New Zealanders Outplayed

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7300, 30 October 1933, Page 7

New Zealanders Outplayed

Overseas Tennis Cracks at

Wellington

RAIN AND WIND INTERFERE WITH PLAY

Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Last Night. Rain delayed the play in exhibition tennis matches when Perry, Lee and Wilds (England), Malfroy and France (Wellington), and Turnbull and Quist (Australia) were taking part, and only the doubles were played. The court was on the heavy side and a bitterly-, cold and very strong northwesterly wind interfered greatly with the standard .of play. The Englishmen and Australians were superior in all departments to Malfroy and France. Perry mado most of his openings by angled shots, through which Wilde left the Wcllingtonians standing. The visitors wero also superior overhead. Turnbull and Quist outplayed Malfroy and France mainly by brilliant serving and smashing, whilo Quist was an adopt at lobbing. Perry and Wilde beat Malfroy and France, 3—6, 6—2, 6 —3. Turnbull and Quist beat France and Malfroy, 4 —6, 6—l, 6 —3. Turnbull and Quist beat Leo and Wilde, 7—5. Franco and Malfroy started off against Perry and Wildo as thougli they would win quickly. Neither of the Englishmen could get into his stride, netting tho easiest of shots. Malfroy’s kicking service gave France at tho net brilliant openings on weak returns, and ho made few mistakes. Tho second and third sets wero quite different tales. Perry moved rapidly about tho court and covered effectively shots that in the first set had beaten him. Ho upset tho Wellingtonians’ combination by drives and volleys at acute angles and gave Wilde every opportunity of displaying his volleying and smashing abilities, which are of a high order. Perry’s service, too, was well placed, and Wildo showed cleverness in anticipating the return and cutting it off. As the Englishmen came on to their game, so the Wellingtonians fell away, France in particular being less. reliable in ground strokes and in Ms service. Wilde showed cleverness in lobbing and forcing Malfi'oy and Franco into mistakes overhead. Brilliant rallies with all four close in were scarce. Again Take First Set Only Malfroy and France won the first set aaginst Turnbull and Quist mainly because Quist could not hold his service and was netting drives and rallies. Thereafter the Australians were not seriously challenged. Turnbull frequently aced France with his fast service, placed to tho forehand side-line, and Quist, who served with a heavy slice, forced France and Malfroy into making weak returns, which Turnbull, at the net, killed. Before the end of the third set, Malfroy and France showed signs of tiring. The Australians never let up, and when forced from the net resorted to lobbing, Quist being brilliant. Their smashing when Malfroy and France tried lobbing was brilliant. Quist played coolly all through, and his fleetness of feet enabled him .to make many wonderful recoveries, which succeeded because of the element of surprise. Quist’s smash across the court was unreturnnble, and he caught the Wellingtonians down the middle-lino time and again with fast drives. Turnbull’s cross-court drive from the backhand, which keeps low, beat the opposition almost every time it was played. In tho final set the wind rose almost to a gale, and lobs with it were taken yards out of court and thoso against it scarcely reached the net. Quist was exceedingly clever in picking up halfvolleys and he always seemed to anticipate the direction of the return. His lobs had a fairly low trajectory, so that tho bounce was well away from his opponent chasing the ball. In the Lee-Wildo and Turnbull-Quist encounter, "Wilde was the outstanding player by reason of his brilliant volleying and smashing. He was not so strong off the ground, however, or in service. Lee was tho better at driving, but was not so reliable in volleying. His placed service gave Wilde at ■tho net golden opportunities to caeck weak returns. It was really Quist’s sliced service and cross-court ■ smashing, as well as his short volleys and judicious lobs, which gave Australia the victory. Wilde was inferior to Lee in return of the service, nor did tho Englishmen have as good an understanding as tho Australians, who are considered a combination of world All four players wore palpably affected by tho wind. Despite this, however, Turnbull and Quist missed very few smashes, but Turnbull netted many volleys and short returns from easy positions. Wilde earned applause with sharply-angled drives from the backhand, which the Australians found absolutely impossible to counter. Eain stopped play after the first set of this game.

Englishmen at Table Tennis WELLINGTON BEATEN BY FIVE MATCHES TO ONE. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Last Night. England beat Wellington in all five table tennis matches played on Saturday night. The visitors, who included Perry, ex-champion of England, showr ed the local players a new style and quality of play. Results were:— Wilde beht H. D. Kennedy, 16—21, 21—10, 21—12, 21—12. Perry beat C. F. Williams, 21—16, 21—18, 21—19. Perry and Wilde beat E. Cheal and H. Pyle, 21—18, 21—14, 21—23, 23—21. Wilde beat Williams, 21—14, 23—21. Perry beat Kennedy, 21—13, 21—16. In a special match, Miss L. Sturrock (Wellington) beat Miss L AT. Hughes iPalmsrgtoa iiftrtih'L 51— 2 21— _