LAWN TENNIS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10080, 16 March 1896, Page 6

LAWN TENNIS.

ON the Edea and Epsom lawn last Th a ladies' picnic and tournament t ly' The tournament consisted of | a di o ■ 7 elli for which there were 44 entries. Th of the prize of a pair of glove, J*"" 16 * Miss A. Nicholson and Miss r, lB ~ Wer < beat Miss Mowbray and Mi« d"' ' some well-contested games in the fin»7 aftei which concluded a very pleasant day's n?* 1 ' Last Saturday afternoon was one un the bachelors of the club gave ,7 there were a number of visitor. ' an, l ground, amongst others some officers fr° l!l! vessels of the squadron now in '" were made heartily welcome. At thi' w ' lfl the afternoon a series of progressive e '' matches were played, in which 40 ! ennii took part. The winners anion* t|J'i a> ? r ' were Misses Spiers and Bull, who <J :ti four matches out of the live played ,° n the gentlemen, Messrs. Hooper ami 'a? l. ' who both won all their matches Th • ' took the form of some delicious I,,,!'''"' 1 grapes, which were much appreciate' u o! winners. ' "J : is At the West End Club's lawn on «, day afternoon, the Gentlemen's Hanr Doubles were brought to a conclusi „ D only one match now remains to c'''. and the whole series of handicap matches t? following are the results in the 1)0.,H1* ' A. E. Hatton and A. Goldie (owe l.i, i. ' '7 Paterson and J. Peacock (owe i:,. -/, i' Hatton and Goldie played a good comU game, and the latter's net play was at , very telling, Final: A. I Brabant '"? G. Cooke (owe 25) beat A. E. Ilatton and t Goldie (owe 15): 50— The losers if had played in matches all the afternoon were plainly tired out, otherwise t | •' score would have been considerably -nJ"' Brabant and Cooke are thus the winner"' the doubles, and the trophies fa I to J; 01 share. In the contests for the Club Ch'! tl! pionship, J. Peacock defeated ,1 CMd*.-' 7-5, 6-3, 6-2. A. Goldie defeated A V Hatton: 6-2, 6-3, 3-6. 7-5. ] n ,V----match, the contest seemed at first an ungual one, Goldie winning the first two sets uL easily. From this point, Hatton pUye.| J! well, and won the third set in excellent styi The fourth, a vantage set, was won tiyi;,,;.:; 6 ' thus giving him the match. The nlay at ' n 6, last was exceptionally good, and the ral'll kept up in fine style. The croquet section of the Auckland Tonnii Club gave an "At Home" on the i.raft.'„ lawns on Saturday last, and there was a 'i ar , attendance of ladies and gentlemen, T?' tables were tastefully decorated and abundantly laid out with cake and sweet, provided by '.he members of the club. (; am of croquet and tennis wero heartily onj by members and their visitor friends, i)iiL the afternoon the annual trophy |,'reset>i for the championship, consisting of a ful silver afternoon tea, sugar bowl and ere™ jug, was presented by the Mayor, Mr. ,| J Holland, to the successful competitor Mrs, Tom Reid, who for a second time has 'fir. tied off the prize. The loser in the !i w j match, Mrs. P. Oliphant, was also prwinei with a pair of handsome silver sleeve links given by Mr. Benjamin, vice-president of the club.