LAWN TENNIS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 740, 12 February 1910, Page 9

LAWN TENNIS.

(Bi SERVEBJ v ;V. .' TOURNAMENT-. FIXTUBES-' .-••• Manawatu championships and handicaps . • at Palmerston Notth on March 16 and ■; t 17. ' Entries close., on Jlarch 12. ./Wellington,- proviiicial and;, junior! cham-' • .on -March..2s, 2G,'and;2B. Juries close on'.-Jlarch 19. Wanganuuchampionships ana - handicaps , at .Wanganui. on March 25,'26, and 28. ' ' 'The following , aro: to-day's inter-chib fixtures:— V, Vv Shield;— Victoria College t. Welimgton A;: Newtown.v.-.Brougham-"Hill;;■ Thorn-: don v. Wellington 15. Cup.—Bidwill Street v. Victoria College; Butt v.'■ Brougham Hill; ' ! Pennant.'—lluritai Victoria ' Col-' lego- A j Petone v. Brougham Hill; Kilbirnie v.: Victoria College. B.v- . ,'Backet.— Trinity , By. Victoria College A;" Trinity., A 'v.,' Victoria, College BjOriental v. Khandallah. • , ' 'The meeting ~of the ;Hutt and'Broug- , ham Hill teams will decidc the cup grade competition, Judging on' the teams that have .represented, these "two. clubs', this season,' ■ the'Hutt; teapi ■ should win. :]!■ v' :. The first;round, of .the; pennant' .contest will close'.with, this afternoon's matches] which were originally, drawn -to be, play- ; ed'on> December'.',lß; but'.hud ;to\be postponed. ; vNewtown-A and; B 'teams l liavefinished ' thoir first round engagements, and the, former ;team. is leading. The present position of the teams is as follows;— ■ :■ : : ' v, Hayed. Won. Lost. . ; Newtown A ' 7 , 7 0 . Brougham Hill .; 6 5 .1 Kilbirtiie (1. ' i ' ■ 2 ■ .'.. Victoria College A...'. 6 .'. 2 4 ; Petone v 1....;.'.......';. C • ';.2;.yi .'lluritai 0 .: 2. ' . 4 Newtown B 7 ■ :.,.j .4 • Victoria College. Bi.. . 6, 0 G

The three .leading; teams, in; the, table live certain to be, contestants in tho second round, which'is to,be played between: th« four leading- teams,;;■ The- fourth:" place will, be, taken by-' the . winning; team, in' the' Victoria, College A : v.''Muritai' match, to be played this afternoon. '. '.' , ■ Last Saturday's matches' supplied little' of interest..., Tlie' shield grade teams began' thoir second 1 .round,,' arid Newtown, Tlionidon, arid, Wellington ■ A:. had easy victories. The .'Collegia:-team; was-.:weak-ened by the absence';of.. Weir, .Beere.Tand Wilson, and it is very /probable that tlio 'result (five rubbers. to biie,.''iri> favour; of Newtown) would havo been different had these players,<bcen. in fhe team.

I. .In ' the, cu.p grado , tho , l'etoiie-Muritai I match, was the, only one played.' • Tho other - fixtures were won by .the, Butt, and Brougham Hill.. teams: by . default.'. The" absenro of Cornell from the l'otone team and Jur.cs, from Muritai loft (lie. men's teams ■ evenly matched;. The meeting, of Parkinsonvand :-.WrigM was : expected to r provide. a close'.:finish in; favour ;of:' ,tho former, but ...Vfriglit; by; winning .in two, »tsV. show's that his recent, good fom'- is' no' "flash in 'the 'paii,'.' ' Shaud, who is out of.-practice,'..had littlo chanoe,against Duncan, who won a two-Set;match comfortably. Austin and Curtis. playedwell, defeating Hartoh. aud Sanson : re-: spsctively ill tho singles, and • again in; the double.: : The. Pctone ladies. : putc!<i.?.=ed Uieir opponents completely., A : The best of the, pennant matches was between tho Kilbirnio and Victoriii College A tcanis. The first-mentioned stoam jast \voi\ by fivo.sets to four. 1 ... .v. The Newtown A'team had no difficulty in . defeating the Petone rcpi'TOentativcs by eight sets to;.ono. Miss Udy scored the only will for tho losers by defeating Miss M'Jxan. in the singla b.v 7—2. •'. Muritai was unable lo.get.'a. team, together to meet Brougham Hill Tho racket grado matches '/were' r iii- - .teresting. Trinity A and Brougham'-Hill scoring easy .victories;', against Victoria' College A and'.Trinity,' B.' rospectivelv. Victbria College ',B detaulte-,1 to-Oriental.

■ At the. meeting, of the council ;of- the New. Zealand Association hold during the week the application of tho Otago Association for permission to hold the South Island -'championship "singles for all time was dealt with. Tho proposal was nega-. tived- by the passing of an .amendment, which thanks the Otago Association, and /expresses the council's, opinion: that .it is not at. present desirable to : establish ts South Island chEiupionship. , . The amendment gave the majority of the delegates present an opportunity to

evade the import of the application by liringincup-.the. larger, issue .of - tho'adk v - yisabilify- of establishing island chain- V.- 1 pioushijjs.- These' i-'ianii. championships '■ mdy, not be absolutely necessary for the 1 benefit of tennis, but they should bo en- i couraged, not in the manner as suggested 11 by the Otogo Association, bat by allowing;each •: association in tho order of its application' the right to' hold the respective ■ island championship: event at 1 its .provincial, championship .meeting.. Th«|w holding of' these island ■. chamoionshipa*:: - would tend towards the-establishment ot < inter-island matches, which ; would ;. ; jpro--vide New Zealand's highest' standarf o? ' tennis. ■;. '■-- 1 ,

Tho result, of the representative • match -- between Canterbury and Wellington could : ; not have caused any surprise to the Wol< - lington; followers of tho, game.: Owing.:to .'- •the absence'of W. Pearse from' tho Can- ■. terbury team; the order of . play was ro-' arranged/ and Quill played second, with! vt' -Borrows, Goss, Harmaii, and Kivor next ... in the* order named. 1 Peacock! met OHiricr >,'• and a great'match ensued; The 'finish" was'*.: most; Tho match ran • out, ■'• W>~:' "set.,,all*', and "five. games .all" .in the... last set; .'with Ppacock to .serve/in the.: last game,; which wiis': won by Ollbior after a. good deuce game,'' through Tea- i i cbcfc running into , the i :net. l i 'ishor-won- ■ from Quill-with a-safe-margin.. Salmond'"'< wois expected to give Borrows a good, fight,.'. but; after/winning, the first; set at: Sr-2,?& and getting to 5-all in the second set, 1 he faded •' away.' •; The, Peacock/Fisher.- combing;' atiou was too good for, tho Olljvier-Gosi double. Salmond and Quinnelh combined -' ■ well., against--Quill and Harmah;/whom:.j, they defeated, but they, foiled to imakjp/ 'ft: stamd agaiiist Borrows and.'Kiver'i '