LAWN TENNIS

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22906, 30 December 1939, Page 5

LAWN TENNIS

CANTERBURY FINALS REACHED MANY FINE MATCHES YESTERDAY PATTINSON BEATS MAYSON BUT LOSES TO ANGAS A. D. Brown and C. Angas and Miss T. Poole and Miss K. Armstrong will fight out the singles finals this afternoon in the Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association’s championships. The big surprise of yesterday’s play was the defeat of the men’s singles title-holder, J. T. Mayson, of Auckland, by R. G. Pattinson, but the latter went down in the semi-final’to Angas. In the other semi-final Brown made a great thirdset recovery to beat H. A. Barnett. It .was another , day of perfect weatlier, and the tournament, after its bad start —two complete days were lost through bad woathor —was advanced to the finals in nearly all events. The Wilding Park courts had recovered all their former speed and provided perfect playing conditions. A crowd of about 300 enjoyed a splendid day’s play. The quarter-finals of the men s singles all went according to expectations, except that in which Pattinson beat Mayson. Pattinson played wellcool, accurate, and steady—but Mayson was not quite the player who won the title last year, and came so close to winning the New championship. He would rally with the patient Pattinson for a time, but too often when he attempted to put on the'pressure for a driving or net attack, he, fell into error. Pattinson was much more sure in pressing home his attacks, his volleying for the most part being excellent. Angas was in excellent form in beating H. Dymond, with the loss of three games, and Brown hit A. R. Cant off the court with a fierce driving and volleying attack, the latter winning only one game. Barnett’s defeat of C. F. Penfold was much narrower, for Penfold had several chances of good leads in the first set. Both volleyed splendidly and played steadily from the back of the court. Brown’s Great Recovery Brown made a dramatic recovery against Barnett in the semi-final. He took the first set with excellent play, but lost much of his aggressiveness thereafter, as Barnett’s persistence and almost errorless stroking appeared to wear him down. Barnett won the second set, and went to a 4-2 lead in the third. It was then that Brown made his big effort. With Barnett still chasing hard. Brown hit fierce drives into either corner, and came to the net to bury Barnett’s deep lobs with devastating smashes. Brown took the last four games with the loss of only two points. Pattinson always gives Angas a good fight, and he did on this occasion, but the match finished as most of the games between these two have done—with Angas’s defensive resources and skilful volleying triumphing over Pattinson’s greater aggressiveness and impetuosity. Pattinson forced the pace more than he has in some recent games, but Angas produced brilliant passing shots and shots to Pattinson s feet as the . latter came to the net There were some excellent rallies, and the brilliant recoveries of both players delighted the gallery. Women’s Gruelling Match Miss K. Armstrong and Mrs E. L. Hatherley fought out a gruelling match, which followed almost exactly the same course as their recent ranking list game. Miss Armstrong’s game was marked by its usual fluency of stroke production, but whenever the rallies became long-drawn-out. Mrs Hatherley seemed a likely winner, because oh her stronger defensive resources. Weakness on her forehand, which too often sent balls only halfway up the court, lost Mrs Hatherley the initiative many times, and Miss Armstrong rarely failed to set up a useful attack from such an opportunity. The match was played in the hottest part of the day, and severely taxed the physical reserves of both players, but both fought hard to the last ball. There were many long and gruelling rallies, with both players making fine recoveries. Both varied their driving game with net attacks and both volleyed well. Two hard hitters contested the other semi-final. Miss T. Poole, the defending champion, beating Miss H. Elsom after a match of varying standard. There were some fine exchanges of fierce drives, but both players were apt to take risks in attempting overambitious shots. Miss Poole had her strokes under better control than her opponent did, especially on the backhand, and in her many forecourt attacks she gained a useful margin of volleying placements over the points gained by Miss Elsom with her fast passing shots. Excellent Doubles Games The men’s doubles finalists are Brown and Angas and Mayson and Cant. The former pair avenged meir defeat of last year’s tournament by beating Pattinson and Penfold m

straight sets. It was a fine match, especially in the first set, in which Brown and Angas .made a remarkable recovery from 2-4 and 0-40. Angas. volleyed with precision and Brown was again deadly in his overhead work and forehand driving. Pattinson and Penfold began well, but were forced into errors by the severity of their opponents’ game. Mayson and Cant were usually able to keep control of the net position in their semi-final match against B. E. and M. J. Souter, but the persistent retrieving- of the latter pair caused the winners some anxious moments. Mrs Hatherley and Miss Poole were in fine form in the women’s doubles semi-final against Misses B. Gould and D. Dickey. Here again it was a case ot superior volleying being the deciding factor. The other semi-final was a protracted struggle between Misses M. Wake and K. Armstrong and Misses H and D. Elsom. It was an excellent match, too, with the shrewder court r craft of the former pair prevailing in the crucial stages of the third set. Of several excellent mixed doubles, an event which has progressed only as far as the semi-finals, one of the best was played late in the evening between Penfold and Miss Wake and Pattinson and Miss Armstrong. Pattinson and Miss Armstrong played well in the £rst set but lost some of their accuracy as they tired, and eventually Penfold’s keen anticipation in finding volleying openings and Miss Wake’s sound driving carried them through. The Results Following are the results of yesterday’s matches: — CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS MEN’S SINGLES Quarter-finals R. G. Pattinson beat J. T. Mayson, 6-0, C. Angas beat H. Dymond, 6-2, 6-1. A. D. Brown beat A. R. Cant, 6-0, 6-1. H. A. Barnett beat C. F. Penfold, 7-5, 6-4. . „ , Semi-finals , Angas beat Pattinson, 6-4, 6-4. Brown beat Barnett, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. WOMEN’S SINGLES Semi-finals Miss T. Poole beat Miss H. Elsom, 6-3, 6 Miss K. Armstrong beat Mrs E. L. Hatherley, 6-3, 3-6, 8-6. MEN’S DOUBLES Quarter-finals R. G. Pattinson and C. F. Penfold beat P. D. McGregor and D. I. Robertson, 2-6. 6-4, 6-2. J. T. Mayson and A. R. Cant beat H. Dymond and H. Lenk, 6-3, 7-5. Semi-finals A. D. Brown and C. Angas beat Pattinson and Penfold, 6-4, 6-1. _ Mayson and Cant beat B. E. and M. ,J* Souter, 6-4, 6-3. WOMEN’S DOUBLES Semi-finals Mrs E. L. Hatherley and Miss T. Poole beat Misses B. Gould and D. Dickey, 6-0, 6 *Misses M. Wake and K. Armstrong beat Misses H. and D. Elsom, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4. MIXED DOUBLES Quarter-finals C. Angas arid Miss T. Poole beat R. Browning and Miss 2. Gould, 6-1, 6-1. C. F. Penfold and Miss M. Wake beat R. G. Pattinson and Miss K. Armstrong, 4*6 6-1 6—3 A. R. Cant and Mrs E. L. Hatherley beat H. A. Barnett and Miss D. Dickey, 6-1, 6 J. T. Mayson and Miss H. Elsom beat H. Dymond and Miss C. Chester. 6-4, 6-3. INTERMEDIATE MEN’S SINGLES J Quarter-final R. J. Donkin beat R. Secord. 6-4, 6-4. Semi-finals S. Watson beat Donkin, 6-4, 6-4. M. J. Corich beat V. Jones. 6-2. 6-3. INTERMEDIATE WOMEN’S SINGLES Semi-finals Miss M. Kerr beat Miss J. Pitcaithly, 6 Miss H. Elsom beat Miss C. Chester. 5- 6-1, 6-4. INTERMEDIATE MEN’S DOUBLES First Round D. H. Cummack and V. Jones beat P. W. Murdoch and F. Henderson. 6-2, 6-3. Semi-finals R. J. Donkin and S. Watson beat E. T. Schmidt and I. H. Henry, 6-1, 6-2. BOYS’ SINGLES Quarter-finals I. H. Henry beat E. J. Donnlthorne, 6-4, 5 J F. Hadfield beat H. Blltcllff, 6-2, 6-2. R. A. McKenzie beat I. G. MacKay, 6-1, 6R. J. Telford beat J. T. Kearney. 6-4, Semi-finals Henry beat Hadfield, 6-4, 6-4. McKenzie beat Telford, 6-1, 5-6, 10-8. GIRLS’ SINGLES Semi-finals Miss D. Elsom beat Miss Audrey HewS *Mlss P.' Stevens beat Miss P. Cuddon, 3- 6-3,1 6-3. BOYS’ DOUBLES Quarter-finals P. Henderson and R. Telioxd heat, A. R-, Lewis and E. A. Pratt, 6-4, 6-4. E. J. Donnlthorne and I. H. Henry beat R. M. Taylor and D. G. Hamilton, 6-1, 6 R. A. McKenzie and L. G. Oxley beat W B. Barlow and I. G. MacKay, 6-3, 6-4. Semi-finals Henderson and Telford beat Donnlthorne and Henry, 5-6, 6-0. 6-L McKenzie and Oxley beat J. F. Hadfield and W. G. Vivian, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. GIRLS’ DOUBLES Semi-final Misses Alison and Audrey Hewstone beat Misses S. Lucas and B. Hamilton, 6-1, 1-6,. 6-3. HANDICAP EVENTS Men’s Singles Second Round—D. H. Cummack .owe 15) beat T. Colthart (owe 15, 9-6). Quarter-finals— W. S. Duff (owe 2-6 15) beat H. Tyler (rec. 4-6 15), 9-3: H. Parsons (rec. 15) beat W. Chrystal (owe 30 4- 9-5; L. Blackwell (rec. 15) beat Cummack, 9-3; J. W. Paterson (owe 30i) beat R. Secord (owe 15), 9-6. ■ j Semi-finals —Parsons beat Duff, 9-3, Blackwell beat Paterson, 9-3. Women’s Singles Quarter-finals—Miss C. Chester (owe 15 2-6) beat Miss M. Ward (rec. 4-6 15), 9-3; Miss W. Dryden (owe 15 2-6) beat Miss J. Pitcaithly (owe 15), 9-3. Semi-finals—Mrs T. Todd (owe i 15) beat Miss Chester, 9-8; Miss F. Fleetwood (owe 15 4-6) beat Miss Dryden, 9-5. MEN’S DOUBLES Quarter-finals— J.' R. Johnston and T. W. Patterson (owe 40) beat R. Davis and M. W. Hawkins (owe 15 4-6), 9-5: N. Adams and J. W. Paterson (owe 30 2-6) beat S. W. Jameson and T. Colthart (owe 5-6 15), 9-2 Semi-finals —Johnston and Patterson beat M A Elder and H. C. Hill (owe 30) 9 r 4; Adams and Paterson beat E. T. Schmidt and A. R. Delley (rec. i 15). 9-4. Final —Johnston and Patterson beat Adams and Paterson, 9-5. WOMEN’S DOUBLES First - Round —Misses M. Hatherley and J. Hughes (rec. i 15) beat Misses M. Ward and J. Pitcaithly (owe 5-6 15), 9-6. Semi-finals—Mesdames M. A. Elder and T Todd (owe 15 5-6) beat Misses Hatherley and Hughes, 9-4; Misses C.-Chester and F Fleetwood (owe 30) beat Misses A. Baillie and W. Dryden (owe 15 1-6), 9-4. MIXED DOUBLES First Bound —M. A. Elder and Mrs M. A Elder (owe 30) beat W. J. Smith and Miss M. Kerr (owe 4 0 ) 9-8: R. Davis and Miss W. Dryden (owe 15 5-6) beat T. Colthart and Mrs A. R. Taylor (owe 15), 9-4, L. Blackwell and Miss A. Baillie (sgr) beat J. W. Ardagh and Miss M. Ward (scr), 9 r l. Quarter-finals —E. T. Schmidt find Miss F. Fleetwood (owe i 15) beat G. A. Hutton and Miss C. Meikle (scr). 9-3: Elder and Mrs Elder beat Davis and Miss Dryden, 9-8: Blackwell and Miss Baillie beat L. G Oxley and Miss S. Lucas (rec. 4-6 15), 9-7; R. J. Donkin and Miss P. Turner (owe 30 j) beat S. W. Jameson and Miss B. H Semi-final—Schmidt and Miss Fleetwood beat Elder and Mrs Elder, 9-1. VETERANS’ DOUBLES First Hound—W. G. Morrison and S. W. Jameson (owe 15 4-6) beat D. Moore and G. Radford (owe J 15), 6-0. 6-3. Semi-finals—A. Donaldson and J. Shorland (scr) beat Morrison and Jameson, 6-3 6-5: T. Colthart and C. S. Smith (owe 15 4-6) beat H. W. Tillman and J. K. Mawson (owe 15 4-6), 6-2. 6-0. To-day’s Programme To-day’s matches will be as follows: 10 a.m.— -Semi-final of mixed championship doubles, C. Angas . and Miss T. Poole v C F. Penfold and Miss M. Wake; semifinal' of men’s intermediate doubles, E. L. Cook and E. A. Pratt v. D. H. Cummack and V. Jones. ....... 11 a.m.—Final of men’s intermediate singles. S. Watson v. M. J. Corlch. . Ip.m.— Semi-final of mixed champion-

ship doubles, A. R. Cant and Mrs Hatherley v. J. T. Mayson and Miss H. Elsom; final of men’s handicap singles, H. Parsons v. L. Blackwell. . 1 30 p.m.—Final of men’s championsh singles. C. Angas v. A. D, Brown; finau of women’s championship singles. Miss r. Poole v. Miss K. Armstrong; final of men s intermediate doubles. 2 p.m.—Semi-final of mixed handicap doubles. L. Blackwell and Miss Baillie v. R. J. Donkin and Miss Turner; final of .boys’ championship singles, I. H. Henry v R A. McKenzie: final of girls championship singles. Miss Doris Elsom v. Miss P Stevens: final of ' women s handicap singles. Mrs Todd v. Miss F. Fleetwood. Followed at about 3 p.m. by final of men’s championship doubles, A. D. Brown and C. Angas v. J. T. Mayson and A. R. Cant- final of women’s championship doubles, Miss T. Poole and Mrs Hatherley v. Misses K. Armstrong and M. Wake; final of women’s intermediate singles, Miss H. Elsom v. Miss M. Kerr; finals of boys and girls’ championship doubles, women s handicap doubles, and mixed handicap doubles. , ... About 4.30 p.m.—Final of mixed championship doubles. DRAW FOR SOUTH ISLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS PLAY AT TIMARU ON MONDAY Play in the South Island lawn tennis championship tournament will begin at the Maori Park courts in Timaru on Monday morning. The championships are being conducted by the South Canterbury Association, which has announced the following draw: — CHAMPIONSHIPS Men’s Singles First Round —N. Adams v. A. Burke, R. J Taylor v. L. Morris, D. Whittledon v. R Lenk, R. G. Pattinson v. W. G. Angas. C. F. Penfold v. J. Shea, J. Byres v, B. Chrystal, R. Barclay v. S. G. McDougall. First Round Byes—l. Corich, W. E. Renton, M. Mackinnon, G. Towan, W. J. Smith, P. Burning, N. L. , Satterthwaite, F. G. Lewis, L. Abraham.’ Second Round—Top half: A. D. Brown y. T McDonnell, G. Innes-Jones v. S. Watson, S. McWhirter v. L. W. Leslie. J. Rosevear v. B. E. Souter. Bottom half: M. J. Souter v. J. R. L. Mackay, P. W. Young v. J. McKenzie, E. W. D. Unwin v. J. S. Satterthwaite, C. Mackay v. C. Angas. Women’s Singles Byes—Top half; Misses •D. Miller, J. Doyle, J. Edbrooke, J. Senior, Mrs W. E. Renton, Misses M. Jefferson, E. Patchett, Miss F. Harper v. Mrs Hatherley. Bottom half: Miss M. Kerr v. Miss M. Coles. Byes: Misses E. Gawith, H. Davey, K. Armstrong, P. Morrison, J. Peake, R. Rolleston. E. L. Davies, T. Poole. Men’s Doubles Top Half—Byes; Angas and Brown, Roberts and Halstead, Smith and McWhirter, Maling and Unwin, Morris and Watson, MacKay and Innes-Jones, Shea and Leslie, B. Souter and M. Souter. 1

Bottom Half— Byes; Renton and Lewis. MacKay and Barclay, McDougall and Sat terthwaite. Corich and Durmng, Adams and McKenzie, Lenk and Chrystal, Mactinnon and Whittledon, Pattinson and Penfold. • Women’s Doubles Top Half—Byes; Miss Poole and Mrs Hatherley, Misses E. L. Davies find P* Harper, Misses J. Doyle and M. Misses K. Winterbourn and M. Smithy v. Misses J. Peake and J. Senior. Bottom Half—Byes; Miss E. Gawith and Mrs W. E. Renton, Miss R. Rolleston and Mrs Maling. Misses J. Edbrooke and P. Morrison, Misses M. Kerr and D. Miller. Mixed Doubles Top Half— Byes: Angas and Miss T. Poole, First round matches —Byres and Miss Warsaw v. partner and Miss Edbrooke. R?nton and Mrs Renton v. C. M ® ck T ay v J. Doyle, partner and Miss E. L. Davies v. Corich and Miss J. Senior. xr Bottom Half—Pattinson and Miss K. Armstrong v. C. Turnbull and Mrs i. Turnbull. S. Watson and Mrs Blank v. Smith and Miss M. Kerr. Byes; S. McWhirter and Miss M. Jefferson. S. McDougall and Miss D. Miller. Girls’ Singles ffrlTßound-M. Verity v. E. Miller. P. Morrison v. M. Adam, P. Storey v. B. Gawith. . , Boys’ Singles First Round— Top half: Byes, J. D Bell, C. F. Small; F. Bell v. G. Kin ney. Bottom half: E. J Donnlthorne v. W. Morrison: byes. J. Fraser, P. Rose vear, J. F.. Warwick. HANDICAP EVENTS Men’s Doubles Top Half—Byes: W. A. and F. G. Lewis (owe 30), McKinnon and Whittleston (owe 15), Wright and Ward (scr), Riley and Stewart (owe 2-6), Byres and Morgan (owe 3-6), Argus and Donnlthorne (owe 3-6). Matches: Clark and Mahoney 1 (owe 2-6) V. ’Dvvrmrvg and McDonnell (owe 30), Barclay and Milliken (owe 30) v. Gillies and Temple (owe 15 3-6) Bottom Half—Matches: F. and L. Bell (rec. 3-6) v. McDougall and Satterthwaite (owe 40), Roberts and Halstead (owe 15) v. Cox and Provan (owe 3-6), Abraham and Gardner (owe 15) v. W. R. Scott and partner, J. and P. Rosevear (qwe 3-6) y. Maling and Unwin (owe 3-6), McKenzie and Leslie (owe 15 3-6), V. Oakey and D. Sutherland (owe 4-6). /" .. . . . Women’s Singles Top Half—Byes: Misses R. Rolleston (owe 15), E. Miller (owe 4-6), R. Long (scr), T. Turnbull (scr), S. Chisholm (owe 3-6), J. Ardagh (owe 15). Miss M. Dunne (rec. 15) v. Miss E. Gawith (owe 30), Miss E. Patchett. (owe 15) v. Miss P. Harper ( °Bottom Half—Miss J. Doyle (owef 15) v. Miss E. L. Davis (owe 2-6). Mrs W. Kelman (scr) v. Miss J. Edbrooke (owe 15), Miss B. Flynn (scr) v. Miss J. Peake (owe 40). Byes: Misses M. Unwin (owe 4-6), M. Coles (owe 15), H. Davey (owe 15 3-6), M. Henry (scr), P. Harper (owe 2-6). Women’s Doubles Top Half—Byes: B. Gawith and M. Henry (scr), E. L. Davies and P. Harper (owe 15). D. Winterbourn and M. Smith

(owe 3-6), J. Doyle and M. Jefferson (owe Half—Byes: M. Dunn and B Flynn (rec. 3-6), J. Ardagh and E. Miller (owe 15), R. Rolleston and Mrs Maling (owe 15), M. Verity and W. McAlister (scr), R. Long and partner. Mixed Doubles Top Half—Byes: Roberts and Miss Chisholm (owe 15), Gißies and Miss P. Morrison (owe 30), HalsteadandMissW. Winterbourn (owe 4-6), Will Smith and Mrs Kelman (rec. 2-6), M. E. Crowley and Miss Dunn (scr), Mahoney and Miss M. Henry (scr). Matches: McAteer and Miss H Davey v. W. R. Scott and Miss Verity. Gilmour and Miss E. Gawith (owe 4-6) v. Young and Miss E. Patchett (owe 15). Bottom Half— Matches: Black and Mis Dromgoole (scr) v. Miss E. L. Davies and partner. Dr. and Mrs Maling (owe 4-6) v. Roberts and Miss Chisholm (owe 4-6), D. Morgan and Miss M. Smith (owe 2-6) V. Argus and Miss M. Wurm. Bjes. P. Walsh and Miss M. Stevens (owe 3-6), W. Clark and Miss Warsaw (owe 3-6), C. S. Turnbull and Miss T. Turnbull (rec. 4-6). Unwin and Miss R. Rolleston (owe 30), V. Oakey and Miss B. Shirtcliff (owe 4-6). TITLES AT MARLBOROUGH TOURNAMENT ITHE PRESS Special Service.! BLENHEIM, December 29. After some postponements made necessary by rain, the Marlborough Lawn Tennis Association’s annual tournament was concluded on hard courts. Grass courts of the Marlborough Club, where the tournament was' originally staged, were definitely unfit for play. The tournament drew entries from most of the district clubs, and a few from Nelson and Wellington. Title-holders are as fol--I°Menrsr s Singles—Congdon (Marlborough) beat Orr (Marlborough), 6-2, 6-0. Men’s Doubles —Congdon and Tylor ( Marlborough) beat Oakley (Wellington) and Bullen (Marlborough). 6 r 2, 4-6, 6-1 Women’s Doubles—Mrs Dix and Miss Walker (Marlborough) beat Misses Lloyd and McWhinney (Marlborough), 5-6, b-z, 6 *Women's Singles—Mrs Smith (Bicton) beat Miss Marple (Marlborough), 6-4 6-0 Mixed Doubles—Orr and Mrs Smith beat Lee (Nelson) and Miss Marple, 6-5, 6-0.