LAWN TENNIS

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 32, 9 February 1929, Page 11

LAWN TENNIS

WILDING SHIELD

WELLINGTON'S GOOD LEAD

(Special to "The. Evening Post.")

;:, ' ■■■' ■'■ :CHRiSTCHURCH, This Day. ,_Under perfect weather conditions, the courts being in splendid order, the Wilding Shield lawn • tennis match between Wellington, the challengers, and Canter-, buryi" the holders, was begun yesterday. At the .end of'the day's.play Wellington had placed themselves in a very, strong position, winning..- 1 five out" of the six matches' played.•••Canterbury to win will have to take all sis of to-day's matches, a feat which the most ardent of the Canterbury ■ supporters. hardy deem probable. There was quite a good attendance of the public'at Wilding Park, some bright and interesting tennis being witnessed. In the singles' most interest perhaps centred on the match" between A. L. France and D. F. Glanville, the Canterbury -skipper. • France's famous and exasperating deadly chops were very much in evidence and he had the Canterbury player continually on the run, so much so that' after the first set France practically won as he liked. T. Rhodes Williams •(Wellington) and T. W. Peterson. (Canterbury) had an even tussle, the better man in the Wellington player winning after an exhibition of mediocre tennis. Much greater brilliance was shown by C. E. Malfroy who, after narrowly losing the first' set against his Canterbury oppou'ent, _C. Angas, took the next two by sheer brilliance. D. G. France was not at his best against I. A. Seay, the Canterbury player deserving his win, the only one to be registered to-day in Canterbury's favour. D. G. France, however, made amends in the doubles when* with Malfroy as his partner, Wellington easily accounted for the Canterbury pair,' Glanville and Patterson. The winners gave a very tine exhibition of ' the game. ■ A surprise was the defeat of the Canterbury first pair, Seay and A'ngas, by Wellington's second string, A. L. France and Rhodes Williams; 'The losers: did not • combine any too weir and France's cleverness was the deciding factor in the third set.--The following are the results of the matches, Wellington players being mentioned first:—m ■ ■ ■': ■ _ „_. ■ Singles.—T. Rhodes Williams beat T. W. Patterson, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5; A. L. France beat D F. Glanville, 7-5, 6-2; C. E. Malfroy beat C. Angas, 5-7, 6-2, 6-2; D. G. France lost to I. A. Seay, 11-13,2-6. Doubles.—A. L. Franco and Rhodes Williams beat Seay-and Angas, G-3, 3 : 6, 6-3; D. G. France and Malfroy beat Glanville and Patterson, 6-2, 6-3.