TENNIS,

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 27 April 1922, Page 4

TENNIS,

NEW ZEALAND LADIES

BY CABLE-PEESS aSSOCIATION-COPYBIGHT j . SYDNEY, April 26. Ihe tennis tournament was con- ■ turned m bright weather, but the ground was heavy and sodden as the result or the forenoon's rain. The New Zealanders lost all .matches against Victoria, which is the cleverest combination yet dispatched from the south. The New Zealanders' play W as a big improvement on their previous showing, but they were unlucky in being confronted by such a formidable team.

In the singles Miss Boyd beat Miss * if' 4 ' 7~5- Tbis the match of the afternoon, and provided a capital exhibition of tennis, but the sodden ground took the sting out of the New Inlander's driven Mi ss Curtis led .two love in each set. Miss Ranifa™iJ hSS Well»ood, 4-6, 6-4, J V~i* „■ J 8* a stPTing contest, in ; which Miss Wellwood was somewhat ! handicapped by the heavy going Miss Mountain beat Miss Payton, 6—2, 3—6 6—l The New Zealander was unable to get going in the third game. Mrs Lister beat Miss McFarlane, 6—3, 6—3 The latter executed some fine shots and effective backhand strokes, but was pitted against a superior player In the doubles Miss Mountain and Miss Randell beat Miss Payton and Miss Wellwood, 6-0, (fc-a. The wfn ners proved to be a much better combination than the New Zealanders. Miss Boyd and Mrs Lister beat Miss S UIJ 1S and Mlss MacFarlane, 7—5 (T Jhe game was finished in thi daik. The Yictonan couple was too strong for their opponents, who, however, disputed every inch of the way At one stage of the second game they looked like reversing the tables, but the spurt was not maintained.. On today s play New Zealand would haye1 beaten New South Wales. : The tournament will be continued on Thursday, when New Zealand again play Victoria. &