LAWN TENNIS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 1, 2 January 1937, Page 15

LAWN TENNIS.

N.Z. CHAMPIONSHIPS. J. C. CHARTERS BEATS A. D. BROWN. _____ J. W. GUNN FALLS TO N. G. STURT. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) TIMARU, Friday. The New Zealand lawn tennis championships were continued yesterday and to-day. Rain caused several interruptions yesterday, while a start could not be made to-day until 3 p.m. The courts were particularly slow, but the weather was warm and there was a fair attendance of the public. While several of the matches were won with comparative ease, there were a number of long, drawn-out contests. Results:— MEN'S SINGLES. Second Round.—A. D. Latham beat G. L. Lindsay, 6—3, 6—l, 6—o; A. R. Cant beat D. A. McCaskey, 6—l, 6—3, 6—2; A. D. Brown beat T. Rhodes-Williams, 6—l, 6—2, 6—l; N. G. Sturt beat B. Boyd, 6—2, 6—2, 6—l; E. A. Roussell beat K. W. Dyer, 6—4, B—6, 5—7, 6—3; D. C. Coombe beat C. F. Penfold, o—6, o—6, 6—2, 12—10, 6—l; J. C. Charters beat R. H. Lewis, 6—3, 7—5, 4—6, 6—2; H. A. Barnett beat R. G. Pattinson, B—6, 2—6, 6—4, B—6; N. F. Bedford beat N. V. Edwards, 7—9, 6—2, 6—4, 6—4; C. T. McArthur beat D. Livingstone, 6—4, 3 —6, 3—6, 6—4, B—6; J. W. Gunn beat E. A. Pearce, 6—4, 6—2, 6—l; H. Dymond beat G. C. Reid, 5—7, 6—l, B—6, 6—4. Third Round.—R. McL. Ferkins beat R. J. Taylor, 6—3, 6—o, 6—l; C. Angas beat C. J. Corich, 6—4. 6—4, 7—5; J. C. Charters beat A. D. Brown, 6—4, 6—l, 6—4; E. A. Roussell beat A. D. Latham, 6-3. 4—6, 6—3, 6—o; H. A. Barnett beat C. T. McArthur. 6—4, 6—2, 6—l; N. G. Sturt beat J. W. Gunn, 62-3, 6—4, 6—4; D. C. Coombe beat A. R. Cant, 6—3, 6—o. 6—4; N. F. Bedford beat H. Dymond, 6—3, 6—2, 6—4. LADIES' SINGLES. Second Round.—Miss D. M. Nicholls beat Miss J. Eaton. 6—o, 6—2; Miss T. Poole won by default from Miss D. Deegan; Miss M. Beverley beat Miss I. M. Poole, 6—3. 6—3; Miss N. Beverley beat Miss M. Hardie, 6—o, 6—3; Miss N. G. Bishop beat Miss G. Gould, 6—o, 6—2; Miss J. E. Ramsay beat Miss R. M. Drake. 6—3, 6—3; Miss M. Howe beat Miss M, Wake, 6—4, 6—l, 6-4. MEN'S DOUBLES. First Round.—D. Clow and J. Leng beat M. J. Souter and B. E. Souter, 6—4, 6—3, 6—3; A. R. Cant and H. A. Barnett j won from Martin and B. O'Connor by default; C. Angas and I. A. Seay beat J. j D. and R. H. Lewis. 6—l, 9—7, 4-6, 6—l; j N. G. Sturt and J. W. Gunn beat D. j Livingstone and J. Roach, B—6,8 —6, 6 —l, 7 —5. I Second Round. —R. McL. Ferkins and I E. A. Roussell beat F. J. Lewis and I. ' Mathieson, 6—3, 6—2, 6—3; D. Clow and | J. Leng beat J. W. Arnold and J. Mercer,' 12—10, B—6, 6—2; A. D. Latham and A. I E. Sandral beat I. J. Corich and T. Rhodes-Williams, 6—2, 6—4, 3-6, 2—6,! 7-5. I LADIES' DOUBLES. First Round. —Mrs. Beatson and Miss j Gould beat Mrs. Melody and Mrs. Latham, 6 —i, 6 —3; Misses Bishop and Wake beat Misses Jones and Murray, i 6—l, 6 —l; Misses T. and I. Poole beat: Misses Eaton and Patchett, 6—l, 6—o. j Second Round.—Misses N. and M. Bev-1 erley beat Misses Anderson and Hardie, 6—2, 6—2. MIXED DOUBLES. First Round.—D. C. Coombe and Miss D. M. Nicholls beat W. R. Fea and Miss K. A. Smythe, 6—o, 6—l; J. C. Charters and Miss N. Beverley beat L. Mac Donald ! and Miss J. Eaton, 6—o, 6—l; G. A. Pearce and Miss N. Fleming beat R. McCallum and Miss A. J. Wilson. 10—8, 6—B, 6—2; R. G. Pattinson and Miss S. Anderson beat B. Boyd and Miss D. Shirtcliff, 6—2, 10—8. Second Round.—A. R. Cant and Miss B. Gould won by default from E. A. Pearce and Miss D. Miller; C. B. Beatson and Mrs. Beatson beat J. C. Charters and Miss N. Beverley, o—6, 6—l, 6—2.