TENNIS TITLES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 21, 25 January 1936, Page 19

TENNIS TITLES.

AUCKLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS. POINTS ON YESTERDAY'S PLAY NATIONAL CHAMPIONS COMPETE. The Auckland Lawn Tennis Association's annual championship . tourney was continued yesterday before an appreciative gallery, hearty applause being accorded the contestants in both singles and doubles events, the latter starting only about mid-afternoon. In the men's senior singles a "seeded"; country representative, R. R. Lees, from! ivla.iata, impressed by Ins performance against one of Auckland's younger hopes, Milne. Both played in*a very 11 ee style from net to backline and the~ match was delightfully open, with Lees leading o 3 at the fifth set. Milne evened at 5 all and at 6 all missed two "sitters,"! which might have altered the result of thei match, Lees going on to win a keen contest B—6.

The appearance of Miss Duleie Nicliolls, of Wellington, New Zealand champion, interest when the second round of the ladies' singles was entered upon and she met a worthy contender 111 Miss Hall. There was a further feast of good play in th.e meeting of Miss M. Maefarlane, of Remuera, and Miss E. Stewart, of Eden and Epsom, the latter countering the courtcraft of her opponent by some superlative backcourt shots and surprise plaeings to the sideline. International E. P. Andrews warmed up to something like his best in the doubles, though a trifle erratic in the face of vigorous net attack. There was a large attendance at Stanley Street until 8 p.m. Additional results :—- MUX'S 15 GRADE SINGLES. Second Round.—W. S. Kpenee beat M. I<\ Eraser. <)—7, o—3 ; W. Roberts beat E. A. Hart. (!—4, 7—5 : L. Roacli beat J. N. Henderson, o—4: .T. D. -Lewis beat H. W. H. Woollains, o—3. 7—5 : W. T. Pountney beat E. Child, (I—2. o—3: R. Wilson beat G. E. Wade, 7—5, o—2 ; A. J. S. Brown beat .T. P. Molloy, (!—4, (i—1.

LADIES' A GRADE SINGLES. Second Round.—Hiss 1). Nicholls boat Miss M. Hall, o—4, T>—l; Miss R. L. Bishop beat Miss B. Dale, (!—3. 7—5; Miss M. Miicfurlane beat Miss 15. Stewart. 6—l, 4—G, 6—3 ; -Miss M. Beverley beat Miss I. McCrendy, G—o, o—2; Miss R. Taylor beat Miss V. Brown, 6—3, 6—2; Miss ,T. E. Ramsay beat Miss O. .T. Taylor, G—l, G—2; Miss B. Griffiths beat Mrs. R. Stitt, 7—5, o—4; Miss A. Beverley beat Mrs: D. Simmonds, G—2, G —o.

MEN'S DOUBLES. First Round.—A. D. Brown and .T. T. Maysou beat D. Clow arid M. F. Frnser, G—2. 3—6, G—l. G—3 ; J. W. Gunn and J. L. B. Stevens beat G. S. Hutchinson and J. Lent;, o—2. 7—,j, G—3: D. B. .Livingstone and ,T. Roacli lieat A. E. McKeown and P. E. Potter, walk-over; D. C. Cooiube and K. W. Dyer beat A. W. Christinas and Ij. E. Stedman. G—2. G—4, (i —1 ; K. Hayr and A. C. Johns beat J. N. Wilson and T. H. Wilson, 6—4, 6—4, 7—5; E. H. Orbell and V. R. Johns beat E. D. M. Ohlson and A. I}. Ohlson, 6—2. G—l, G—3 ; E W. Griffiths and A. Porter beat W. H. Fortune and It. Sawyer, G—2, 6—l, G—-2 ;M. It. Andrews and S. J. Robinson beat M. Cameron and V. Brown, o—3, 4—G, G —4, 5 —7, 6—3; M. F. Lees, and R. Wilson beat A. Lemon and A. K. Turner, 3—G,.2 —G, G—3, 6—4, 7—5 ;V. C. Potter and H. N. Potter beat A. E. Satchell and H. C. Thomas, G—l, G—2, G—l ; M. T. Wilson and ,T. S. Wilson beat R. S. Milne and C. E. Partridge, G—3, G —3, G —2 ; R. It. Lees and J. W. Neale beat A. H. S. Lamb andi J. D. Mitchell, B—lo, G—l, 6—4, G—2 ! ; A. W. Allen and B. W. Brownlee beat W. JDaerecourt and G. A. Smith, 6 —3, 4 —6, G7—o. 6—l ; C. G. Bowden and E. H. Halsteatl, beat T. D. Bull and R. Steele, 5—7, 6—4, o—2, 9—7.

LADIES' DOUBLES. First Round.—Mrs. R. Stitt and Mrs. Thomas' beat Miss J. Bishop and Mrs. S. Tong, G—3, 6—o; Mrs. M. I. Wilson and Miss G. Edwards beat Mrs. Simmonds and Mrs. Napier, G—3, I—G, 7—5 ; Misses G. Gardner and M. Wade beat Misses M. Colson and G. Hooper, 6—3, 6 —2 ; Mrs.- W. J. Melody and Miss D. Nicholls beat Misses M. Hall and E. Stewart, G—l, 6—2. MIXED DOUBLES., " First Round.—-E."D. Andrews and Miss N."Beverley beat M. R. Andrews and Miss M. Wade; G —2, G —3* S. Hooper and Miss M. Beverley beat W. S. Spence and Miss G. Jt, Hooper, 6—l, 6—l; K. Hayr and Miss B. Cooke beat N. G. Sturt and Miss M. G. Macfarlane. G—3, B—6; D. C. Coombe and Miss D. Nicholls beat A. Porter and Miss L. St. George, 6—2, 6—3. INTERMEDIATES. Boys' Singles. First Round.—S. S. Hooper beat J. D. Mitchell, I—G, G—3, 6—2 ; J. W. Gunn beat L. Roach, 6-r-4, 6—l. Third round : A. D. Brown beat J. Leng, G—4, 6—4 : J. T. Mayson beat A. W. Allen, 6 —l, 7—5. Girls,' Singles. Third Round.—Miss B. L. Bishop beat Miss P. Cooke, 6—2, 4—6, G —3. Boys' Doubles. First Round.—A. D. Brown and J. T. Mayson beat S. Hooper and E. F. Chandler, G —o, G—o; K. L. Jones and D. Freakes beat V. C. Potter and V. Robinson, G—2, 9—7. Second round : J. W. Gunn and J. L. B. Stevens beat J. A. Henderson and D. V. Law, 6—-4, 6—l : A. W. Allen and D. Clow beat R. A. Gaudie and .T. D. Mitchell, G—4, G —3; M. F. Lees and R. Wilson beat D. De Journay and L. Mitchell, G —o, G—o. JUNIORS. Boys' Singles. First Round.—W. T. Pountney beat .T. A. Germann, G—2, 6—l. Second round ; C. G. Thomas beat A. F. Copsey, 4—6, G —2, 6—2 ; W. T. Pountney beat B. Broun, G—2, 6 —°-2 ; A. S. Burns beat J. G. Bunker, G —3, 6—4; A. T. Lamond beat W. G. Caughey, G—3, 6—o; D. V. Law beat O. Satchell, 2—6, 6 —o, 6—l.