Lawn Tennis

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 76, 31 March 1934, Page 18

Lawn Tennis

By "Drive."

TflE-CLUB TITLES'

SATURDAY'S FINAL GAMES

THE WINNING TEAMS

The "Wellington intci-club'champion-' ships iicie completed on Satuiday, and the season, protracted and somewhat dull, is nearly at an .end. The Brougham Hill Club won n ''double" in the men's and women's first divisions, the only two giades in which it entered, a win over Thonidon on Saturday clinching the men's .title; without a loss; There was little doubt, after the defeat of ■Wellington some weeks ago, that Biougham Hill would take the championship, which they have iaiily earned thi> Though no longer "the strongest ''club in Wellington, 'they have been aided by the armal of Bedford and the improvement of JR. Howe,'while D. G. Franco has been a great somce of. strength and proved very reliable for his side. Though Thorndon, at full strength, would) have made a fight for it, the departure of Malfroy for the' Davis Cup matches ended their chance of holding premier position in tho championship, and- thus the ruriners;up' proved■■. to be University, who beat Wellington after a veiy close battle. Univeisity losf only one match, and that was to the champions, so their form has been most consistent. ■.■".■. Kewtown, Univeisity, and Atiramar have been the outstanding clubs this year. Despite a falling-away in the form of their first" division iuen's team, Newtown won the second and third division men's championships and were ruhnersTup in the first division .women's event. Miramar won the fourth divi; sion (having teams which came through in each of the two sections of the championship, and met in the final) and the sixth division, and were runners-up in the third division men's event; while their third division' women's team also performed well and finished four points behinVl the winners. . University won the third division women's championship, and were runners-up in the first division men's matches and the fourth. A division.

■-. The closing matches were-without excitement, save in the long UniversityWellington struggle, which continued until darkness settled down on the field. "Wellington, hopelessly behind on games, could: have taken- the match if Purves and Eeid had been equal to winning the third set f rom Ferkins and McCarthy, but there was never much doubt about where that set was going and ; Univorsity won on a game count* Earlier in the day Perkins had won his third match against Roussellj this season, taking, the final set to love* and McCarthy, after 'being 6-1 and 5-2 against Coombe, had lost the match. In the ■ Brougham Hill-Thorndon encounter the match lacked all firo. and the succession of Brougham Hill wins continued without check. They were leading 7-0 when the final double was defaulted to Thorndon.