LAWN TENNIS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 669, 20 November 1909, Page 12

LAWN TENNIS.

(By Server)

;';This/aftemodh'sVmatches should-, provide. s«ae' good tennis. In the .shield' grade Wei-: lingfon A' meetsi' Brougham , Hill; Wellington B meets Victoria; College, and Thorndon meets Newtown.''There will riot be;any cup matches. . In the pennant; grade, Brougham' Hill : meets Victoria' College' A, Newtpwn Mnritai, arid I'etono,, meets Victoria College B. Only ono racket'match will be played, and that is" between the Trinity A' and Oriental teams. , •; ; './No' clbsely-contested • matches' occurred .last Saturday,:although -some'-good, individual■ performances - were ! recorded. :. In the Wellington A Victoria: College' match, the; Wellington ■ men, with,the exception of singles in two sets.' M'Lean met;Taylor arid wasiextended to three set? before-securing.the: rubber; But the. latter, i with Smith," had the satisfaction of defeating. Fraser, and M'Lean in the third double,, and' scoringthe only win •for-the V. C; men. Taylor -has' been gettirig--83 much- as 'possible out of his' matches; All four in :which 'he: has played .have run into threo sets each. Miss Tennant. , is the' only lady in the Collcgo teatb who is -unbeaten" so : far.. Shesecured/two ;good wins on-Saturday; ,voud her, partner 'in.'the dbuble;. : Miss Saxon; !also/playedXwoll, :) and .had-'the';better ..of a drawn; match with Mis 3 -Francis;.' /.•/.'., /Thorndon will have to.put'in.a better team -.against Wellington Club's A team than that,which played against that club's B team: last.' Saturday';.;: . The .Wellington ladies .were outclassed, Miss Duncan being the only one to secure, a- 6et, but. the men put up ■ a good fight and went ; down by only one , set. M'Lean and. Paterson.-played, well.i'or: the losers and won their;: singles and double in good style, : Ward ana Shepherd..both flayed better than on/the previous Saturday.>,.,;' ■■". /' ..// ..-.-- V'Brougham; Hill's win against Newtown leaves very little doubt as to the chances of these ; teams for third place in : the shield; contest; Newtown had counted to ■& large extent on ;ita;ladies,,but they failed to win a single, and, jonly won 'one"double—even that; being owing to Mrs. Gbldie having to retire. , Hawkins had a tame two-set match ■ against Morris, who has not yet struck forni, and when he does, ■it is .not; likely that he will be able to last a three-sot ; "go;" Redward; is,-' in this respect, like Morris, and it appearsto be. a matter of sentiment that keeps theso; two players in first and second places iu the Newtown team. H., iV.; Howe won comfortably:from Lindsay in the single; .but; in, the;.double, he and -Watkins, an admittedly strong doublb, failed' to.;'secure a: sot from Nagle .and Xindsay.-■■ Tho.'latter is clearly* the '• strongest double '.player in iiNewtpwn's team. Naglo was the only Newtown player to) win a -single,' aiid ,was the best man that could have been played'against J.'A. B. Howe. Jeffrey's ' stand / agai'nst. Watkins was not. unexpected, and hia win' with Powell in the double is.only the/forerunner of many" more if Powell' remains' in , the team.; ' . .; "In the Cup matches, the Hutt, Brougham Hill, ai)d Khandallah teams had. easy' wins.,' 1 The most noticeable feature in the HuttMuritai match was tho ;playing of A. L, Herdlnan,, president of the MUritai Club. - This player cnine to tho assistance of his club when it was .hard pushed for-men on account of two being unable to play. He played well, and, in his single, ran Howden into three sets. Playing with Miller in the:double ho defeated Howden .and Treadwell by two, sots to one. The Jackson-Jones match was watched with interest, for many' expected to see Jones com.o out a winner,; but .a; grass court. suits ■• Jackson'? pluy,"and Jones-was unable to take liber-'■ ties with :■ his : opponentV, cut drive.' Wright; iwhb'is ono of , the most.'improyed. players in/"defeated-' Grcen'nn a three : sef match. '.The first.sot went.to Green, C-0, but,:, after that, ■ he/played a /.very; /disappointingfAine, and AVrisht. by, sood driving,', took .the.

next two sets iu fine style. The Muritoi ladies were outclassed, and only one of them, Mies Isaacs, succeeded in winning, a Bet. : ";' ■ ;: Brougham Hill had a very easy victory over Victoria: College; An; afternoon tea. held in town attracted a large number of the college ladies, and as a result only two ladies, from the pennant teams, could be induced to go over to the Bay,' The Brougham Hill ladies had to be content with one match each. Duncan and Kutherfurd w.ere tho only men. among tho losers to put up a stand. Both in their singles and : double. they ran their opponents into three sets, and, in the double, had , hard luck when leading (5—3) in-the third set in not scoring a win.. -■.'■.:■■..>■• The Khandallahv. Bidwill Street match was unfinished,' but Khandallah won eight of the thirteen rubbers played,' after losing two of theMadies' games by default.. Correll, who played for Brougham Hill three seasons ago, and Miss Shaw, were, tho Only Bidwill Street players to win on play. , v Mr. H. A. Bobertson, who held the positions of secretary to the Karori Club, member.of the Management Committee of the association, and secretary of the Shield Committee, has been transferred to Christchurch. ...'.'• The Wellington Association has been invited by the N.Z. Association to nominate ladyplayers (from those who intend visiting Auckland for the New: Zealand championships, at Christmas) for the. team. of sis ladies which is to be selected to represent New Zealand in the match'to.be played at Auckland against the Now South Wales team; : ' . ', The sixth annual ( urnament of the Pahiatua Tennis Club is to be held on January 1 und 3. Entries clcV on December 27.' The Rangitikei annual tournament will , be' held ■ atMarton • on January 21 aH 22.; Entries close on January 14. With on.; exception, at both ■these tournaments the usual championship vind handicap events will be played. The exception is that there will not be any ladies' . championship: doubles.- • . , /Tho Martinborough Club has affiliated with the Wellington Association. The clnb has a membershin of 80. Mr. G. W. Cobb is secretary. St. John's Club Has anplied for affiliation. The club has two new asphalt courts at Karori,: near the reservoir.' '; ' ' ' '," , '.''.'". ■ Arrangements for the concert to be given by the association next Wednesday are very complete. Sub-committees have been loitned, and tickets are being disposedof so well that, the concert should be a success, .financially as well as othorwise. -. - :-■