LAWN TENNIS.

Press, Volume XIIX, Issue 14553, 2 January 1913, Page 9

LAWN TENNIS.

AUSTRALASIAN CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING. | (rrtEss association- telegram.) ! XAPiKH, January 1. | Play was continued in the Austral- j .if*ai*. Championships at Hastings to- j day. Tho weather v.as again line. j nnd thero was a very largo atU«.nilanc«*. COMBINED DOfBLKS CHAMPION- i .SHIP OF N.Z. J Tin- first, game pi.tyoci was the. New j Zealand Championship Combined j " Doubles, in which Ollivit*!- nnd .Miss | ilartgil! met Fi*hor and Miss Travcrs, > the iiiriiKT •.-.inning, o-O. 1-7). Hie first »am« went to Ollivio*-. and ; he also won iho second by brilliant ; serving. Neither Fisher nor .Miss | Tra.-ei-s \vaj» by any means showing ' host form, and the other pair, playing \ admirably, quickly brought tho *.e*t to I a -j-oiiclusion. Fisher and Miss Travels ' only succeeded in winning a few aces | di ring tho concluding tour games of j tb ? set. | More interest attached to the second j .*•■•* . the Wellington pair playing much j hotter. Oiiivier however, continued j to show excellent judgment, at the net, jar.d his partner's drives had a lot of sing in them home splendid volleyin was seen on both hides, and out «f the first four games Fibber and Miss ITi avers secured three. Their opp<iionts, howover, managed to bring the scores level, and each side won alternate, ga lies until tho score was j en lied five all. At this stage Fisher | nrd his partner appeared to lapse into : their earlier form and each mado j several bid mistakes. Odivier and j Miss Hartgill had no difficulty in annexing the two following games, each j to 30, thus winning the -set and the- | in itch. G-0, 0-5. It was a popular win and tho match wis played in tho remarkably quick j time of 30 minutes. DIXO.V AND PARKE v. BEAMISH AND LOWE. Pnrko and Dixon beat- Beamish and Lowe, 6-4, 6-1, 0-2. ! PARKE v. BEAMISH. Parko defeated Beamish, 3-6, 6-3, 1-6. 6-1. 7-5. Tho play throughout this match was very good indeed, but it was generally hold that the exhibition was not up to tho standard of yesterday. Many of i tho brilliant shots which came " off were loudly applauded but there was none of the sensational play which made yesterday afternoon memorable.