LAWN TENNIS.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 9920, 28 December 1897, Page 3

LAWN TENNIS.

On Boxing Day, a number of players 01 the Linwood Lawn Tennis Club journeyed to Rangiora to try conclusions with the local representatives. The games were well contested, the Linwood club winning by a majority of 42 games. The visitors were hospitably entered at a luncheon -at the Junction Hotel, and at the courts afternoon ■ tea was kindly dispensed by Mrs Baber. The following are the results :—Singles— Baber (R.) beat Barlow (L.), 9—6 ; Ferguson (L.) beat Gower (R.), 9—5; Kiver (L.) beat Good (Goggles, R.), 9—B; Moor (L.) beat Cumberworth (R.), 9—4 ; Mayne (L.) beat Volckman (R.), 9—B; Strange (L.) beat Daniels (R.), 9—4 ; Nicholson (L.) beat Reeves (R.), 9—2. Doubles—First round— Baber and Gower (R.) beat Barlow and Ferguson (L.), 9—7; Kiver and Nicholson (L.) beat Good and Cumberworth (R.), 9 —4; Aschman and Mayne (L.) beat Voiokman and Reeves (R.), 9—2; Moor and Strange (L.) beat Good and Daniels (R.), 9—6. Second round—Ferguson and Kiver (L.) (beat Baber and Gower (R.), 9—6; Kiver ! and Nicholson (L.) beat Good and Volckman (R.), 9—7; Moor and Strange (L.) beat Volckman and Daniels (R.), 9—7; Aschman and Mayne (L.) beat Good and Reeves (R.), 9—7. Total games—Linwood 130, Rangiora 88.

(PBBSS ASSOCIATION TELKGRAMS.) AUCKLAND, December 27. The championship tennis tournament opened to-day. Men's Championship Singles —First round—Peel beat Tuke, p—2, 6—l, 6—4 ; Parker beat Gore, 6—3, 6—2, 6 —3 ; Smith beat Brabant, 6—l, 4—6, 6—3, 6—3, 9—7 • J. Marshall, a bye from Staite; Hooper beat Fisher, 6—l, 6—o, 6—l. Second round—Parker beat Smith, 6—2, 6—2, B—6 ; Hooper beat J. Marshall, 6—o, 6.-3, 6—4. Champion Doubles—Brabant and Peacock, a bye from Staite and Rees ; Hooper aud P. Marshall beat Take and Smith, 6—2, 6—o, 6—2. Men's Handicap Singles—First round—J. Wilson a bye from Puidie, Goldie beat Rees, J. Peacock beat Peel, Harrison beat Davis, Tuke beat Sinclair, Brown a bye from Gore, Stevenson beat Dinwiddie. Second round — Gentles beat McLeod, Staite beat Bruce, Styche beat Burton, J. Marshall beat Lawford. Smith beat Robinson, Dargaville beat Macfarlaue, Turner beat Darcy, Woolmer beat Cooke. Ladies' Handicap—Singles—Miss Read beat Mrs Baldwin, Miss Whitelaw beat Mrs Chapman, Miss Pacerson beat Miss Van Asch, Mis 3 Bull beat Miss Dargaville. Second round — Mrs Newell beat Miss Kennedy, Miss Harvey beat MiBS Jolly. Men's Handicap—Doubles—H. R. Cooke and A. Harrison beat J and J. E. Wilson, Gentles and Caldwell beat Woolmer and Gillies, Peel and Turner beat Scherff and Baddeley, Hooper and P. Marshall beat J. M. Marshall and Baker. Combined Handicaps—Miss Brabant and Mr Robinson beat Mrs Baldwin and Mr Brabant, Miss Davy and Mc Tuko beat Mrs Chapman and A. Goldie, Miss Gome and J. Peacock beat Miss Ledingham and H. R. Cooke, Miss Nunneley and F. Fisher beat Miss Bellairs and J. Wilson, Miss Kennedy and W. Syche beat Miss Dargaville and A. Peel, Miss Stewart and Garcia beat Miss SlOman and J. Wilson, Miss Whitelaw and J. Caldwell beau Mrs and Mr Gentles. Ladies' Handicap Doubles —Misses Harvey beat Miss Beflairs and Mf-is Davy, Misses Patterson and Keels beat Mrs Harrison and Mrs Baldwin.