LAWN TENNIS

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21941, 16 November 1936, Page 7

LAWN TENNIS

SENIOR MATCHES BEGIN

KEEN COMPETITION FOR HARMAN SHIELD

LEADING FLAYERS SEEN IN GOOD (JAMES

Practically all the leading players of the province were seen in action at Wilding Park on Saturday afternoon, when the Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association’s senior men’s inter-club competition for (he Hannan Shield was begun in fine weather. With an entry of six teams as against seven last season, the competition promises to produce good tennis, for the lop men on the ranking list are well distributed among the competing clubs. United, which has usually .supplied two or three teams, and which has regularly won the competition in recent years, lias withdrawn from the event this season, and the continuation of ihc competition has been made possible by the leading United men joining other clubs. Tho grass courts at Wilding Park wore in perfect order, although, as is usual early in the season, fairly slow. The weather was ideal in the early part of the afternoon, but rain setting in from the south-west about 6 o’clock caused the abandonment of some of the junior matches. Fortunately all three of the senior games had been decided when the rain came on. Opawa’s Strong Team Opawa has not taken part in the competition for many years, but the team that is representing the club this season promises to win back for Opawa the position it held when Geoffrey Ollivier was New Zealand champion. Opawa was not at full strength on Saturday, T. W. Patterson being replaced by B. Thomson, a youngster of considerable promise, who did well to take a set from W. Angas, an experienced senior player, and brother of the top-ranking resident New Zealand player. The other members of the Opawa team are C. Angas, I. A. Seay, and W. R. Robinson—a formidable group indeed. Seay’s return to active play lends extra interest to the competition. Angas was opposed on Saturday by H. Dyraond, who fully extended the provincial champion in the second set of an excellent match. Both players arc showing unusually good form for so early in the season, and Dymond has recently advanced to third place on the ranking list. Angas had the better of the driving exchanges in the first set, his opponent being inclined to net under pressure. In the second, however, Dymond supported improved driving with some excellent work at the net, and only Angas’s remarkable retrieving ability enabled him to fight off Dymond’s challenge. Angas’s volleying, too. when he got in close to the not, was clean and decisive. Seay, stroking smoothly and powerfully, bad no difficulty in beating W. J. Deans, who is himself a most consistent driver, and Robinson proved more accurate than Young in a hard-hitting game. Angas and Seay, former New Zealand doubles champions, who will make an effort to regain the title this year, played well together in beating Dymond and Deans. An Even Contest The match between Linwood and Canterbury College, both of which have fairly strong teams, was very even throughout. A. R. Cant and X. J. Corich, fourth and fifth on the ranking list, fought out the first singles match, the game also counting as a ranking list fixture. Cant won in straight sets, making more use of the angles of the court and attacking more consistently. B. D. Duffield, for Canterbury College, evened the scores with a good w r in over H. S. P. Andrews, both players driving hard and retrieving indefatigably. R. G. Pattinson, regarded by many as Canterbury's most promising youngster, has not yet struck form, and had to work hard to beat T. W. Walls, another lefthander. who is well below him on the ranking list. With M. Widdup, the students’ fourth man, beating N. R. Mansfield in three sets, the singles ended with the teams even in both rubbers and sets. Cant and Andrews beat Corich and Duffield convincingly, however, and Pattinson and Mansfield had only to win a set from Walls and Widdup to clinch the match. The second doubles was interrupted by rain. Cathedral has been strengthened this year by the acquisition of H. A. Barnett, second ranked player in Canterbury, and the team had no difficulty in beating Elmwood, which has entered senior grade for the first time. Barnett, stroking very consistently, lost only three games to B. E. Souter. a player whose exaggerated top-spin troubles most opponents. Elmwood’s only win was gained by C. F. Penfold, the youngster driving and volleying very crisply to beat an old campaigner in B. B. Loughnan. J. W. Arnold and J. Mercer, third and fourth men for Cathedral, won in straight sets from A. G Gillies and G. Lezard respectively, the last-mentioned a former Wellington senior player, and Cathedral had to win only one set in the doubles to clinch the match. As it happened, each Cathedral pair had a set in hand when rain ended the games. Results in the senior and lower grade competitions on Saturday were as follows.— SENIOR GRADE

OPAWA v. CASHMERE Singles C. Angas beat H. Dymond. 6-2 6-4 I. A. Seay beat W. J. Deans, 6-1. 6-1. W. R. Robinson beat R. A. Young, 6-2, 6 *B. Thomson lost to W. Angas, 3-6, 6-4, 4-6. Doubles Angas and Seay beat Dymond and Deans, 6-2, 6-3. Robinson and Thomson v. Angas and Young. 8-6, 4-6. 2-2 (unfinished). Opawa won by 4 matches to 1. LINWOOD v. CANTERBURY COLLEGE. Singles A. R. Cant beat I. J. Corich. 6-2, b-2. H. S. P. Andrews lost to B. D. Duffield, R. Pattinson beat T. W. Walls, 6-3, 3 'n 6 R 3 'Mansfield lost to M. Widdup. 1-6, 6-4, 2-6. „ Doubles Cant and Andrews beat Corich and Duffiepattins’on and Mansfield v. Walls and Widdup. 6-3, 7-9, 0-1 (unfinished). Linwood won by 8 sets to 6. CATHEDRAL v. ELMWOOD Singles H. A. Barnett beat B. E. Souter, 6-2. 6-1. B. B. Loughnan lost to C. F. Penfold, j’. W. Arnold beat A. G. Gillies, 6-4, 6-3. J. Mercer beat G. Lezard, 6-1, 8-6. Doubles Barnett and Mercer v. Souter and Penfold, 6-1, 3-3 (unfinished!. Arnold and Loughnan v. Gillies and Lezard. 6-3, 3-3 (unfinished). Cathedral won- by 8 sets lo 2. A Grade NORTH BEACH v. REDCLIFFS Men's Singles—D. Meier lost to R. J. Donkin 6-9; L. Meier beat J. P. Stevens 9-5; W. Peppier' v. G. Duncan 6-6 (unfinished); B. Diehl beat J. J. Scarf 9-6. Women’s Singles—Mrs W. Peppier lost to Mrs Hayward 2-6; Miss M. Cramp beat Miss McCaskey 6-2; Miss M. Smith lost to Mrs Papps 4-6; Miss P. Cramp lost to Miss Senior 2-6. Men's Doubles —Meier and Meier beat Donkin and Duncan 9-6; Peppier and Diehl beat Stevens and Scarf 9-8) Women’s Doubles—Mrs Peppier and Miss M. Cramp beat Mrs Hayward and Miss McCaskey 6-1; Misses Smith and P. Cramp lost to Mrs Papps and Miss Senior 1-6. Mixed Doubles—Mrs Peppier and Peppier beat Mrs Hayward and Stevens J-8; Miss M. Cramp and D. Meier v. Miss McCaskey and Donkin 5-1 (unfinished), i North Beach led by 7 sets to 5. NORTH LINWOOD v. CATHEDRAL Men’s Singles—R. Noonan beat T. Thompson 9-4; G. Hopkinson lost to W. Ives 6-9; D. Hood lost to D. Kennedy 8-9; J. Burrell beat J. C. Dobbs 9-6. Women’s Singles—Miss H. Elsom beat Mrs J. C. Dobbs 6-3: Mrs Smyth beat Miss R. McKendry 6-4; Mrs Bax beat Mrs G. Bamfield 6-2; Miss M. Thorne beat Mrs W. McKendry 6-2. . TI , Men’s Doubles— Noonan and Hopkinson beat Ives and Kennedy 9-7; auci Burrell beat Thompson and Dobbs 9-6. Women’s Doubles —Mesdames Smyth and Bax beat Mesdames Dobbs and Bamfield 6-0; Misses Elsom and Thorne beat Mis McKendrv and Miss McKendry 6-X. Mixed Doubles—Mrs Smyth and Noonan beat Mrs Dobbs and Thompson 9-0; Miss Elsom and Hopkmson beat Mrs Bamfield and Ives 9-3: Mrs Bax and Hood beat Miss McKendry and Kennedy 9-3; Miss Thorne and Burrell lost to Mrs McKendry and Dobbs 7-9. . , . , North Linwood won by 13 sets to 3. TE WHAKA v. AVONSIDE

Men’s Singles—H. A. Wilson beat C. H. Franklin 9-3; R. W. Burns lost to V. G. Hill 3-9; H. N. Dyne lost to W, £. Bates 7-3.

Women’s Singles—Miss G. MacFarlane | beat Miss Barwick 6-3; Miss J. Hobbs beat | Miss Raven 6-3. I Men’s Doubles—Wilson and Burns lost to Franklin and R. W. Sharp 7-9; J. J. Plimmer and Dyne lost to Hill and Bates I 8-9. j Women’s Doubles—Miss MacFarlaiie and Mrs J. Plimmer lost to Misses Barwick i and R. de Luen 5-61 Misses C, Thomas and Hobbs lost to Misses Rushbrook and Raven 2-6. Mixed Doubles—Miss MacFarlane and Wilson beat • Miss Barwick and Franklin 9-4; Mrs Plimmer and Plimmer lost to Miss Haven and Sharp 7-9; Miss Thomas and Dyne lost to Miss Rushbrook and Hill 5- Miss Hobbs and Burns lost to Miss de Luen and Bates 6-9. Avonside won by 9 sets (o 4. ST, JAMES v. LINWOOD 11. Men’s Singles—V. Jones beat R. Maslin 9-3; P. H. Jones lost to G. Finney 5-9: B. de Lambert lost to W, Chryslal! 1-9; N. Scott lost to J. Cameron 4-9. Women's Singles—Miss M. Smitlicr lost iij Miss J. Gaffney 3-6; Miss L. Jones lost to Miss B. Black 4-6; Mrs Scott beat Miss A. Scott 6-2; Mrs Jones lost to Miss E, Hyland 5-6. Men’s Doubles—Jones and Jones beat Cameron and Maslin 9-2; de Lambert and Scott beat Finney and Chrystall 9-3, Women's Doubles—Mrs Scott and Miss Smitber beat Misses Gaffney and Black 6- Mrs Jones and Miss Jones boat Misses Scott and Hyland 6-4. Mixed Doubles —Miss Jones and V. Jones beat Maslin and Miss Gaffney 9-4; Mis Scott and Scott boat Cameron and Miss Black 9-5. St. James led by 8 sets to 6. ST. AXTBANS v. RICCARTON Men's Singles—J. K. Haberffcld lost to G. McHerron 3-9: A. Foster beat C. Carr 9-6; M. Foster beat R. Andrews 9-3; O, Wilson beat C. Skelton 9-4. Women’s Singles—Miss M. Heretic beat Miss T. Hewton 6-2; Miss B. Wade beat Miss E. Spicer 6-3; Miss E. BanU’ord lost to Miss B. Stevenson 1-6; Miss N. Tonks lost to Miss Rattray 5-0. Men's Doubles—Foster and Foster beat McHerron and C. Carr 9-4; flabcrtield and Wilson beat Andrews and Skerlon 9-2. Women’s Doubles—Misses Hardie and Bamford lost to Misses Hewton and Spicer 4-6; Misses Wade and Tonks beat Misses Stevenson and Rattray 6-1. Mixed Doubles—Miss Hardie and Foster beat McHerron and Miss Spicer 9-5. St. Albans won by 9 sets to 4. B Grade St. Mary’s led St. Albans by 8 sots to 4. Woolston beat South Christchurch hy 12 sots to 2. Avonside bent North Limvood by 13 sets to 1. Opawa boat Addington Catholic by 9 sets to 4. Fcndalton bent Barrington by 9 sets to 4, C Grade Addington beat Mount Pleasant by 9 sets to 6. Healhcotc led Limvood by 7 sets to 4. Cathedral led RedclilVs by 7 sets to 2. Addington Catholic Jed Fcndalton by 8 sets to 4. Edgewaro beat Burwood Park by 9 sets tp 3. Riccarton Domain beat Barrington by U sets to 3. QUEENSLAND TITLES ■M’t; HATH BEATS BROMWICH (CMITKU I'Rr.SS ASSOCIATION - corn: Hi 11T.) EHISBANE. November 14. In the finals of the Queensland tennis championships, V. B, McGrath defeated J. Bromwich 6-2, 7-5, 6-2. Miss N. Wynne (Victoria) defeated Miss Joan Hartigan, 7-5, C-l. 1937 TENNIS BALL ARRIVED. Amazingly increased service and playing life has been achieved in the new 1937 Dunlop Fort Tennis Ball. Rigorous tests have shown that the new .ball gives an even greater accuracy than before and sets a new standard of consistency. Ask your sports dealer to show you the 1937 Dunlop Fort. Play Dunlop and play better. —1 THE AMAZING TENNIS BALL Tire New Dunlop 1937 Quality Ball, of lasting durability, giving accuracy and consistency in ever.? serve. 2s a pair or 11s 9d ddz. ’Phone 31-452. Country clients, post your orders—same-day service. THE TENNIS SHOP. Armagh street and Hereford court. 83247-1 TENNIS PLAYERS. The gut used by us for all our restringing and repair work is selected with the greatest care and you can leave your racket in our hands with every confidence. AH work done on the premises by our own stringer, who has strung rackets for Vivian McGrath and all the leading players. Our motto; Qualify. The Canterbury Sports Depot. 258 High. st. —1