TENNIS "BLUE."

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 302, 21 December 1932, Page 14

TENNIS "BLUE."

BRITAIN'S AIM. C. E. MALFROY RETURNS. THREE YEARS IN ENGLAND. Systematic coaching has done much to improve the standard of tennis in England in recent years, according to Mr. C. E. Malfroy, of Wellington, who returned by the Rangitata this morning. Mr. Mojfroy was at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, for three years, and while there performed with considerable success in open tennis tournaments. He gained hie tennis "blue" at. Cambridge and later was captain of the University team. Mr. Malfroy this morning was not inclined "to talk about his. own performances in England, although cablegrams sent to New Zealand from time to time have made it clear that he hae been a lot in thcjlimelight. He had, he said, competed at three tournaments at Wimbledon, and he considered that his best performance was the unsuccessful fight he put up againet Sidney Wood two years ago. In the first set of that match he had been beaten by six games to three, but he had won the second set after the games had gone to 10 —12. The third eet had.also been sternly contested, and the American had not won until the score had gone to 10 —8. In the fourth set Wood took the match, six games to four.

England, said Mr. Malfroy, was trying hard to produce a team that would be good enough to win the Davie Cup. Coaching was now being carried out along systematic lines and there was definite evidence of an improvement in the general standard. Many of the most promising of Britain's young players were at Cambridge, where the standard of tennis was high and the condition of the courts excellent.

Wimbledon, he said, was still the most popular of all tennis tournaments. "There is an atmosphere about Wimbledon that you simply can't get anywhere else," ho declared. "And, of course, it is a wonderful fashion show," he added.

Mr. Malfroy, who said that he had thoroughly enjoyed his three years in England, will go South to-night. He will be remaining in New Zealand for some time and hopes to be a competitor at the New Zealand championships.

It is a coincidence that Mr. Malfroy should return to New Zealand so close in the footsteps of Mr. E. D, Andrews, the other New Zealander who has done much in recent times to advertise the name of the Dominion in the English tennis world.