ROTORUA TOURNAMENT.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 307, 29 December 1931, Page 5

ROTORUA TOURNAMENT.

RAIN STOPS PLAY. PROGRESS OF COMPETITIONS. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) ROTORUA, this day. The Rotorua tennis tournament was resumed yesterday morning in sultry weather. Good progress was made until 4 p.m. when heavy rain set in, causing play to De abandoned for the day. Results: . LAMES' CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES. Second Round.—Mrs. Herrick and Miss Newton beat Mrs. Hickson and Miss Asser, 6 4 g 2 ; Mrs. Duncan and Miss Mogmie beat' Mrs. Kerr and Miss Brennan, 6—o, 5 —G 6—3: Misses Beverley beat Misses Mitchell, 6—2, 6 —2; Mesdames Mueller ana Johnson' beat Mrs. Jones and Miss Douglas, 6 —3, 6 -1. LADIES' HANDICAP DOUBLES. Third Round. —Mrs. Johnson and Miss Firth beat Mrs. Hickson and Miss Asser, 9—7 • Misses Beverley beat Misses son and McGeahan, 9—o; Misses O Halloran and Thomson beat Misses Hogg and King, 9 —4; Misses Sayers and Masefield beat Mrs. Duncan and Miss Mogini, 9—B. Semi-final. —Mrs. Johnson and Miss Firtn beat Miss Sayers and Masefield. 9 —4. MIXED HANDICAP DOUBLES. Third Round. —Miss Masefield and Gunn beat Miss Donald and Gregory, 11—10, Miss Hogg and Bridget-beat Miss King and Brough, 11—9; Miss Mueller and Mackay beat Mrs. Herrick and Stewart, 11 9; Mrs. Kerr and Stevens beat Miss Thomson and M Semi-final—: Miss Masefield and Gunn beat Miss Hogg and Bridger, 11 —8 ; Miss Mueller and Mackay beat Mrs. Kerr and Stevens, 11—10. LADIES' CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES. Third Round. —Miss N. Beverley beat Miss Hogg 6-—i, 6 —l; Miss Newton beat Mrs. K err ' g—i 6 —l; Mrs. Duncan beat Miss Donald, 6—l, 6—l; Miss M. Beverley beat Mrs. Herrick, 5 —6, 6 —l, B—6. Semi-final.—Miss N. Beverley beat Miss M. Beverley, 6 —2, 6—4; Miss Newton beat Mrs. Duncan, 6 —2, 6—o. MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES. Fourth Round (continued). —Jones beat Simpson, 6 —3,: 6—3. Semi-final. : —Smith beat Lees, 6 —l, 6 —4. MEN'S HANDICAP DOUBLES. Second Round. —Kensington and Spencer beat Broadhurst and Margoliuth, 11—4; Brough and Howard beat Gallen and Crawford, 11 —9; Lees and Lees beat Hickson and Long, 11 —6; Tukere and Morrison bee.t Morrison and North, 11—9-; Stedman and Gregory beat Simpson and McKay, 11 —7; Annett and Cavaye beat Mitchell and Manahi, 11—6; Wilson and Wilson beat Harron and Connolly, 11—6; Bridger and Stevens beat Herrold and Spedding, 11 —6. Third Round. —Lees and Lees beat Tukere and Morrison, 11 —7; Wilson and Wilson beat Bridger and Stevens, 11 —7 ; Kensington and Spencer beat Brough and Howard, 11 —io; Annett and Cavaye beat Stedman and Gregory, 11—6. Semi-final.—Lees and 'Lees beat Kensington and Spencer, 11—7; Cavaye and Annett beat Wilson and Wilson, 11—8. MEN'S HANDICAP SINGLES. Fourth Round. —Fabling .beat Mackay, 11—10 ; Howard beat Cavaye, 11—9 ; Gunn beat Wikiriwhi, 11 —7; Lees beat Jones, 11 —7. Semi-finals.—Howard beat Fabling, 11—7. LADIES' HANDICAP SINGLES. Third Round.—Miss Mueller beat Miss Firth. 9—4; Miss N. Beverley beat Miss Masefield, 9 —3; Mrs. Kerr beat Miss Waters,' 9—5; Mrs. Herrick beat Miss Donald, 9—6. Semi-final. —Miss N. Beverley beat Miss Mueller, 9 —B. MIXED. CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES. . Second Round (continued).—Miss Asser •and Stedman beat Mrs. Lee and Annett, 6—2, 6 —o ; Miss King and Brough beat Miss Thomson and Moir, 6 —4, 6 —i ; Miss Mueller and Andrews beat Miss McGehan and Mackay, 4—C, 6 —2. Third Round. —Mrs. Kerr and, Stevens beat Miss Higginson and Simpson, 6—4, 6 —3; Miss Beverley and Lees beat Miss Asser and Stedman, 6 —4, 3—6, 6—2 ; Miss Mueller and Andrews beat Mrs. Jones and Jones, 6—4, 3 —6, 7 —5. MENfS CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES. Tliird Round.—Brough and Howard beat Hollis and Annett, 6—3, 6 —4 ; Annett and Cavaye beat Lees and Lees, 6—2, 6 —4 : Tukere and Morrison beat Bridger and Stevens, 6 —3, 6—3. Semi-final.—Brough and Howard beat Smith and Smith, 6 —2, 6—2. TO-DAY'S PLAY. FINAL STAGES REACHED. ROTORUA, this day. The final stages of the Rotorua tennis tournament were commenced this morning, the weather being fine and cool. Results: — Men's Championship Singles.—Semi-final: Jones beat Tukere, 6 —5, 6 —4. Ladies' Championship Doubles. —Semifinals : Mrs. Herrick and Miss Newton beat Mrs. Duncan and Miss Morgine, 6 —2, 6—4; Misses Beverley beat Mrs. Mueller and Mrs. Johnson, 6—3, 6 —o. Ladies' Handicap Doubles.—Semi-final: Misses o'llallorau and Thomson beat Misses Beverley, 9 —2. Mixed Handicap Doubles. —Final: Miss Mueller and McKay .beat Miss Masefield and Gunn, 6—l, 6 —4.