TENNIS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXIII, Issue 10189, 29 December 1925, Page 2

TENNIS

N.Z. CHAMPIONSHIP TOTJRNA-

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CHRISTCHUROH Dec. 28. Very hot sunny weather, marked by a light nor’-west, told a. tale on many undertrained entrants in the New Zealand tennis championships to-day. Following are the results:— LADIES’ SINGLES. Second Round—Miss N. Lloyd beat Airs E. TV. Reeves, —6—4, 6—l; Miss F. M. Ballantyne beat Miss A. G. N. Reed,—6—3; 6—2; Miss. M. Wake beat Miss V. Dement, —6—4, 6—3; Miss M. Spoils beat Miss E. Trovers, —6—3, 6 —o; Miss AL Tracy beat Miss J. E. Ramsay.—6—l 6—2; Miss Marjorie MacFariane beat Miss M. W ard, —6—l, 6— 4. . Third Round.—Miss Knight beat Miss Wake, —-3—o, 6—3, 7—5; Airs. Scott beat Aliss Lloyd,—3—B 6—3, 6—2. LADIES’ DOUBLES. Second Round.—Alisses Marion and Marjorie AlacFarlane. beat Misses Ferrier and L. Saunders—9— <7, 6—l; Alisses U. Knight and D. Nicholls beat Misses AI. Cato and B. Cotterill, —3—6, 6—l, 6—3; Alisses E. Travers and M. Tracy beat Alisses E. Ballantyne and J. Romans. —6—l, 6—i.

Semi-final. —Aliss Speirs and Airs. Scott beat Alisses MacFariane, —7—5 6—3. MEN’S SINGLES. Third Round.—J. 0. Peacock beat AL 'Lamps,—6—3, 6—2, 6—3; A. Seay beat AA 7 . Sheppard, t —6—o,o—o, G—i: E. L. Bartlett beat. G. G. Aitken, —5—7. G —l, 6—o, 6—4; G. Olliveer beat R. AIcL Ferkins, —6—3, 6—3, o—2; Wallace heat Whoelor,—*. 4—6, 9—7, 6—4. 6—l; France beat Haege—C—4, 6—o, 6—4; Don France beat B. B. Lougluian.—6—3, 2 —6, 6—-2, 6—2; Parker beat E. B. W T . Smvth, —2—6, 6—L B—lo, 7—5, 6—l. MEN’S DOUBLES. First Round.—P. Haege and J. B. Parker beat N. Alatson and 13. A. Parritt by default; G. Ollivicr and 1. Seay beat E. B. AV. Sinytli. and J. Fulton, —7—5, 6—4. 6—3 ; E. W. Griffiths and A. C. Johns beat G. G. Aitken and F. Sulilclir.g.—6—4, 6—4, 62; A. G. Wallace and C. J. Dickie heat A. Borrows and Field, —4—6, 75, G—2. B—G: J. Lowry and L. J. Hill beat P. E. Allison and AY. Sheppard.—6—3, 4—6, 4—6, 6 —3, O—(3 ; K. J. Walker and D. C. Johnston bc-at R. McL Ferkins and It. H. Donovan— G—3, 63, 6—4; A r . E. Page and L. G. Knott beat \Y. Ross and P. G. Greenwood, —6—l, 6—4, G—-2: Warn Peaise and AV. A. Scott beat 1 A. B. Lougluian and B. B. Lougluian, 13—ffl, 9—o, 6—B, 4—6, 6—3.Seconcl Round.—S. E. Jackson and A K. Turner beat E. Gore and F. Nixon.—6—3, G—4, 6—t; P. Ilnoge and J. B. Parker beat E. H. Orbell and G Im.es Jones, —6—l, 6—3, 6—4; France and France beat A 7. HI Hupple and S- Lanipe,—o—l. _10 —8, 9 —7 ; Peacock and AA ilson beat Pearse and Scott, —6—2, 6—3. 6—3; Griffiths and Johns beat Walker and Johnson, —64, 6—4. G—4 ; Olivier and Seay beat Hill and Lowry,—6—o. 6—2. 8— 6; Patterson and Tail beat Lampe and Wheeler.—4 —6, 6 —l, 6—S. 6 —3, 6 —4; Page and Knott beat AA'allace and Dickie, —‘3—2, 6—3, 6—3. AIIXEB DOUBLES. First Round.—Aliss AI. Sinee ami C. Angus beat Miss I. Romans and Fulton.—6 —0. 4—6. 6—2 ; Aliss E. N. Ballantyne and E. B. Smyth beat Airs. S. Sharpe and A. Borrow,- — 76. 6—2; Mi'« E. Buchanan ar.d AV. Ross beat Aliss AL Saunders and L. G. Knott, —S—G. 6—l, 6 —l; Airs. Reeves and A. B. 'Loughnan beat Aliss Cato and Aitken. —3—*6. G—l, 8— 6; Aliss Marjorie AlacFarlane and Lowry beat Aliss AA'ard and Ford, — 6—2. 6—4; Aliss Alarion AlacFarlane and Hill beat Airs. Page and Browning,—6—4. 3—6, 6 —2. Second Round. —Aliss Saunders and Somerville beat Aliss Since and Oilgas,—3—6, 6—4, BOYS’. SINGLES. " A'. R. Skcllerup beat AI. Alitchell by default; AA'. Haworth beat P. Aianebester.—s—6. 6—4, 6—3; A. H. McDonald beat B. A. Smyth—6—l, 2—6, G—2; G. AA'. Browne beat AI. Ferkins,—3—6, G—3, 7—5 ; C. E. Malfroy beat L. Saunders. —o—-0.0—-0. 6—l; C. A. Blazcy beat C. Spragge. —6—3, 6—3; R. A. Lucas beat A. L. i Kav, —6—3, 6—3; 11. R. Tawliiri beat ! J. S. Lee,—6—l, 6—3. ;

GIRLS’ SINGLES. Semi-final. —Margaret Gibson beat Ruth. Haggitt,—6— # l, b —i.—P.A.