LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 102, 24 January 1930, Page 12

LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

WELLINGTON PLAY CONTINUED IN FINE WEATHER

MRS. ADAMS DEFEATS MISS MACFARLANE

A BRILLIANT THREE-SET MATCH

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“Forehand.”)

The Wellington Lawn Tennis Championships were continued yesterday on the Association Courts at Miramar in perfect weather. The standard of tennis was high, the outstanding game being between Mrs. R. P. Adams and Miss Marjorie Macfarlane, which was won by the former at the end of three hard sets. The courts were perfect and reflected the greatest credit on the groundsman, Mr. Vaney. Should they remain as they are, and there is no reason at all why they should not, competitors in the New Zealand Championships will have no cause for complaint.

Umpires should see that all games are played through with only those rests provided by the rules. At times yesterday more latitude was allowed than the circumstances warranted. The rules are explicit on the point and should be insisted upon. High-Class Tennis. The Mrs. R. P. Adams who defeated Miss Marjorie Macfarlane at the end of three gruelling sets was a vastly different player from the Mrs. Adams who went down to Miss Dulcie Nicholls in the final of the North Island championships at Wanganui. Not since she won the New Zealand championship at Auckland by defeating Miss Spiers have I seen her play better tennis, if, indeed, she has played so well. While I did not see her game against Miss Macfarlane in the semi-final of the last New Zealand championships, which were held at Auckland, and which Miss Macfarlane won,, also in three sets, the consensus of opinion is that her play then was up to her best. 1 It needed to have been for Miss Macfarlane was hitting more like a good man player and a great deal more accurately than most. In that year Miss Macfarlane had the practice which she so greatly lacks this season. Nevertheless, yesterday she played brilliant tennis, and in her defeat was not disgraced. The game was played in the most friendly spirit. The match was won by Mrs. Adams because she varied her game much more than did Miss Macfarlane, who relied almost entirely on her hard, deep, driving. The times Miss Macfarlane smashed at lobs she generally outed over the baseline or netted. She made some very fine vollevs, but there again too many nets manifested themselves. It was not to be expected that Miss Macfarlane could maintain to the end the pace at which she started, and as her strokes became less forceful in the third set, so did Mrs. Adams clap on the pace. While both ladies were placing beautifully. Mrs. Adams had less difficulty in getting to Miss Macfarlnne’s shots for the reason that they varied little in depth and Mrs. Adams kept a sound court position behind tlw backline, moving back to the centre quickly after playing a shot from the sidelines. .Mrs.- Adams showed consummate skill m drawin B Miss Mncfarlane in close, and then driving past her. She was particularly strong on the backhand in that she always got back with length and placement, if not with pace, Miss Macfarlane s hardest drives. The hitting of both was very clean. The style of Mrs. Adams when she is playing well is to compel the opponent to force the issue, for no one will beat her in safety tactics. To keep on forcing the issue demands great fitness, and fit as she was. Miss Macfarlane showed how much she was feeling the strain in the third set, losing in sting, length, and accuracy. It was delightful to watch Mrs. Adams’s forehand drive in the third set, hit close inside the line, leaving Miss Macfarlane no hope of getting to it. lhe difference in the two players was not great, the tables being turned, as I have said, on the skill with which Mrs. Adams varied both her pace and length, and then, in the third set, exerted a pressure where before she was mainly defensive. Miss Macfarlane may have concentrated with advantage less on playing so much on Mrs. Adams's backhand when she saw she could make no impression on it. and given more work to Mrs. Adams s forehand where on fust short balls she is more’ prone to hit out in going for her favourite drive on the wrong ball. Miss Mncfarlane played her backhand stroke with almost the same force as her forehand in the two first sets, and in the third she frequently went over the side lines. '

Ferkins Has Glimpses of Former j Brightness. R. McL. Ferkins fought a good fight against I. H. Seay, hitting winning drives on the forehand as he chased valiantly across the court to the corner after one ot Seay’s swinging placements. From midcourt, however, Ferkins lacked sting, and he was not accurate enough to keep on volleying Seay’s low drives made with that free, easy swing of his. For one thing Ferkins held too close to the service line, so-that a great deal of his volleying was purely defensive. Seay, disguising the direction of his ground strokes well, frequently passed Ferkins clean with balls, that fell just in the corner. Seay, too, was more effective at the net, getting very sharp angles. In the second set Ferkins gave a glimpse of. that form which once enabled him to defeat D. G. France and N. R. C. Wilson. He played more sharply as though realising that defensive tactics could never take him past Seay. His drives were deeper and faster, his position at the net was closer, and his volleying sharp and decisive, while "some of his lobs from seeming winners showed that his old fight still remained. He fell back to defensive tennis again in. the third set. , Parker Beats Lampe. J. Parker, despite lack of practice, has more and better strokes than M. L. Lampe, and it was to his sounder placing to the sidelines (with good concealment of intended direction as Lampe came in to the net) that he owed his victory. Lampe does not vary his game, but is always a tryer. In the second set Parker appeared to be troubled with his arm, which was apparently paining him. Games in the first set went with the wind. Lampe was frequently caught nt the service line, while his smashing was safe, as usual. Parker, when ’ he got the net position, quite outvolleyed Lampe. Both found many of their drives down the lines taken out by the wind. Parker required much better fitness to cope with Seay than is at present the case with him. Seay swung his long low drives from sideline to sideline to keep Parker’moving, and ho would then take the nef to volley the return if there was any A. L. France chased his club mate T. S. Williams round the court, drawing him in eJose with drop shots and then passing him clean and lobbing him. A Marathon. The record Marathon was between two girls. Miss Phillips and f'iss King; and was won by Miss King 13—11 in the third sot after three hours nnd ten minutes’ play, including numerous stoppages for massages on account of cramp and numerous recourses to a water tap close handy. ’Except in patches tho game ceased to bo tennis about an hour and a half before it ended. For the most part thereafter the players were “slow” motion and both brought themselves within the bounds when they ought to have been spoken to by tho umpire and nsked to bo loss lofsurclv in taking up their position. Tn leave tho court ns they were doing was quite contrary to the —i—. Mlaa King, of the two, deserved

her win for the reason that any aggression there was was displayed by her. She made valiant efforts to volley until exhaustion came her way. It was not that any of the games had many deucesin them, and quite a number of games were won to love or with the loss ot only one point, but the rallies were nearly all long ones. The girls took the court at 10.30 a.m. and left it finally at 1.50 p.m. An Improving Pair. Miss Lloyd and Mrs. Sturman were a greatly improved pair on their Wednesday’s performance, and they played well to lead the Misses Macfarlane s—love in the first set* of their doubles match. Miss Lloyd at the net, and on her backhand, and Mrs. Sturman overhead and on her forehand showed many flashes of their old form, the cross-court forehand drive of Mrs. Sturman being a stinging one. Seeing they could do nothing but net or play into their opponents’ hands by driving, especially when against the wind, Miss Marjorie Macfarlane resorted to lobbing. Her lobbing against the wind quite upset, for the time, the combination of Mrs. Sturman and Miss Lloyd, who either drove out or netted badly, so that the Misses Macfarlane won four games before losing the set. .As the match proceeded the lobbing lost its effect, and when the Misses Macfarlane again resorted to driving their opponents took their turn of lobbing, causing the Misses Macfarlane to smash in the het or out. Mainly it was a case of two people up or back (but always working together) against the one up and one back formation, with Miss Marion Macfarlane at the net making more mistakes than usual. Doubles and Mixed Doubles. Misses D. Nicholls and D. Howe were much too good for Mrs. R. P. Adams and Miss Dorman, who lacked combination, and were too often caught at the service line by the hard forehand drives of Miss Nicholls, which kept very low. Miss D. Howe volleyed well from the net. In the mixed doubles Shaw’s American service quite disconcerted Miss D. Howe and Dr. Mercer,, and Miss Park did good execution from the net. But Miss Park fell away in her ground strokes, and Shaw commenced to net and became less accurate with his first service to enable their opponents to win. In taking Sandral and Mrs. Sturman to three sets, Dawson and Miss Whisker played strong tennis, Miss Whisker especially dealing with the best that Sandra! had to give to ■ cause that worthy the greatest astonishment. Dawson played his solid game without frills. A. L. Erance and Mrs. R. P. Adams had a comfortable win. M. L. Lampe and Miss D. Nicholls were too sound off the ground and at the net for the not verv reliable combination of Miss D. Howe and J. Mercer. Mistr<es by the opponents rather than any outstanding play by themselves enabled them to carry the second set to B—lo.

DETAILED RESULTS The following are the detailed results in the championships:— MEN’S SINGLES. Third round: A. L. France bent T. S. Williams, 6—l. 6—l; J. B. Parker beat M. L. Lampe, 7—5, o—6, 6—o: I. Seay beat R. McL. Ferkins, 6—2, 4—6, G-j 4. * Semi-finals: I. A. Seay beat X. B. Parker, 6—3, 6—l. LADIES’ SINGLES. • Semi-finals: Mrs. A. Adams beat Miss Marjorie Macfarlane, 6—B, 6 —3, .6—4. MEN’S DOUBLES. First round: M. 0. Gardner and C. S. Plank beat R. McL. Ferkins and P. Webb, 6—3, 6—2. Second round: X- S. Williams and J. B. Parker beat C. B. Beatson and J. Dart, ,Cr/l, 6—l; M. L. Lampe and A. L. France 'beat M. 0. Gardner and C. S. Plank, 6—o, 6—2. LADIES' DOUBLES. Second round: Mrs. R. P. Adams and Miss N. I. Dorman beat Misses Davidson, 6—2, 6—o; Misses Macfarlane beat Misses T. and J. Gill, 6—2, 6-4. Semi-finals: Misses D. Howe and D. Nicholls beat Mrs. R. P. Adams and Miss N. I. Dorman, 6—2, 6—2; Mrs. Sturman and Miss N. Lloyd beat Misses Macfarlane, (j 3 (j ' ’ MIXED DOUBLES. First round: W. H. Lee and Miss M. Lee beat C. B. Goddard and Miss L. Gregg, 6—l, 6—2; Dr. J. Mercer and Miss D. Howe beat J. T. Shaw and Miss Park, 6—3,-3 —6, 6—2; H. N. Burns and Miss Brady beat T. S. Williams and Miss Marion Macfarlane, 7—5, 6—4; H. D. Reid and Miss N. Fleming beat W. Mason and Miss Pain, 2—6, o—3, 6—.; A. E. Sandral and Mrs. Sturman beat E. A. Dawson and Miss Whisker, o—3, 3—6, 6—o: M. L. Lampe and Miss D Nicholls beat' R. McL. Ferkins and Miss Wood. o—4, 6—l. Second round: A. L. France and Mrs. R. P. Adams bent W. H. Lee and Miss M. Lee, 6 —o, 6—4; C. G. White and Miss Lloyd beat H. D. Reid and Miss N. Fleming, 6—4, 6—4; M. L. Lampe and Miss D. Nicholls beat Dr. Mercer and Miss D. Howe, o—3, 10—8; A. E. Sandral and Mrs. Sturman beat H. N. Burns and Miss E. Brady, o—l. 6—4. B GRADE CHAMPIONSHIP MEN’S SINGLES. Second round: S. Clifford-Jones beat T. McDonnell, 6—3, 6—4. Third round: P. M. West beat L. Annett, 6 —4, 4—6, 6—3; J. L. Moffat beat C. G. Swinburne. o—3 (I—s; F. B. Court beat S, Clifford-Jones, 6—5. s—o, 6—3. Semi-finals: P. M. West beat J. L. Moffat 4—o, o—3, 7—5. LADIES’ SINGLES. Semi-finals: *Miss M. Whisker beat Miss M. Duncan, 6—3, o—o. MEN'S DOUBLES. ’ First round: P. M. West and W. V. Fisher beat R. Lochore gnd O. A. Lochore, 6—3, 2—6, 6—2. ' ' LADIES’ DOUBLES. First round: Misses Pirk and Wood beat Miss Dunean and New, 2—o, 6—5, 11—p; Misses M. Pain and M. Whisker beat Misses T. and J. Gill, 6—2, 6—o. Semi-finals: Misses M. Pain and M. Whisker beat Misses Davidson, o—o,0 —0, 6—2. MIXED DOUBLES. First round: A. E. Sandlant and Miss Dyer beat R. Adams, and Miss Davidson, O—3 4-6, 6—2; .1 T. Shaw and Miss Park bent H. D. Reid and Miss Pain, 6—3, 6—4. Second round: W. Mason and Miss Dunean bent C. S. Plank and Miss T. Gill, g—s o—s; J. T. Shaw and Miss Park bent A. E. Sandlant nnd Miss Dyer, 6—o, 4—6, ° Semi-finals: W. Mason and Miss Duncan bent A. G. Featonby and Miss House, o—l, 5—6, 6—3. BOYS' SINGLES. Semi-finals: N. Davys beat J. A. Blandford, o—3, 6 —5; R. 11. Carstens beat C. W. Morrison, 6—5, 6 —o. GIRLS' SINGLES. Semi-finals: Miss D. Klug beat Miss S. Phillips, 4—6, O—s, 13—11; ‘Miss M. Howe woa Irwu Buras by default. .

BOYS’ DOUBLES. . Second round: T. Pender and G. C, Smith beat D. Howe and D. Brown, 6—l, 6—3. Semi-finals: N. Davys and J. Blandford beat L. Annett and R. H. Carstens, 6—l, 6—5; N. Bedford and C. W. Morrison beat T. Pender and G. C. Smith, 6—3, 6—O. GIRLS’ DOUBLES. Final: Miss S. Phillips and Miss D. King won from Miss M. Howe and Miss J. Burns, by default. PLATE COMPETITIONS A GRADE PLATE. First round: E. A- Boussell beat W. Fisher, 6—4, 3—6, 6—o; C. Plank beat G. Crossley, 6—2, 6—3. B GRADE PLATE. First round: A. R. A. Clark beat A. C. Clark, 6—l, 6—3; C. B. Goddard beat SandHut, 6—l, 6—2; Osborne beat W. Dorman, 3" 6, 6 4, 6—2. Second round: G. Crossley beat K. Lochore, 6—5, 5—6, 7—5; A. R. A. Clark beat C. B. Goddard, 6-5, 6—3; O. Lochore won from P. Webb, by default. LADIES’ PLATE. First round: Miss T. Gill won from Miss J. Nielson, by default; Miss Briggs beat Miss J. Gill, 6—3, 6—o. TO-DAY’S GAMES The following are the games set down for to-day, with the times of play:— B Grade, Ladies’ Doubles. —Misses Park and Wood v. Misses Tucker and Dyer, at 10.30 a.m. B Grade, Men’s Doubles.—Sykes and Clark v. Davys and Clifford-Jones; McDonnell and Suisted v. Mason and Crossley; Fisher and West v. Featonby and Sandlant, all at 10.30 a.m. B Grade Men’s Champion Singles.—Carstens v. Gardner, at 10.30 a.m.; Court v. winner of above, at 11.30 a.m. Men’s Championship Singles.—A. B. Sandrail v. A. L. France, at 1.30 p.m. Men’s Championship Doubles. —Burns and Watt v. Williams and Parker, at 11 a.m.; France and Lampe v. White and Sundral, at 2.30 p.m. Ladles’ Championship Singles.—Miss Macfarlane v. Miss D. Nicholls, at 2.30 p.m. Mixed Doubles Championship—France and Miss Adams v. Lampe and Miss D. Nicholls, at 11 a.m.; Sandral and Mrs. Sturman v. White and Miss Lloyd, at 3.30 p.m. B Grade Mixed Doubles.—Court and Miss Tucker v. Shaw and Miss Park, at 10.30 a.m. A Grade Plate. —Gardner v. Sykes, at 11 a.m.; Dart v. A. C. Clark; H. V. Howe v. Mason; J. Shaw v. C. B. Beatson, all at 10.30 a.m. . — « B Grade Plate.— Crossley v. A. R. A. Clark, at 11 a.m.; H. V. Clark v. Mason, at 11 Lad'ic?’'Plate—Miss Pain v. Miss Fleming, at 11 a.m.: Miss B. Bradley v. Miss SPhillips, at 10.30 a.m.

HUTT VALLEY TOURNEY RESULTS OF EVENTS The Hutt Valley Lawn Tennis Association, by courtesy of the Wellington Lawn Tennis Association, held its annual tournament on the association hard courts at Miramar. 1 The entries were large, and. the following are the. results of the matches played on Wednesday:—

Senior Ladies’ Doubles. Section A; King and Crawford beat Thompson and Foote. 9—2; King and Crawford beat Fraser and —udd, 9—7; King and Crawford beat Mcllvrlde and Baker; King and Crawford beat Jollands and Jollands, 3—3; Eraser and Judd beat Thompson and Foote, 9—4; Fraser and Judd beat Mcllvrlde and Baker, Fraser and Judd beat Jollands and Jollands, 9—7: Mcllvrlde and Baker beat Thompson and Foote, 9—4; Mcllvri.de and Baker beat Jollands and Jollands, 9—3; Thompson and Foote bea£ Jollands and Jollands. Section winners: King and Crawford. 1 Section B: Whiteman and Shlel beat Bed-in-fleld and Canes, 9—2; Smith and Waltws beat WhitcinaA and Shlel, 9-8: Smith and Walters beat Callender and Chivers 9—2; Smith and Walters beat Bedingfleld and Capes; Smith and Walters beat Henderson and Mawson; Callender _and Chivers beat Whiteman and Shiel, 9—5; Callender and Chivers beat Bedingfield and Capes, 9—2; Callender and Chivers beat Henderson and Mawson. 9—5. Section winners: Smith and Walters. Senior Men's Doubles. Section D: Stoupe and Reynolds beat Dyer and Ackroyd, 9—B; Chapman and Edwards beat Tilbury and McArthur, 9—4; Chapman and Edwards beat Dyer and Ackroyd. 9—5: Chapman and Edwards beat Marshall and Winnie, 9-3; Tilbury and McArthur beat Stoupe and Reynolds. 9—45; Tilbury and McArthur beat Dyer and Ackroyd, 9—3; Tilbury and McArthur beat Marshall and Winnie. 9—6; Lowe and Eales beat Stoupe and Reynolds, 9 —4; Lowe and Eales beat Chapman and Edwards, 9—B; Lowe and Eales beat Tilbury and McArthur, 9—B; Lowe and Eales beat Dyer and Crawford, o—7; Lowe and Eales beat Marshall and Winnie, 9—5; Marshall and Winnie beat Stoupe and Reynolds, 9—7; Marshall and Winnie beat Dyer and Ackroyd. 9—3. Section winners: Lowe and Eales. Section E: Ward and Rawnsley beat Blair and Murphy, 9—4; Ward and Rawnsle.v beat House and House, 9—7; Ward and Rawnsley beat Hodgkinson and A. Smith, 9—l; Ward and Rawnsley beat Richardson and R. Smith, B—4; Blair and Murphy beat Richardson and R. Smith, 9—l; House and House beat Blair and Murphy, 9—B;' House and House beat Hodgkinson and A. Smith, 9—3; House and House beat Richardson and P. Smith, 9—l; Hodgkinson and A. Smith beat Blair and Murphy. 9—5; Hodgkinson and A. Smith beat Richardson and R. Smith, 9—B. Section winners: Ward and Rawnsley.

Junior Men’s Doubles. Section F: Wilkie and Higson beat Wardlaw and Leyland, 9—l; Wilkie and Higson beat Pyne and Wright, 9—3: I) 11kie and Higson beat Prior and Usmar, 9—B; Pyne and Wright beat Wardlaw aud Levland; Pyne and Wright beat Usmar and Prior, 9—3; Parnell and Cowie beat Wardlaw aud Leyland, Parnell and beat Wilkie and Higson, 9—B; Parnell and Cowie beat Pyne and Wright, 9—3; Parnell and Cowie beat Prior and Usmar. 9—3; Prior and Usmar beat Wardlaw and Leylaud, 9—7. Section winners: Parnell and Cowje. Section G: Kitchen and Leighton beat Mouatt and Marish, 9—B; Whiteman and Anderson beat Kitchen and Leighton, 9—o: Whiteman and Anderson beat Evans and Foley. 9—2; Whiteman and Anderson beat Mouatt and Marish; Whiteman and Anderson beat Thompson and King, 9—3; Evans and Foley beat Mouatt and Marish, 9—3; Manderson and Schneider beat Kitchen and Leighton, 9—3; Manderson and Schneider beat Whiteman and Anderson, 9—S; Manderson and Schneider beat Evans and Foley, 9—7; Manderson and Schneider beat Mouatt and Marish, 9—3; Manderson and Schneider beat Thompson and King; Thompson and King beat Mouatt and Marist, 9—6. Section winners: Manderson and Schneider. Finals. Senior Ladies’ Doubles.— King and Crawford beat Smith and Walters, 7—<>, 6—3. Senior Men’s Doubles.r-Ward and Kawnsley beat Lowe and Eales, , Junior Ladies’ Doubles. —Jollands Jollands beat Bedingfield and C-apes, 6—l, n o Junior Men’s Doubles.—Parnell and Cowie beat Schneider and Manderson, 0—

WAIRARAPA TOURNEY SECOND DAY’S PLAY MISS WAKE BEATS MISS ANDREW Dominion Special Service 1 Masterton, January 23. Another perfect day greeted competitors in the Wairarapa lawn tennis tournament. In practically all sections the fourth-round stage was reached. The courts are wearing well under consistently hard treatment, and so far as the tournament has progressed it has been very SU Somc f 'of the matches to-day provided bright tennis, the match between Misses Andrew and Wake, Canterbury champion and runner-up respectively, won by Miss Wake, being easily one of the best of the day. Thompson (Palmerston North) put up a great light against Court (Auckland), the latter player’s superior physical fitness winning him the game. In the men's doubles the match between Rovdhouse and Ross (Carterton) and Court and Entwhistle (Auckland) was an attractive one. Charters and Stedman had little difficulty in winning both their singles and doubles. The results of to-day's matches are as follow: — . CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS MEN’S SINGLES. Second Round: W. J. Melody beat Major. 9—7 —3; Court beat Blythe. 6—O, 6 —2; Penney beat Bennett. 6—3. 6—<): Hodder beat Matthews. <• —4. 6—l; R-. ss beat Goodin, 6—3, 6 —o; Ent whistle beat Hartgill

by default; Stedman beat N. W. Groves, 6 —4). 6—l. Third round: Reid beat Le Quesne, 4—6, 6—4, 6—4; Entwistle beat Melody, 6 — 3, 7—5. Fourth round: Ross beat Penney, 6—o, C —2; Charters beat Wellwood, 6—l, 6—l; Court beat Thompson, 6—2, 3—6, 6—3. Fifth round: Stedman beat Court, 6—4, MEN’S DOUBLES. First round: Entwhistle and Court beat Tatham and R. H. Bunny, 6—o. 6—O. Second round. Reid and Deal beat Bennett and F. H. Tatham, 6—l, 6—3; Reeves and Long beat Cowper and Hartgill, 6—l, 7— 9, 7—5; Thompson and Bunny beat Beetham and Maunsell, 6—3, 6—2; Entwistle and Court beat Ross and Roydhouse, 5—7, 6—l, fl—2; Melody and Major beat Groves and Bartholomew, 7—5, 6—B; Wellwood and Hodder beat Martin and Miller, B—lo, 12—-10, 6—3. Third round: Charters and Stedman beat. Reid and Deal, fl—l, fl—1; Thompson and Bunny beat Reeves and Long, 6—l, 10—8. LADIES’ SINGLES. Third round: Miss Myers beat Mrs. Tatham, 6—2, fl—0; Miss Rutherford beat Mrs, Steel, 6—3, 6—4; Miss Preedy beat Miss Bradley, 6—2, 6—2; Mrs. Wells beat Miss Pragnell, 6 —2, 6—B, 7—5; Mrs. Booth beat Miss Cameron, 2—6, fl—4, 6—2; Miss Gibson beat Miss Card, 6 —2, 6—l; Miss Wake beat Miss Andrew, 6—3, 6-2; Miss Haggltt beat Mrs. Groves, 11—9, 6—3. LADIES’ DOUBLES. First round: Misses Sanderson and Gibson beat Misses Webb and Wheeler, 6—l, 9—7. Second round: Misses Sanderson and Gibson beat Mesdames Booth and Groves, 6—l, 6—4; Misses Bradley and Haggitt beat Mrs. Tatham and Miss Tatham. 6—2, 6—l; Misses Preedy and Cameron beat Misses Dods and Potter, 6—l, 6—3; Misses Lowes and McMullan beat Mrs. Percy and Miss McDonald, 6—l, 6—o; Mrs. Melody and Miss Myers beat Mesdames Clark and Steel, 6—o, 6—O; Misses Rutherford and E, Gordon-Elliott beat Misses Balfour and Vile, 6—2, 6—2. Third round: Misses Bradley and Haggltt beat Misses Cameron and Preedy, 6—3, 2—fl, 6—3; Misses Andrews and Wake beat Misses Gordon-Elliott and Rutherford, 6—l, 6—3; Mrs. Melody iand Miss Myers beat Misses Lowes and McMullan, 6—3, & ~ l ’ MIXED DOUBLES. 1 ’

First round: Thompson and Mrs. Maitland beat Tatham and Mrs. Tatham, 6—3, 6—2; N. W. Groves and Mrs. Clark beat Hardie and Miss Potter, 6—4, 6—l; ongmore and Miss Bell beat Barrer and Miss Groves, 7—5, I—B, o—3. Second round: Matthews and Miss Carey beat Sutherland and Miss White, 6—2, 6 —2; Roydhouse and Mrs. Steel beat Wilson and Miss Dods, 6—3, 2; Court and Miss Preedy beat Hartgin and Miss Sanderson, 6—4, 6-4; Goodin and Mrs. Crawley beat Groves and Mrs. Clark, 7—5, 3—6, fourth round: Hartgill and Miss Sanderson beat Tatham and Miss Rutherford, 6-2, 6—3. BoYg , SINGLES Third round: Horne beat Pay ton, 6—3, 6—3; Marshall beat Hewitt, 6—o, 6—o. GIRLS’ SINGLES. Third round: Miss Polson beat Miss Daniell, 6—l, 6—l; Miss .Longmore beat Miss Beetham, 6 —5, 6—2; Miss Bogers beat Miss Betts, 6—2, 6—5; Miss lercy beat Miss Rishworth, 6—2, 6—4. HANDICAP EVENTS MEN’S SINGLES, A GRADE. First round: Ricketts (18) beat J. Lawson (18), 70—67; Reeves (15) beat H. Beetham (25), 70—55; Macßae (2o) beat Robinson (25), 70-C2; Penney 18 beat Court (6) by default; McKenzie (25) beat Bly th (20), 70—58; N. W. Groves (18) beat W T White (22), 70—55; Major beat Mills by default; Long beat Cowper by default; Tomlinson (15) beat Meredith (2o), round: Penney (18) beat R. M. Barrer (18), 70—08; Major (18) beat R. H. Tatham (20), 70—66; McLeod (20) beat Beere (15), 70—54; F. W. Martin (12) beat Ricketts (18), 70—55; Entwistle (scr.) beat McGregor (25), 70—63; Sutherland (25) beat Carman (25), 70—55; Hodder (6) beat Longmore (25), 72—70. MEN’S SINGLES—B GRADE. Second round: Orr (12) beat Yule (20), • 70—68; George (12) beat Rishworth (2o), 70—63; Johnston (20) beat J. B. Bennett (15), 70—60; Johnston (20) beat J. B. Bennett (15), 70—60. Third round: Temple (18) beat Feast (22), 70—56; George (12) beat Carman (20), 70—68; Marshall (14) beat Payton (22), 70—58; George (12) beat Cameron (24) 70—68; Johnston (20) beat J. G. Groves (18), 70—67; Cameron (12) beat Orr (12), 70—68; Bennington (15) beat E. J. White (scr.), 79—37; D. Groves (20) beat Matthews (5), 70—64; Pointon (22) beat Bunny (scr.), 70—68. Fourth round: D. Groves (20) beat Temple (18), 70—64. MEN’S DOUBLES—A GRADE. First round: R. H. Tatham and R. Bunny (18) beat Cowper and Hartgill (10), 70—57; Beetham and Payton (25) beat Cameron and Meredith (25), 70—59; B. Hatch and Allan (25) beat F. H. Bennett and Tatham (18), 70—64; Blyth and W. T. White (18) beat K. Groves anR Bartholomew (18), 70—54; Goodin and McLeod (15) beat Wardell and Longmore (20), 70— 58; Payton and Beetham (25) beat MacRae and Bunny (25), 72—70. Second round: Bunny and Thompson (8) beat B. A. Barrer and Wilson (13), 70 —6l; Melody and Major (12) beat Sutherland and Daniell (25), 70—63; Groves and Bartholomew (18) beat Hatch and Allan (25) 70—65; Ross and Roydhouse (8) beat Morton and Miller (10), 70—56; Wheeler and Beere (scr.) beat Beetham and Tatham (25), 70—64. MEN’S DOUBLES, B GRADE. First round: Groves and Hewitt (18) beat D. Groves and Johnston (18), 70 —68; Temple and Morton (scr.); beat Michael and Pointon (25), 73—71; J. S. Groves and Hewitt (18) beat George and Feast (15), 70—59; Michael and Pointon (25) beat Orr and R. Hatch (12), 70—54; J, D. Bennett and S. Roydhouse (18) beat Bennington and Yule (15), 70—59; Cameron and Matthews (12) beat Carman and Ross (22), 70—47. ( Second roiind: Home and Sellar (18) beat Buchanan and Cowie (25). 70—48; Cameron and Matthews (12) beat Bennett and Roydhouse (18), 70—60. LADIES’ SINGLES. A GRADE. First round: Miss M. Cameron (12) beat Miss C. Todd (20). 50—28; Miss D. Haggitt (10) beat Mrs. B. P. Perry (20). 50—37; Miss Beetham (20) beat Miss. A. Donald (25), 50-39. Second round: Mrs. Steel (12) beat Miss Dods (8), 50—36; Miss Bell (10) beat Miss E. McDonald (22), 50-41; Miss McMullan (10) beat Miss Welsh (25), 50—47: Miss McCalmont (20) beat Miss M. Donald (25), 50—ifl; Miss Wheeler (18) beat Miss E. Gordon-Elliott (20), 50—13. Miss Haise (25) beat Mrs.'Crawley (22), 50—48; Miss Jackson (22) beat Miss Preedy (scr.) by default; Mrs. Wells (15) beat Miss Sanderson (10), 52—50; Miss A. Pragnell (12) beat Miss Percy (25), 50—44; Miss Vile (20) beat Miss B. Todd (20), 50-41; Mrs. K. Groves beat Miss Card by default; Miss Long'more (25) beat Miss T. Beetham (20), 50—37. LADIES’ SINGLES. B GRADE. Second round: Miss Baird (12) beat Miss A. Beetham i (20), 50—40; Miss P. Dunn (8) beat Miss O. Todd (15), 50—41; Miss Horuabrook (10) beat Miss Murray Aynsley (5), 50—47; Miss M. Beetham (scr.) beat Miss J. Rutherford (S), 50—38. Third round: Miss P. Dunn (8) beat Miss Horuabrook (10), 50 —36; Miss N. Balfour (12) beat Miss J. Betts (18), 50—31* Miss Williams (scr.) beat Miss V. Ruth'.*ford (scr.), 50—40; Miss Baird (12) beat -liss M. Beetham (scr.), 50—43. LADIES’ DOUBLES, A GRADE. First round: Mrs. Maitland and Miss Holmwood (5) beat Misses Booth and Morrison (22), 50—43; Misses Donald and Donald (25) beat Miss McDonald and Mrs. Perry (18), 50—39; Misses Haise and Pragnell (10) beat Misses Bell and Longmore (10). 50 —10. Second round. Mrs. Michael and Miss Penney (15) beat Misses M. Sellar and James (18). 59—42; Misses Dunn and Beethum (25) beat Mrs. Maitland and Miss Holmwood (5), 50—41; Misses D. Todd and Baird (25) beat Misses Bunny * and Groves (25), 70—38. LADIES’ DOUBLES, B GRADE. Second round: Misses Braithwaite and Perry (18) beat Misses Polson and Brown (20), 50—45; Misses Donald and Donald (25) beat Misses Percy aud Weston (20), 50—34. Third round: Mrs. Marshall and Miss Ross (15) beat Mesdames Beetham and Hodder (10), 50—35 MIXED DOUBLES. A GRADE. First round: Tatham and Mrs. Tatham (18 beat Baker and Miss McCalmont (20), 60-51; Tomlinson and Mrs. Marshall (15) beat Matthews and Miss Carey (25), 60—50; Beetham and Miss Beetham (25) beat Blyth and Miss Well (22). 60 —58; Longmore and Miss Bell (18) beat N. W. Groves and Mrs. Clark (18).'60—44. Second round: Baird and Miss Clachlan (25) beat Sutherland and Miss R. White (25), 35—28; Wellwood and Miss Myers (scr.) beat Beere and Miss Penny (15), Wheeler and Miss Lowes (15). 60—43; Le Quesne and Miss Rutherford (20) beat Booth and Miss Booth (25), 60—44; McCrae and Miss Sellar (25) beat Bennett and Mrs. Bennett (25), 60-54. MIXED DOUBLES. B GRADE. First round: D. Robertshawe and Miss Dunn (18) beat Speedy aud Miss Matthew’s

(12), CO—sl; Hewitt and Strouts (15) boat Carman and Miss Brown (IS), 60 45; George and Miss Percy (14) beat Roydhouse, and Miss Graham (5) : 60 —56; Horne and Miss Betts (16) beat Robertshawe and Miss Rutherford (18). 60—35: Rushworth and Miss Hosting 420) beat Sellar and Miss Sellar (10), 60—53; Tatham and Miss Rutherford (scr.) beat Payton and Miss Bunny (20), 60-42. . Second round: Hewi and Miss Strouts (15)); beat Groves and Miss Meredith (13), 60—417; George and Miss Pery (15) beat D J. White and Miss Coom (S), 60—55; Bunny and Miss Beetham (scr.) beat Carman and Miss Roydhouse (10), 60—47: Meredith and Miss Donald (14) beat Orr and .Miss Parsonson (IS), 60 —53.