LAWN TENNIS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 49, 27 February 1923, Page 7

LAWN TENNIS.

INTER-CLUB MATCHES. In order to allow the winner in tbe various sections of the Auckland lnter-ciun cmniictilions to way off before the season vets too far atUiUi.-cJ, it has hevn tie-.- I ." , "'* to modify the balance of the draw to some extent. In the B taction the m.itches :>ctwneii Otahuhu and DevoniHirt on March '■'• and Auckland and 'Birkenhead and Northc,.:,. on March lo have lieeu abandoned. On t:i« former date Itemuera will play Takapmia, and on the latter I'arnell will play V.M.C.A. In the c grade the umti-h been New Lynn, and Onehunga ou March 17 has been abandoned.

SECONDARY SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS.

The secondary schools' tennis ohampio*" shipe are to he comnien'en on Marnraa/ next. The boys will play at the StanleT Street courts and the girls at Berouer.t courts. Play will commence at ft a.m. finals will he played at Stanley Street oa Saturday week. Kntries close to-morrow. THE LAWRENCE CUP. The Ijiwrence tennis cup. presented by the late Mr. W. Lawrence, of Whakatane, about VI years ago. was won outright on Saturday by Matata. They defeated Whakataue in the final by 11 sets to 8. Matata have won the nip Jive times. NEW ZEALAND COUNCUb The Quarterly meeting of the council of the New Zealand Tennis Association will be held at Wellington to-morrow evening. The chief business will be the location "C the 1023 New Zealand championships, and, <n this connection the Mnrlborough A»»"----i-iatlon has circularised associations askins them to support their application to bay« the championships played there. The bnll to be used will also lie decided upon.