TENNIS

Greymouth Evening Star, 31 October 1933, Page 3

TENNIS

ENGLISHMEN’S EASY AVINS

[PER PBESS ASSOCIATION.]

WELLINGTON, October 30.

The exhibition tennis matches between Perry and Wilde (England) and Ferkins and Malfroy New Zealand) were continued to-day in windy weather. The Englishmen won all three matches played with ease. On the day, Perry quite outclassed Malfroy, in a game fought from the back line, except when Perry went in on deep drives to Malfroys backhand corner, and then clipped the furthest side of the line with fast volleys taken low down, that Malfroy had no chance of reaching. Perry was never once extended. He did just as he pleased'. His service took Malfroy out of position, and his fast skimming drive beat Malfroy time and again. His ground strokes functioned perfectly, and his smashing was. deadly. Ferkins fought gallantly against Wilde, but AVildes placing was too accurate and his pace was too fast for Ferkins to deal with effectively. He made marvellous recoveries, but they onlj' served to force him further out of position and make Wilde’s task all the easier. Wilde made scarcely a mistake with his back hand, sending the ball fast across the court or straight down the line for aces with unerring accuracy. When Ferkins lobbed, Wilde buried it. AVilde, too, was' putting a lot of work on the ball, making it shoot and keep low on bounding. He many times had Ferkins running the wrong way. In the doubles, Malfroy clearly was not himself. It was very rarely that he cleared the net with his drives or volleys. Had it not been for Ihe hard fighting qualities of Ferkins, it would have been no game at all. Under the circumstances, it was a very easy matter for Perry and Wilde io score aces in driving, smashing and' volleying. Perry brought off wonderful low skimming drives when ho wanted the point, and the net play of himself and Wilde was high-class. With no opposition, it could easily be. Ferkins made brilliant returns and won numerous points on his merits.

Perry beat. Malfroy. 6/1, 0/1; Wilde, heat Ferkins, 0/3, 0/0. Perry and Wilde beat. Malfroy and Ferkins, 0/4, 0/2.