Perry Gets His Revenge

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7301, 31 October 1933, Page 7

Perry Gets His Revenge

Malfroy Easily Beaten In Game at Wellington

WINNER NEVER ONCE EXTENDED

Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Last Night. The exhibition tenuis matches between Perry and Wilde (England) and Perkins and Malfroy (New Zealand) were continued . to-day in windy weather. Tho Englishmen won all the three matches played with ease. Perry outclassed Malfroy iu all departments. His low cross-court volleying and smashes left Malfroy helpless.

Perkins made the mistake of concentrating on Wilde’s backhand. On this, Wilde outplaced and outdrove Perkins. In the doubles between Perry and Wilde and Malfroy and Perkins, Malfroy did upt try. Perkins’ hard fighting saved the match from being a procession.

Results wore:— Perry beat Malfroy, G —l, 6—l. "Wilde beat Perkins, G —3, G —o. Perry and Wilde beat Malfroy and Perkins, G—4, 6—2. On the day Perry quite outclassed Malfroy in a game fought from the back-line, except when Perry went in on deep drives to Malfroy’s backhand corner and then clipped the furthest side-line with fast volleys, taken low down, that Malfroy had no chance of reaching. Perry was never once extended. He did just as he pleased. His service took Malfroy out of position and lus fast skimming drive beat Malfroy time and again. His ground strokes functioned perfectly and his smashing was deadly. Perkins fought gallantly against Wilde, but Wilde’s placing was too accurate and his pace too fast for Perkins to deal with effectively. He made marvellous recoveries, but they only served to force him further out of position and make Wilde’s task all tho easier. Wilde made scarcely a mistake with his backhand, sending the ball fast across the court or straight down the lino for aces with unerring accuracy. When Perkins lobbed, Wilde buried it. Wilde, too, was putting a lot of -work on the ball, making it shoot and keep low on bounding. He many times had Perkins running the wrong way.

In the doubles, Malfroy clearly was not himself. It -was very rarely that he cleared the net with his drives or volleys. Had it not boon for the hard fighting qualities of Ferkins, it would have been no game at all. Under the circumstances, it was a very easy matter for Perry and Wilde to score aces in driving, smashing and volleying. Perry brought off wonderful low skimming drives ■when he wanted tho point and the not play of himself and Wilde was liigh-elass. With no opposition, it could easily be. Perkins made many brilliant returns and won numerous points on his merits. Australians at Hastings PRANCE AND WILSON OUTCLASSED. HASTINGS, Last Night. Patches of tennis of the very highest class were seen in exhibition games played on the Hastings Club’s courts yesterday afternoon by two Australian Davis Cup representatives, Quist and Turnbull, and the New Zealanders, D. G. Prance and N. Wilson. Turnbull beat AVilson, 6—3, G —3. Quist beat France, 6 —4, 6 —2. Turnbull and Quist beat Wilson and France, G—l, 7—5, 3—6, 7 —5. It was very evident that the Australians w r erc not at any pains to provide fireworks. Only occasionally they allowed themselves to bo extended. They were apparently not in the mood to exert themselves unnecessarily, but, nevertheless, their display was very much worth seeing. The opposition did not at any time provo strong enough to threaten the Australians with defeat.

The matches resolved themselves into more or less an easy-going display on the part of the Davis Cup players. It was at odd times that France and Wilson showed touches of brilliance by sheer skill, dash and tactical cunning. In the doubles match, France did not strike form till the second set, but from then on, he showed a taste of high quality, particularly in overhead volleying and killing lobs. Wilson was always useful, especially at the net. (Some of his placements from close up were exceedingly trickily thought out and executed with a swiftness which made them winners on their merits.