LAWN TENNIS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18760, 13 January 1923, Page 10

LAWN TENNIS

AUSTRALIAN LADIES’ SUCCESS. NEW ZEALANDERS OUTPLAYED. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON. January 12. The New South Wales ladies defeated the New Zealand ladies on (ho Thorndon courts to-day by eight ■ matches to love, 16 sets to love, and 76 "games to 35. The visiting ladies were superior all round, especially in the doubles. Mrs "Hodges had hard luck in losing the second set against Miss Lloyd. The best match of the day was the Grny-Howe contest, which was full of hard hitting and attractive play. The junior champion had 5-3 in the first set, but suffered bad patches. Mias Gray was undoubtedly the most stylish and attractive of the visitors. Results: — Miss Lance bent Mrs Scott Watson, 6—3, 6—l; Mrs Lascellos boat Miss MacFarlane, 61. 7 —sj Miss Gray beat Miss Howe, 75, 6-4; Miss Lloyd beat Mrs Hodges, 6 — 2, 6 — 4. Doubles. —Miss Lance and Mrs Lascelles beat Mrs Scott-Watson and Miss Howe, 6—o, 6 —3: Misses Gray and Lloyd beat Miss MacFarlane and Mrs Hodges, 6—l, 8 — 6. # ", In an exhibition combined doubles 0. Peacock and Miss Snow-Clark beat R. N. K. Swanston and Miss Fenwick. 6—3, 6—l. In an exhibition game, which Was not of a high order, Miss Lance led Mrs Scott-Watson all the way. In the game between Miss MacFarlane and Mrs Lascelles the second sot was very close, (here being only one point of difference in the total. In the doubles nine games went by before Mrs Soott-Wahson end Miss Howe notched one, but with a little support (he younger player would have made a fight of it, "Mrs Scott-Watson being very unsteady. The Mijw Gray-Miss Lloyd combination developed into two volloyers versus two baseliners, and save at the end of tho second set the issue was never in doubt. Miss Lloyd’s net play and Miss. Gray’s hurricane drives crushed the opposition. Mrs Hodges let Miss MacFarlane down at the end. The combination of oil the Now Zealand ladies was never up to that of their opponents. Tho second series of matches, which will take place to-morrow, are as follows:—Miss La nco v. Miss MacFarlane, Mrs Lascelles v, Mrs Scott-Watson. Mias Gray v. Mrs Hodges. Miss Llovd v. Miss Howe. Doubles.—Mis o Lance a-nd Mrs Lascelles r. Miss MacFarlane and Mrs Hodges. Mism Gray and Mias Lloyd v. Mrs Scott-Wa>—, and Miss Howe. ■ Tho matches wore played in • brilliant weather, the courts being very fast.