JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25091, 24 January 1947, Page 8

JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT

CHRISTCHURCH BOY REACHES SEMI-FINALS (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Jan. 23. Several leading players were eliminated in tpe quarter-finals of the New Zealand junior l<wn tennis championship which continued to-day at Mitchell Park, Lower Hutt. The weather and lawn conditions were excellent. The strong team of Auckland competitors who had .reached the quarter-finals was considerably reduced. The first of Auckland’s leading players to fall was M. Otway, who was beaten in a three-set match by A. Bailey (Christchurch). Bailey, whose wide variety of strokes fast and accurate, played a solid game against Otway’s erratic form. The defeat of R. Arbuckle and L. Shand (Wellington) by D. A. Duncan and W. Pritchard, two other Wellington boys, came as a major surprise. The A»est girls’ singles match of the tournament so far was between Miss E. Becroft and Miss Burke, both of Auckland. The match, which was won by Miss Becroft, was played at a fast pace. Miss Becroft used a wide variety of strokes and Miss Burke retaliated with every shot at her disposal, but was unable to fluster her opponent into mistakes. Results:— Boys’ Singles Quarter-finals. —V. Donnelly (Otago) beat P. Healey (Auckland), 8-6, 6-3; A. N. Bailey (Christchurch) beat M. Otway (Auckland), 6-2, 3-6, 6-4; W. Keys (Taumarunui) beat R. Goldfinch (Auckland), 6-3, 6-1; R. Arbuckle (WeHington) beat D. Robinson (Wellington), 6-0, 6-4. Girls’ Singles Quarter-finals. —Miss V. Johnson (Auckland) beat Miss S. Hutchison (Canterbury), 6-2, 6-4; Miss J. Dudding (Hutt Valley) beat Miss F. Signal (Hutt Valley), 6-3, 6-0; Miss E. Becroft (Auckland) beat Miss J. Burke (Auckland). 4-6, 6-3 6-3; Miss P. Drower (Auckland) beat Miss J. Webster (Wellington), 2-6, 6-2, 8-6. Boys’ Doubles Second Round.—Otway and Mowbray beat Reynolds and Goldfinch, 6-4, 6-2; Smith and Green beat Clemens and Familton, 6-1, 6-1; Pritchard and Du»can beat Arbuckle and Shand, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3; Glass and Robinson beat Graves and Gray. 6-1, 6-1: Douthett and Double beat Benstead and Hickmott, 6-0, 6-3; Little and Cooper beat Healey and Cash. 6-0, 6-1; Donnelly and Allan beat Logan and Leopold, 6-3, 6-1. Quarter-finals.—Otway and Mowbray beat Smith and Green, 6-2, 6-4; Glass and, Robinson beat Duncan and Pritchard. 6-1. 4-6 6-3; Douthett and Double beat MeLuskie and Taylor, 6-4, 3-6. 6-0; Little and Cooper beat Donnelly and Allen, 6-3, 6-4.

Girls’ Doubles Third Round.—Misses Williams and Joplin beat Misses Cuddon and Hutchison, 6-3, 6-4; Misses Jarrett and Wells beat Misses Brown and Evans, 6-0, 6-3; Misses Wilson and Raines beat Misses McKeown and Callinan, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1; Misses Young and Coles beat Misses Belcher and Manhire, 12-10, 1-6, 6-2; Misses Moore and Little beai Misses Johnson and Johnson, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4; Misses Noonan and Pierce beat Misses Belcher and Cooper. 6-2, 6-1; Misses Drower and Worthington beat Misses Smith and Dykes, 6-0, 6-1: Misses Johnson and Burke beat Misses Signal and McNeill. 6-2. 6-1.

Qtia.ter-finals. —Misses Williams and Jop’in beat Misses Jarrett and Wells, 6-1, 10-8; Misses Wilson and Raines beat Misses Young and Coles, 6-L 6-1; Misses

Moore and Little beat Misses Noonan and Pierce, 8-6, 1-6, 6-2; Misses Johnson and Burke beat Misses Drower and Worthington,. 6-1, 6-4. Mixed Doubles Second Round.—Beckett and Miss Williams beat Taylor and Miss Webster, 6-3, 2-6 6-1; Keys and Miss Cooper beat McDonald and Miss Wood, 8-6, 6-3. Third Round.—Beckett and Miss Williams beat Healey and Miss Callinan, 6-4, 6-4; Reynolds and Miss Drower beat Keys and Miss Cooper. 6-4, 6-4; M. Otway and Miss Johnson beat D. Isaacs and Miss B. Burch 6-1, 6-1; D. Duncan and Miss Castle beat Robinson and Miss Dykes, 6-4. 5-7. 8-6;. Shand and Miss J. Webster beat W. Glass and Miss O’Loughlin, 0-6, 6-4, 8-3; W. Double and Miss J. Dudding beat Familton and Miss Familton 6-1. 6-1-M. Chapple and Miss Hutchison beat McKenzie and Miss Murray, 1-6, 6-1 7-5- A Mowbray and Miss J. Burke beat Goldfinch and Miss Worthington. 6-3. ti-2. Quarter-finals —Otway and Miss V. Johnson beat Shand and Miss Webster. 8-6. 5-0; Reynolds and Miss Drower beat Duncan and Miss Castle, 7-5. 6-3; Double and Miss Dudding heat Chapple and Miss Hutchison, 6-8. 6-3, 6-2; Mowbray and Miss Burke beat Beckett and Miss