LAWN TENNIS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXVI, Issue 25, 28 December 1945, Page 3

LAWN TENNIS

NORTH ISLAND TOURNEY. (Press Assn) HASTINGS, Dec. 27. Play in the North Island tennis championships continued today in fine but windy weather. Prior to yesterday's rain the courts were hard, after the prolonged spell of dry weather, but today they were tricky, though sunshine and wind dried them out as play progressed. The holding nature of. the courts and a blustery south-westerly wind were features which combined to make play difficult. Rain occasionally held up play. The tournament was mainly in the elimination stages today, the only finals to be contested being the boys' and girls' events. The results are: MEN'S SINGLES. First round.—L. M. Roach beat L. A Best 6—o, 6—3; R. R. Fullerton beat H. McDougall, 6—3, 6—2; J. C Charters beat E. W. Denford, 6—l, 6—o; S. I. Peacock beat W. Grant. 2_6, 6—l, B—6; N. G. Thomsen beat J. W. Knoblock, 7—5, 4—6. 6—2; R. Lynn beat P. E. Ogier, 6—2, 6—3; A./VV. Tills beat G. P. Walker by default; A. L. Ritchie beat J. B. "Wilson. 6—2, 6—3; D. Goodwin beat RMiller, 6—l, 6—2; C. Sheerin beat M. Ferkihs, 6—2, 6—2. Second round.—R. S. McKenzie beat Sutherland, 6—l, 6—l; J. W. Gunn beat Huckstep, 6—2, 6—o; J. Roach beat Allen, 6—2, 6—l; Fullerton beat J. H. Mclvor, 6—3, 7—5; Moorhead beat L.Tapp, 5—7, 6—4, 7—5 Third round.—McKenzie beat Roach,

! 6—2, 6—4; Gunn beat Fullerton, 7—5, 6-0; Livingstone beat Lynch, 6—o, 6—2 ; Painter beat Thomsen, 6—2, 6—o; Edwards beat Moorhead, 6—2, 6—l; J. Mavson beat Sheerin, 6—2. 6—4; Tills beat Roach, 6—l, 6—4; Robb beat G. K. Tapp, 6—4, 6—2. WOMEN'S SINGLES. First round.—Miss H. Groome beat Miss J. Fenwick, 6—2, 6—3; Mrs N. V. Edwards beat Miss M. Karauti, 6—o, 6—B, 6—3; Miss Rolleston beat Mrs H. W. Hinton. 7—5, 6—l. Second round.—Miss P. Longton beat Mrs A. L. D. Ritchie, 6—o, 7—5; Mrs J. Graham beat Miss L. Karauti, 6_3, 6—o; Mrs J. McVay beat Mrs Kennedy, 6—2, 6—2; Miss Snelling beat Mrs Ogier, 6—3, 6—3.

Third round.—Mrs McVay beat Miss Longton 6—2, 6—-3 ; Mrs Graham beat Miss Attwood, 4—6, 6—l, 6—3; Miss Snelling beat Miss Arnott, 6—2, 6—2; Mrs Robb beat Miss Wallace, o—2, 6—3. MEN'S DOUBLES. First round.—R. Lynn and C. Sheerin beat D. Y. Allen and J. W. Knoblock, 6—2, 6—l; M. Ferkins and J. N. Lowry beat L. Moorhead and S. I. Peacock, 6—l, 6—3; R. V. Fullerton and D. Lynch beat L., A. Best and G. Sutherland, 6—l, 6—B. 6—2; W. S. Huckstep and W. Tills beat F. J. George and A. Lancaster, 6—2, 6—-2; G. K. Tapp and R. L. Tapp beat R. D. Brown and H. Elliott, B—lo, 6—o, 6—4.

Second round.—N. R. Wilson and R. P Fish beat J. C. Gibson and W. A. McDonald, 6—l, 6—l; .J. C. Charters and L. Poach beat It. Harding and J. Mclvor, 6—3, 6—l. WOMEN'S DOUBLES.

First round.—Misses M. and L. Karauti beat Miss H. Groome and Mrs H. Hassall, 6—o, 7—5: Mrs N. V Edwards and Mrs H. D. Kennedy beat Mrs G. Cotterill and Mrs R. H. Milburn, 6—2, 6—2. Second round.—Mrs R. V. Robb and Miss M. Snelling beat Misses Karauti, 6—l, 6—3; Miss Longton and Miss A.. C Nash beat Miss P. Goldstone and Mrs H. Hinton, 6—l, 6—2. MIXED DOUBLES. First round.—M. Gosling and Mrs H. D. Kennedy beat A. L. Bitchie and Mrs Ritchie, 6—2, 6—3; B. Miller and Miss J. Arnott bent D. Y. Allen and Miss M. Herrick, 6—4, 6—o; P. K. Ogier and Mrs Ogier beat P. Goodwin and Mrs R. H. Milburn, 3—6, 7—5, 6—o; R. Lynn and Miss P. Longton beat J. N. Lowry and Mrs PL Hassall, 6—2, 6—2; J. B. Wilson and Mrs G. Armstrong beat J. Knoblock and Miss P. Goldstone, 6—4, B—6; M. Smith and Miss Rolleston beat A. McCardle and Miss Hennah, 2—6, 6—3, 6—4. Second round. —N. V. Edwards and Mrs Edwards beat R. Miller and Miss J. Arnott, 6—4, 6—o; R. S- McKenzie and Mrs J. McVay beat Wilson and Mrs Armstrong, 6-—O, 6—]. Junior Boys' Singles.—Final: P. G. Nicholls (Auckland) beat L. Jones (West End), 6—2, 6—l. Junior Girls' Singles.—Final: Miss J. Gordon beat Miss H. North, 6—l, 6-3.