LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING.

Evening Post, Volume LVI, Issue 156, 30 December 1898, Page 5

LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING.

» MISS NTJNNELEY STILL HOLDS THE LADIES' BLUE RIBBON. [BY TELEGRAPH — PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Dunedin, 29th December. The Lawn Tennis Championship Tournament was brought to a close to-day. The weather has been fine on the whole, and as the courts have been in good order and the entries numerous, the tournament has been an undoubted success. The results are : — Ladies' Singles, best of three sets, advantage Bets; prize, trophy valued at £2 2s; the winner to play Miss Nunneley for the Ladies' Lawn Tennis Championship of New Zealand and the N.Z.L.T.A. gold medal.— Final — Miss Lean, Canterbury Club, beat Miss M. Simpson, Linwood Club, 6—l,6 — 1, 7—5 ; Miss Nunneley beat Miss Lean, 6—l, 6—o. Men's Championship Singles, best of five sett, advantage sets ; first prize, N.Z.L.T.A. gold medal and trophy value £3 3s ; second prize, trophy value £1 lls 6d.— Final— C. C. Cox (Canterbury) beat J. U. Collini. (Canterbury), 6—2, 4—6, 6—3, 6—3. Ladies' Championship Doubles, best of three sets, advantage sets ; prizes, N.Z.L.T.A. gold medals and trophies of £1 Is each. — Misses Lean and Nunueley (Canterbury) beat Misses Ramsay and Campbell (Otago), 7—5, 6—3. Men's Championship Doubles.— Final— Cox and Collins (Canterbury) beat Gore Brothers, 6—3, 6—2, 6—4. Men's Handicap Singles. — Fourth round — F. Fisher beat J. M. Marshall, 2—6, 6—5, 6—4. Semi-final— E. Colthart beat Peacock, 6—4, 6—2 ; Fisher beat Broad, o—6, 6—3, 6—4. Final— E. Coltharfc (Canterbury), receive/ 2-3rds of 15, beat Fisher, owe 15 6-6 th, 6—B, 6—4. Combined Handicap Doubles. — Third round— Miss Gore and Collins beat Mist Harman and Williams, 6—l,6 — 1, 6—3.6 — 3. Miss Gorrie and Parker a bye. , Semi-final— Miss Gore and Collins beat Miss Meares and Atkinson, 6—1, 6—0. Miss Gorrie and Parker beat Miss Nunneley and Fisher, 6—6, 6—2, 6—2. Final— Miss Gorrie and Parker (Auckland), owe 2-3 rd of 15, beat Miss Gore and Collins, scr, 5—6,5 — 6, 6—l,6 — 1, 6—5.6 — 5. Men's Handicap Doubles, best of three Bets, advantage sets ; prizes, trophies, £3 3s the pair. — Third round — Cox and Garsia beat W. and T. Leay, 6—l,6 — 1, 6—o. Ward aud Borrows a bye. Semi-final — Marshall and Peacock beat Ward and Borrows, 6—5,6 — 5, 6—2;6 — 2 ; Young and Wilson beat Cox and Garsia, 3—6, 6—3,6 — 3, 6—4. Final— A. Young and J. Wilson (Wellington), scr, beat Marshall and Peacock (Auckland), owe 30, 6—3,6 — 3, 6—6. Ladies' Handicap Doubles. — Third round — Misses E. and M. Simpson beat Misses Aitken and Harman, 6—5,6 — 5, 6—2.6 — 2. Final — Misses Gore and Nunneley, owe 15 3-6 th, beat Misses E. and M. Simpson, owe 15 3-6 th, 6—l, 6—o.