TENNIS TITLES

Northern Advocate, 31 December 1934, Page 6

TENNIS TITLES

AUCKLAND CHAMPS

E. L. BARTLEET AGAIN,

MISS N. BEVERLEY BEST LADY,

[Special to “Northern Advocate.”] AUCKLAND. This Day. Now title-holders of the Auckland Lawn Tennis Association’s championships are: — Men’s Singles.—E. L. Bartleet. Women's Singles.—Miss N. Beverley. Men’s B Singles.—W. E. Butler. Intermediate Boys’ Singles.—J. S. Stevens. Intermediate Girls Singles.—Miss B. L. Griffiths. Women’s Doubles.—Misses N. and M. Beverley. Intermediate Boys’ Doubles.—J. S. Stevens and J. W. Gunn. Intermediate Girls’ Doubles. —Misses M. Beverley and B. L. Griffiths. Junior Boys’ Singles.—A. W. Allen. Junior Girls' Singles.—Miss E. Stewart.

Men’s Doubles. —M. M. Morrison and N. G. Sturt.

Mixed Doubles. —N. G. Sturt and Miss Marjory Macfarlane.

Results of the finals were;— A Grade.

Men’s Singles.—E. L. Bartleet beat M. T. Wilson. 6—4. 4—6. 6—l. 5—7. 6-3.

Women’s Singles.—Miss N. Beverley (Matamata) beat Miss Marjorie Macfarlane (Remucra), 6—o, 6 —2. Men’s Doubles.—Sturt and Morrison beat A. C. Johns and Hayr, 3—6, 6—l, 6—l, 6—o.

Ladies’ Doubles.—The Misses Beverley beat Mrs Melody and Miss Knight, 6—4, 2—6, 9—7. Mixed Doubles. —N. G. Sturt and Miss Marjorie Macfarlane beat R. Lees and Mrs Melody, 6—2. I—6, 6—2.

Men’s B Singles.—W. E. Butler beat A. J. S. Brown, 6 —4. 6—3. 6 —l. Intermediate.

Boys’ Singles.—J. S. Stevens beat A. W. Allen, 6—l, 6—3. Girls’ Singles.—Miss Griffiths beat Miss Beverley, 6—2, 6—o.

Girls’ Doubles.—Misses M. Beverley and Bishop beat Misses Cooke and Griffiths. 6—o, 4—6, 6—4. Boys’ Doubles. —J. W. Gunn and J. S. Stevens beat A. D. Brown and J. T. Mayson, 6—B, 6—3, 6—o. Mixed Doubles.—D. Livingston and Miss M. Beverley beat A. D. Brown and Miss B. Griffiths, 6—4, 6—B. 6—4.

Juniors,

Boys’ Singles.—Allen beat Henderson. 6—3, 6—3.

Girls’ Singles.—Miss E. Stewart beat Mifes A. Burges Watson. 6—3, B—6. With his fifth win of the Auckland championship title, E. L. Bartleet established a record. Two other players, W. B. A. Morrison in 1887 and 1891-93, and J. T. Laurenson in 1920-21 and 1924 and 1931, have each scored four victories. On the women’s honours board, Miss Marjorie Macfarlane’s name appears eight times, but she has fought out more finals than that.

Applause greeted his Excellency

the Governor-General, Lord Bledisloe, and Lady Bledisloe as they walked into the stand to watch the final of the men’s championship singles. They were met by the president, Mr Percy Harrison, and his wife, together with members of the committee. CANTERBURY FINALS. ANGAS WINS SINGLES. [Per Press Association. — Copyright] CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. C. Angas became Canterbury’s tennis champion again on Saturday when he beat H. Dymond, 6—4, 6—3, in a match that was not as brilliant as had been anticipated. The ladies’ final was won by Miss M. Sherris, who beat Miss T. Poole 6—2, 6—4, in an exciting match. T. Rhodes-Wil-liams lost his third title when he and I. A. Seay were beaten in the | men’s doubles by Angas and Dy- | mond. He lost the combined and | singles titles the previous day in the semi-final matches.

Champion results were: Men’s singles: C. Angas beat H. Dymond 6—4, 6 —3. Ladies’ singles: / Miss M. Sherris beat Miss T. Poole, 6—2, 6 —4. Men’s doubles: C. Angas and H. Dymond beat T. Rhodes Williams and I. Seay, 6—4, 6—3. Ladies’ doubles: Misses I. and T. Poole beat Mrs D. I. Macdonald and Miss E. Ruskin, 6—2, 12—10.

WELLINGTON REPRESENTATIVES

[Per Press Association. — Copyright.} WELLINGTON, This Day.

j The following players have been . ' selected, not necessarily in order, to 'represent Wellington against Canter- : bury in the Wilding Shield and Nuni nerley Casket matches;—Men; D. C I France, N. Smith, N. Bedford, R. i Ferkins. Emergencies: D. Coombc, ■ E. A. Roussell. Women; Misses D. ! 1 Nichols, D. Howe, F. Fernie, M. r Whyte. Emergencies: Misses. F. L jNorth, M. Howe. WELLINGTON WINNERS. MISS D. NICHOLS BEATEN. * [Per Press Association. — Copyrlght.l WELLINGTON, This Day. The Wellington lawn tennis championship finals resulted: — Men’s Singles.—N. Smith beat N. Bedford, 6—3, 6—2, 6—4. Ladies’ Singles.—Miss D. Howe beat Miss D. Nichols, 6—3, 6—4. { Men’s Doubles.—R. Ferkins and E. A. Roussell beat D. Coombe and E. A. Pearce, 9 —7, 6—2, 6 —2. Ladies’ Doubles.—Misses D. Nichols i and D. Howe beat Misses M. Howe and F. Fernie. Combined Doubles.—D. Coombe and Miss D. Nichols beat R. Ferkins and Mrs R. P. Adams. 5—7, 6—o. 6—2. i I HASTINGS HOLDERS. i f Per Press Association. — Copyright.] j HASTINGS, This Day. j Glorious weather marked the Hastings tennis championships, which had been in progress for three days. Fol- ! lowing are the results of the finals:— Men’s singles.—N. R. C. Wilson (Hastings) beat R. D. Sharpe (Hastings), 6—l, 6 —2. Ladies’ singles. Mrs Milburn (Ha\vke’s Bay) beat Miss M. Budd (Hastings), 6—3, 3—6, 6 —o. Men’s doubles. —N. R. C. Wilson (Hastings) and E. F. Page (Wellington) beat D. Ritchie and J. D. Ormond (Waipukurau), 6—3, 3—6, 6 —3. Ladies’ doubles. —Mesdames Cotterill (Hastings) and Milburn (Hawke’s Bay) beat Misses Glennie (Hastings) and Hicks (Napier), 6 —5, 6 —l. MAUNGAKARAMEA RESULTS. The Maungakaramea Tennis Club held its annual tournament on Boxing Day. Play extended over two days and was of a high order. The winners of the trophies were;— Ladies’ Singles.—Miss I. Rountree. Ladies’ Doubles. —Misses E. Snell and E. Morresey. 1 Men’s Doubles.—C. Bint and R. j Thomson. The final of the men’s singles was I fought out between J. Litt and E. O’Carroll. A splendid exhibition was given and finality was not reached till 20 games had been played, J. Litt winning at 11—9. *