AUCKLAND HANDICAP TOURNEY.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 2, 3 January 1925, Page 5

AUCKLAND HANDICAP TOURNEY.

The Auckland Lawn Tennis AssociaI tion's annual handicap tournament j reached the final stages to-day. Owing |to the fact that the tournament was ■■ played at Remuera, instead of at the Stanley Street courts, it did not prove jas popular this year as has formerly | been the case. Results of games played ; late yesterday afternoon are incorporated with to-day's results :— MEN'S SINGLES. A GRADE. Third Round.—Rowlands heat Pickmere, 16 — i, 4—6, 6—2: A. C. Johns beat Nichol- , son, 6—2, C —o ; X. Sturt beat Partridge, 1 6—2, 6 —l; Turner beat Knott, 2 —(i, (J—o, 6—2. Semi-finals. —Rowlands beat A. C. Johns, G—2, 4—6, 6—l; Sturt beat Turner, o—-1, 4—o, 6—3. B GRADE. Third Bound.—Janie beat Davie, 6—3 6 i. Semi-finals.—Donovan heat Janie, s—3, 6—2; Brown beat McCrystal, 2 —(l, o—2,0 —2, Final.—Donovan beat Brown, C—2, 6 i, LADIES' SINGLES. Third Round.—Miss P. Miller beat .Mrs Arneil, 6—5, 6—5; Miss D. Bryant beat £ lis - J- Mueller, 6—l, o—3 ; Miss NichoUa beat Miss Campbell, 6—3 a •> ■ Miss Major beat Miss Colebrook, 6—3,' G—TMiss E. Miller beat Miss Nelson, 6—3 6 3' Fourth Round.—Miss E. Miller beat .Miss ¥,V° r \ 2 ' 6 —* i Miss Taylor beat Miss Plt-pntrick, 6—4, 6—2; Miss Bell beat beat Miss D. Bryant, 6—l, (j—s Semi-final.—Miss Nicholls beat Mi«s Bell, C— i, 6—l. MEN'S DOUBLES. k T * h _ d ~ R( i und —Donovan and Donovan beat A. C. Johns and Jarman, 2—6 6 1 , i I !? ri J? and Turner beat F. C. Gould and A. M. Hardy, G— i, 6 1. Fourth Round.— Western and Elder beat Gardner and Knott, 6—4, 6—5- R n Hardy and Smeeton beat Grant 'ami Nicholson, 3—6, 6—2, 7—5; Donovan and 6— Q 3° T 6^--3 eat Home and Turner, 4—ti, he,?i ei ?v"i l^ aIS '~ C i ln J, m , ers anfl Rowlands beat Western and Elder, 6—2 3 0 G 3R. B. Hardy and Smeeton won from Donovan and Donovan by default wfJi" 1 ? h - Imers an(l Rowlands beat Hardy and Smeeton, 6—4, 5—7, 6—2. LADIES' DOUBLES. Second Round.—Misses A. Wilson and Wrightson beat Misses Litten aid Car nachan, 4—6, 6—5. 6—4 • Misses Miller and Miner beat Misses Colebrook and Franfch A am, ., 6 T l, 6 ~-: - Ulss Cauiuueii ..iiu h/m c ai-? 1 r Mr ?" ? ow j er " nd Coldham, 6—l, 5—»., b—3; Misses Bell and McCrea beat Mtßses Hitchings and J Mueller, 6-2 6-3; Misses Nicholls and J. ay lor beat Misses Bryant and Bryant 4 —b, 6—5, G—2. f Third Round.—Misses Whltelaw and Mueller beat Misses Wilson and Wrightson MiZ_= <>— 4 ; M isße « Bell and McCrea beat Misses Potter and Knott. 6 •' (i a - Misses Major and Nelson beat' Misses Nicholls and Taylor, 6—3, 6—l; Misses Miller beat Miss Campbell and Mrs. Arueil 6 —o, 6 —5. Fourth Round.—Misses Bell and McCrea beat_ Misses Major and Nelson, o—is, ti 3, COMBINED DOUBLES. Second Round.—MißS Crane and J. Peat beat Miss Worrall and Rowlands 4 v 6 —v, 6 —3 ; Miss McDonald and \\ hitbread won from Miss P. Witherow and Jackson by default; U. Wilson und f _ Uotild beat Miss Colebrook and Riddel, 3—d 1 B—6; Miss Potter and Potter beat "UiTs Coldham and R. B. Hardy, 6 r, o—iMiss P. Frankham and Smeeton beat Miss Morgan and Doidge, 5—G, G—3, • Miss E. Mueller and Entwistle beat Mi'«s II Mueller and Nicholson, 3 —6, t; 1 ti 4.' Mrs. Wilson and McMullan beat Miss Blair and Mclnnis, 2—G, 6—2, 7 5 • \lis< Fletcher and Knott beat Miss Bell *-iml Sexton, 6—4, 6—4: Mrs. Arneil and Pickmere beat Miss C. Bryant and Western, 4—o, o—2, o—4. Third Round.—Miss Nicholls and Johns beat Miss Forrest and Danbv, 6— 0 6 5 • Miss Campbell aud Charters beat Mi-s' Litten and Litten, 6—3, 6—5; Miss Nel son and J. S. Robinson beat Miss Crane and .T. Peat, 6—3, G— 5 ; Miss D. Wilson „?ui*_' C _ V, ovid beat MISB McDonald and V\ hitbread, 2—6, 6—4, 6—2; Miss Frankham and Smeeton beat Miss Potter anil Potter 6-3, 4-6 6-4; Mis? Fletcher and Knott won from Miss Wilson end McMullan by default; Mrs. Arneil and P|ckmere_beat Miss Wrightson and Crimi, Fourth Round.—Miss Campbell and Charters won from Miss Nicholls and Johns; by default : Miss Fletcher and Knott beat Mrs. Arneil and Pickmere, 4 6 6 •• 6—4; Miss D. Wilson and Gould beat Miss' ■Nelson and Robinson, 4—6. G—o, U—3.