LAWN TENNIS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23615, 27 March 1940, Page 16

LAWN TENNIS

CANTERBURY TOURNAMENT ANGAS DEFEATS BROWN [BY TIXKOHAJ'H —IMIKSS ASSOCIATION] CHRTSTCIIURCH. Tuesday The finals of the Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association's Easter tournament resulted as follows—Men's singles, C. An gas heat A. D. Brown, o—o, (I—0; ladies' singles. Miss K. Armstrong heat Miss H. Klsom, o—l, 0 1: ■ men's doubles, Brown- and Aniras beat H. A. [ Ban.ett and A. It. Cant. 0 1. 0—1; ladies' ' doubles, Mrs. E. L. llatherley and Miss T. Poole beat' Misses .7. Senior and .T. Peake, U —o ( (j—2j combined doubles, Cant and Miss Elsom beat Brown and Mrs. llatherley. S—o, o—o. NORTH AUCKLAND TITLES , RAIN INTERRUPTS PLAY [fho.m ouh own correspondent] | WHANG A Rl2l, Tuesday | Rain again interfered in the North Auck- 1 land tennis championships, there being no play yesterday afternoon. Play was continued this morning, further games in the championships resulting:— Ladies' Singles. Quarter-finals: Miss Ramsev beat Miss Prebble, 8 —(5: Mrs. Clark heal Miss McDonald. M —•'!; Miss Hansen heat Mrs. (ieorgeson, B—l.8 —1. Men's Singles.—Charters beat Lane. 9—3: S Clark beat P. Leech, o—7; J. Shaw beat Watson 9 —(1; D. Wilson beat K. Bonrdman,!i—s; B. Broun beat Fabling, 9—2; P. Child beat R. Speedy, 9—!»; A. S. Broun beat A. D. Ferguson, 9 —5; O. Lilhcrland I heat J. B. Smith, 9—7. Quarter-finals; ; Charters beat Clark. 9—l; J. Shaw beat I Wilson, 9 —2; Litherland beat A. S. Broun, I ' Ladies' Doubles.—Mrs. O'Carroll and Miss I McDonald bent Mrs. Percy and Miss I Griffin. B—2; Mrs. Aicken and Miss Aicken heat Mrs. Baigent and Miss Maihi, 7—5. Semi-finals: Miss Ramsey and Miss Hansen beat Miss Hitcliings and Mrs, Watson, o—l, Men's Doubles.—Shaw and Masters beat O'Carroll and Fisher, 9 —it. SOUTH AFRICAN TITLES JOHANNESBURG. March 15 In the South African tenuis championships both the holders retained their singles titles. SturgeHs defeated Bertram, K—2, 2—o. O —o, o—,'t, and Miss Craze defeated Miss Piercey, ,| —(j, (j—|, o—,|. ]u tho men's doubles final Bertram and Fannin defeated, the holdors, Kurqiiliursofi and Kirby, o—2, I—(s, 2—o, 7 —r>. (;