LAWN TENNIS

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12357, 29 January 1926, Page 8

LAWN TENNIS

AUCKLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS SMYTH ENTERS FOURTH ROUND MRS WATSON BEATEN Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, January 28. The Auckland tennis championships were continued in bright sunshine today, the courts were playing fast. MEN’S SINGLES First Round.—Sims beat Chisholm, 6—o, 6—2; Stuart beat McFarlant, 6—l, 6—2; Lamps beat Partridge, 6—o, 6—3; Bowden beat King, 6 —2, 61; Cbalmer beat Warsaw, 4—6, 75, 7—5; Hill beat Potter. 6—4, 2 — 6, 6 — o. ' Second Round. —E. B. W. Smytlt beat Robb, 6—l, 6—l; Boardman beat Anderson, 6—o, 6—4; Watkins beat McKeown, 6—3, 6—2; Nicholson beat Lamb, 6 —l, 6—l : Ohlson beat Clark, 6—o. 4—6, 6—3; A. C. Johns beat Hardy, 6—2, 6—2. Third Round.—Griffiths beat Nicholson, 6—4, 7—5; Sturt beat A. C. Johns, 6—2, 6—3; Smyth beat Boardman, 6—4, 6 —3; Sims beat Rowlands, 6—2, 7—5: Robson beat Chalmers, 6—2, 6—l; Watkins heat Ohlson, 7—5, l—«, 6—l. LADIES’ SINGLES First Round.—Miss Payton beat Miss D. Miller, o—2, 6 —2. Second Round.—Mrs Scott Watson beat Miss MacCormick, 6 —2, 6 —2; Miss Marjorie Maofarlane beat Miss D. Wilson, 6—2. 6—2: Miss Lowry beat Miss Sturt. 6—4, 6 —3. Third Round. —Miss Knight beat Miss Lowrv, 6—3. 9—7; Miss Macpherson beat Miss Potter, 6—4. 6—3; Miss Ni'.holls beat Mrs Scott Watson, 6 —2, 9—7. ’ MEN’S DOUBLES Lampe and Smyth beat Boardman and Doidege, 6—3, 6—o; Turner and' Home beat Anderson and Christmas, 6—o 6—o. Second Round.—Smyth and Lampe heat Ohlson and Ohlson, 6—o, 6—o; Nicholson and Grant heat Tonks and Mnrfarlane, 6—*-3, 5 —7, 6—l: Bartleet and Robson heat Gardner and Warsaw, 3—2. 6—2 ; Griffiths and Brinsden heat Watson and Chisholm, 6—l, 6—2. LADIES’ DOUBLES First Round.—Misses Marjorie and Marion Maofarlane won from Mrs and Miss Hill bv default. Second. Round.—Misses Colebrook and Knight heat Misses Sharpe and Potter. 6—2, 6—3: Mrs Marshall and Miss MaeOormick heat Mi-scs Payton and Ramsay, 6—3, 6—4. MIXED DOUBLES Second Round.—Watson and Miss Colebrook heat Chisholm and Miss Vaile, 6—2, 6—2.