LAWN TENNIS

Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 119, 5 February 1923, Page 9

LAWN TENNIS

INTER-CLUB MATCHES

RESUMED FRANCE BEATS PEACOCK IN LADDER GAME After a somewhat- lengthy interval, due to the Christmas and New Year holidays, and to the fact that many of Wellington’s players had gone to trv conclusions at the tournaments in ■otjher centres, the inter-olub tennis matches were resumed on Saturday. The weather was fine, but very windy. With some of the courts more exposed to the wind, its strength made accurate tennis, and indeed good tonus, a matter of impossibility. Despite that fact, however, some very good games, closely contested, were WI F nessed, although on the other hand some of the wins wore easily obtained. It will be noticed that some teams defaulted. This is to be regretted, for a defeat however severe is preferable to not putting a team in at all. It is understood that some clubs complained that the notice received was too short to permit of a team being 59 -< got together. At the same time, where seniors were not forthcoming ■ juniors could have been made to fill the position for the time being. It will bo noticed, too, that an alteration has occurred in the first and second positions of the Wellington ladder. After a hard game played on tho Thorndon courts, L.. Franco (Brougham Hill) succeeded in taking from J. C. Peacock (Thorndon) the position he had so long occupied, that of first player. , INTER-CLUB MATCHES In the men’s senior grade. Victoria College beat Petone by three sets to love, while Wellington forfeited to Brougham Hill. . . In the ladies’ senior competition, Victoria College beat Newtown by three sets to nil. and Petone won from Lyall Bay by the same margin. The results are as follow: — ' ; SENIOR MEN. Brougham Hill won from Wellington. hy default. Victoria College beat Pe tone at Victoria College by 3 sets to 0. Results (Victoria College mentioned first): — Melody and Martin beat Parkinson and Thomas, 6—2; Gibb and Young bea* Cowie and Stephens, 6 —4; Ellis and Haigh beat Wvlie and Evison, 6 —o. JUNIOR ,MEN. Brougham Hill beat Petone by 3 nets to 0. Results (Brougham Hill mentioned first): —Ward and Armstrong beat A. and W. Johnson, 6 —o • Bundle arief Hardie beat Gorton and Hankin, 6—l; T. S. Williams and Penlington beat Riddler and Donovan, 6-—O. '.Newtown beat Wellington, at ■Wollihgton, by 2 sets to 1. Results (Newtown mentioned first) • Fathers and Morgan lost to Archibald and Pope by default. o—6; Forbes and Richards heat Wit-combe and L. O ? Brien, 6—3; Sounness and Cornet beat R. O’Brien and Inch, 6 —4. Victoria College iron from Trinity by defajrlt, 3 —o. / . Khandallah beat Lyall Bay, at Khandallah, by 3 sets to 0. Results

(Khandallah mentioned first): —Pocknail and F. Gentry bent Stewart and Brcwgn. 6—l; Mansfield and Blythe beat Palethorne and Hyams. 6—3 ; Gibbons and Callender beat Malfroy and ■ Sinclair, 6 —l. THIRD GRADE. Newtown beat Karori, at Karori, by 2 sets to 1. Results (Newtown mentioned first): —Pilling and Haigh boat Pasley and Ashwin, 6 —3; Powley and Smith lost to Mason and Plank, 3 —6; Hopkins and Riddell beat Watchman and Christie, 6 —2. Wellington beat Khandallah, at ■ Khandallah, by 2 sets to 1. Results (Wellington mentioned first):—Williamson and Scott lost to FanSelow and Middleton, 2—6: Teviotdale and Rose beat Haro and Hades, 6 —2 ; Fair and Rose beat Grant and James, 6—4. Salamanca beat Johnsonville, at Johnsonville, by 2 sets to 1. Results (Salamanca, nielitioned first):—McFarlane and Groves lost do Engell and Morgan, 3 —6; Rawnsley and Pearson beat Richardson‘and Cooke, B—6 ; Holder and Jardine beat Dudson and . Thompson, 6 —3. Lyall Bay beat Seatoun, at Seatoun, by 3 sets to 0. Results (Lyall Bay mentioned first): —Hol lings ii and James boat McGirr and Smith 6 —4: Scott and Pollock beat Rawson and Muru, 6—l; Polglase and Simmonds beat Cooper and Chartres, 6—4. Hataitai boat St. Francis, by 2 sets to 1. Results (Hataitai mentioned first): —Kelly and Savage lost to Costello and McElligot. I—6;1 —6; Scott and Van Borssum beat Bourke and Kennedy, 6—4; Lqzard and Buckmaster beat Wilson and Coleman, B—6.8 —6. FOURTH GRADE. . J Hataitai beat* Brougham Hill, by 3 sets to 0. Results (Hataitai mentioned first): —Johnston and Townsend beat W. Watkins and Middleton, 6—4; Lemberg and Chisholm beat Thwaites and Dudson, 6 —3; Furriq and Hislop beat L. Fisher and Jenkins, 6 —3. South Wellington beat St. Francis at St. Francis by 3 sets to 0. Results (South Wellington mentioned first): — A. H. Wilson ’and Laughton beat Scanlon and Laflin, 6—o: Feist and Morgan beat Dallow and Headifin. 6 —l; Hearn and O. Wilson boat Lander and Hoskins, 6—l. Victoria College beat. Mitchelltown bv 2 sets to 1.;, Results (Victoria College mentioned first): —Scott and Connell lost to Joblin and Richardson, 3 —6: Malfroy and Giles beat Mahoney and Kearns, 6 —3 : Harvain and Mackay bent Oliff and Aitkin, 6 —'2. LADIES SENIOR. Victoria College beat Newtown, by 3 sets to 0. Results (Victoria College mentioned first): —Misses Thwaites and Sheppard beat Misses D’Emden and Conway. 6—3 ; Misses Gardner and Madeley beat Mesdames Rhodes and Martin. 6—2; Misses Cbull and Pigou beat Mrs. Bell and Miss Pelling, 6 —4. Petone boat L.yall Bay at Lyall Bay, bv 3 sets to 0. Results (Petone mentioned first) :—Mrs. Parkinson and Miss Evison boat,Misses Warren and Lord, 6 —3 ; Misses Walters and Paton beat Misses M. Clegg and East, 6—3: Misses Nicholls and Lee beat Misses Jenkins and R. Clegg, 6—l. JUNIOR GRADE.

Brougham Hill beat Salamanca by 8 sets to 0. Results (Brougham Hill mentioned first): —Mrs. Ponlington arid Miss Welsh beat Misses Shearer, 6 —l: Mrs. Brown and Miss Sinclair, beat Misses Morrison and Still, 6— 0! Mrs. Cook and Miss Fossett® beat Misses Pearson and Jardine, 6 —o, Newtown beat Wellington, at Newtown, by 3 sets to 0. Results (Newtown mentioned first): Misses I. Conway and Hills beat Misses Veitch and McKenzie, B—6;8 —6; Misses Andrews and Henderson beat Misses Wheeler and Rogers. 6—l; Mrs. Anderson and Miss Turvoy beat Misses Truebridge and Davis, 6—3. , , Trinity boat Lyall Bay, at Trinity, by 2 sets to 1. (Not to hand.) ' Potent! won from Seatoun by default. i Trinity beat Lyall Bay by two sets fo one. Results (Trinity mentioned

first): —Misses Nicholls and Castle beat Misses Whitwell and Newman, 6—3; Mrs. Haddow and Miss Chapple boat Mrs. Marshall and Mrs. Campbell, 7—5; Misties Prince and H. Roberts lost to Mrs. Heald and Miss Jenkins, 4—6. THIRD GRADE. Brougham Hill beat HattUtaa, at Brougham Hill, by 3 sets to 0. Results (Brougham Hill mentioned first): Misses Stevens and Wallis beat Misses Harris, 6—l; Misses Barratt and H. Lapworth beat Misses Pearoe and Thomas, 6—l; Mrs. Hooper and Miss Jennings beat Misses O’Mera and Allen. 6—l. . . Karori beat Mitohelltown B, at Mitchelltown, by 2 sets to 1. Results CKarori mentioned first): —blisses McMlTlfih and Stubbs lost to Misses Olsen and Brenmsn, by default, o—6;0 —6; Misses Thompson and E. Reid beat Misses Tandy and Cowley, 6 —5 ; Misses Burns and M. Reid beat Misses Farrell and Twinem, 6—5. Lyall Bay beat St. Francis B, at Lyall Bay, by 2 sets to 1. Results (Lyall Bay mentioned first) ; ■ Misses TT. East and G. Lewis beat. Misses Fanning and Gibbs, 7—5; Misses Rollings and Scarfs lost to Misses Fanning and Watts, 3—6 ; Lyall Bay won the third game by default, o—6.0 —6. Mitchelltown A beat South Wellington. at South Wellington, by 2 sets to 1. Results (Mitchelltown A mentioned first): Misses Corbett and Simmonds beat Misses Fisher and Jeffs, 6 —4; Misses Aitken and Olsen lost to Misses Knapn and Ramsay, 4 —6: Mrs. Ryan and Miss Hayes beat Misses Startup and Wilson, 6 —4. THE LADDER L. France (Brougham Hill) beat J. C. Peacock (Thorndon) for the first position, 5—6, 7 —5, 7—5. The gamo was played on the ’ Thorndon courts. France noir holds pride of place in Wellington tennis. BROUGHAM HILL CLUB MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES. H. V. How© beat J. Paul, 6—3, 6—4; W. Ralph beat W. Harbison, 6 —3, 6 —3 L. France beat Uport, 6—o, 6—2.' MATCHES WITH OUTSIDE ASSOCIATIONS '' The Wei lington Lawn Tennis Association has arranged for the playing of three matches this month against outside associations. They are as follow: Wellington v. Wanganui, Saturdav. February 10. Wellington v. Canterbury. Saturday, February 17 at Christchurch. Wellington v. Taranaki, Saturday, February 22. at Wellington. TARANAKI TOURNEY by Tzlkibaph.—Press association. New Plymouth, February 4. ■The Taranaki lawn tennis tournament concluded on .Saturday. ‘ Tim championship' finals result"-! •—Men’s singles, E. D. Andrews (Palmerston North). Men’s doubles, Dickie and Wallace (Wn verlev). Ladies’ singles, Miss Payton (Auck-. land). g Ladies’ doubles. Misses Knight and Parton (Auckland). The combined doubles have . not yet been decided. ■