Australian Tennis Stars in Auckland

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 69, 23 March 1937, Page 5

Australian Tennis Stars in Auckland

THE UNORTHODOXY OF BROMWICH Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Last Night. Considered to comprise one of the strongest teams the Commonwealth has produced and outstanding contenders for Davis Cup honours the Australian tennis players J. H. Crawford, V. B. McGrath, A. K. Quist and J. Bromwich, who arrived in Auckland by the Niagara to-day, delighted a crowd of about 300 with a series of brilliant exhibition matches at the Btanlcy street courts. The team which is en route to the United States to play in the American zone, is accompanied by Mr. C. E. Sproule as manager. rtanent features of the exhibition play were the polished and confident methods of Crawford, the vicious backhand voleys of McGrath, the subtelty of Quist and the eagerness and unorthodoxy of Bromwich. It was a highly instructive exhibition of tennis attack and defence with players earn ing frequent applause for finely-angled shots and placements of more than ordinary excellence. Bromwich attracted considerable attention when he shaped up to Quist in the first singles partly in view of the success that has attended his efforts during his comparatively short career in first-class tennis, but principally because of the unusual methods he employs. He plays his forehand shots with both hands gripping the racquet. He serves with the right hand and uses the left in playing what would ordinarily be backhand shots. In tho singles Quist boat Bromwich 4—6, G—2, 6 —4 and Crawford beat McGrath 7—5, 7—5. In the doubles Bromwich and Quist beat Crawford and McGrath 6—2, 6—2, 4—6, I—6, 6—4.