LAWN TENNIS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 675, 27 November 1909, Page 12

LAWN TENNIS.

(Br Seevee) n '-?Ws .afternoon's . fixtures; are' as follow ?'i;?ld--rNGWtpwn ;r. Wellington A;' Brougham Hill-' y,^Wellington;B;S,Thorndon v. Victoria College, : Cup.—Petono r. Victoria College, Bidwill Street v Hutt, Muritai v IChondallah. "Collego ' B' ; - vl"' Brougham HiU, Trinity B. v. IChandallah. " -' g The Newtown:. Cl«b :bos': ■ arranged. to -'play. the? match-between .its A and B pennant teams on its .courts this afternoon. V ;V:. v : ~ . . ' Best 1 play-last.'Saturday ;waslat ; .the Bay,. but;itwas,, :uiifprtunate, : ;,that: the; exhibition' was . marr'ed,;.byitjhe-;stato'.'of,'the\ courts.:' Rain had ialmost ;the' markings, • and the want of rolling-was, lioticoable.;. .Tho. play referred'to iin'-itho'.-Wellington ."i-'-v; Brougham 'Hill shield,:'contest,:; : in .H'he''matches between Blair and Brown , v. Laishley and Hunter, Brown 1 Laishley, and Wilson \. Watkins. rThe; double :,was: played'first, :ahd',it.-..was;-soon seen ..that ..-it lira's a -match '/between two 'good 'men; who r were" sailing'; through' the event'. on' the ;flobdUide , of ■ !'good-form ;.arid ;• two ,' admittedly;,bettor; players; one of; whom' was ;out ;of, tune.- '; This ;'last. weakness evened the 'pairs up, . and vihado . . tho- match' interesting. :lßlair ■was'accurate; his net play being very effective; 'Laishley l :; played .'.well;: good : with his"service, and,had he' and Hunter .paid, more -. attention to .position -;,they.': would ■ have won . without a.'doubt. The first set-went to .Blair; and Brown, at 6—4. In tho second sot, Laishley and Hunter :obtained a'lead, ,b'ut "five all" was called. The eleventh game was won by. Brougham-Hill on Huntor's service.: Tho t'ijird set saw 'Blair, and Brown leading: at 4-:2 . and. 5-t3, but the, next to' Brougham llill Brown's . 'service, 'and xthen' Hunter ovoned-.on his service. In tho last game, Blair: •placed';liis servo:nicely,-and '-.tho Wellington pair won' tho game and secured tho .match 'by two sots to one. Tho smglo between Brown and Laishley followed. On starting Brown was still; erratic, and "it ; was :not .iintil Laishley led 4—2 that he steadied up, and then he put in 'some neat ; play; Bcoring by. well-placed, backhand .cross-court drives whenever ;.Laishley' got to tlio net. "Five all" was called, but Laishley won tho last game off Brown's-service. In the second' sot Brown mado himself busy, and making few mistakes he. won. the set, b—o. The third set saw both players driving well, with Brown, the - more aggressive, and, being in hotter form-than, his opoiient, ho finished up by winning tho last sot at o—4. . Watkins.waaitho only; one of tke;Brougham Hill men . to, win ■ a; rubber. In his single against Wilson, ho mado a bad start, but recovered, and won the first set,' 6—5.: Wilson won the-second sot, but then he went off, and Watkins; took oharge at the net- on-: every, oo'casion; and bustled through the third sot,-win-ning.it at o—2. Wilson :ls:not "fit" enough at present to last three hard sets on end, and lie appeared "done up" - in the double which .followed on his single. Fisher gavo . Hawkins" no chances in their single. He showed by his 'play, at; the beginning that ;ho was on,;tho court to win, and finished the first set 6-0. Hawkins led at ,3—l 111 tho second set, hut failed to hold Fisher, who v won the set, at-6—4. ' Hunter,, in: his singlo against Blair, did not play as well as 110 did ii\ the double. Blair was too . solid for him, and . won' comfortably.:'; ' Salmond was playing exceptionally .well, and won his--'angle; against / Howe, 6—3, 6—o. Salmond's back-hanu \na, very; telling, .and he used -It on';every possible occasion'.'.. ' •' Tho ladies' Snatch' between . the'?Wcllihgton' and Brougham Hill teams ended,in -.a,win-for the -Brougliam :Hill!ladies' on. games, rubbers Andsets . In the singles ' Mrs. Goldie won tho first gaino-against Miss Traver'9, 'and-then/Miss Travers took the next six games. In the second sot they wored game and,. game,.to'five-all,jand, then Miss Travers : won the -Inst, 011 .'her; service. Out of tho 18 eamas played,;no fewer than five of them were ; ,':loYo , .V:gaipfl9. ::; Mi 93- Cock. and ;Miss: Morgan ' were.evenly, matched ..in: their ,first sot, .'but-in : tho secoud, Miss Cock- won, G—o, threo of the games being '*lovo" gamos.'Mrs. J. A. B. Howo ■ was: tho only .lady in. this match to .win both her singlo and double. ... , ' . Tho most noticeable feature in the Victoria |-ColLese ~.Welliiyi;t«n: B-matcli ?ras: thq fiae

performance of Cleghorn, of tho College, teami in defeating .-M'Nicol. in his single',' and sharing ;with Prouse a. good win against .Ward and, Sheppard in the double. After winning the first' set M'Nicol ivas inclined •to underestimate his opponent's worth/ and, aS'a result,'he f was iuiabfa'.to.hold him in the final sot, whioh.Cleghorn won,/ Weir -was';-indisposed,'-and defaulted to' Ward. Taylor and. Duncan played a vigorous game in the double -against J. M'Lean and Clarke, and won a three-set match.

The Victoria College ladies defeated the Wellington ladies by 17 sets to 1. Miss Webb, of the Wellington team, gave Miss Eoberts a good-game, losing by one game in each set. The Thorndon men scored an easy win against Newtown, \ only losing tho fifth and sixth singles. But six out of the nine rubbers ran into three sets, and in tho last two doubles, which ran into three sets, the deciding sets woro. won by Thorndon at 6—5. Jeffery and Lewis won their singles against Putnam and Cacheinaille. The Thorndon ladies won their match by 4 rubbers to .3 rubbers, but Newtown won ; tho . majority of games. ' . In the pennant matches Newtown B put up a good stand against Ivilbirnie. ; Emeny and N. Mitchell did well in defeating H. Mitchell and De Hose in tho singles and the double. Martin, Drummond, and Miss Asquith played well 'for .tho Ivilbirnie team. There was a close finish' between, the Petone and Victoria College B teams. The good play of tho Petone ladieswon .their team' the match. Tho Brougham. Hill team was too strong for the College A team, Miss M'Kellar' being the only ono-of the losers to win a set. 1 Some, exciting finishes ,-wero. seen in the ladies' sets ,in the Newtown ' A v;- Muritai match. Miss Smith led Miss Veitch 6—l, and then : the'latter evened, but was beaten .7—6. In tho other ladies' single, Miss'Plimmer led Miss M'Lean s—l, but lost the next six. games and match. Only , one match was played in the racket grade, and that was won by Trinity A, who defeated. Oriental by G sets to 3.- Robinson played well for tho losers, and having a nice style; he will undoubtedly benefit by these in-ter-club matches. ' : " • The, Wellington . Association has.. nominated Misses-, Nunneley, Travers, 'Williams,'.; and Batham for tlio New. Zealand'.team"to play; against tho New South Walc3 ladies in Auckland at Christmas time.' ;■- "• Tho staff of tho Mutual Life and >: Citizens' Assurance Company - intends holding an office tournament at Day's Bay on St. Andrew's Day. -.' The: Newtown Club's. opening ceremony, which has. been, delayed until all the courts are ready for play, will take place on December St., John's Club has affiliated wiih the Wellington Association,' and tho sub-committee would like !to: arrange/friendly matches with any of tho teams taking par tin the racket 'competition.