TABLE TENNIS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23865, 20 July 1939, Page 4

TABLE TENNIS

B> Backhand FIXTURES August 4 s.nd s.—Otago championships. at Dunedin. August 15 and 16.—South Island championships. at Invercargill. August 18 and 19.—-New Zealand championships, at Dunedin HIGHEST SCORES Men’s A Grade. —A. R. Algie, 8 games; F. Foster. 7 games; L. Ramsay, 7 games, E. Stanton, 7 gameg. Women’s A Grade. —Misses M. Fogarty, 8 games; M. Bennett, 8 games; E. Lock. 8 games; P. Fogarty. 7 games; D. Fogarty, 7 games; R. Hayward. 7 games. OTAGO CHAMPIONSHIPS Now that entry forms for this event have been distributed to secretaries of the various clubs, players should fill these in and forward with entry fees to the association: secretary >at the earliest opportunity.' . The Otago championships are now only a little over a fortnight away, and the committee has arrangements well in hand both for. players and public. Eight tables will be used. These have been carefully selected from various clubs, and have all been cleaned 'and repainted. The lighting will leave nothing to be desired, while seating accommodation . for the public will be available both up and downstairs at the Drill Hall. Players. please note — entries close on July 29. There will be no post entries.

SOUTH ISLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS We to bring to the notice of those players who are travelling to Invercargill the fact that the dates for the South Island championships have been altered to August 15 and 16 to allow those entering a complete day to travel back to Dunedin. This also gives those players a definite break before playing in the National championships as w*ell as permitting them time for rest and relaxation. MATCH COMMENTS We must again draw the attention of captains of winning teams to the fact that unless notes on the play are forwarded each week together with the score sheets there will be no comments on those games made in this column. Men’s A and B Grade clubs are the greatest offenders in this respect, and Women’s C Grade must also show a little more interest ■: ! : ' : . Men’s A Grade The Chisholms team is deserving of the highest praise for its meritorious win against YJVI.C.A. Although weakened, by the absence of Archer and Hutchison, Chisholms finally came out on top by 18 points to 16. Downie. a substitute from B.Grade, proved his worth by winning four 1 games—two of which he took from D. Miller. Foster played his usual steady game and succeeded in taking seven games. For Y.M.C.A., Miller and M; McMillan were on form, and won six and five games respectively. , , The meeting of Dunedin and Mayfair was productive of some fine exhibitions of table tennis, particularly in those games in which E. Stanton and G Claridge took part. Stanton, who recently returned from the North Island, showed that he has improved a great deal, and is now an attacking player to be reckoned with. He lost one game Only, to G. Claridge 20—22, winning the other after a good struggle by 25—33. G. Claridge. for Mayfair gave of his best to win six games in good style, and this player should be well to the fore in the Otago championships. Dunedin won the match by' 20 points to 14—playing better as a team than Mayfair. t St. Clair secured a convincing win over Mornington even allowing for the fact that R. A. Algie defaulted four games through indisposition. A. R. Algie completed a good night’s table tennis by amassing eight games. L. Ramsay also played well to take seven games. Myles. St. Clair’s fourth man, although he did not win a game, played well, and it should not be long before this young player will make his presence felt. Otway, for Mornington. did well to win four, and in his games some good rallies took place. Payne and Mackinnon won four and three ( respectively, but some of their shots' were very, erratic. Men’s B Grade ;

Zenith succeeded in defeating Hillside II by 22—10. and Mercer with seven games took the honours. Young and Curry won five and six games respectively, while Butler with four also played well. Sutcliffe, was Hillside’s best player ■ with four games, and he is to be congratulated on his effort In beating" Mercer’in One game' . . An enjoyable game took place between Aotea and Dunedin 1. the latter team winning by 18 games to 14. ‘ J. Pfiilp gave his usual good exhibitions to win seven games tor Dunedin • while M. Paterson also played consistently and won five. C. Martin played aggressively to take six games for Aotea with his swinging drives. . Hillside 1 were altogether too good for Zenith ll.' and won easily by 21 games to 11. Bish was again at the height of his form and won seven games for his side. Simmons and Johnston did well to total 11 games between them though some ol these were closely contested. Ellis, for Zenith, appeared to be unlucky not to win more, games, but seemed to lack finish in most of his contests M Buckland showed fine form, and won six games, with: good all-round shots. Robertson once again showed his ability in winning his full quota of games for National Bank, which beat Mornington by 26—6 National Bank has a fine team, two other members Ferguson and Mitchell, won seven and six games respectively, while Rayner completed the rout with five games.

Waller did well to win. five games for Mornington against such strong opposition, and it is a pity that such a good player does not receive more support from his team mates. Kensington proved too strong for Chevrolet, though the latter team unfortunately had to default eight games, and this was a handicap they could not overcome. It is doubtful, however, whether or not . they could have defeated the strong Kensington side even with their full team All the Kensington players were on form. Ewart was - outstanding with eight games. • „ A good game took place, between Chisholms and Kensington .il, the final score being 18 games to, 14 in Chisholms favour. For the winners Mussen rose to the. occasion, and it.,, was mainly because of his fine effort in winning seven games that Chisholms finished ahead on the night - Thornley and Chisholm did their share by tak-, ing four games each. Paine, with six games, and Callon, with five, each gave good performances: for Kensington. ■ . _ ’ . ’/.y : . . Men’s C Grade A.A.O. II drew with Hillside I, and many closely contested games- were witnessed during the night’s play; Petlet was the best player for A.A.O. and won seven games, and received good support from; Carson, who totalled five games. Gillespie and Jack played well for Hillside, and won six .and, five games respectively., • John Chambers were much too good a combination for St. Patrick's to cope with, and beat the latter team by 25 - games to 7. 1 Many of the games, however, ended closely, and it appeared as though the St. Patrick’s team lacked Eractice, for some of the shots played y members of this team were very erratic. . For the winners. Harwood again scored the. possible. - ’ v. : V . Men’s D Grade Burts, 28 games, overwhelmed D.C.C., who managed to compile only four games. For Burts, H. Hogg and E. Grant were the outstanding players each man playing right on form to take eight games. Jones and Oaten played well to win 12 . games between , them, thus bringing the total to 28 games. Abbot was the best player for D.C.C. • . , • : Women’s A tirade ' D.S.A. proved superibr to Dunedin, but it came as rather a surprise that a team as strong as Dunedin could total only 11 games in this match ‘ For D.S.A., Miss Lock gave a good hibition, and won all her games.'though some of them finished closely. This player has a varied array of shots, but her forehand is. especially strong. Miss Hayward also played fine table tennis to win seven games, while'Miss Watson won five ; In good style.; .Miss Smyth ; was Dunedin’s best player with five games, and displayed fine-, drives on both the backhand andforehand sides Misses Brown dnd Knight made a good impression, but lacked finish. ! . - St. Patrick’s II went down to. Ken - sington by 14 games to 20, and the latter team is to, be congratulated on its fine team average in this game—all members played on form'. Mb ;Graig. with six games, was the befet,.but Miss Gallon showed her ability by winning five. Miss P. Fogarty played brilliantly for St. Patrick’s, and her strong forehand drive was mainly responsible for her performance in winning seven games: ' The match between St. Patrick’s and Red Triangle resulted in a win for the former by 27 games to 5. Misses M. and D. Fogarty again played consistently, and won eight and seven games respectively. Miss Corcorap did well in winning six, while Miss Merchant completed the score by taking seven games—most of : them by large margins. - ■ Mornington went down to Bennetts by 20 games to 14,'Miss ,M. Bennett compiling a total of eight games. She played two good, games In defeating Mrs Monk. Misses Donaldson and N. Bennett also played well for Bepnetts. and won four and six games respectively. Mrs Monk was the best Mornington player and won six games, Women’s B Grade ’ ? . The game between John Chambers and Mornington was won easily by the former team by 28 games to 4 For Chambers, Miss Cormack won her eight games, while Miss S. Parker Won all the games registered by, the Momington side. The Chambers team, taken on past performances, would more than hold their own with several of the A grade sides. ’’ ‘ -., Friends defeated Elco, the. score being 22 games to 10. ’ Mrs Friend Misses Riach and. Bishop were on form for Friends, while Miss Aitken played consistently to win six games for Elco. Normal proved to be too good for Mooneys in their match, and. Miss Bolton, for Mooneys, and Mrs : Lungley, for Normal, finished on even terms by winning six games each. Miss Lungley was the best performer of the night, her total of seven games producing some very good table tennis. The match between D.S.A. and * Trinity was won by the latter by 21 games to 11. Miss Churchill was right on form for Trinity and won- eight games, while Miss McGown and N. Smith each won six. Miss Venn was the only D.S.A. player to give any sort of opposition, and won four games. Women’s C Grade

Aotea continued on its winning ..way by defeating St. Patrick’s. The games scores were much more even than- the final score indicates, but St. Patrick’s did not seem to have the necessarj finish. Miss Fox. for Aotea. won her eight games, with M. Burt giving able support. This is another instance where St. Patrick’s are hindered by not having sufficient practice. .