LAWN TENNIS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVX, Issue 268, 12 November 1934, Page 12

LAWN TENNIS.

ENGLISH VISITORS.

CHRISTCHURCH EXHIBITIONS.

FEAST OF GOOD PLAY,

(By Teleeranh. —Press Association.)

CHRISTCHUIICH, Sunday

i Even more brilliant in muny respects than that of the first day the tennis produced bv the visiting English team, J". J. Perry, U. P. Hughes, Misses Round. Lyle and Dearman, at Wilding Park yesterday afternoon aroused the large gallery of nearly 2000 spectators to a. high pitch of excitement and enthusiasm. lo this feast of first class play Mew Zealauders who took part in the matches, D. G. France, C. Angas, Miss T. Poole and Miss E. Rudkin. made a worthy contribution. The men's doubles match between ferry and Hughes and Angas and Prance that concluded the afternoon was one of the most brilliant exhibitions ever seen in C'hristchurch and invited comparison with the match at Wilding Park last year in which Perry and F. H. D. Wilde met the Australian Davis Cup pair, Quist and lurnbull. , . .. , The gallery saw Hughes gain his third successive victory over Perry in one of the finest singles ever seen in C'hristchurch. Mies Dearman beat Miss Rudkin in a game in which the local player offered a stout resistance to her formidable opponent. A women's doubles was played, in which the combination of the voung English Wightnian Cup pair, Misses Lyle and Dearman, triumphed over the occasionally brilliant but ill-balanced team, consisting of Misses Round and Poole. Detailed Scores.

The scores were as follow: — U. P. Hughes (England) beat F. J. Perry (England), 0-4, 3-0 0-3 .Miss E. M. Dearman (England) beat Miss T. Poole (Canterbury), 6—2, 6—l. F. J. Perry and O. P. Hughes (England) beat C. Angas (Canterbury) and D. 0. France (Wellington), 6-2, B—6. 6-4. Misses N. M. Lvle and E. M. Dearman (England) beat Miss D. E. Round (England) and Miss T. Poole (Canterbury). o—3, 6—2. The most keenly anticipated match was the singles between Perry and Hughes, and it more than justified expectations. Showing wonderful ball control, even when dealing with Perry's most telling shots, Hughes directed the course of play for the greater part of the three sets. • Undoubtedly he was helped by Perry's errors. The Wimbledon champion certainly did not show the machine-like accuracy and steadiness which is said to mark his play in championship events, but Hughes' display, nevertheless, was masterly. His welldirected ground shots carried an infinitevariety of spin and with the greatest skill he limited Perry's exploitation of his famous forehand to a minimum. Hughes frequently drove Perry back with a well-tossed lob. Perry's brilliance showed in flashes with his beautifully-pro-duced ground strokes. With his forehand ha frequently played so close to the bounce of the ball that the stroke was more a halfvolley than a drive. Angas and France lifted their play to great heights against Perry and Hughes to provide a brilliant contest. I erry plaved his best doubles match for a year, and in service, clever direction of his ground strokes and in crispness of his volleying, his partner was no whit inferior. Vet Angas and France were never outclassed, and as the score indicates, they offered splendid resistance to the English Davis Cup pair.