BRITISH TRIUMPHS

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 7, 8 July 1935, Page 9

BRITISH TRIUMPHS

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the seventh time. At the same time she sets a post-war record for the event. Mrs. Moody has now won the title seven times, three times as Miss Helen Wills, and four times since her marriage. Mrs. Lambert-Chambers _ also won the championship seven times, the last occasion being in 1914, and Mile. Suzanne 'Lenglen won it six times, five of these being in succession. Mrs. Moody's previous successes were in 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, and 1933. In 1931 she did not defend her title nor did she play last year. Thus, for nine years she .has remained undefeated at Wimbledon. Miss Helen Jacobs was appearing in her fourth final there and did better than ever before. In 1929 she was beaten by Mrs. Moody, 6-1, 6-2, and in 1932 was defeated 6-3, 6-1. Last year Miss D. Round beat her 6-2, 5-7, 6-3.

Crawford and Quist confirm previous impressions of their play together by their Wimbledon success. It has been obvious for some time past that Quist, with a solid partner, was capable of rising to brilliant heights, and the fact that the Americans concentrated their attack on Crawford shows that they fully appreciated the merit of the young Australian. Quist is only twenty-two years old this year, so he has much tennis before him. Allison and Van Ryn were playing in their third Wimbledon final together. Van Ryn in his fourth. They won the title in 1929 and 1930, and Van Ryn took it in 1931 with George Lott as his partner.

Misses Stammers and James are a young pair, Miss Stammers being twenty-one years of age and Miss James twenty-three. Both have represented Britain and Miss Stammers won the British hard-court singles at Bournemouth recently, defeating Miss M. Scriven in the final and Miss Round in the semi-final.