LAWN TENNIS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19761, 12 April 1926, Page 15

LAWN TENNIS.

MIXED DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP. The final event of the Otago Lawn Tennis Association’s Easter tournament was decided at the Anderson’s Bay courts on Saturday afternoon. This was the final of the Mixed Doubles championship, held over from last Tuesday, between V. Page and Miss G. Manchester and S. G. M'Uougall and Miss Pattison. The weather was ideal for the game. Page, playing with great accuracy ana vigour and well supported by his partner, took the score to 5—2 in the first set. M'Dougall and Miss Pattison captured the next two games, but lost the tenth and the set 4—6. Page and Miss Manchester took the lead in the second set, and held it to run out winners by 6—3. Page and his partner combined admirably, and gave the opposition no chance with anything at the net. M’Dougall played a good solid game, but Miss Pattison was hardly up 4° her best form. Last year’s champions, Guy and Miss M’Adam, were defeated ea J lie . r I . ln the competition bv M’Dougall and Mi>3 Pattison. By defeating the latter 6—‘ L 6—3 Page and Miss Manchester now become the Mixed Doubles champions for the JC Page and Miss G. Manchester defeated M’Dougall and Miss Pattison, 6—4, o—s. _ The following are the holders to date of this championship, an event which has been played at irregular intervals: 1911— Ollivier and Miss Miles. 1912 Hamilton and Miss Campbell. 1921 G. Clark and Miss Shaw. 1922 S. N. Brown and Miss M Daren 1923 S. N. Brown and Miss M Laren. 1924 S N. Brown and Miss M‘Laren 1925 — A. Guy and Miss M’Adam. 1926 — V Page and Miss G. Manchester, CHRISTCHURCH TOURNAMENT. (Piw United Peess Association.) CHRISTCHURCH. April 11. The Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association’s Easter championship tournament was concluded yesterday. ... , The men’s singles provincial champonship was won by T. W. Patterson, the present holder of the title, who beat B. B Loughnan (who had beaten Geoffrey Ollivier). ,The match went to three sets, 4—6, 6 —2, 6—2. , p In the men’s doubles championship, G. Ollivier and R. Browning bent K.. J. Walker and B. B. Loughnan. The play. m this match was much more enterprising and of better all-round quality than in the singles. Ollivier dominated the play throughout, showing his best form, which he has not done on his more recent public appearances. Re and Browning won in straight sets, 6—3, 6—2. . . In .the ladies’ doubles championship, Misses Speirs and Ferner beat Misses Buchanan and Wake, 6-4, 6—5. In the mixed doubles championship 1. W Patterson and Miss Speirs beat w. Sheppard and Miss Buchanan, 6—2, 6—4. AUSTIN DEFEATS TURNBULL. LONDON, April 11. (Received April 11, at 5.5 p.m.) In the final of the Wandsworth tournament Austin beat Turnbull, 6—2, 10— Reuter. ■