LAWN TENNIS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 78, 2 April 1928, Page 14

LAWN TENNIS.

SATURDAY'S MATCH RESULTS EDEN AND EPSOM WIN "C" GRADE. UNIVERSITY CHAMPIONSHIPS. ' Eden and Epsom beat Papatoetoe by 6 matches to 4 in the final of the "G" grade championship played at Stanley Street courts on Saturday afternoon. Results: — EDEN AND EPSOM V. PAPATOETOE. (Eden and Epsom names first.) Singles.—-E. Turner beat Elder, 6—3, 5 —6, 6—4 ; L. Hilton beat Firth, 6: —1, 6—5 ; Miss J. Lamb lost to Miss Bryant, 1-—6, I—6; Miss Kennedy beat Miss D. Bryant. Doubles.—Turner and Hilton beat Elder and Firth 6 —3, 6—5; Walton and Wilson beat Brown and Cutt; Misses Lamb and Kennedy lost to the Misses Bryant, o—o, s—-6 ; Misses Murdoch and Dilworth lost to Misses •Melsop and Hasllp, I—6, I—6; Walkec and Miss Dilworth beat Brown and Mistr Haslip, 6—5, 6—5 ; Wilson and Miss Murdoch lost to Miss Melsop and Catt, 5—6, (5—2, 3 —6. UNIVERSITY CHAMPIONSHIPS. . Men's . Singles, A Grade.—Second round : North beat Nicholson, 3—«. 6—l, 6—4. Semi-final: Hubble beat North, 6—3, 7 —5. B Gra-de.—Third round : Smith beat Hume, 6—o, 6 —4 ; Schnackenberg beat McKillop, 7—5, 6 —l ; Gilmore beat Hobbs, •>— 3, 6—2; Newton won by default from Bullen. Semi-final.:. Schnackenberg heat Smith, 6 —2, 6—3 ; Newton beat Gilmore, <I—l, 4 —6, 6—3. Men's Doubles.—Semi-final: Hubble and Turner beat Nicholson and Turner, o—i, B—6 ; Hardy ami North beat Newton and Hume, 6- —3, 6—l.- Final: Hubble and Turner beat Hardy and North, 2—6, I—-6, 6—3, 6—2, ©—O. Ladies' I>oubles. —Semifinal : Misses D. and P. Miller beat Misses Adams and Batty, 6—l, 6—2. Combined Doubles.—Semi-final: Nicholson and Miss Whltelaw 'beat Wilson and Miss Mcintosh, 6—l, 6—3. Last year's women's doubles title was decided on Saturday morning. Misses Mueller and D. Miller beating Misses Batty and Hume, 6—l, 6 —l. AUCKLAND CLUB. Men's Doubles Championship.—J. Bassett and Fletcher Jones beat B. MoKenzie and Curtis, 7—5, 6-—2, 6—l. Indies' singles championship: Mrs. McCarthy beat Miss Lucy James, 6 —o, 6—o. Ladies' handicap singles: Mrs. Smith beat Miss Mlnchln, 4—6, 6 —l, 6—4. REMUERA CLUB. Men's Handicap Singles.—Final: G. Mar- , l ' 6 > teat J. C. Stedman (owe I ' **—-• Men's junior championship, flnaJ: A. Stedman- beat N. Sturt, « —r iir: „ Combined handicap doubles, «Ef L A land Miss Colebrook (awe 40) beat R. Milne and Miss Colbeck (owe I , ®Toadies' championship singles, final: Miss M. Macfarlane belt Miss • Kamsay, 7—6, 6—3. Ladles' handicap singles, semi-finals: Miss M. Macfarlane (owe 40 4 "6) beat Miss L. Roberton <o#e D - WHson (owe 30) beat Miss Bowell (owe 15 2-6), 6—o, o—6 Wilson, 4i.0, SS «l I r farlane be at Miss EDEN AND EPSOM CLUB. Combined Doubles Handicap.—Final: M Morrison and Miss Ramsay (owe 30 4-6) lurI ur 1 ner fl a "d Miss Whitelaw (owe 30 fln«! \r Vr —?' Combined championship: L O LK?v l an<i » Mlßs Ramsay beat G. {inott and Miss Mueller, ]—6. fi—« championship doubles : final.' .Ilsses Knight and Clouston beat Mii.se* Bamsay and Mueller, 6—2, 6—2. PARNELL CLUB. Ladies' Championship Singles.-Final • Frankhnm. iJ-\[ Conjb 'ned handicap doubles • Pn«i Gouldlng and Miss Wells (scratch) |"*,t Crahr and Misa Craig (owe 5-6 I.D. «—3, ONEHUNGA CLUB. t "^ l ' n ' or Chamnlonshlp.—Firp I • M*«k • Taylor beat Miss Sutherland. «_ 3 . o—l TAKAPUNA CLUB. Single*.—Final: Miss Evans beat Mrs. Cadness, 9—7. VALLEY CLUB'S TOURNAMENT. Valley Tennis Club held a most successful nrngressire tournament on SatnrEas't TamnM I™™* J™ m Manurewa. land AWJmore. and Anck- 1 vailed JLuk T Pnthpp i renditions nrevaiiert, and. with the courts in «»ood order a very enjoyable day reonftod. The winners Miss McCnlTovh (Ardmore>. and Mr tho prlie, b-lng The President. Mr. J. Emblln* , T wn ," ""ranged hv the Indies 1 » "I w,ne «ni«ld. and was a com- 1 effort towards assisting with a 1 J»rand bazaar which ]r to be held during llnnMnte el il, thl '' 't 1s hope>l to < lavWhe heavy llnblHty Incurred in 1 5 IV.* T> r "sent conrt«. Mrs W f * I' iolnt sec:?JL rie «: nn" Mr. W. R. Moody. e'i,h , are to be con<"•,*,!„ted on the sr>'en i dl,l or-nl-tlon has characterised the club s efforts to date. EASTER TOURNAMENT. o'ose to-morrow for the nnnn-.) , "" tenrls tournament, to b« . tho. B'rfcpnhead and The secretary is Mr. H. W. , or'hcote.