LAWN TENNIS.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17742, 19 April 1923, Page 7

LAWN TENNIS.

! N.Z. TEAM'S TOUR. fr - _ >■/ AUSTRALIAN EXPERIENCES. A' * - (SPECIAL TO "TEE PUBS.") WELLINGTON, April 18. The members of the New Zealand lawn tennis lean, which has got back from Syd,nejr, aey that their reoepUon by the players , ia that State was all that oould be desired. £*ipirt from Anderson, whom Peacock, the > *"iQuiger of the team, considers in -a class ''by there is not a great deal of in tie singles game between the "if He* Zcalandera and the New South Welsh- ' men. In doubles play, however, the New ; South Welshmen ate much superior, i&rgel ty tor tne reason that they can get then: * beat men to play together. In Sydney there I a a population nearly equal to that oi the •i whole ot iiew Zealand; bo there are many | Bore players there close together. In iiew j Zealand the few good players are scattered i .ever a laige area, and so cannot easily get I 'fiaotioe together in Soubles. The Australians get a more accurate re- • turn of lb© service, and they oojne closer «tjo the not, which gives them a oomruand;sfog position and makiee their volleying more ; Jeadly. Wallace was the only New &eaJand- '« who did tbat, and he proved what a ! Jtrj fine doubles player he is. The paor :f Mat get first up to the net, Peacock eays, generally have the best of it. ' Prance considers Anderson, to be quite [l W per cent, better than any' other Sydney 5 player. Below Anderson there are about '{, twenty players equal to the Btandard of the .5 New Zealanders' play. Ij All the team state that they have learnt ;i '» good deal as the result of their visit. In I flew- South Wales a great many school s ehildren play the game under the guidance ; f of a coach on specially appointed days. In ;f,«» pltte the New Zealanders played teni f* by electrio light. KDUNSANDEL V. SHEFFIELD. | An enjoyable teams match waa played on v the Sheiheld courts on Wednesday between 'BvDnssudal and the home club. The match in a win for the visitors by 2 games. I I"* i frying are the scores, Ihinsandel lawyers being mentioned first:— ;£HMen'a Doubles—F. Owere and J. Wraight a&lL*- Bwr "d L. Wright 6; A. Mct? T"? 011 »»* s - Tweedy 9v. G. Wright and J ~ Wnght 8; A. Sheat and K. McPherson **' 7 Townaand and Watson 7. <S ' JDouhlea—Misses Dunlop and Lill A ' ». Mis L. Wright and Miss K. Wright 4 tf •T** 3 Beid and Wraight 6 v. Mrs G. h v m[ and Miss Jndd 4. I TiT > i mblned Doubles—F. Owers and Miss 1 «VT°?„ 0 T - A - Ba « and Mrs L. Wright i and Misa Lill 5 v. Q. Wright *$ 8L » G - Wri S nt 6; A. McPherson and i^ 1 2 v. G. W'right and Miss K. «>^*' 6 : S. Tweedy and Miss Wraight 6 St T\. W "Bht and Miss Judd 5. ffelLw , Singles—Miss Dunlop 0 v. J*Lrs H!?\L.V'f I «ht 6; Miss Lill 0 v. Miss xt. s&rl 6; Mißß K «d ▼• Mrs G. Wright 6; !*H?!.'JI* 11 * 6 v. Miss Jndd 6. &»*»».Singleg-F. Owers 6 v. A. Ban 2; HLftjL mgat 6 ▼• Q- Wright 4; A. Mcv. L. Wright 4; S. Tweedy 6 *TI! *i? 81 5 i A - sh eat 9v. Townsend J l*\£i. °£ h6rs °n 3 v. Watson 2. , V**": Dunsandel 102; Sheffield 100.