LAWN TENNIS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18296, 12 January 1923, Page 4

LAWN TENNIS.

/FIXTURES; Auckland Inter-club Matches.— it. •' New South Wales v. New Zealand lX«fr*. » -'•' * Wellington—January 12 and 13 T■*** Selected Ladies' Tournament, Chri«trV, n ..t '"■'"' —January 19 and 20. iil ™<*XUch. New South Wales v. Auckland liadii.= -•■ January 24 and 25. . -""wes^, Auckland Championship Tournament '" January 26. 27 and 29. , * mei tt.- J Wellington Provincial Championships a * * Masterton.January 20, ■ 22, and' 23 "• Tarariaki Championships, at New pj v ' - •"' '.mouth.—January. 31, February 1," 2 and West Coast Championships, at Westport--End of January. _ " Canterbury Provincial Tournament «* ChristchUrch.—At Easter. *■:■ *' ' Otago provincial Tournament, at Dunedin. '"*"•'' Easter. ' - ' . : >[ Waikato Provincial Tournament, at Hainil. -A ton. —Easter. '.: ; ": : Waipukurau Open Tournament.—Januar* '"- - 18, 19 and 20. • '. ■ f '■ ■ Masterton Open Tournament.January 20 22 and 23. ' •, t Dannevirko Open Tournament.January' ,: ' 24, 25, 26 and 2". * „' Rodney Championships. — February 28, " *■" March 1, 2 and 3. i , NOTES AND COMMENTS. ' '^Mh The New South Wales ladies have now reached the business end of their tour arij will meet the New Zealand representatives at Wellington to-day and to-morrow. Tht' - chances are in favour of the ladies fronx overseas, although our ladies can be relied on to extend them, and. it is quite to ba - expected that they may register a few indi« - V' vidual wins. * .•. The team picked to represent New Zea- -•.'.'.*■' ■land was, at the . time of selection, what ■;--■'•■'.'!•; looked to the selectors the strongest avail.?';-';:;-' able. Miss Macfarlwe's performances at '■•"•'. the New Zealand championships were bet- •:; '■ ter than Mrs. Scott-Watson's, although it ,-. -- io known in Auckland that the latter beat " ! her rival at the last championship, and ; ; ' generaly does so in practice. Miss Macfar- .' " lane has improved a lot, however, as the result of her trip to Sydney last year, and[._-.,, is deservedly placed as number one with. ■: Mrs. Scott-Watson number two. Mrs.;?. Hodges showed form much superior to that - displayed earlier in the season,/: and »lU selectors, knowing her experience, placed >;■;. her as number three. ' Miss Howe, as hum* " ; ber four, .is to a certain extent, an experi- .- ment, and one that, on form shown, is ; ' justified. She is a young player to whom -'•=',: the experience against good talent will ba :' of great benefit, .and although probably on: "&.- a par with Mrs. Green, and Misses Fen« wick and Snow Clark, selectors may al- .:;, ways claim a little latitude in regard to young and promising players. In the Hawke's Bay championships, however, an Auckland player. Miss Knight,' .;; whom the writer ha« repeatedly referred to'!;.? as a coming champion, defeated both Mrs,;.'' Hodges and Miss Howe, and ran Miss '.->■£■ Macfarlano into three sets, the last being • ';'; 1311, and by her consistency proved her* ' ' self a more useful member for _ the team ' than the third and fourth ladies already ' selected. '£?.■'. Therefore New Zealand will not be repre- •:'?', sented by its strongest team, for on-. ~ doubtedly Miss Knight as number thre»;;v': and Mrs. Hodges, number four, would make a lot . of difference, as the former produces the class of tennis more likely,;,, to crack up the game' 'of the Australian*, ,v than any of the other New Zealanders, who*"//// play mostly from the back line. In justitt' .• -.' to the : selectors it must be stated that Knight gave a. disappointing display at th« " : New Zealand meeting, especially in the;; ; i doubles, in which she repeatedly let " soft 1 '• '; stuff" ;go by which - should nave %been ■:,;■ smashed for an ace. It seemed - that she V had more c-jnfidenes in., her partner's ability 3:' jtowin than in her own., In her single % against Miss Macfarlane, in which she took " " a set, the wind unfortunately rendered good s ; play, and especially x volleying.; impossible. .$ This was unlucky for Miss' Knight. That she is not even in -the emergencies of th* team is a. bad . miss on the part of the :i selectors, who were handicapped through ./j the error in -judgment on the part of the - ''ft New Zealand' Lawn Tennis Association -in • ; not including an Aucklander on the seleo $if tion committee. It /.was points out in these ~~ columns some weeks ago that as the majority, of the members', of the team would probably/ come from 'Auckland, a selector from the local association would have been helpful on ; the committee*. As it is, the ■ '..:•*. team was picked entirely, on ' New Zealand. .-, championship form, while no Aucklander ■ .would have placed; Mrs. Hodges above Mis» ;•;■ Knight. •-■ :-:", '~ . '•.'..■ :. : : ':i The match. New South Wales ladies T. h Auckland, is to be played on January 24 .-«* and ,25. Should Miss Knight be .selected, .-? and she certainly deserves to be, the Auck- .*; land team should be stronger ihan that chosen to represent New Zealand. As the Auckland championships are scheduled for January 26. 27 and "29 tho ladies from the . ./.;;;./; other side will be competing, and with the wealth of talent among the Auckland ladies ah excellent tournament should eventuate. In'referring to the high standard off play ..<<■ among the- Auckland /ladies a while ago. '*• the writer stated that if an Auckland team was picked:/probably . each- -of the ladies : y would beat any other ilrtdy in New Zealand'. ; V " Forehand."., writing in thei Dominion, had ~. much to say ''about 1 what." he termed a ridiculous and boastful statement, savouring of parochialism. The proof of the statement -, made lies in/the fact thai; the-first three' - ,-:< lar'.'es in the team, selected by Wellington ■ --;<« selectors, are- .-. Aucklanders and tho : fourth" lady has; been beaten by . another Aucklander, Miss Knight. • '-.- . The intcrelub matches will.be resumed to- ; L ? morrow, Tvhon .the Auokland -Association's ' ? courts at, Stanley. Street will be again fully ,' f : occupied; ■ Admission is free and. afternoon ",'.'£' tea; con fbe i : obtained / at'; the courts. To >■ visitors to Auc'land; this : should be an ;*; excellent opportunity of seeing tennis, Th«. handicap.:, tournament /held during' ':•; Christmas week was a great success and the .:?; committee :is to be - congratulated on its , a good • work.'.■". -The' following were the prize- yf winners:— Singles A Grade. R. B. '. 5 Bartl.eet", :B : Grade; W. Jones. Doubles! '.-''L.< E. Ohlson and P. Tonks. Combined: Miss -r :'i i Morra'il and. H. Keith. Ladies* Doubles;. r -1/ Mr.?. Marshal! and Miss Marion Macfarlane. . ' The . ■ ladies' : SringTes / final between - Misses McCormick and, Bryant is/not finished and will bo completed at the championship tourney. , "' .. 'A*

INTER-CLUB MATCHES. "; >§ TEAMS' FOR .TO-MORROW. The following '■■ teams have been selected •-!• for the inter-club 'matches "to be played >, under the auspices cf the Auckland Lawn...»;;jg3 Tennis Association: to-morrow:—- ' . . "'gj A GRADE. • " \ Eden and Epsom v. Onehunpa (at ; Stanley Street).—Edim and Epsom: if. Webster,, .„;■■:';« M. Morrison.- A. C. Johns, B. B. Bartleet, V. R., Johns, A.: St Clair Brown; Misses ,■'; B. Knight, J. Ramsey, Mrs. Pope. Miss M.- %i Bartloet. Onehunfia: G. L. Taylor. T.. .&. Clark, W. G.Watkins.M. Robb. J. T. Har- % rison, H. Keith;' Mrs. Leathe,rt. Missea P. ,•: Brookes, La-wry, and- Grove. • -mp. ". B GRADE. " ; ''' . : .'.':. Papatoeto© v.' Devonport (*t Stanley, V"; Street).—Papatoe'coe: C. Elder, H. Elder, .■.- Gieeson, Malcolm, Tennent, Wyllie; Mrs.- ',;. Larsen, Misses C. : Bryant. Haslip, and \- Weston. -/Devonport: :• L.\Vhit-taker, J. Tat-' r • :•■:; ton, G. Pulrnan, G. Simpson t Allison, 11. Judd; Misses S. and E.Whittaker, Mrs. . -,; Allison, and ; Miss Harvey. - Auckland v. Takapuna (at- Takapuna).— •■■;■.■ Auckland: Sturt, Curtis, Mugliston, Burt*: ,'.'-£ Windsor. Hutchison; Miss Fletcher, Mrs. ;J; Blair, Mrs. Wilson, and Mrs, Smith. Taka--, ;>: puna: Chalmers,• Jerram, Hunter. Buddie, >v Foote, Gold; Mrs. Buddie; Misses Mc-;■-'■:.;■ Donald, Morgan and B. O'Neill. C GRADE. I Auckland v. Eden and Epsom (a ; t Stanley is Street).—Auckland: Coppart, Schofield, .--■■■'3| Craig, Bramlcy. Graham; Mrs.- ■■■M Finiay, Misses ' Guthrie, Newton, and ■ Wil- ; . ■'- son. Eden and Epsom: S. E. Jackson, A.; Turner, J. Coppard, H. Massey, P. Potter, H. Thomson; Misses M. * Robson, F. Richards', V. Arneil, and Sirieeton; • Takapuna v. Devonport (at Devonport).— ' Takapuna: Reid, McKenzie, Devett, Norris','■•,' Greviiie, Roylands; Mrs. Drower, Mrs. ■ ; ; : Martin, :.Mrs. . Cotterall, •■•-••■• and Miss Grant. '! Devonport: .Lord.- Renshaw, Sparling.' it; Bruce, A. Harvey, H. Porter; Mrs. Hogan, : '-■] Misses --M. v Renshaw,; Neville, and Gold-.; .' \-j water. :\ ■■ - ■ >! Y.M.C.A: v.St. Heliers (at St. Heifers).—'■ '- Y.M.C.A.: E. R. Blincoe, W. Ellis, A. Gas-' m ley, N. Coney, A. Coutts, F. Keesin?: : ,pl Missy's E Beaumont, E. Chapman, P. Wil- " ; -l son, and D. Gill. St. Heliers: WrathalU V s Lowe, Horapool, Philip, El'iffe, Mabbett; ' Mrs. Gower. Misses Bell. Philip, and Craig." -'■] ROWING.' The Auckland Rowing Club will conduct pair oar trials 'on Saturday. January 20... ""." commencing at 2.30 p.m., for medals do* ft nated by Mr. W. H. Cave., Entries closa witn the secretary at the boathouse, on _~% Sunday, when crews will be chosen. ■ J, ■ •-■■.-;■ " ■■■-■.....: . '- " tM