TENNIS VISITORS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21639, 3 November 1933, Page 13

TENNIS VISITORS

ENGLISHMEN'S TOUR iAMES AT PLVMOUTf WILDE IN GOOD FORM r„r ASSOCI ATI ON J XEW PLYMOUTH, Thursday Exhibition tennis mntrhos were playe . V(, n - Plymouth to-dav* b.v the Bntis ncler.C. K. Malfroy. The weather wa perfect, but the courts wore very dca after heavy rain yesterday, wine affected the standard of tenuis. Nevei thcless, brilliant tennis was seen a time« particularly m the doubles There was an attendance of 800. The games resulted as follows:—\Vdd beat Malfroy, 0—1; Ferry boa T ,g j ( i—6. 6—l; Perry and Wild beat Lee and Malfroy, I—6. 6—l, 6 J 0 The opening singles hot ween A\ ild U 1 Malfroy was rather disappointing to those who hoped to see Malfroy dis plav perhaps some of the form tha enabled him to beat Perry at Punedin Wilde began very accurately, while. th Xew Zealander was very much off hi game. Malfroy grew more and mon careless as the game progressed am threw games away. His opponent main tained an exact length with fast drive that just skimmed the net and angh shots that were almost impossible t< JP.IC.'I. Three sets had to iTe played by IV it; before he could dispose of Lee in tin other singles match, which provided ; much better exhibition. Perry did no attempt to take the net. where lie is a liis strongest, but allowed Lee to conn up more often than he would have hat the match been more serious. Lee niad< niore errors in the first set than hi: opponent, being unfile to strike : - length, and he frec|uently drove out perry picked up Lee's-volleys from tin net wonderfully and often passed him Lee continued to take the net in the second set, which he won with forceful tennis, sound both on backhand anc; forehand. In the third set Perry was definitely in the ascendant from the hepinning. Lee made a great attempt tc save the match in the eighth game, but p e rn' showed his groat class with ina<rniiicent recoveries that turned defence into attack. Wilde ;vas the hero of the doubles match. Althpugh he was off colour in the first set, which Lee and Malfroy won rather easily, he shone brilliantly throughout the rest of the match and. with Perry made no mistake about the next three sets. His volleys were deadly and accurately placed, but it was in overhead shots that he was most .spectacular. Perry was quietly efficient always, and scarcely ever let go begging an opportunity of taking advantage of an opening. Mai troy again appeared to be out of his class and oif form. He was brilliant at times, but more often made errors. Lee played his best game of the afternoon in the doubles, and it was due to his stinging drives across court, which paralysed the opposition, that he and Malfroy won the first set. Without sufficient support and against such steady tennis as Perry and Wilde played, after that he could do little to stop defeat, although he played splendidly. MATCHES IN AUCKLAND PERRY, LEE AXD WILDE Spectacular tennis should be witnessed at the Stanley Street courts next Wednesday, when the touring English players, Y. J. Perry. H, G. X. Lee and F. H. Wilde will meet the New Zea- - ianders, C. E. Malfroy, E. L. Bartleet and X. G. Sturt. -Chief interest will centre in the appearance of Perry, who was mainly instrumental in regaining the Davis Cup for England. He is one of the most spectacular players that Great Britain has produced.' Lee should prove a great attraction as he also was a member of the Davis Cup. team. Wilde is ranked twelfth in Great Britain and is the most promising of the younger school of flayers in England. AUSTRALIAN PLAYERS DEPARTURE FOR SYDXEY Two members of the Australian Davi« Cup tennis team, D. P. Turnbull and • vjust, who played matches in the principal ceptres of Xew Zealand with the exception of Auckland, left by the 1 onouai for Sydney yesterday afternoo?,'. , Ie visitors arrived in Auckland on Wednesday night and'owing to the tickland A—ociation being advised of their arrival too late no official func■on uas arranged. Yesterday the players were the guests of the Xorthern wub at luncheon. The players expressed disappointment not having had the opportunity of pacing in Auckland. Thev stated the standard of Xew Zealand tenuis was lr j good and held a high opinion of Jlaltroy, whom, they said, was a very line player.