LAWN TENNIS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22719, 4 November 1935, Page 10

LAWN TENNIS

NEW ZEALAND LADIES’ TEAM DEFEATED IN SYDNEY (United Press Association) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) * SYDNEY, November 3. (Received Nov, 3, at 8 p.m.) The lawn tennis match New South Wales versus New Zealand was continued in very hot, sultry weather. Following are the results: — SINGLES. Miss Menzies defeated Miss Rudkin o—2, 6 — 2. Miss Selwin defeated Miss T. Poole 6—2,' 6* 0. Miss Coyne defeated Miss Nicholls 6—o, 6—l. Miss Hattersley defeated Miss Miller .6—3, .6—2. Miss Menzies was too sure for Miss Rudkin. The former’s only failures were at the net. Miss Thelma Poole played versatile tennis and took all the risks but made, far too many mistakes against her consistent opponent, Miss Selwin. Miss Coyne, too, played with the utmost confidence against her New Zealand opponent, Miss Nicholls, who failed to do herself justice. Apparently she was dis- | tressed, by the heat. Miss Miller began well against Miss Hattersley; in fact, she offered stronger opposition than her team mates. Miss Hattersley drove very hard and played brilliantly at the net. She never let up. DOUBLES. •The Doubles resulted as follows: — Misses Coyne and Vickery defeated Misses Nicholls and Rudkin 6 —3, 6—l. Misses Hattersley and Selwin defeated Misses T. And I. Poole o—3, 6—l. New South Wales thus won by 12 rubbers, 20 sets, 123 games to one set, 63 games. Miss T. Poole displayed ability and skill in the Doubles, scoring several times with well judged interceptions. In the other match- Miss Coyne was overpowering with her services, drives and smashes. The visitors showed they were inexperienced on grass and frequently mishit the ball. Nevertheless the local players were never fully extended. STATEMENT BY PERRY HONOLULU, November 1. (Received Nov. 3, at 9 p.m.) „ F. J. Perry said: “ Tennis is my game and I am going to stick to it as an amateur. When this chin sprouts a long grey beard then maybe I’ll be ready to turn professional.” He felt he owed something to the game. He has been on a tennis diet since his defeat by Allison and hopes the side injury he suffered in. that match will be healed sufficiently for a few necessary exhibition matches in Australia. He said his defeat Ly Allison proved his contention that Allison was by far the United States leading player. ‘‘l said four months ago that Allison was thousands of miles ahead of other Americans, but nobody would believe me.” He stated that Budge and Mako show outstanding possibilities among the younger Americans.