LAWN TENNIS

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21255, 29 August 1934, Page 15

LAWN TENNIS

# —- 30,000 AFFILIATED PLAYERS ! j REPORT OF NEW ZEALAND j ASSOCIATION ! The total number of players in clubs affiliated to the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association is estimated to be 30,568, states the annual report of the association, which is to be presented to the annual meeting of the council at Wellington this evening. This figure is only slightly less than in the previous year, when the highest affiliated membership in the history ; of the association was reached. The membership in 1913 was 10,584, and in 1921 it was 23,381, since when very | steady progress has been made. | The Canterbury Lawn Tennis Asso- j ciation has the largest membership j (6439), Hawke's Bay being next with i 5196, Wellington next with 3158, and j Waikato next with 1966, and then Auckland with 1934. The report records that the season was outstanding for the number of leading overseas players who visited the country and took part in exhibition games or tournaments. These included F. J. Perry, H. G. N. Lee, and F. H. D. Wilde (England), A. K. Quist and D. P. Turnbull (Australia), C. E. Sproule and C. J. Donohoe (Australia), and Misses N. Lloyd, L. Bickerton, N. Hall, U. Valkenburg, and D. Dingle (Australia). J. H. Crawford and V. B. McGrath (Australia) also played in Auckland while passing through the Dominion after their overseas tour. The New Zealand championships and the Anthony Wilding Shield and Kathleen Nunneley Casket competitions were held at Christchurch, but the last two events resulted in a financial loss. Altogether a profit of £46 12s 4d was made on the year's working, but against this must be set the accumulated losses on the Wilding Shield competition (£149 9s 6d) and Ihe Nunneley Casket competition (£l5O 16s lid). There is a sum in the overseas representative account of £367 8s 9d, but official advice has not yet been received of the financial result of tho Davis Cup match at Prague in which Czechoslovakia beat New Zealand by 4 matches to 1. DOMINION RANKING MALFROY AND MISS NICHOLLS HEAD LISTS C. E. Malfroy and Miss D. Nicholls, both of Wellington, the holders of the singles championship of the Dominion, ! head the official ranking of the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association for the 1933-34 season. The lists are as tollows:Men. Women. C. E. Malfroy Mi as D. NicholiE (Wellington). 'Wellington). E. D. Andrews MrsH.M. Dykes (Manawatu). (Wellington>. D. G. France Miss Marjorie (Wellington). Macfarlano C. Angas (Can- (Auckland). terbury). Miss M. Wake N. G. Sturt (Canterbury). (Auckland). Miss T. Poolo R. McL. Fcrkins (Canterbury). (Wellington). Miss E. Rudkin H. A. Burnett (Canterbury). (Canterbury). Miss B. Gouid T. Rhodcs-Wil- (Canterbury"). Hams (Can- Miss D. Howe terburv). (Wellington). J". C. Charters Miss N. Bever(Auckland i. ley (Waikato). 11. Dymond Miw F. M. Fcr(Canterbury'. nie (Wcliir.gS. G. McDou- ton). gait <Olaeo>. Mi'ks D. Miller E. A. Ilousscll 'North Otago). (Wellington). Mi*s I. Poole (Canterburyl- - EASTERN CHAMPIONSHIPS Ml-NZLI, DEFAULTS TO M'CAULIFF (UMIIJSO TEIUSS ASSOCIATION JIT SLSCTWO . Ki.fX, \, H ( > VHIRIIT * NEW YORK, August 28. At the Eastern grass courts tennis championships at Rye to-day, results were:— WOMEN'S SINGLES First Round Miss Betty Nuthall (England) beat Miss Mary Zita Jacoby (United States), 6-2, 6-0. Miss K. E. Stammers (England) beat Miss Helen Pederson (United States), 7-5, 6-3. Miss F. James (England) beat Miss Helen Murray (United States), 6-1, 6-0. In the second round of the men's singles, R. Menzel (Czechoslovakia), claiming a knee injury, defaulted to Eugene McCauliff (Yonkers, New York), who is ranked as twenty-fourth in the United States, when he was down 0-4 in the third and decisive set. Menzel had taken the first set 8-4, and McCauliff the second, 12-10. Players entering the third round are G. M. Lott, J. Tidball, G. Mako, J. D. Budge. M. Buxby, and F. H. D. Wilde (England). HOULGATE TOURNAMENT AUSTRALIAN DOUBLES SUCCESSES PARIS, August 27. At the Houlgate tennis tournament, in the finals, J. H. Crawford beat V. McGrath, 7-5, 6-4, 6-1, and Crawford and Mrs Crawford beat Renault and Mrs Morel Delville, 7-5. 8-6. Crawford started badly and McGrath's good volleys kept his opponent to the back of the court. But Crawford soon found form and won easily. MACHINE STRINGING IS BETTER Machine stringing gives a uniform tension on every string. It prolongs life of gut. It prevents frame distortion. It speeds up play. Your racquet restrung with First Quality Cyclone Gut 12s 6d, 17s 6d, and 255. Guaranteed 90 days. Bring or post to The Tennis Shop, 127 Armagh street. —2 |