TENNIS

Greymouth Evening Star, 17 December 1934, Page 11

TENNIS

VICTORIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS. [by CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] MELBOURNE, December 16. The Victorian Tennis Championship finals resulted: — Men’s singles.—Crawford defeated Quist 6/2, 8/6, 6/3. Women’s singles.—Miss Round defeated Miss Hartigan 9/7, 6/0. Men under nineteen, singles.— Bromwich defeated Huxley 6/1, 6/4. Women’s doubles, semi-final. — Misses Lyle and Dearman defeated Misses C. and D. Stevenson 6/2, 6/0. Men’s doubles. —Quist and Turnbull defeated Crawford and Hopman 6/3, 4/6, 7/5, 6/2. Five thousand were present at Kooyong. when Crawford and Quist contested the singles final. Crawford, playing confidently, with great concentration, attacked from the net, forcing Quist with every shot. Quist played courageous tennis to win the second set, but he was driven into errors which robbed him of chances. If Crawford maintains yesteixlay’s standard, he is unlikely to be beaten this season. Miss Round’s victory was a runaway one. Miss Hartigan cracking up badly, and not playing as well as on the previous days, there being little sting in her shots. The men’s doubles final was a great battle. Quist and Turnbull, playing brilliantly, defeated Crawford -and Kopman. There was little difference between the sides. Owing to rain the programme was delayed. Turnbull had to return to Adelaide to-day. Therefor© he and Miss Hartigan gave a walkover to- the Malcolms in the quarter final of the mixed doubles. Commenting on his defeat by Quist on Friday, Perry said he was in the tennis doldrums, though he did not wish to detract from the undoubted brilliance of Quist’s play. He said: “I am not excuses, but just an explanation. I tried as hard as I could, but failed miserably.” LATER. Women’s doubles final: Misses Dearman and Lyle defeated Miss Round and Mrs Harper 6/4, 6/3. The winners played well in combination, but Miss Round who dominated the play on her side, tried to do too much.

AUSTRALIA v. FRANCE. BRISBANE, December 16. Moon defeated Brugnon 9/7, 6/1, Boussus defeated McGrath 6/2, 6/4. Moon and McGrath defeated Brugnon and Boussus 6/4, 6/1, 5/7, 10/8. The totals were: Australia 3 rubbers, 10 sets, 94 games; France 3 rubbers, 9 sets, 97 games. GREY CLUB v. HOKITIKA The Grey Club representatives played matches against Hokitika on Saturday, each club having a win. Grey A’s won against Hokitika A’s at Greymouth by 9 sets, 105 games to 6 sets, 97 games, and at Hokitika,. the home team beat Grey B’s by 10 games, the sets being even. Detailed scores in the matches played at Greymouth (Grey Club players mentioned first in each instance) were: — Men’s Singles: A. K. Smith beai Gooch 9/1; M. C. Smith beat Larcombe 9/4; Iggo beat Dougherty 9/7; Curran beat Skelton 9/8. Ladies’ Singles: Miss Costello beat Miss O. Stapleton 6/4; Miss Fuller lost to Mrs. Stevenson 5/6; Miss Tennent lost to Miss Mortland 4/6; Mrs. Fuller beat Miss A. Stapleton 6/2. Men’s Doubles: A. K. and M. C. Smith beat Gooch and Skelton 9/7; Curran and Iggo lost to Dougherty and Larcombe 4/9. Ladies’ Doubles: Misses Costello and Tennent beat Misses O. Stapleton and Stevenson 9/5. Combined Doubles: A. K. Smith and Miss Costello lost to Gooch and Miss O. Stapleton 5/9; M. C. Smith and Miss Fuller lost to Larcombe and Miss Stevenson 6/9; Iggo and Miss Tennent beat Dougherty and Miss Mortland, 9/5; Curran and Mrs. Fuller lost to Skelton and Miss A. Stapleton 6/9.