LAWN TENNIS

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 144, 14 March 1931, Page 15

LAWN TENNIS

Manawatu Competitions Palmerston North, March 13. The Palmerston North Lawn Tennis Club’s championships have been a< *vanced far as the fifth round FoHowlngtatt the results:— Spragge beat M. Rodgers, an 4_(j 6—4; Brown beat Campbell, 6—B.’ 6—2, 3—o (Campbell retired); HanHnof- p Young, o —-6, 6 —4, 6—O; Ivobertson beat Hooper, 6—5, 6—3; Elnam beat The draw for the sixth round is as follows:—Hankin (1 life) v. Robertson (a.); Brown (2) v. Hooper (1) .Rodgers (1) v. Elnam (2); SpraggOj,(2), a bye. Manawatu Inter-club In the Wednesday division of the north ern competition, Palmerston North is leading with four games and four wins, with Manawatu and Takaro runners-up. The final game between Palmerston North and Takaro will be played on Wednesday. The Saturday A grade competition has been C won by Palmerston North, with five games and five wins. Pending with five games and three wtas was second, while Northern was third tv.th five games and two wins. _ . . .. Palmerston North will play oft. with the winners of the southern competition to de termine the association championship. Takaro, with six games and A® the winner of the B competition B grade, with Northern placed second. win ners of the A and B grades of the B competition will be played on Saturday week. P Levin is leading in the southern convention with five games and. five wins. Ruakawa is second. The deciding same between these two teams will be plajed to-morrow. ■'