TENNIS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 28 December 1925, Page 6

TENNIS.

, N.Z. CHAMPIONSHIPS. PLAY AT CHRISTCHURCH. SOME FIRST-DAY SURPRISES. (by TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.) CHRISTCHURCH, Dec. 27. The New Zealand tennis championship meeting commenced on Saturday morning on the United Club’s courts. The weather was brilliantly clear after rain on Christmas Day, and the courts were true and hard. A light nor wester did not develop sufficiently to interfere with play, but the day was oppressively hot and this probably accounted for the fact that play generally was a little below expectations. The first two rounds of the men’s championships singles were completed, leaving sixteen men in. The two surprises of the meeting were the dctca* of Page, formerly of Auckland, by Aitken, Canterbury’s sixth man, and the defeat of Noel Wilson, Wellington’s first man, by E. B. W. Smyth, who has practised mostly on hard courts in Dunedin. The Auckland champion, Griffiths, went down to Wallace (Taranaki), while Lowry appeared to great disadvantage against Peacock, who forced him into constant errors. There were no other notable casualties except Greenwood, Canterbury’s third man, who was completely nonplussed by Len Prance’s heavily chopped game. Ollivier, who has been regarded as an' uncertainty, only lost two games against Knotty, of Auckland. Bartleet and V. Seay liad an easy passage, and Haege, the Victorian, did not have a real try-out. Although he revealed a line forehand drive, a decisive smash and a quickly flicked backhand, he was a little bit unreliable. In the ladies’ championship the biggest surprise of the meeting was the defeat of Miss Cato (Hawke’s Bay) by an almost unknown suburban player. Miss Reed, who simply lias a heavy forehand chop and nothing else. Miss Wylc’s defeat of Miss Marion MacFarlane was not expected, as she is a very cool player. Auckland’s first ladies, Miss Marjorie MacFarlane and Miss Knight, won by default, and Miss Spiers only lost one game in her singles and three games altogether during the day, including two ladies’ doubles. Mrs. Scott (nee McLaren), on the other hand, had hard work in boating Miss Perrier (Canterbury’s fifth lady.

Details are:— MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES. First Round.—E. B. W. Smyth beat L. J. Hill (j—l, 6—o, 6—o; I. A. Seay beat F. O. Schmidt 6—l, 6 —l, 6: 2; f. W. Paterson beat E. 11. Orbell- 6—o, 6 2, 6—4; J. C. Peacock beat C. Angus 6 2 ) 6—3, 6 —l; D. G. France beat D. C. Johnston 7—5, 6 —4, 6—o; F. S. Wilding beat A. K. Turner 6—3, 6—o, (j—JST. R. C. Wilson beat E. G. Burn 75, 6 —l, 6—2; J. N. Lowry beat A. B. Lough nan 6 —2, 6 —2, 2—6, 6 3, 6—4; A. Wheeler beat A. L. Wood q o, 6 —4, 6 —3; E. Griffiths beat 3. W. Field 6—3, S—6, 6—4; G. G. Aitlcen beat V. E. Page 6—4, 3—6, 6—3, 7—5; Warne Pearse beat A. H. McDonald (j 2 6 —3, 6 —4; T. N. Johnston beat R. T. Colt hart 6—2, 6—2, 6—4; E. L. Bartleet beat R. 11. Tawhiri junr. 6—3, 6 —2, 6 —2; R. McL. Perkins beat J. G. Dcnniston 6—l, 6 —l, 6 —2; J. B. Parker beat R. Browning 6—2, 6 —2, (!—3; W. S. Somerville beat E. D. Gore 6 —2, 6 —2, 6 —o; K. J. Walker beat S. Lamb 6 —o, 5—7, 6—3, 6—l; P. Haege beat W. A. Scott 6 —3, 5 —7, 6 —l (Scott retired); R. H. Donovan beat Moore 6—l, B—6, 6—4; L. G. Knott beat R. Row 9 —7, 6—o, 6 —2; S. E. Jackson beat N. Matson 6—2, 6—2, 6 —2; P. G. Greenwood beat Nixon 3 —6, 6—3, 6 —4, 6—2; B. B. Loughnan beat V. N. Hubble 6—4, 4—6, 2—6, 6 —l, 6 —l; A. C. .Tohus beat S. D. Denton 6 —4, .1 —6, 6 —3, t>—4; C. J. Dickie beat J. C. Cullman 6 —o, 7—5, 6—l; A. L. France beat R. H. Tait 6—3, 6—3, 6—2; M. L. Lampe beat H. Ford 6—2, 6 —3, 6 —3; A. G. Wallace beat F. B. Harle 10—S, 6—l, 6—l. Second Round.- —Sheppard beat Cotterill by default; Parker beat Walker 6 —2, 7—5, 6—o; Seay beat Paterson 6—l, 6—3, 7—5; Bartleet beat Somerville 6—4, 6 —4, 6—2; Wheeler beat Wilding 6 —4, 6 —4, 6—l; Oiiivicr beat Knott 6 —o, 6—4, 6—2; Aitkcn beat Pearse 6—-3, 6 —3, 6 —3; Perkins beat Jackson 7—5, 6—2, 6 —3; Lampe beat Johns 6—2, 6—3, 6 —2;, Peacock beat Lowry 6—3, 6—4, 6 —4; Wallace beat Griffiths 7—5, 6—2, 7 —9, 7 —9, 7—5; Loughnan boat Dickie 7—5, 6—l, 6 —3.: Don France beat Donovan 4—6, 6 —k 6—3, 6—4; Haege beat T. Johnston 6—2, 6- —1, 6—4; Lon France beat Greenwood 6—l, 6—2, 6—3; Smyth boat Wilson 6 —l, I—6, 6—l, 6—l.

LADIES’ CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES

First Round. —Miss M. Spiers beat Miss I. Romans 6 —l, 6—o; Miss Wake beat Miss Marion MacFarlane 6—3. 4 —6, 6 —2; Miss E. Travers beat Miss M. S,mce G—l, 6 —l; Miss M. Ward beat Miss D. Nicholls 2—6, 3—l (Miss Nicholls retired); Miss E. M. Ballantyne beat Miss B. Cotterill G —l, 6—l; Miss J. E. Ramsay beat Miss M. Gibson 5 —7, G—l, 6 — 2; Miss M. Tracey beat Mrs. Sharpe. 6—-1, 6—o; Miss A. G. N. Reed beat Miss M. Cato B—6, 4—G, 6—4; Miss Marjorie MacFarlane beat Miss Williams by default. Second Round. —Miss Knight beat Miss M. Saunders by default; Mrs. Scott beat Y. Ferrier B—G, 7—5. MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES. First. Round. —France and France beat Row and Barlow G—l, G —3, G —3; V. N. Hubble and S. Lamb beat R. Browning and F. B. Halo G—2, 4 —G, G —o, B—6; Lampo and Wheeler bed. Burn and Wood G—l, G— 2, G— 2; Patterson and Tait boat Tawliiri and Tawhiri 6 —o, G— 2, G—2; .Taekson and Turner beat Somerville and Somerville 9—7, G—3, G—4; Gore and Nixon beat Angeas and Skellcrup 7—5, 2 —6. 2—3, B—6, 6—3. LADIES’ CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES. First Round.—Miss B. Knight and D. Nicholls beat Misses R. Turner and B. MacDonald G—o, G—l; Misses Y. V. Ferrier and L. N. Saunders beat Misses .T. E. Ramsay and M. G. N. Reed 7 —5, I—6, G —3; Misses Marjorie MacFurlane and Marion MacFarlane beat, Misses Wake and Buchanan 2—G, G—3, 6—3; Misses Cato and Cotterill boYt Misses Wright and Ward 7 —3, G—3; Misses Ballantyne and Romans beat Mes< lames Page and Sharpe 12 —10, 3—G, 7 — 5; Mrs. W. A. Scott and Miss M. Spiers beat Misses F. Dement and L. Legge (i—2, G—o. Second Round.—Mrs. Svott and Miss Spiers beat Mrs. Wake and Miss Bowion G—o, G—l. COMBINED T) OIT B T ,ES DOUBLES. First Round.—Haoge and Miss Travers beat Shand and -u.xss Cook 6—2, fi—l.