LAWN TENNIS

Evening Star, Issue 22577, 19 February 1937, Page 4

LAWN TENNIS

[By Recorder.] Representative Fixtures. February 20—Otago v. Maniototo at Ranfurly. February 27 —Otago v. Southland at Invercargill. February 27—Otago v. Eastern Districts at Palmerston. March 6—Otago v. North Otago at Dunedin. March 6—Otago v, Vincent at Clyde or Alexandra. March 13—Otago and Southland v Canterbury at Christchurch. March 20 —Otago v. South Canterbury at Dunedin. March 20—Otago v. South Otago at Dunedin. Easter Tournaments. Otago Association. Tuapeka Sub-association. Canterbury Association. Wellington Association. Auckland Association.» South Canterbury Association. Interclub Matches. The worst possible weather conditions prevailed last Saturday afternoon when Kaituna and Roslyn placed off for the right to meet Otago in the final of the men’s A grade competition. A strong cross-court wind prevailed and frequent showers of rain caused many breaks in the play. Considering the weather conditions the standard of play was high and a close and interesting match resulted in Roslyn winning by the small margin of four games, rubbers and sets being even. The final of this competition will probably not be played till after Easter. In the first match of the day Laidlaw gave Kaituna a good start by defeating Grimsdale 6-0, 6-3. Laidlaw had a five-love lead in the second set when the Roslyn man staged a great recovery to win the next three games. However, for the greater part of the match tlie Kaituna colt adapted his play to the conditions and mad© very few errors. Sincock evened the score by accounting for Phillipps in straight sets after a well-contested match. _ Smcock made few errors, especially in his volleying, and once he gained the net was able to outplay his opponent. Boyd caused the major upset when he defeated Bryan 9-7 in the third set. The Kaituna man started off well and took full advantage of Bryan’s mistakes to win the first set at 6-4. Bryan played his best tennis in the next set and led 5- when rain interrupted play. It was unfortunate for Bryan that the break came at this stage, as he appeared to have ■ the match in hand. When play was resumed Boyd fought for every point and by determined play won the next three games. After winning the set Bryan continued to hold the upper hand, and at 5-4 on his own service he had a chance to win out. Two mistakes in this game gave Boyd the chance to even the score, and he went on to take the deciding set at 9-7. In the remaining single Sherriff gave one of his best displays for the season when he took Rawlinson to 4-6 in the third set. In this match Rawlinson’s strong service was the deciding factor., , When the doubles were commenced Kaituna had a lead of one game., In the 'first double Bryan and Rawlinson won the first set 6-3 and led 2-1 and 15-40 when rain stopped play for the day. In the other double Kaitunahad won the first set 0-4, leaving the • match in the interesting position of Roslyn leading by one game. The,' match was completed on Tuesday evening, and in the first double Roslyn won out at 6-2. Kaituna’s second pair was th.en faced with the task' of winning the remaining set of their match for the' loss of only two games. The strain of knowing they could not afford to lose a point told on the Kaituna pair, and the best they could do was to win at 6- . . . Position of Teams.

In tV Cl grade St. Peters and St. Clair will play off for the Shield tomorrow. St. Andrew’s play Cosy Dell in the C2 grade next Saturday, and a win for the former will practically give it the shield, and there are only two more matches to be xffayed.

United Club Championships. The following is the draw for the United Club’s Championships for the Salmond and Spraggon and the S. :N. Brown Cups:— Men’s Singles.—E.' A. Pearce v. H. S. Ross, H. J. Pollock v. S.. Falconer, J. Rawlinson v. A. T. Jensen, T. Grimsdale v. L, Kaye, K. Bryan v. L. Swallow, W. J. Smith v. J. C. Clarke, A. Paape v. R. Phillipps, W. Sherris v. H. Gregory. Ladies’ Singles.—Mrs Rawlinson v. Mrs Clarke, Miss M. Walker v. Miss D. M'lntosh, Miss Edwards v. Miss E. Marshall, Miss Gillespie y. Mrs Greenslade. The Men’s Singles is the best of three advantage sets, and the Ladies’ Singles the best of three sets, third only advantage. The first round must be completed by February 27. Notes. The first representative match of the season is to be played at Ranfurly to-morrow against Maniototo subAssociation. Maniototo has always given the Otago players a stern fight on its home courts, and a few years ago gained a good victory against a fairly strong Otago team. The Otago team for Ranfurly, this year contains half a dozen of the best Dunedin players, and as the opposition, especially in the men, is fairly strong a good ' match should eventuate. Among the players in the Maniototo team will be C. Deaker, who is now stationed at Omakau and the Leask brothers. In the Cleghorn Cup competition the following players have advanced to the third round:—Boyd, Smith, Gregory, and Robertson. Mrs Rawlinson, Miss Dyer, Miss Maud Jolly and Mr D. Gray have reached the third round in the Walker Cup competition. _ As all first and second round matches in both these competitions had to be completed by last Saturday it would appear that these will have to be a number of scratchings. The third round matches must be completed by February 24. At the conclusion of the Roslyn-Kai-tuna match Mr Grimsdale announced that he would donate a cup to be played for annually between the Roslyn and Kaituna clubs. Union Notes. Positions on the various ladders are: Men’s Doubles.—l, Facer and Pickerill; 2, Booth and M'Kenziej 3, Gourlay and Hope; 4, Jackson and Facer; 5, Rawlinson and Griffin; 6, Aderman and Sutherland; 7, Sims and Gibson; 8, Hanning and Meining; 9, Brown and Mason; 10, Paterson and Brown; 11, Sims and Craig; 12, Ross 'and M'Lay; 13, Callender and Thornburn; 14, Johnson and Osmond; 15, Smith and Coutta; 16, Lawry and Lamb; 17, Tiohner and Lindsay. Ladies’ Doubles.—l, Misses Bullen and Page; 2, Misses Sinclair’ and Thompson; 3, Misses M'Phail and Herbison; 4, Misses Asher and Blackwood; 5/ Misses Sutherland and Thompson; 6, Mrs Craig and Mrs M’Kinnon: 7, Misses : Facer and Connor; 8, Mrs Laidlaw and Mrs Craig; 9, Misses Jarvis and Westwood; 10, Misses J. Carr and. A. Carroll, Misses Paine and Brown. Men’s Singles.—l, Gourlay; 2, Facer; 3, Jackson; 4, Booth; 5, Pxckerill; 6, Mope; 7, Sutherland; 8, Stanton; 9, Johnston; 10, Smith; 11, MacDonald; 12, M'Kay; 13, Albert. Jackson ; 14, Paterson; 15, Hanning; .16, R. Facer; 17, Callender ; 18, M‘Lay ; T 9, Griffen; 20, MasonV2i, Evans; 22, Lawry. i Ladies’ Singles.—l, Miss .Sutherland; 2, Miss Bullen; 3, Miss Sinclair; A, Miss M'Phail; 5, Miss Asher; 6, Miss Wilson; 7t Mrs Laidlaw; 8, Miss Baker; 9, Miss Blackwood; 10, Miss Denmead; 11, Miss Facer; 12, Miss Brown; 13, Miss ’ Herbison; 14,’ Miss Currie; 15, Miss Davis; 16, Miss Gillies. In the A, grade match between Ravensbourne and Aotea, commmenced last Saturday, the strong gfile prevailing made good play impossible. Ravensbourne collected three of the doubles to lead 3-1, but Aotea. reversed the position by winning five out of seven singles played., All these matches were strenuously fought, ’and .except ;in two sets,..there, was a difference, of only 2 games in .every set. When rain-stopped play Aotea was leading by one set and one' game. After the next four sets this position was unaltered,- each team winning two with again only two games difference in all four. To '.win the match it was necessary for, both teams; to secure the‘ final set,. Ravehshoumeby at least two games, and as it succeeded it emerged victor by one game, Ravensbourne'has still a lead of two points over Kaikorai.

BI. GRADE. id a g .2 a -p fS o C ' E £ o h1 'ii J O P COP St. Clair 8 8 (F 0 '16 Anderson’s Bay r 5 1 1 11 North-east Valley ■ 75 1 1 11 St. Patrick’s •74. 3 0 : 8 Port Chalmers »>• 7 3 4 0 6 Waimana- ...' .7 3 • 40 6 Tainui «»• 7 ; • 2 5 0 4 St. Andrew’s 7, 2 5 0 4 Cosy Dell ... 8 ,2 6 0 4 University , ... ... ,7 1 6 0 2 One more round of matches to be played, in this grade. B1I. GRADE.. T3 <s £ o' -w o fl s £ St. Peter’s ... 7 7 0 :14 St. Kilda ... ... 7 7 0 14 *Moana ... ... ... 6 5 1 10 Caversham ... *»* 7 4 3 8 Tainui ..." 7 3 4 6 Balniacewen ... 7 3 4 6 *Kno.x Church 6 2 4 4 Roslyn 7 2 5 4 Opoho ... ... ... • •• 7 1 6 i 2 First Church ... - 7 0 7 0 Cl. GRADE. St. Peter’s ... ■ 7 6 1 12 St. Clair 7 6 1 12 North-east Valley 7 5 2 10 St. Kilda ... 7 4 3 8 St. Patrick’s 7 2 5 4 Macandrew Bay 7 2 5 4 Nga Maara 7 2 5 4 Anderson’s Bay 7 1 6 2 CII. GRADE. St. Andrew’s 6 6 0 12 Caversham ... 6 5 1 10 Cosy Dell 6 5 1 10 Tainui 6 4 2 8 Knox Church ... 7 3 4 ’ 6 Taieri ... 6 2 4 4 Waimana 6 2 4 4 First Church 6 1 5 2 Macandrew Bay 7 0 7 0