LAWN TENNIS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 78, 3 April 1926, Page 14

LAWN TENNIS.

WAIKATO TOURNEY. YESTERDAYS RESULTS. (3y Telegraph.—Tress Association.) HAMILTON. Friday. annnni^,™! 0 Lawn Tpnnls Association's ?"™ J? 11 ™* commenced on the Rosswtl _h»^S5 t i. C 0?r a toda - v - The weather int „r „y cry lv the morning and the opeuLonfh_ play *'*?, dela red for aa hour. Fine , -/ rera i !ed tWs afternoon and the »o s P roved in excellent condition Play was optional to-day but a large number ot Competitors took part and ?ood T-Iress a?foHowf_ U thC tourney - Results are Men's Championship Singles First I round: Jairie beat Norrie, 6-?, i—fi s—«' De Cock tin €^'. 6 -_ > ' 6 - 2 = HoUl's bla't B 1 «_i.tt, 6 ~t i K,lott beat Gilbert, f„7, ;.\7 0: . Pab [ ln S be at McDonald by default; Menzies beat McCracken, 6—l 3—6, XrM ,??? mson bcQt Champion, 6-_ 6—4; Hiltonb ° at j___ ,n V 6 - - 6 - 1: Wright beat tf T l; £ nott bent Gibbons by aetault: Johns beat Sole, C— 2, 6—° Cham Plo»ship Double's. -First round: Miller and Meuzles beat Armstrong Johns boat Cox aud Seymour, 6—4 6-1. Secondl Round: Stevenson and Fabling beat _~ A. Rol.b and I'otter, 6-4, 6—4 b Men s Junior Championship.—First round: Knott beat De Cock, 6--, 6-1. Second round: Start* beat Harbutt, 6—o, 6—l; Brough beat Armstrong, 5—7, 6—4 6—3Knott beat Grant, 6—3, 7—3 ' Ladies' Cbampiouship Singles.-First round: Miss Bruce beat Miss Hanisav, 6-3, o~% ; xl? s X " l " it be «t Miss Andrew's, 6—3, tn' i ? S Mcpile rson beat Miss Gamble, ImTss Bruce, i-™L% wa: mss Ha]l beat ; Indies' Junior Championship.-First round: Miss Mcbolla beat Miss H. Mcholls. Xn}' V.. -1 - „ Se «> n( l round: Miss Wilson beat Miss Newell, 6—2, 6—l. Ladies' Championship Doubles.—First round: Misses Litten and Hickman beat Misses I'letehcr and Smeeton, 6—l 6—o Waikato Combined Championship Doubles.-Hrst round: rotter and Miss flctcher beat Sole and Miss McMiken, 6-3, Men's Handicap Singles.—First round: Menzies beat Hilton, 9-6; Fabling teat Martin, 9-S: Brough beat Newman, 9—6; Entwistle beat Gilbert, o—s; Hayden beat Harbutt, 9—7; Anderson beat Champion, t t ' J ° hn ? beat Norrie, 0—1; Chapman beat Jaine, 9—b; M. Kobb beat Sole, 9—6; Sturt xm,' J )a J i , eB, , 9^; Lamb bea t Hollis, 9—3; Hill beat Lockyer, 9—B; Stubbs beat Steven-' son, 9—4; Wright beat Mac Donald by default. Second round: stubbs beat Hill, a —1; Grant beat Irvine, 9—5. Men's Handicap Doubles.-First round: Brough and Stubbs beat Lovelock and M. Robb, 9—4; Stmt and Knott beat McCracken and Atkins, 9-6; Smellle and Davis beat Martin and Hilton. 9—7. Ladies' Handicap Singles.-First round: Miss McTherson beat Miss Wilson 9—_; Miss Andrews beat Miss Bell, 9—6- Miss G. Cleveley beat Miss Jones, 9—5. * Second round: Miss Robson beat Miss C. Cleveley, Ladies' Handicap Dotfbles.—First round: Misses Wilson and Xic-olls beat Misses McMiken, 9—5; Misses Knight and Clouston beat Misses Bell, 9—3. Combined Handicap Doubles First round: Wright and Miss McPherson beat M. Robb aud Miss Litten,' 9—5. Second round: Martin aud Miss Smeeton beat Gilbert and Miss Hunt, 9— i.