LAWN TENNIS UNION

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22212, 15 March 1934, Page 4

LAWN TENNIS UNION

The A Grade competition has now. been completed, and the shield becomes,. for the first time, the possession of the Kaikorai Club. The complete results of the competition are as folows: — •

The Knox Church y'. i'irst Church match, played on Saturday; was. won by the'former team, by, a small margin) the success of the Knox ladie a ,in bpth the Singles and Doubles, events being the der eiding' factor. The-most- closely-contested .matches were, the third Men's ...and the third Ladies', Singles, both of. which were wpn by the Knox players after a. most interesting contest. ,- ■-.-: : Miss R. Clark (Kensington) was. the only member of the Kensington A /team to win a,set in the match with Havensbourne. ', ■ i ■ .Keen interest. was -, indicated', by the presence of a.good number.of spectators s at the final/match between the two. leading .teams-r-Kaikorai and Tainui., There \yas not much between the teams, almost every.game being closely.contested, vhe Kaikorai ladies showed their' best, form, and won. three, of the four Singles, and this accounted, considerably for the victory of their-team. Mrs Jones's services and placements proved too effective for Miss Broddbent in their Single,. and she won *6—3.' •'. Miss Fitchett defeated Mrs Colbert'7—s in a very interesting game. Miss-CameVon...(Tainui) proved too steady for Miss Sutherland, _ and won .6—3,, but Miss: Jones (Kaikorai) reversed her defeat by M r s Ogg in. the first round .arid won 6—3. In the Men's Singles Carr and Colbert served and .drove too .well for. Jones and'Dixon and won 6—4 and 6-—2 ; respectively. . The other two Men's Singles were hard fought, Laurie running Gonrley to 7—5, and Thomas, after being down 4—2, winning 6—4. The first Men's Doubles was a fast game, but the Kaikorai ..pair proved too accurate for their opponents, while the second Tainui men were too steady for the Kaikorai pair. The first Mixed' Doubles went to Tainui, the 'third and fourth to Kaikorai. The second Mixed Doubles was unfinished on account of rain.

It seems likely that the C Grade match between Kiwi and Fire Brigade will be won by the former team, and in that case Kiwi will play Aotea'at;the Macandrew Road courts on Saturday next. C. O'Driscoll- (Macandrew Road) lost a, ladder challenge against J. Wallace (Knox Church) 9—6. " . ,

/ ■ SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIPS Practically all the clubs in the Dunedin Centre have *nbw found "their champions. The following results have so far come to band: — . xiunedin.—W. Anderson. Ciiieuoman.—C. Clanuge. ' i,eith.—t). Tail. '. : "• ;;',' - : • Logan Hutchison. : ' Port Chalmers;—-K. liuilih. .'" ' i Lambeth." Nortn-iiast Valley.—U. 'lorikiu. , ■ . ' ' . Bt. Kilua'.'—El Tamblyn.," '.KaitunaJ —H. S. Held. " '"",."•'. , ' bt. Cla'u-;—C tihaun. , ' . j : (Javershaui. —A. Vv. Komeril. ,'.'.;, Mbihiugton.—W. Watson. : ■■' Rgsiyri—O. Tyrrell;. '..',"■ .7 . ' KaiUorai—o. I>. Ufton. .' ! 1 Otago—J.' D. Best. ... ■,'•' Taieri.—W. B. Allan. \ ~' Fun-field-.—W. Anderson". ' .'■:.., Anderson's Bay.—J. JI Read'.

Several of the -finals were played last night,; and -some', very, close, finishes, resuited. ' i ~.■

Li.'•'. Claridge and Forrester were the finalists in the Caledonian Club the former having, two lives. 'Claridge quickly established a' big lead, and at .one stage the score was IV- — o in his favour. Forrester i fought gamely; and with ■ one head to play was only one point down. Claridge, however, scored a brace on the final head tb'win by three points. '...' ■;

J. Tonkin -led all the way against M'Donald in, the Nbrth-East "Valley Singles' final to, win by three points. ' The St. 1 Clair Club's: final was between C.'.Shaun and D. Pastier,' and the final score, was 21;—19 in ■ favour of the former. ' ]:'"-.■" ;'.-"' j H: S. Rei'd and P. Seelye Were the Kaltuna''Club's finalists, and the' former showed ■ better all-round form, leading practically all the way. ;"-..' O'Suil'ivatf {two lives) and E. Tamblyn (one life) met on Tuesday night', to decide 1 the. St, Kilda , cha:mpi6nship: Tamblyn won, and 1 another game' was, therefore, necessary . ' Th'is was' played last night, and, Tamblyn was again successful, the final scores bfeing 16 —15 in his favour. The ' Cavershain ■ Club's final was "also closely contested; A. W. Romeril ; defeating'A. Melville by ,16 points to 15. '•■'. C. Tyrrell, again gets his name on the Roslyn Club's championship board, defeating T. MGilliyray in the final. The scores were level with one head' to play, and Tyrrell succeeded in Scoring a single on this end.- '' •' '.

' In the Mornington Club's final W. Watson defeated W. Brown by one point. The Otago Club's final was. betweeri J. D. Best and A. Hqn'eymani Best had two lives last Tuesday night, when Honeyinan defeated him,' j but.' Best turned the tables last evening to win' the championship. ' '" ,"'■'-.'•.' ' '•"■ Another good fiual' was that between F. Lambeth and Melville to decide the Bahnacewen' Club's championship! There Was not; much in it, .but Lambeth-proved the stronger: ; - .''.' ' . . In the Taieri Club's final W. B. Allan defeated D. Stevenson by 21 points to 16., ,-, ..- ■"." •"",'" ' ( .Final results have hot yet been received from West Harbour,' Outrahi; Taihui, and.Waikouaiti.' . ;' ' The final of,' the Cayersham Ladies' Singles Championship was won by Mrs Beveridge. INTERCLUB CHAMPIONSHIP Outram lost its grip on the .championship by, going down; to Fairfield on Satur» day, .and.Taieri by winning .both its sections, now heads'the list with 90 points, with Caledonian, Who woh three out of five . sections', a : close second with- 88 ''4-5 points. With' one more game to; play, -the final result is still open, but the ultimate winner . will be- fbund in, one of the three- abovehientioned clubs—Taieri, Caledonian, and Outrani—arid Waikouaiti, which at preiserit shares third place with Outram, each having 84 points. : BalmaceWen is "next with -78, and Dunedin follows with 76. ; Dunedin did well iri winning in each of its six sections —two "against Port Chalmers ahd ! four against Anderson's Ray.. The following clubs secured the maximum ; points ■; (two Waikouaiti (one section), Dunedin (six sections), Fairfield 1 (brie section),-Green Island (two sections), Mornington (three sections), and West Ha.rbpur; (two; 6ec■tions). i ; -' ' V The following are results of Saturday's games,'with the total championship points scored to date by each club::—" ; • "■' - -.;>',•' Points

WANAKA CLUB. The final fof the Wanaka; Rowling Club's Men's Singles Championship • was won by F. Oakden, who defeated J. Perrow by 16 to 14. In the. semi-final J. Perrow (one life) beat F. Oakden (two lives]l by 23 to 10. ■■: In the Ladies' Championship those remaining in are Miss' Ballantyne (two lives), Miss Briley (one life),-and Mrs Faulks (one life).; . ■ ■Two rinks'from the Bannockburn Clnb visited Pembroke during ■ the week-end, when they met and defeated two rinks from the Wanaka .Club., . '.V CLYDE CLUB

The Clyde Club's Champion Singles were completed this week, W. K- George (two lives) defeating P. D. Edmonds (one .life); leaving,- George ■ and J. L. Davidson (one life). still in.. Davidson took, both ,Geprge's lives and won the title for the second'time, ,1928 being his previous win. The runner-up ', has won the plub's .', championship -four times „in alternate years. , ■_..;■■;. ■ ;'; -. ;• ' „ The Jolly Cup rink retained, the trophy by a s'malllma'rgin against a Naseby rmk. Scores:—Clyde: J.. Holt, G, Orr, W.. H.arlow,,P. Edwards 20.i^ Naseby: Hi Ravenwood,, L. Fox,'A. E. Bro\yn, 0. Graham 17.: '•.." ; ■:.,;:. , .. : \ •.■■■,■■ ■ Middlemarch, is the next .challenger. ' ; . i'x-i '>.,■■■■ ' .._■ .'' •■■■ •-' • - GORE EASTER The secretary of the Gore Easter bowling; tournament (Mr >D. Harvey) reports that entries, are ; coming dn steadily, and the ; prospects are- very encouraging for the success, of the tourney.«.' i , \ . CENTRAL OTAGO SINGLES .-' • ;: .' ■'-,■';■' < ■■■ -' •' .''■ • ! After , a squally ;■ week Saturday was beautifully fine at Bannockburn,'. where the Central Otago Centre's Champion, of Champions competition' was held'. Representatives from seven clubs took part arid the standard of pi ay j was excellent. ,'The green was a. little hertvy, but played quHe satisfactorily; 7 The centre secretary, being a competitor, Mr ,W. K.' George was. in charge, and finished; up the day'at 7' p.m. without a hitch. Results:—-'. First Round. —W.. Hewitt (Alexandra) 20, J; L. Davidson (Clyde)-10; H;. Wilkinson (Cromwell) 25, J. Ramsay (Bannockburn) 3; F. Oakden (Wanaka) 18, F. Ferguson (Miller's Flat) 16; R, Woodhouse '(Roxburgh), a bye. ■ Hewitt was three up on Davidson in the fourteenth head, arid then monopolised' the board..

Wilkinson, playing.at his' best after the first two heads," did not let his opponent in again till the fifteenth head, the game finishing on the next head.

Ferguson was four ;up on Oakden on the' nineteenth, head, but. they iwere level on the twenty-first, the,extra head going to the Wannba man.

. Second Round.—Davidson 24, Woodhouse' 18; Wilkinson 24, Oakden 10; Ferguson 19, Ramsay 14; Hewitt a bye. Ramsay was Davidson had a little the better, of bis game against Woodhouse. The other gamea were well-contested. Oakden played good bowls to stick closely to Wilkinson. • Third Round.—Wilkinson 25, Hewitt 13; Davidson 23.. Ferguson 13; Oakden 24, Woodhouse 8. Woodhouse was eliminated. The winners in this round were never seriously troubled. Fourth Round.^Wilkinson 23, Davidson 10; Hewitt 19, Oakden 14. Wilkinson, playing great bowls, got away after the seventh head, and although his opponent,foughtjwell.be was, nofc.in the bunt. The other game was more- even,

but, Hewitt always.had a fair margin of points.>',- Davidson; and, Oakden were elimiriated.. '-'-. '-,-' ~.:''.'-,,;,/ ,>>':" ! ' ■ '.,', , :

Fifth Round.—Hewitt .18; Wilkinson 12..... This was .a- splendid; game, Hewitt out-drawing the chatnpidn; ■■■■<-, ■■. Final.—Wilkinson .16,: Hewitt';i4. ; This game provided a fine exhibition of bowling, all sorts ,of; shots beiijg played. Wilkinson improved again in this game. The scores were 7 on the:eighth.head and 12-all: on. the sixteenth; Hewitt managed to get only a coupleVof. singles, whilst Wilkinson got; a brace and, -two- singles, the ild , tter'wirining'the , title..for the 'third year in succession and-foiir times in' all. . Mr Crabbe, (centre president).-handed ba'pk the Harraway-Best Cup to, the winner for another year,' congratulating both winner.arid runner-up on their fine showing.'--:- • '■•"• ■'': •.'■''■'. ! "'■''; Following is a list of the previous winners:— :'■'' ;•

1921—R. Bringang (Clyde).. 1922—W. Gilligan (Roxburgh). 1923—Dr Shore (Cromwell).: 1924—W..81ack (Alexandra). 1925—W. Hesson (Alexandra). 1926—W. Mann (Cromwell). ; 1927-rW. Hewitt (Alexandra). 1928—H. Wilkinson .(Cromwell). 1929—E. Jolly (Cromwell). 1930—E. Jolly (Cromwell). , 1931—W: Hewitt (Alexandra). 1932—H. Wilkinson (Cromwell). 1933—H. Wilkinson (Cromwell) 1934—H. Wilkinson (Cromwell).

' ' ; ,•'":. ' P.. W. L. Points Kaikorai A .. 10 9 1 18 Tainui A .. .. 10 r 3 14 Knox Church A 10 0 4 •12 Ravensbourne A 9 5 4 10 First: Church A 9 .1 8 2: Kensington A ... 10 1 9 ' '2,.:

■•;■'...•'•' • -Vr W. h Pts. to date. '■•■•Taieri'v'civV.^.v. .'. 2U ■ «-■»':■• 12 ...-•go.v; i Caledonian ; . ..','•• 3 ! 2 7 1-5 88 4-5 Outram ...... i — 1 ,■ _ . 84Waikouaiti.. ... 1 ■ 12 84 : ., 3 1 9 78 Duhedin .. .. 6 — • 12 . 76 St. Kilda i. .. 3 1 9 75" Fairfield.. ..;.. 1 —- : 12 72; ' Green Island '' .. '• 3 —'. 12 .-72 < : Kaikorai .. .. — ■ 3 •'—: .68 2 2 ' 6 ■ 66 Mornington. ... 3 • — ■: 12 ', 64. N.E.Valley '.. ,,3', ,1 9 60' OtagO ;;■"•., ....'.'.. ',— ■;, 3 .'.—''. 60 St. Clair ' "■I " 3 3 60 !■ 1 3 '.■"■3 ■•■ 51 Port Chalme'rs.. —■ 2 &£. ■ 48 West' Harbotir.. 2 ' • — •' 12 .■ 42 Anderson's Bay :.'• — 4 • —, 39 1 3 3 39 Caversharn ■ ; . 2' 3 4 4-5 38 2-5 Logan Park ... — 3 — ' 28 ■—■•■ ,'; .2 .. — . —