FINALS TO-DAY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27059, 19 April 1949, Page 9

FINALS TO-DAY

SOUTH ISLAND TITLES PA CHRISTCHURCH, Apl. 18. The South Island men’s lawn tennis title will be decided to-morrow between O. M. Bold and S. Watson, and the women’s title will go to Mrs M. Lawrence or Miss M. E. Adam. The semi-finals of these championships were played at Wilding Park to-day. Bold, with A. R. Cant, also wo/i the semi-final of the Men’s Doubles. Some good performances were put up today by young players in the Men’s Singles. A. N. Bailey had another very narrow escape against the former Otago champion, B. Boyd, who at one stage had two match points. Bailey put up a great fight against Bold, who won 6—4, 6—4. It was a game of good, hard hitting, with both players always eager to attack at the net, and both making spectacular recoveries at times. Bailey led 4—l in the first set. but then the game slipped from him. S. Watson had two very impressive wins to reach the final, first beating the aggressive left-hander, J. D. Snell, and then beating Cant, who is three places above him on> the ranking list, in'two straight sets. Watson's game was mechanical in its steadiness, and he made scarcely an error even when defending under pressure. Results:— MEN’S SINGLES Quarter-finals.—A. R. Cant beat A. J. Hewitt 6—3. 3—6, 7—5; S. Watson beat J. D Snell 6—3, 6—l; A. N. Bailey beat B. Boyd, 6—3, 5—7, 7—5. Semi-finals.—O. M. Bold beat Bailey, 6 6—4; Watson beat Cant, 6—l, 6—2. WOMEN’S SINGLES Semi-finals—Miss M. E. Adams beat Miss H, E. Henderson 6—l, 6—2; Mrs M. Lawrence beat Mrs I. Hatberley 6—4, 6—3. BOYS’ SINGLES Third Round.—W. Dickson beat J. K. Familton 9—B, D. J. Wakelin beat R. T. Bailey 9—2, P. Vesty beat D. J. Rosindale g_4, j. c. Sewell beat N. Williams 9—o, S. W. Bullen beat G. R. Falloon 9 —4, W. M. Logan beat J. G. H. Tait 9—l, B. R. Crawford beat D. J. Mayo 9—6, A. N. Bailey beat G. W, Lane 9—o. Quarter-finals.—Wakelin beat Dickson 9—2. Vesty beat Sewell 9—4, Logan beat Bullen 9—l. „ , Semi-final.—Vesty beat Wakelin 9—5. GIRLS’ SINGLES Quarter-finals.—.). Tregear beat M. Shields 9—2. F. Ower beat M. Lawn 9—3, P. Allen beat M. Idle 9—6. J. Mardon beat J/ Beadel 9—5, B. Beadel beat J. Jones 9—B, V. Stanton beat J. Neumann 9—3, R. Pengeily beat P. Ferguson 9—5, M. Falck beat C. Parris 9—o. Semi-finals.—’Tregeat beat Ower 9—B, Allen beat Mardon 9—7, Stanton beat Beadel 9—3, Falck beat Pengeily 9—3. MEN’S DOUBLES Second Round.—J. P. Devine and K. Alim beat R. Livingstone and J. Rothera 7 7—5; S. Watson and T. W. Callander . beat E. Ireland and J. D. Snell 6—l, 6—2; J. J. Borough and A. K. Neave beat N. A. Freear and H. A. Wilson 7—5, 6—3; O. M. Bold and A. R. Cant beat R. Henderson and A. J. Hewitt 6-—3, 10 8; D. McGregor and T. D. R. Flint beat A. Beatson and D. Mayo 7—5, 6—3 Quarter-finals.— T. A. F. Withers and E Tippins beat Devine and Allin 6—4. 6—o; Bold and Cant beat R. T. Miller and J. R. Reader 6—4, 6—l; A. N. Bailey and I. Armstrong beat J. J- Borough and A. K. Neave 6—3, I—6,1 —6, 7—5. , Semi-finals.—Bold and Cant beat Withers and Tippings 6—3, 6—2. WOMEN'S DOUBLES Quarter-finals.—Misses V. J. Burtcnshaw and L. Luxton beat Misses B. Langley and D. Bennett 9—7, 9—7; Mrs T. McGregor and Miss P. Allen beat Misses H. E. Henderson and N. J. Walker 5—7, 6 — 3, 6-M: Mrs M. F. Lawrence and Miss P. Longton beat Misses M. E. Adam and N. J. Adam 6—3, 6—2; Mrs I. Hatherley and Miss T. Poole beat Mrs G. Rob inson and Miss Pengeily 6 —l, 6—2. MIXED DOUBLES First Round.—T. A. E. Withers and Miss M. E. Adam beat I. S. Mackenzie and Miss M. Falck 6—o, 6—o; T. W. Gallander and Mrs M. F. Lawrence beat E. W. Tippins and Miss L. Luxton 6—2, 6—2; R. H. Henderson and Miss N. J. Walker beat W. S. Storey and Miss V. Stanton 6—B, 6—4, 6—2; D. McGregor and Mrs T. McGregor beat. H. Langley and Miss B. Langley 6—2. 6—2; A. J. Hewitt and Miss H. Henderson beat J. BetterIdge and Miss D. Bennett 6—2. 6—2; G. Shaw and Miss V. J. Burtenshaw beat E C. Katherley and Mrs I. Hatherley 5—7, 6- 3, B—6. Quarter-finals. —Boyd and Miss Langton beat McGregor and Mrs McGregor 6 4. 6—B. 6—3; Bold and Miss Poole beat Shaw and Miss Burtenshaw 6—o, 6—l. BOYS’ DOUBLES First Round.—P. M. Wilson and D. Lane beat D. Taylor and M. McEwan 9—5, Rodgers and S. Bullen beat T. Wallace and B. Dowling 9—3. Second Round.—T. B. Crawford and E. Cormack beat W. M. Logan and B. Logan 9—B, J Dickson and N. McGillivray beat P. J. Steinmetz and J. Tregear 9—2, B. J. Wright and D. J. Rosindale beat G. Jacobs and D. Law 9—4, J. Sewell and D. Wakelin beat P. Flynn and B. Forester 9—2. J. Family and P. Vesty beat T. Lovegrove and L. le Comte 9—o, Wilson and Lane beat Rogers and Buffer 9—5, R. Falloon and D. Jones beat P. W. Wiseman and J. Betteridge 9 —5. Quarter-finals—Crawford and Cormack beat Dickson and McGillivray 9—6, Sewell and Wakelin beat Wright and Rosindale 9—5. Familton and Vesty beat Falloon and James 9—4. GIRLS’ DOUBLES

First Round.—D. Smith and M. Idle beat P. Sharpe and M. Lawn 9—2. P. Miller and J. Jones beat P. Wilkinson and E. Morris 9—5. J. Donald and P. Thurlow beat J. Vile and J. Hornian 9—6, J. Robilliard and M. Hill beat R. White and E. France 9—7, B. Murray and J. Neumann beat B. Beadel and J. Beadel 9—2, M. McMillan and D. MacShnne beat J. McCormick and G. Poore 9—3. Second Round.—McCormick and Poore beat McMillan and Mac Shane 9—l, Stanton and Tregear beat Smith and Idle 9—4 Murray and Neumann beat Allison and' Myers 9—3, M. Pauli and P. Allen beat Miller and Jones 9—3. Shields and Ower beat Donald and Thurlow 9—5, Robilliard and Hill beat Bell and Agar 9—2, M. Honore and P. Ferguson beat P. Mcllroy and K. Pengeily 9—5, J. Mardon and M. Flack beat A. Robilliard and M. Johnson 9—7.