M. Beverley's Five Titles

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 25, 31 January 1938, Page 15

M. Beverley's Five Titles

TENNIS FINALS.

AUCKLAND TOURNEY

brown beats coombe doubles change hands. B. L. BISHOP AND P. COOKE TWICE VICTORIOUS. Despite early handicaps by bad weather the Auckland Lawn Tennis Association had the satisfaction of completing on Saturday all fourteen events scheduled for its 1938 championship tournament. Of these Miss Margaret Beverley won five, and she also reached the semi-final of the senior doubles, the title in which had been won by her and sister. Miss Neaeie Beverley, last year. The young Matamata player was successful in all three intermediate events, after which she retained her honours in the provincial singles and partnered J. W. Gunn when K. G. Sturt and Misa M. J. Macfarlane ivere beaten in straight sets in the mixed doubles. Her five victories in one carnival, as likely as not, constitutes a world record. A. D. Bro vn was another to retain his singles title, and in order to do so he had

to conquer the national champion, D. C. Coombe, of Wellington, who was playing in his first tournament since hie return from his trip abroad with the New Zealand Davis Cup team. The Aucklander lost the first set, but he triumphed in.the next three because he refused to be put off his accurate baseline came by Coombe's net-rushing tactics. These were obviously adopted because, with his weaker stroke equipment (which did not include lobbing at all), the Wellingtonian realised that it would never do to be forced into a long-range battle or to have Brown himself tnke the net. The latter lias vanquished Coombe in three of their four meetings. Another outstanding woman player was Miss Berenice Bishop, who with Miss Pamela Cooke won the ladies' doubles. Besides the women's event, the men's and mixed doubles produced fresh champions. In the men's N. 6. Sturt and J. W. Gunn lost their title to the Davis Cup pair, A, C. Stedmfin and D. C. C'oombe. The last-named could not defend the combined, as his 1937 partner, Miss Dulcie' Nicholls (five times national singles champion) has been out of action this summer through injury. Gunn and M. Beverley are the new holders of this title by virtue of a straight-sets defeat of Sturt and that celebrated exponent of tennis, Miss M. J. Macfarlane. The outstanding intermediate boy was A. W. Allen (Helensville and Royal Oak). Not only did he share both doubles titles and was runner-up to the two-handed R. W. Matuschka (Hamilton) in the singles,

but lie actually took a Bet from N. G. Sturt in the senior semi-final. He even had a s—l lead in the fourth set, but lost it! Of those ranked as juniors (under 18) Noia Symes, of the Royal Oak Club, met with most success, as she was not beaten until the final of both the B grade and junior singles. But Barbara Sherlock (Patnell) outclassed her in the latter event. Like Marian Hodges, Miss Symes had distinguished herself at the New Zealand lower grade championships at Christchurch recently. The youthful Eden and Epsom player, A. S. Burns, had two victories. He beat the Manawatu player in straight sets in the extended final of the men's B grado singles and also accounted for the improving O. Satchell (Auckland Club) in the junior singles—also without loss of a set. At the end of the tournament, about six o'clock on Saturday, Mrs. Spencer Lamb, wife of the new president of theA.L.T.A.,

Presented the many trophies to the eucP on ? petltorß - Mr. Lamb ha* every 2"°". to be Proud of the conduct of the mm meetlng of his regime, and of the TeVrice «■ I*™* BUch loyal and effi «ent service as his tourney executive. Thev were Messrs. 8. Cleal (referee), J. K. S. Hall (manager) A. B. Ohlson (assistant nanager), L. J. Williamson, D. Wright. iu% *""■ E - H °' b =« Results of Saturday's matches:— A GRADE. MEN'S SINGLES. Final. B r °wii (Eclen and Epsom) beat D. C. Coombe (Thorndon), 2—6, 6 —i 6—4 7—5. ' 3 WOMEN'S SINGLES. Final. B ' L ' MEN'S DOUBLES. * Final. _A- C. Stedman (Remuera) and D C. yownbe (Thorndon) beat N. G. Stnrt and J. W. Gunn (Remuera), B—6, 6—4, 6—l. WOMEN'S DOUBLES. Final. /JV L " B » h °P (Remuera) and P. Cooke W. MJ Epsom) beat M. J. Macfar(Remuera) and R. Taylor (Remuera), MIXED DOUBLES. Final. J. W. Gunn (Remuera) and Mies M. Beverley (Matamata) beat N. G. Sturt (Remuera) and Miss M. Macfarlane (Remuera), 6—3, 6—4. B GRADE. MEN'S SINGLES. Final. A D. Burns (Eden and Epsom) beat R. L. Hharpe (Manawatu), 6—o, 6—2, 6—l.

WOMEN'S SINGLES. Final. Bebe Cooke (Eden and Epsom) beat N. Symes (Royal Oak), 7 —5, 6—4. INTERMEDIATE GRADE. BOYS' SINGLES. Final. R. Matueohka (Hamilton) beat A. W. Allen (Royal Oak), ft-3, 7—9, ft—3. GIRLS' SINGLES. Final. Margaret Beverley (Matamata) beat Pamela Cooke (Eden and Epeom), 6 —2, 10—8. BOYS' DOUBLES. Final. A. W. Allen (Royal Oak) and R. W. Matuschka (Hamilton) beat A. S. Lamond (Eden and Epsom) and 0. Satchell (Remuera), ft—3, 6—2. GIRLS' DOUBLES. Final. Misses M. Beverley (Matamata) and P. Cooke (Eden arid Epsom) beat Misses D. Marr (Remuera) and J. McL. Wallace (Remuera), 6—o, 6—2. MIXED DOUBLES. Semi-final. A. W. Allen (Royal Oak) and Miss M. Beverley (Matamata) beat B. McL. Wallace (Remuera) and Mies B. Sherlock (Parnell), 6—o, 6—2. Final. A. W. Allen (Royal Oak) and Mk» M. Beverley (Matamata) beat B. Broun and Mies P. Cooke (Eden and Epeom), 6—2, 6-0. JUNIOR GRADE. BOYS' SINGLES. Semi-final. A. S. Burns (Eden and Epsom) beat B. Broun (Eden and Epeom), 6—3, 4 —6, 6—2. Final. A. S. Burns (Eden and Epsom) beat 0. Satchell (Auckland), 6 —3, 6 —4. GIRLS' SINGLES. Final. Barbara Sherlock (Parnell) beat Nola Symes (Royal Oak), 6—l, 6—3.

COMMONWEALTH TITLES. BUDGE'S REVENGE ON BROMWICH. ADELAIDE, January 29. J. D. Budge (United States) overwhelmed J. E. Bromwich (New South Wales) in the. final of the men's singles at the Australian tennis championships, 6—4, 6 —2, 6 —l, in spite of gallant efforts by the Australian to hold off a relentless attack. Budge played magnificently. In the final- of the women's singles Miss D. Bundy (United States) .defeated Miss D. Stevenson (Victoria), 6 —3, 6 —2. In the mixed doubles semi-finals, Long and Miss N. Wynne (Victoria) defeated G. Mako and Miss D. Workman (United States), 6 —2, 6 —3; J. Bromwich (New South Wales) and Miss Wilson (Victoria) defeated J. H. Crawford and Miss T. Coyne (New South Wales), 5—7, 6 —4, 6—4. The men's doubles semi-finals resulted as follows: —G. von Cramm and H. Henkel (Germany) defeated J. H. Crawford and V. B. McGrath (New South Wales), 6—l, 6-3, 5—6, 7—5; A. K. Quist and J. E. Bromwich (New South Wales'! defeated J. D. Budge and- C. G. Mako (United States), 3—6, 4 —o, 6 —3, 6 —4, 6 —l. The American women, Misses and Workman, and Misses Wynne and Coyne ron their semi-finals of the womt-n'a doubles.