LAWN TENNIS

Evening Star, Issue 15538, 7 July 1914, Page 6

LAWN TENNIS

AN INVINCIBLE PAIR,

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, July 6. (Received July 7, at 10.50 a.m.)

The Wimbledon championship meeting was brought to & cjose to-day. The challenge rounds resulted:—

THE DOUBLES. N. E. Brookes (Victoria) and A. F Wilding (New Zealand) defeated H. RoperBarrett and C. P. Dixon (England), 6-1, 6-1, 6-7, 8-6. [Last year tha Men’s Doubles were won by Roper-Barrett and C. P. Dixon, who beat F. W. Rah© and H. KJeihschroth, 6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.]

MIXED DOUBLES. J. C. Parke and Mrs Larcombe beat Wilding and Mile Broquedis, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. [Parke and Mrs Larcombe were the winners in 1912, but were defeated last year by Hope-Crisp and Mrs Tuckey.]

LADIES’ DOUBLES. Miss Morton (England) and Miss Ryan (Ireland) beat Mrs Larcombe and .Mrs Hannan, 6-1, 6-3. HOW THE DOUBLES WERE WON. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, July 6. (Received July 7, at 12.40 p.m.)

The day was rainy. The first two sets were completed in 22min. Roper-Barrett was sound throughout, playing to the centre line in the hope of scoring of Wilding’s left or Brookcs’s right. He poached continually in the third set, showing remarkable activity, until Dixon, who had been very patchy, brilliantly assisted to win the set. The last set was called 3 all, 4 all, 5 all, 6 all. The match was a triumph for youth and physical force rather than science. Wilding was in superlative form, and probably did not miss more than five or six chances of scoring throughout.

ALL-ENGLAND PLATE. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, July 6. (Received July 7, at 12.10 p.m.) In the All-England Plate, open to players defeated in the first and second rounds of the championship, Dixon (Eng.) defeated Harding, 6-1, 6-2.

NOTES BV ‘-RECORDER.'’ The defenders in the Doubles challenge made a gallant attempt in the third atld fourth sets to prevent the. all-powerful challengers front capturing the tide of World’s Grass Courts Doubles champions. The- list follow ing gives the loners of the Doubles at Wimbledon since 1907. but I may mention that the famous Dohertys won the championship eight times up lo 1905. In 1906 Smith and Ris-eley defeated them.

• All-comers. Championship. 1907 Brookes-Wilding Brookes-Wilding 1908— Ritchie-Wilding Ritchie-Wilding 1909 Gore-Barret t Gore-Barrett 1910— Ritchie-Wilding Ritchie-Wilding 1911— Decngis-Gobert Doengis-Gohen. 1912 Barrett-Dixon Barrel 1.-Dixon 1913 Rahe-Kleiiiischiotb Barrett-Dixon

1914 —B roo ko s - WiJ ding Bro oke? -Wild ill g Mrs Lambert Chambers, by defeating Mrs Larcombe in the challenge round of the Ladies" .Singles, registered her seventh win. Afi Miss D, K. Douglas idle won in 1903, 1904. 1906, and as Mrs Chambers in 1910, 191.1, 1913. 1914 Mrs Larcombe won tho All-comers’ in 1912 and the Championship by dcfr't.ll, Mrs Chambers not. defending.

The result of the Mixed Doubles was ns expected. J. C. Parke- ami Mrs Larcombe ate easily Die best pair in England, with Mrs Larcombe as the kingpin, as ln*r splendid volleying is too much for any op. posing lady. 1 lie great record oi Miss Merton, nito won the Ladies' Doubles with Miss Ryan, appeared in (he ‘Star’ a few evenings ago.