Malfroy and Andrews to Meet in Tennis Championship Final

Manawatu Times, Volume LVI, Issue 7062, 23 January 1933, Page 7

Malfroy and Andrews to Meet in Tennis Championship Final

Andrews Showing Return to Form

Misses Nicholls and M. Macfarlane to Fight for Ladies’ Title

Per Press Association,

WELLINGTON, Last Night,

going perfectly down the side-lines and cross-court. Whenever Angas went to fhc net on short stuff, which was frequently, he was inevitably passed. Each lobbed well to drive the other from the net, but Andrews was more severe in smashing and also more successful in holding the net position when he had forced Angas from it. Angas was never really aggressive, while Andrews would suddenly turn defence into aggression in which he speeded up his strokes "without loss of accuracy, taking the net at the right time. Malfroy Much Too Severe for Barnett Crowding the net on nearly every stroke, Malfroy just swamped Barnett, who was unable to put up any semblance of a fight. The superiority of Malfroy was clearly reflected in the score. The Ladies’ Singles Miss Dulcie Nicholls was altogether too strong for Miss Doris Howe, who did not play nearly so well as against Miss Wake. Miss Nicholls was superior in all departments, her forehand drive cross-court to tho forehand corner leaving Miss llowc helpless. Miss How C’s cut forehand drive lacked sting. Against Mrs. H. M. Dykes, Miss Marjorie Macfarlane played a hard-hitting game from tho base-line, placing with great accuracy. Mrs. Dykes essayed the same tactics, but with not nearly tho same accuracy. Indeed her stroking was by far the worst she has shown in tho tournament. Mrs. Dykes only occasionally went to the net, from whore her performance was a mixture of brilliant volleys and easy errors. She won a few points by concentrating her forehand drives to Mis’s Macfarlano’s backhand, but unless forced out of position Miss Macfarlane was able to make deep returns on other balls. In short, Miss Macfarlane was content to keep on hitting deep from corner to corner on both wings until Mr's. Dykes made a mistake. Doubles Title Holders Beaten in Brilliant 5-Set Match In a brilliant five-set doubles match tho title holders, Stcdman and Wilson, were beaten by the France brothers, who now enter the final for tho third year in succession. Tho losers had five set points. In the first two sets Wilson was deadly in service and smashing. Ho was very uncertain in the return of service, however. Stcdman served well and in tho next two sets was the stalwart of hi's side, his smashing being deadly. The real hero of the match was Lcn France, whoso volleying, placements and lobbing were spectacular to a degree. Most of tae attack was centred on him, but he was wonderful when the position seemed most hopeless. Tho nerve of the France brothers was Stronger in tho fifth set, both Wilson and. Stedman missing smashes and volleys when right on top -of tho net. In one vital game Wilson smashed out three times from winning positions. HiS backhand ground strokes were finding the net. badly. France brothers played with the greatest determination and concentration, allowing no bad strokes to disturb them for the next. The doubles match between Andrews and Lowry and Seay and Malfroy, won by the latter pair, was not taken seriously cither by the principals or tho spectators. In tho intermediate singles final Noel Bedford outplayed W. G. Robertson in a driving game in the first sot. Robertson Tcsorted to chopping in tho second set and put Bedford off his game. The final set went games all, with Robertson being slightly more accurate to win B—6.8 —6. In the girls’ Singles final Jessic Burns outdrove Joy Bishop in a baseline game." The winner also hit a much harder ball and kept a better length and placements. Bedford, in the boys’ singles, outplayed Gunn in all departments, driving and volleying with scarce a mis- ! take. < The LadieE’ Doubles ■ The ladies’ semi-final between Mesdames Adams and Dykes and _ Misses Wake and Andrew was exciting, tho former pair having match point against them at 2 —5 in the third set. They only won after Mrs. Adams left the service line for the base-line, where her defence was rocklike, allowing Mrs. Dykes to mako brilliant winners from the net, thereby disconcerting the opposition. Misses Gould and Whyte had no chance against Mrs. Melody and Miss Nicholls, the latter being especially reliable.

In fine weather but with a disconcerting cross-court wind from the northwest, the New Zealand tennis championships wero continued so that the finals w-cre reached in tho adult events and finals wore played in some of the junior events. Tho tourney will conclude on Monday. Wellington also retained the Nunnelcy Casket as the result of -winning a set to-day from Canterbury in a doubles match. To-day’s championship play was noted for the defeat of C. Angas, holder of the men’s singles title, and N. R. C. Wilson and A. C. Stcdman, holders of the men’s doubles title. Results: — MEN’S SINGLES Semi-finals. C. E. Malfroy (Wellington) beat H. H. Burnett (Canterbury), 6 —l, 6 —2, o—2. E. D. Andrews (Dulwich, England) beat; C. Angas (Canterbury), 7—5, 3 6, 6—3, G—2. LADIES’ SINGLES Semi-finals' Miss Dulcie Nicholls (Canterbury) beat Miss Doris llowo (Wellington), 6—O' o—4. Miss Marjorie Macfarlane (Auckland) beat. Mrs. H. M. Dyke's (Wellington), 7—5, 6 —l. MEN’S DOUBLES Semi-finals A. L. and D. G. France (Wellington) beat N. R. C. Wilson (Wellington) and A. C. Stcdman (Auckland), 5 —7, 6 —4, 2—6, 9—7, 7—5. C. E. Malfroy (Wellington) and I. A. Seay (Canterbury) beat E. D. Andrews (England) and J. N. Lowry (Hawke’s Bay), 6—4, 6—3, 6—l. LADIES’ DOUBLES Semi-finals Mesdames H. M. Dykes and R. P. Adams (Wellington) beat Misses M. Wake and M. Andrew' (Canterbury;, 4 6, 6—o, 9—7. Mrs. W. J. Melody (Wellington) and Miss D. Nicholls (Canterbury) boat Mis's B. Gould (Canterbury) and Miss M. Whyte (Wellington), 6—2, 7—5. MIXED DOUBLES Third Round E. D. Andrews and Mrs. H. M. Dykes beat T. Rhodcs-Williams and Miss T. Poole, 6 —3, 6 —2. A. L. Franco and Miss D. Nicholls beat I. A. Seay and Miss M. Andrew, 6—4, b —4. C. E. Malfroy and Miss M. Macfaralno beat D. G. and Mrs. France, S—6, 6 — 2. N. R. C. Wilson and Mrs. N. McNair Thomson beat G. A. Pcarcc and Miss N. Fleming, 7—5, 7—5. BOYS’ JUNIOR SINGLES Final N. F. N. Bedford (Wellington) beat J. W. Gunn (Auckland), 6—3, G—4. GIRLS’ JUNIOR SINGLES Final Jessie Bums (Wellington) beat Joy Bishop (Auckland), 6 —3, 6 —l. BOYS’ DOUBLES Final N. F. N. Bedford and W. A. Morrison (Wellington) beat R. T. Wilson (N.Z. Maori) and M. F. Lees (Auckland), 6 —l, 6 —2. GIRLS’ DOUBLES Final Vera and Jessie Burns (Wellington) beat Roma Drake and Joy Bishop (Auckland), G—3, 6—l. JUNIOR MIXED DOUBLES First Round N. F. N. Bedford and Vera Burns beat D. F. Cameron and Ailecn Smith, G—2, G—2. J. W. Blvth and Joy Bishop beat R. T. Peacock and Dorothy Dickey, 6—4, o—G, 6 —l. N. A. Morrison and Jcssio Burns beat J. W. Gunn and Audrey Kean, 6 I, 6—4. Second Round j F. Rcnouf and Roma Drake beat M. ' Goodson and Mary Sinclair, 6 —4, 6 —l. ! Morrison end Jessio Burns boat B. J. Fitzgerald and Nancy McFarlanc, 6—3, o — l. j Third Round I Morrison and Jessio Burns beat J. j Xing and Myra King, 6 —o, 6 —o. INTERMEDIATE OPEN SINGLES Semi-finals W. G. Robertson (Timaru) beat M. Perkins (Wellington), 6—2, C—2. N. F. N. Bedford (Wellington) beat E. F. Pago (Wairarapa), 6 —l, 6—l. Final Robertson beat Bedford, 2—6, 6—3, 5 6. ANDREWS BEATS TITLE HOLDER Very' much fitter physically and in far better form than for the Wellington championships when ho lost the final to C. E. Malfroy, E. D. Andrews to-day beat C. Angas, holder of the Dominion title, in the semi-final. Andrews won because, with greater use of the court and fine concealment of direction, he preserved a much better length than Angas, who was seldom much past the service line. Also An drew's- was more deadly overhead and accuracy itself on tho low volley. There was nothing spectacular about the match. Both stroked carefully, but Andrews sliced his backhand with the ball curling quickly a way, and he was

North Island Championships at Slasterton Per P rcss Association MASTERTON, Last Night. The Wairarapa Lawn Tennis Association’s handicap and championship tourney, in conjunction with which the North Island championships aro being held, opened yesterday in fine sunny weather. Good progress was made with tho eliminating rounds in the various events, no surprise wins being recorded. A number or well-known players at present engaged in the Dominion championships will bo competing this week.