factor in a spectacular fight.