LAWN TENNIS.
SUCCESS OF NEW * ZEALANDERS. ’ Christchurch, D>.. ,; > i. Tiie foilu-.viug are the results:---COMBINED CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES. Best of three sets: advantage sets. Previous champions, H. A. Parker (New South Wales) and Miss R. We’dwood (Hawke's Bay). Third round : O'Hara Wood and Miss F. A. Stewart beat H. W. Brown and Mass K. M. Nunnelly. 3, 6—l ; F.-M. B. Fisher and Miss E. Travers heat R. 31. Kidsen and Hiss A. Gray, 4 —6. 6—4, 6—l. Semi-final : O'Hara Wood and Miss P. A. Stewart beat J. C. Peacock and Miss Simpson, 6 —3, 6 —l : F. M. B. Fisht r and Miss E. Travers beat H. Rice and Miss L. 'Williams by default.
Final : F. M. B. Fisher (Wellington) and Miss E. Travers (Wellington) beat O'Hara Wood (Victoria) and Miss Stewart (New South Wales) 4- 6. 6 -3. 9—7. LADIES CHAMPION DOUBLES.
Best of three sets ; advantage sets. Previous champions. Miss Eva Travers (Wellington) and . R. AA ellwood (Hawke s Bay}. Final: Misses E. Travers (Wellington) and A. Gray (Wellington) beat Misses If. M. Baird (Hawke's Bay) and K. M. Nunnelly (Wellington), 4 3. 3 6, S -6.
MEN'S CHAMPION SINGLES. Best of five sets ; advantage sets. Previous champion. J. C. Peacock (Wellington). Final: G. Olliver (Canterbury) beat J. C. Peacock (Wellington), ; 2. -1 -6, 6 1, 6 -1. DAVIS CUP CONTEST. AUSTRALIANS BEAT AMERICANS IN SING EES. Christchurch. Jan. J. This much talked of event commenced at Lancaster Park to-day in the presence of some 3500 spectators. The matches were: Bi cokes v. Wr ; gLr and H< ath v. Larned. The former match produced tennis slicit as has never before been seen ir New Zealand-. Brookes’ magnificent volleying enabled him to defeat Wright by 3 sets to 1. Heath, the Australian, was not expected to seriously dispute Larned’s claim, but to the amazement of everyone he de-
ated the American by the sajne margin as Brookes hail won bv, 3 sets to 1.. Scores X. E. Brookes (Australia) defeated Beals Wright (America), 6—3, 2 —G —3. 6 — < 2. R. W. Heath (Australasia) defeated W A. Larned (America), 2—6,
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 16, 2 January 1912, Page 3
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