Australians Picked To Take All N.Z. Tennis Titles

Northern Advocate, 10 February 1940, Page 4

Australians Picked To Take All N.Z. Tennis Titles

[Per Press Association. Copyright ] WELLINGTON, This Day. With only the semi-finals and finals to be played in the New Zealand Centennial lawn tennis championships, indications are that the Australians will win all the events. In the men’s singles, J. Bromwich is to meet R. Howe (Wellington), and J. H. Crawford will meet C. Angas (Canterbury). On yesterday’s form, the final next Monday should be fought out between Bromwich and Crawford. In the other events, the Australians are almost as certain to win the finals. Crawford All Out. . The best match yesterday was the singles between Crawford and R. Barnes (Australia), in which Crawford, after dropping the first set at I—6, had to go all out in the second and third to ensure victory in four sets. Crawford took some time to settle down, and his 16-year-old opponent, playing at the top of his form, deserved full credit for winning the first set with the loss of only one game. Barnes’s driving on both hands matched that of his redoubtable opponent, but Crawford’s superb volleying at the net was the decisive factor in his victory. Over-Awed. Misses N. and M. Beverley (Waikato) could have taken Misses Wynne and Coyne to at least three sets if they had concentrated more. Instead, they played as if over-awed by their opponents’ reputation. Miss Wynne showed herself to be the hardest hitter among the women at the present tournament. Apart from her serving, Miss Wynne got home many smashes that gave no chance of their being played back. Results. MEN’S SINGLES. Quarter-finals: J. Bromwich (Australia) beat N. G. Sturt (Auckland), 6—2, 6 —l, 6—3; R. Howe (Wellington) beat R. G. Pattinson (Canterbury), 57, 6—4, 6—3, 6 —l; C. Angas (Canterbury) beat N. V. Edwards (Wellington), 6—l, 4—6, 6—4, 6—o; J. H. Crawford (Australia) beat R. Barnes (Australia), I—6,1 —6, 6 —2, 6 —4, 6—l. MEN’S DOUBLES. Semi-finals: J. Bromwich and J. H. Crawford (Australia) beat N. V. Edwards and R. Howe (Wellington), 6—l, 63, 6—3. The Australians meet the winners between Sturt (Auckland) and France (Wellington) and A. D. Brown and C. Angas (Canterbury) in the final. LADIES’ DOUBLES. Semi-finals: Miss M. Hardcastle (Australia) and Mrs Gallagher (Wellington) beat Mrs I. Hatherley and Miss T. Poole (Canterbury), 6—3, 6—l; Miss N. Wynne and Miss T. Coyne (Australia) beat Misses N, and M. Beverley (Waikato), 6—l, 6—2. VETERANS’ DOUBLES. Semi-finals: R. V. Hooker and M. L. Lampe beat J. A. McGill and W. P. Walker, 6 —3, 6—l. R. Browning and j D. F. Glanville beat W. J. Melody and H. J. Thompson, 6—3, B—6. J