LAWN TENNIS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17973, 24 December 1921, Page 5

LAWN TENNIS.

i No inter-olub tennis matches under the ausp'ces of the Auckland Lawn Tennis Assflciat'on will be played to-day. Matches in the B and C grades 'will bo resumed on January H, and on the same date the first round of the A grade will be opened. The Auckland provincial fcisnaicM tournament opens on Monda.y isnS will w "in- ' tinned on Tuetdny nnd, wwc&«du3f. jJ;ge entries have been received &t>d tie gcMcs proviso to be interesting. . . The New Zealand tennis championship tournament opens at Chr stony rco on Monday, ami will be continued on Tuesday and Wednesday. ANTHONY WILD TNG MEMORIAL SHIELD. The Anthony Wilding Memorial Shield h'e been oompleted, and will be competed for by provincial teams at the New Zealand championship meeting at Chrietchurch. The trophy i« of sqlid oak, and is circular in de- . sign. In the centre is a wised silver plate, bearing the inscription; " New Zealand | Lawn Tenni« Association Anthony Wilding 1 Memorial Shield." This, is surmounted by two crossed rackets, while at the side are i s"ctß of laurel leaves, the whole beine surrounded by the name cf Anthony Wilding,! which is in large silver letters. A small set of laurel loaves enoircles the shield, and near the extreme edgo of the oak work thero are numerous medallions lor the namte of the winners. •