LAWN TENNIS

Evening Star, Issue 25701, 26 January 1946, Page 11

LAWN TENNIS

JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS OTAGO IN SINGLES FINAL (P.A.) CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 25. John Barry (Auckland), as was expected, reached the final of the New Zealand junior singles championship to-day. His opponent in the final will be V. J. Donnelly, a youth from Matakanui, who has been the " dar.k horse " of the tournament, beating in round after round players who were expected to beat him, and who, moreover, looked better tennis players. - Two Auckland girls will contest the other singles final, Miss Heather Redwood and Miss Valerie Johnson. The latter caused one of the major upsets of the tournament to-day .by beating the title-holder, Miss Jean Mac Gibbon (Canterbury). The weather was perfect, and playing conditions, apart from a brisk easterly cross-wind, were ideal. Results:— BOYS' SINGLES. ■ —Semi-finals.— J. A. Barry (Auckland) beat A. Robinson (Auckland), 6-3, 6-2. V. J. Donnelly (Otago) beat R. H; Arbuckle (Wellington), 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. GIRLS' SINGLES. —Semi-finals.— V. G. Johnson (Auckland) beat J. M. Mac Gibbon (Canterbury), 6-4, 6-5. H. Redwood (Auckland) beat M. M. Robertson (Otago), 6-1, 2-6, 6-4. BOYS' DOUBLES. —Quarter-finals. — C. Perry and A. F. Weatherall (Hutt Vallev) beat 0. M. Ellis and G. 11. Shaw' (Otago), 6-0, 6-1. —Semi-finals.— J. A. Barry and G. L. Johns (Auckland) beat Mcßrearty and Nicholls (Hutt), 6-3, 6-4. , Perry and Weatherall beat R. H. Arbuckle and S. L. Shand .(Wellington), 6-5, 6-5. GIRLS' DOUBLES. —Semi-finals.— V. G. Johnson and H. Redwood (Auckland) beat Y. J. Anderson and D. I. Bosher (Wanganui), 6-3, 6-1. Lobb (Taranaki) and Burke (Bay of Plenty) beat Coull (Wanganui) and Jenkins (Auckland), 1-6, 6-5, 6-4. MIXED doubles; —Second Round.— D. Patcrson (Waikato) and Miss Y. J. Anderson (Wanganui) beat R. Keenan and Miss A. M. Tinnock (Auckland), 0-6, J 3-5, 6-3. M. Chappie and Miss N. M. Vile (Canterbury) beat A. Mowbray and Miss A, Malone (Auckland), 6-0, 6-2., P. G. Nicholls (Waikato) and Miss D. I. Bosher (Wanganui) beat A. F. Weatherall and Miss S. McLood (Hutt Valley), 6-3, 4-6, 6-2. —Third Round. — B. Rutherford and Miss J. F. Burke (Bay of Plentv) beat 11. H. Arbuckle and Miss P, M. Wood (Wellington)', 6-2, 6-4. ' G. R. Shaw and Miss N. M. Gosdeh (Otago) beat Paterson and Miss Burke, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. < Chappie and Miss Vile beat Nicholls and Miss Bosher, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. O. M. Ellis and Miss M- M. Robertson (Otago) beat T. E. Jamieson and Miss D. M. King (Wellington), 6-3, 6-3. —Quarter-finals. — Rutherford and Miss Burke beat Shaw and Miss Gosden,.6-0, 6-0. ' r .: - Ellis and Miss Robertson beat Chappie and Miss Vile, 6-1, 6-2. W. W. Brown (Wellington) and Miss J. M. Mac Gibbon (Canterbury) beat G. L. Johns and Miss V. G. Johnson (Auckland), 6-3, 6-4.