LAWN TENNIS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21542, 14 January 1932, Page 2

LAWN TENNIS

NEW SOUTH WALES LADIES’ TEAM. One of the most important lawn tennis events of-the year will be the visit to Dunedin of the New South Wales ladies’ team to-morrow and on Saturday. The visitors are probably the finest four lady players who have come to New Zealand and are in the first flight of the game in Australia. They wul play matches against the best Otago players to-morrow —namely. Misses Partridge, Pattison, Calver, and White. ; On Saturday, exhibition matches will be played and interest will be added to these by reason of the fact that the Otago Association has secured the services of two of the leading women players in the Dominion—Miss M. Wake (Canterbury) and Mrs W. A. Scott (Timaru). Both these ladies are well-known in Dunedin, Miss “Wake having taken part in several interprovincial matches and tournaments in Dunedin, while Mrs Scott (nee Miss J. M'Laren) learnt her tennis here, Miss Wake and Mrs. Scott both have gained numerous provincial and New Zealand titles and the tennis to be seen in these exhibition matches is sure to be of the highest standard. MATCH AT INVERCARGILL. (Pee United Press Association.) INVERCARGILL, January 13. The New South Wales ladies’ lawn tennis team commenced a match here this afternoon against a South Island team and provided a delightful exhibtion of the game. Rain commenced to fall about 1 o’clock and play, which was to have started at 2 p.m., was delayed till 4.30, by which time the weather had cleared and the asphalt courts were sufficiently dry. The match will be concluded tomorrow morning, after_ which the visitors will proceed tb Dunedin. The results of to-day’s matches were as follows: SINGLES. . Miss Hall (New South Wales) beat Miss Melvin (Invercargill), 6 —2, 6 —3. DOUBLES.' Misses Valkenburg and Hall (New South Wales) beat Mrs W. A. Scott (Timaru) and Miss Wake (Christchurch). 6—3, 6—5. Misses Lloyd and Hartigan (New South Wales) beat Misses Melvin and Guest (Invercargill), 6 —5, 6 — i. AUSTRALIA v. NEW ZEALAND. THE HOME TEAM. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON. January 13. The following have been selected' to represent New Zealand women against the New South Wales lawn tennis team at Auckland on January 23 and 25: — Mrs-H. M. Dykes. Miss D. Nicholls, Miss M. Macfarlane", Miss D. M. Knight.