LAWN TENNIS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18334, 26 February 1923, Page 4

LAWN TENNIS.

AUCKLAND ASSOCIATION. BARTLEET WINS. DUNLOP SHIELD. INTER-CLUB MATCH. The competition for the Dunlop Shield was commenced at the Stanley Street oourts on Saturday afternoon. The competition had reached an interesting stage. It la ft competition between two representatives :of each club, in which two singles and one double are played, the object being to win two out of three. Onehunga had beaten Auckland, and were beaten by Parnell, while Romuera received a bye from Wha- . ngarei, and were beaten by Eden and Epsom. This resulted in E. L. Bartleet (Eden and Epsom) having to play E. Page (Parnell), with 'H. Webster (Eden, and Epsom) matched against W. Williams. f Since both the Eden and Epsom players 'won their singles it was not necessary. for . the doubles to be played. i Webster beat Williams after a long ' fight, the Eden and Epsom man making better progress against the wind than _ did his opponent. Both played well up to form and . the match was by no means given away, as the scores show: 6—3, 64, 6—2. I Bartleet and Page had to exrfrt all their court craft to place shots anywhere near ! their proper places. With overhead work and slow shots and lob 3, the wind played havoc, and Page seemed to adapt himself to the conditions more quickly than his partner. He won the first set, 6 — Bart- , leet's only win being a love game. •■'■■ I Set No. 2 was also ■ Page's, although he had to play hard for it, being level at 3_3, 4_4, 6—5, and winning 75. • The Epsom man won the third. 7—6. This was a long-drawn struggle, each player winning , a game, alternately to 5— Page then lost two games. when 80. Bartleet evened the sets in the fourth, when he won 9—7. 7 In this Bet both players were displaying fine form. Alternately they won,, game for game, till 7. In the 16th game Bartleet won after deuce had been twice called, and the 16th game was his to 30. Sets, 2—2. Interest ran high at :\ the commencement of. the fifth and deciding set. Bartj leet won his first service to 30, and Page I repeated the performance.. Bartleet carried ! his service to deuce 9 times before Page won i as the result of netted balls. In the fourth ' game the service -. of Page was losing its sting. Page's returns were so hot that l deuce was called five times before the ParI pell man had a three to one advantage. Bartleet played determinedly • in; the next, winning it to 80, but Page won on hia own' service after deuce in the next, 4— This was Page's last win, hereafter hia plaoing becoming less accurate, while Bartleet netted fewer balls and ■ seamed to have gauged the strength of the wind -better. He won his next to 30, and equalled, 4—fl, in the succeeding game, winning, off Page 'for the loss of one , point. The ninth game he won to 15, lepeating the performance in the next, winning game, set and the Dunlop Shield for Eden and Epsom. . . ' LADIES' INVITATION CHAMPIONSHIP v, -, V '-; ■ In addition to the Dunlop Shield, contest, some good games were seen in the ladies' . invitation championship,' in . which the semi-finals were competed b»fore play was abandoned. '•'. < First Round.—Misa Marjorie Macfarlane beat Miss Vinson, 6—3, 64; Mrs. Richter boat Miss Ramsay, ; ; 6—B, , B—6; Mrs. Hogben beat Mrs. Buttle. 6—4, 7—5; Miss MacCormick beat Miss Lawry. 6—l, 75; I Miss Pay ton beat Miss Worrall, 6—l, 6—2; I Miss Marion Macfarlane beat Mrs. Leathart (by default); Miss Kerr-Taylor beat Miss Witherow (by. default): Miss Knight beat Miss Pagni, 6—l, 6—l. Second Round.Miss Macfarlane boat Mrs.. Richter. 64, 6—2; Mrs. Hogben beat Miss MacCormick, —5, 64: Miss Payton beat Miss Marion Macfarlane. 6—45. —9; Miss Knight beat Miss Kerr-Taylor. 6—o, 9—7. '-,;••,'. .-.:,.. Semi-Pinals.— Knight beat Miss Pay tort, 6—4. 64; Miss Marjorie Macfar- | lane beat Mrs. Hogben, 6—4, 6—2. -.. ; i ■ ' -■—~. j ■,*• INTER-CLUB MATCH. In the inter-club match E grade competition between Mount Albert and St. Heliers. played at Stanley Street.courts, the former team won handsomely by 12 games to one. The following are the results, the names of the winning olub being mentioned firßt . - ■ -,■•; Men's Singles.—N. C. ' McLean beat G Diamond, 6—3, 6—5; R. H. Potter I beat D. Wrathall. 6—3.6—4; J. E. Beachen ; lost to J. Elliffe, 4—6. 4—6; A. Bailey I beat W. Phillips. 6—4. 6—l. ■ D * ue f: Ladies' Singles.—Miss Mann beat Miss N. Bell. 10-6; Miss B. Wakerley beat Miss Hill, 10—6. .. . / Men's Doubles.—McLean and Beacher beat Diamond and Wrathall, 6—3. 6—4Potter and Bailey beat Elliffe and Phillips.' 64. 6—4; R. MoLean and Caughey : won by default. : '/.-:■ -.'•-. ■■-.-•.■ \i.-.c ■:,; : ,-,^ Ladies' .Doubts,.— Mann "and Wakerley beat Misses Bell and Hill. 10—5 Miss Butler and Mrs, Caughoy won by de■fault. " •■ f•!.;:'" .-",-.* Combined Doubles.— McLean and Miss Butler won by default; Caughey and Mrs. Caughey won by default. WELLINGTON BEATS TARANAKI. . ; [BY TELEGBAPH.— PRESS ASSOCIATION.] I WELLINGTON, Sunday. 1 In the lawn tenuis match, Wellington v ' Taranaki. the former won by seven matches I to; two, 15 seta to six. and 115 games to. 38 Ihe matches were l-Jayed on the Wellington club hard courts owing to the heavy rain on Saturday morning.. L. France outft* \5 ii A< . G ' Wallace 'in thcifc match, the Wellington man s chops , and net at! tacks proving too formidable for his opponent Wellington won all the singles through v Salmond and Parker, and Tw pushed by the visitors. Taranaki won two doubles matches owing; to an indifferent display by the local men. France and Peaopck were . victorious over Wallace and Dickie, mainly owing to . France's suner-' alive steadiness . and Dickie's weakness at the net and failure to hit overhead shot. Following are the results. Wellington player, being mentioned first:— -T " ""■ »"*■ 2 Singles.—L. France beat A. G. Walla-. 6-4. fcS, Vsa P l^ond beat Wbßte - A?i!' beat K. Archer. 6-4. 6-2. '- i3ark ° l * Q ; Doubles.—France and Peacock beat : W'Ylace and Dickie. 6-.S, 6-1 — ParW S Salmond lost to Nichofsor, and Webster! 2*?6 4-6; White-Parsons and Barkman lost t« Allison and Archer, 6—7. 7—s*4—g. " tO .