LAWN TENNIS.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20448, 19 January 1932, Page 5

LAWN TENNIS.

—♦ WILDING SHIELD. CANTERBURY TEAM LEAVES. Cantcibury will meet Auckland in a Wilding Shield match at Auckland on Thursday and Friday, and the team ti represent the province, comprising C. Angas, H. A. Barnett, D. F. Glanville, and T. W. Patterson, left for tie north last evening. Previously it was thought that Can-' ternary, winners of the South Island frotip matches, would first play Wellington for the light to play Auckland, aoldm Of the shield, but the secretary ot the Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association (Mr K. Browning) has been sdvised that the first match will be between Canterbury and Auckland. The winner of this match will play Wellington on Saturday and Monday. The Canterbury men will later play ia the New Zealand championships at Auckland. CRAWFORD IN FORM. A JAPANESE TRIBUTE. iiriTro psr-i association -v.- electric TSMMJRAfH —COrVHIGHT.) SVDKEV, January 18. Takeiclii llaradti, the Japanese tennis star, stated that J. B. Crawford (Australia), on the for in he showed against K&tob, one of the touring Japanese team, would haw defeated Coehet, or •*ay other player in the world. JAPANESE BEATEN. MATCHES IN SYDNEY. (Kcccivcd January ISth. 10.10 p.m.) j .SYDNEY*. January 18. . The Japanese tennis stars reappeared To-day in beautiful weather. Theree *«» a largo attendance of spectators. Results:— Singles. Satoh beat Dunlop t"--\ "-". •'rawford boat Harada Go, S-t>. Willard defeated Xunoi.o-4, 7-5. Doubles. Willard and Dunlop defeated Satoli and Xunoi G-4, 0-4. Crawford and Dunlop beat Harada -nd Satoh 8-0, G :;. Final Scores —New South "Wales won by eight rubbers. 17 sets. 131 gamos, to two rubbers. 7 sets, 107 games. RANGIOKA V. BALCA'KN. On Siturdav detested Bali-aim ** 13C games to 71. Fo'lowing are the tcerss, Kaugiura names mentioned first: Men's Doubles—Johnston and E. T>. It. JaOth 5. Morris and Morris 6; Watkins and ■*• U. PdUiret 0. Fitzpatrick and Jamieson ■J: 1.. Kmith and A. 11. Palairet 6 Frost and bafth 1. Women's Doubles—Mrs licit and Miss JW" G. Misses Fitzpatrick and Baird 3; S** Jenninijs and Mrs Johnson 6. Misses g*b»rd and Mclean 3; Misses Amor and *•»»« 6. Mimes nerrett and Cooper 0. „,*"<! Doubles—Mrs Bell and Johnston 6, «;»*» Fftzpatriclc and G. Morris 1: Miss B.Mrow and K. I). R. Smith 0. Miss Baird «W 1,. Morns S; Mim Amor and Watkins 3,

Miss Hibbard and Fitzpatrick 6; Miss Boyle and J. D. Palairet 5, Miss McLean and Jamieson 6; Miss Jennings and li. Smith 6, Miss Dorrett and Frost 0; Mrs Johnson and A. H. Palairet 6. Miss Cooper and Smith 1. Men's Singles—J. A. Johnston 6, G. Morris 4; E. D. K. Smith 3, L. Morris 6; L. Watkins 6, B. Fitzpatrick 4; J. V). Palairet 6, 11. Jamieson 4; L. Smith 6, E. Frost 0; A. 11. Palairet 6, J. Smith 0. Women's Singles—Mrs C. E. Bell 6, Miss A. Fitzpatrick 4: Miss J. Glasgow 6, Miss •T. Baird 2: Mifb F. Jennings 6, Miss M. Hibbard 4; Mrs A. B. Johnston 6, Miss A. Mc Lean 4; Miss W. Amor 6, Miss F. Derrett 1; Miss Boyle 6, Miss It. Cooper 2. WOMEN'S INTER-CLUB COMPETITION. The following matches in the sixth round of the women's mid-week inter-club competition will be played at Wilding Park on Wednesday next. January 20th, commencing at 2.30 p.m.:—South Christchurch v. Edgeware, Opawa v. Elmwood, Sumner v. Avonside, Spreydon v. Woolston.