LAWN TENNIS Baddeley Retains Singles Title At Coast Tourney

Greymouth Evening Star, 28 February 1949, Page 3

LAWN TENNIS Baddeley Retains Singles Title At Coast Tourney

J.’ Baddeley,. of Palmerston North and formerly of Runanga, repeated his last year’s performance to win the men’s singles title when the West Coast Lawn Tennis Association’s annual championship tournament was played at Greymouth on Saturday and again yesterday. The runner-up was W. Stagg (Buller), Baddeley winning ih three sets, 6-2; 5-7, 6-3. .Miss O. Stapleton (Hokitika), last year’s women’s singles champion, also successfully defended her title when she defeated Mrs M. Holt (Greymouth) ih the final, 6-4, 6-3. The tournament was conducted in fine weather and play was of an exceptionally high standard. Record entries, totalling 225, were received by the association and a large programme of matches was put .through during the two days’ play. The tournament, however, was not completed yesterday, and matches in the mixed doubles event will be played at the Greymouth club’s courts next Saturday. Many Surprises Saturday’s play was full of surprises and one of the outstanding features of the tournament was the early elimination of all except one, of the seeded players by outside competitors. One of the major upsets was the defeat, in the second round, of one of last year’s semi-finalists, M. Thomas, by the young Canterbury player, W. L. Hewitt, 9-8. After having comparatively easy wins in the first two rounds of the men’s doubles, last year’s title-holders, Baddeley and R. Mitchell, were eliminated in the third round by Stagg and A. Luff (Buller), who subsequently won the final,. beating the Greymouth pair, H. C. Hill and E. Pattinson 6-4, 8- after one of the most exciting matches of the .tournament. Miss Stapleton, partnered by Mrs Butland (Hokitika) was too strong for the second Hokitika pair, Mrs Cowdry and Miss Carter, in the final of the women’s doubles, winning comfortably, 6-0, 6-4. Some good tennis was seen in the final of the boys’ singles in which J. Lynch (Greymouth), after being down 8-7, defeated S. Pollock (Cobden) 9-8. Miss S. Stanton (Greymouth) also played well to defeat Miss P. Fleming (Hokitika) in the final of the girls’ singles. Miss Stanton won 9-7. Detailed results were as follows: — MEN’S SINGLES Second Round. —Baddeley defeated Spark 9-0; Wallace defeated Latham 9- Pattinson. defeated Kendon 9-5; A. Hewitt defeated. Hay 9-0; Hamilton defeated Darby 9-7; Webb defeated Lynch 9-4; Kennedy defeated Guerin 9-2; Aynsley defeated Nuttall 9-7; Cartner defeated McGrath 9-6; Rose defeated Pascoe 9-5; Stagg defeated Dwan 9-3; Soster defeated Stoop 9-4; Savage defeated Nutting 9-4; Luff defeated Wilson 9-1; Wj Hewitt defeated Thomas 9-8. Third Round. —Baddeley defeated Mcßride 9-1; Wallace defeated Pattinson 9-7; Hewitt defeated Hamilton 4-3; Webb defeated ‘Kennedy 9-2; Aynsley defeated Rose 9-1; Savage defeated Soster 9-4; W. Hewitt defeated. A. Luff 9-6. Quarter-finals.—-J. Baddeley defeated A. Wallace 9-1; A. J. Hewitt beat B. Webb 9-7; N. Stagg beat F. Aynsley 9-5. Semi-finals.—J. Baddeley defeated A. J. Hewitt 6-0, 6-3; W. Stagg defeated W. L. Hewitt 6-2, 6-3. Final—J- Baddeley (Palmerston North) defeated W. Stagg (Buller), 6-2, 5-7, 6-3. WOMEN’S SINGLES. Second Round. —Miss Stapleton defeated Mrs Wilson 9-0; Miss Clements defeated Mrs McDonald 9-8; Mrs Cowdry defeated Mrs Gear 9-4; Mrs Skeats defeated Mrs Woollett 9-2; Mrs Holt defeated Mrs Butland 9-4; Miss Kennedy defeated Mrs Neville 9-6; Mrs McNeil defeated Mrs Ryan 9-5. Third Round—Miss Stapleton defeated Miss Clements 9-1; Mrs Cowdry defeated Mrs Skeats 9-G; Mrs Holt defeated Miss Kennedy 9-4; Mrs McNeil defeated Miss Carter 9-1. Semi-finals—Miss O. Stapleton defeated Mrs Cowdry 6-0, 6-2; Mrs Holt defeated Mrs MCNeil 6-4, 6-4. Final.—Miss O. Stapleton (Hokitika) defeated Mrs M. Holt (Greymouth) 6-4, 6-3. MEN’S DOUBLES First Round— Baddeley and Mitchell defeated Nuttall and Mcßride 9-2; F. and C. Aynsley defeated Nutting and Dwan 9-7; Webb and Latham defeated Wallace and Stoop 9-7; Stagg and Luff defeated Guerin and Keating 9-4; Spark and McGrath defeated Emerson and Pfahlert 9-2; Hines and Baird defeated J. and R. Lynch 9-5; Luey and Cartner defeated Kennedy and Soster 9-5; Nolan and Mcßride defeated McNeil and Darby 9-4; Savage and Hamilton defeated Pascoe and Skeats 9-3; Wilson and Kendon defeated McNabb and O’Connor 9-3; A. and W. Hewitt defeated Henderson and Gear 9-3; Cropp and Woolhouse defeated R.- and M. Aynsley 9-5. Second Round— Baddeley and Mitchell defeated F. and C. Aynsley 9-5; Stagg and Luff defeated Webb and Latham 9-3.

Third Round.—Stagg and’ Luff beat Baddeley and Mitchell 9-4; Pollock and Hay defeated Cartner and Luey 9-3; Thomas and McDonald defeated Savage and Hamilton 9-8; Hill and Pattinson defeated Smith and Hutchinson 9-2.

Semi-final— Stagg and Luff defeated Pollock and Hay 6-0, 7-5; Hill and Pattinson defeated Thomas and McDonald 6-3, 6-4. Final. —W. Stagg and A. Luff (Buller) beat H. C. Hill and E. Pattinson (Greymouth) 6-4, 8-6. WOMEN’S DOUBLES

First Round. —Mrs J. Wilson and Miss Clements defeated Mrs Hutchison and Mrs Lindbom 9-4; Mrs McDonald and Mrs Woollett defeated Mrs Griffiths and Mrs H. Wilson 9-4; Mrs McKenzie and Mrs McNeil defeated Miss Mayell’ and Miss Cusack; Mrs Bunt and Miss Mooney defeated Miss Thompson and Miss Higson 9-4. Second Round—Miss Stapleton and Mrs Butland defeated Miss Burns and Mrs Gear 9-0; Miss Pamment and Mrs Stevens defeated Miss Scammell and Miss Nissen by default; Miss Carter and Mrs Cowdry defeated Mrs McMillan and Mrs Neville 9-1; Miss Kennedy and Miss McCarthy defeated Miss Burrows and Miss McDonald 9-3. Third Round.—Miss Stapleton and Mrs Butland defeated Miss Pamment and Mrs Stevens 9-1; Mrs Ryan and Mrs Timms defeated Mrs McDonald and Mrs Woollett 9-6; Mrs Cowdry and Miss Carter defeated Mrs Bunt and Miss Mooney 9-5; Miss Kennedy and Miss McCarthy defeated Miss; Pool and Miss Heslop 9-1. Semi-finals. —Miss Stapleton and Mrs Butland defeated Mrs Ryan and Mrs Timms 6-4, 6-3; Mrs Cowdry and Miss Carter defeated Miss Kennedy and Miss McCarthy 6-l„ 6-3. Final.—Miss O. Stapleton and Mrs

J. Butland (Hokitika) defeated Mrs Cowdry and Miss Carter (Hokitika), 6-0, 6-4. ' BOY’S SINGLES

Semi-finals. —Lynch defeated McNabb 9-6; Pollock defeated McArthur 9-6. Final. —J. Lynch (Greymouth) defeated S. Pollock (Cobden), 9-8. GIRLS’ SINGLES Semi-final. —Miss Stanton defeated Miss Nissen 9-8; Miss Fleming defeated Miss Scammell 9-4. Final. —Miss S. Stanton (Greymouth) defeated Miss P. Fleming (Hokitika) 9-4. N.S.W. BEATS NEW ZEALAND IN TEST MATCH

(P.A.) CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. 27. Although the touring New South Wales lawn tennis team beat New Zealand in the unofficial test match at Wilding Park by 9 rubbers to 3, the home players did much better on the second day—very nearly as well as in the first match at Wellington a fortnight ago, when the visitors won only on a count of sets, the six rubbers being shared. The Australians again had only a slight margin of superiority on Saturday. New Zealand won two of the six matches scheduled for the day, as well as the uncompleted doubles in which O. M. Bold and J. A. Barry had built up a commanding lead against O. W. Sidwell and R. McCarthy on Friday, when rain interrupted play. The same New Zealand pair got to within a point of beating D. Rocavert and J. Matthews, only to lose a grandly-fought match; and the result of the second singles match might easily have been in favour of New Zealand instead of Australia had R. S. McKenzie clinched the first set, in which he held three set points.

Apart from the “might-have-beens,” New Zealand has reason for satisfaction in the win of the Davis Cup pair, McKenzie and J. E. Robson, over Sidwell and McCarthy, and Bold’s victory—the sole New Zealand success in the singles—over Rocavert. Results:— Singles O. W. Sidwejl (N.S.W.) beat J. E. Robson (N.Z.), 6-1, 6-2. . . R. McCarthy (N.S.W.) beat R. S. McKenzie (N.Z.), 8-6, 6-4. O. M. Bold (N.Z.) beat D. Rocavert (N.S.W.), 4-6, 10-8, 6-2. J. Matthews (N.S.W.) beat J. A. Barry (N.Z.), 6-3, 9-7. Doubles Robson and McKenzie (N:Z.) beat Sidwell and McCarthy (N.S.W.), 6-2; 6Rovavert and Matthews (N.S.W.) beat Bold and Barry (N.Z.), 7-5, 2-6, 7Bold and Barry (N.Z.) beat Sidwell and McCarthy (N.S.W.), 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.