LAWN TENNIS.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 9736, 26 May 1897, Page 6

LAWN TENNIS.

The.final match of the season was played on Monday between the Melrose and, East Christchurch Tennis, Clubs, resulting in a victory for the Melrose Club by eleven games." The scores were •as under:—Singles—A. Marshall (M.) beat E. R. Smith (ECh.), 6—5; C. Hinton (M.) beat St. Geo. Atkinson (E.Ch.), 6—l; W. Fabling (Mi) beat A. S. Taylor (E.Ch.), 6-2; S. Longuet (M.) beat W. G. Cooksdn (J-Ch.), 6—3; A. W. Shrimpton (E.Ch) beat L. Longuet (M.), 6—2. Doubles —S. Longuet and W. Fabling (M.) beat S. C. Owen and W. S. Cookson (E.C_), 6—3; A. Marshall and Hinton'(M.)-heal A. S. Taylor arid W. Cookson, 6—4; W. Fabling and L. Longuet (M.) beat St. G. Atkinson and A. W; Shrimpton, 6—3 ; W. Shrimpton and A. S. Tavlor (E.Ch.) beat C. Hinton and _. Longuet (M.), 6—2; S. C. Owen and A. W. bhrimpton (E.Ch.) beat S. and L. Longuet (M.), 6—2; W. Fabling and S. Longuet (M.) beat S. C. Owen and A. S. Taylor (E.Ch.), b—s ; C. Hinton and W. Fabling (M.) beat A. S. Taylor and St. G. Atkinson, .6—2 j■ W. S. Cookson and S. C. Owen (E.Ch.) beat A. Marshall and W. Fabling (M.), 6—4. - ' A match was played at Ashburton on Monday between representatives of , the Christchurch and Ashburton Clubs. The weather was delightful and the play good. The visitors won easily both in the singles and doubles. The following were the scores:—Singles—C. Wigley (C.) beat D. Grant (A.), 9—3; F. Wilding (C.) beat E. H. Jackson (A.), 9-6; H. Garsia(C) beat P. H. Cox (A.), 9—l; D. Maude (A.) beat F. G. Raphael (C), 9—5; A. C. Perry (C.) beat H. H. Fooks (A.), ? C. Cox (C.) beat Salmbnd (A.), 9—5; H. Garsia (C.) beat E. H. Jackson (A.), 9—3. Doubles— C. Cox and Garsia (C.) beat Fooks and Salmood (A), 6—2, 6—5; Raphael and Wigley (C.) beat Grant and Maude (A.), 2—6, t>-3, 6-2; Wilding and Perry (C.) beat P. H. Cox and Jackson (A.), 6—o, 6—o.