TENNIS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 29 October 1928, Page 9

TENNIS.

ENGLISH TOURING TEAM. MEET SOUTH ISLAND PLAYERS. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH. Oct. 29. A tennis match, South _ Island v. Great Britain, was bpgun this moaning at Wilding Park in fine weather. The courts were in good order. Results: — i Singles.—D. F. Glanville (South Island) beat E. Higgs 6—2, 6—2: R. A. Guy (South Island) lost to I. G Collins o—6, I—6; O. Angas (South Island) lost to H. W. Austin 3 —6, 6 —4; G, Ollivier (South Island) beat J. C. Gregory B—6/6—3.8 —6/6 —3. Doubles. —Higgs and Collins (Britain) defeated Glanville and Guy, 6—2, 6—2. THE MATCHES DESCRIBED.

In the first set Glanville was always superior, owing to his greater steadiness. He played Higgs’s fast service wonderfully well, picking it up on the backhand for good length returns, which the English player often netted. In the second set, Higgs was more attractive and it looked at Qiie stage as if he would strike true form, but he either fell into errors or was forced into them. Glanville kept going consistently, particularly on the backhand and won a notable victory. . Collins was always too good for Guy, the Dunedin player. He revealed uncanny anticipation, superior courtcraft and hard clean hitting, alternated with heavy chops. Guy was kept on the run and was continually outclassed. Collins impressed the critics by his allround brilliancy. . The New Zealand champion, Qlhvier, fought magnificently to win a determined contest against Dr. Gregory. Ollivier’s tricky little shots frequently proved disconcerting to the visitor. He returned Gregory’s scorching drives with ease and then scored with rattling placements, first into one corner and then into l the other, leading at one time in the first set by s—l. He was hard pressed for a period by Gregory’s tenacity,. hut he managed to retain the lead and won B—6, taking the second at 6—3. A splendid exhibition was provided by Austin and Angas. The Englishman started by searching for corners with both forehand and backhand, and it ■was obvious that if he could keep it up at 'that speed no New Zealand colt could see it out. He concealed direction with beautiful sweeping, topped his drives and when Angas lobbed he often put away a clean winner. Angas made some brilliant recoveries in the second set, fighting gaipelyi but he was mostly forced into a big enough margin by errors to make him lose the rally. Austin’s volleying was superb.