LADIES' TENNIS MATCH.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18297, 13 January 1923, Page 11

LADIES' TENNIS MATCH.

NEW ZEALAND OUTCLASSED.

N.S.W. WINS ALL MATCHES.

ALL-ROUND SUPREMACY.

[BX TELEOrtAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

WELLINGTON. Friday.

The New South Wales ladies lawn tennis team defeated New Zealand on the Thorndon courts to-day by eight matches to love, 16 sets to love, and 76 games to 35. „Tha visiting ladies were superior all round, especially in the doubles. Mrs, Hodges had hard luck in losing the second set against Miss Lloyd. Mrs. Lascelles and Miss Macfarlano were very well matched. Tho best match of the day was that between Misses Gray and Howe, the contest being full of hard hitting and attractive play. The junior champion led 5— in the first set. Miss Gray was undoubtedly the most stylish and attractive player of the visitors. Results:—

Singles.—Miss- Lance beat Mrs. Scott Watson, 6—3, 6—l; Mrs. Lascelles beat Miss Macfarlane, 6— 7—5; Miss Gray beat Miss Howe, 7—5, 6 — Miss Lloyd beat Mrs. Hodges, 6—2, 6—4. Doubles.—Miss . Lance and Mrs. Lascelles beat Mrs. Scott Watson-, and Miss How©, 60, 6— Misses Gray and LTbyd beat Miss Macfarlane and Mrs. Hodges, 6—l, B—6. Exhibition Combined Doubles.— C. Peacock and Miss Snow Clark beat R. N. K. Swanson and Miss Fenwick, 6—3, 6—l, In the singles, Miss Lance led Mrs. Scott Watson all the way with aggressive play. In the match between Miss' Macfarlane and Mrs. Lascelles, play in the second set was very close, there being only one point difference in tho total. In the doubles, nine games went by before Mrs. Scott Watson and Miss How« notched one, but with a little support the younger player would have made a fight of it. Mrs. Scott Watson was very unsteady. The other match developed into a competition between two volleyers and two baseliners and, save at the end of the second set, the issue was never in doubt, Miss Lloyd's net play and Miss Gray's hurricane drives crushing the opposition. Mrs. Hodges gave Miss Macfarlane little support at the end. The combination of the New Zealand ladies was never up to that of their opponents. The second series of matches takes place to-morrow. The draw is as follows: — Miss Lance v. Miss Macfarlane, Mrs. Lascelles v. M""--. Scott Watson, Miss Gray v. Mrs. Hodges, Miss Lloyd v. Miss Howe; Miss Lance and Mrs. Lascelles v. Miss Macfarlane. and Mrs. Hodges, Misses Gray and Lloyd v. Mrs. Scott Watson and Miss Howe.

Tho matches to-day were played in brilliant weather. The courts were very fast.