LAWN TENNIS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 28, 3 January 1931, Page 3

LAWN TENNIS.

NUNNELY CASKET MATCH

Per Press Association

WELLINGTON, Jan. 2. Detailed results of to-day’s play in the women’s lawn tennis contest for the Nunneley Casket between Auckland and Wellington are as follow, Auckland players being mentioned first: j. Singles.—Miss to Miss Nicholls, 5—7, 2- : -6; Miss Whitelaw lost to Mrs Adams, I—6, o—6; Miss Macfarlane beat Mrs Melody 6 —4, 6 —2; Miss Knight beat Miss North 2 —6, 6 —4, 11 —9. Doubles. —Misses Knight and Whitelaw lost to Miss Nicholls and Mrs Adams 2—6, 6—3, 3—6; Misses Mac;farlane and Ramsay lost to Mrs Melody and Miss North 3 —G, 5 —7. Wellington has won four matches and 78 games to Auckland’s two matches and 58 games. There are still six matches to be decided, and play will start to-morrow at 1.30 p.m. The most exciting singles match of the day was that between Miss North (Wellington) and Miss Knight (Auckland). The latter won two of the three sets and brought off a splendid last-minute recovery after being I—s1 —5 clown in the third.