LAWN TENNIS

Otago Witness, Issue 2173, 17 October 1895, Page 34

LAWN TENNIS

NOTES BY NET PLAY. The annual meeting of the Otago Ciub took placo on Ea'urday, atd was largely attendodi many menibdrs making a point of being present owing to a rumour that some clunge in the rules with regard to play on the o utts was contain pitted. However, no chauge seems to havo beeu made. For the i •-formation of conntry club* ib may be hare eaid that oue of the ruks of th-; Otago Club with regard to play and the mhkii>g up of seta ib th»t pb-yers desiriug to play enter their navnes on a slata provided for the i.urpose opposite evih court, and in thijr turn make up any set which seerneth to (hem best. Thii arrangement is generally satisfactory, but there toems to be some idea that fouethiug fuitheris desirable, and it has been pointtd out that Otago players are weak in some dep- rtmeats of the game, uotably meh'n doub'rs Now that the fixMira with Canterbury is an csUblifilHid fact, every tffort t-hould be made to ► tie-igthun the ylay all rom.d. Uufortui.a^ely to'mis c n'rea iv the O'ago Club. It wjuld be ever so much better for the game if a strong club could bo atatt-:d v.hieh would enter into healthy rivalry. There has been some talk of re-formiug the Caritbrook Club this ec.isod, but I c»nnob le*rn that auytLing definite has lit en d me. Tne ground id so far out of tho way tUat ir>h»bly only » f«w players fl d it convenient to practice there. Howc.vfcr, smo euirgt-tic gcutUnieu mm interesting th<-maelvffl in the ma'^or, and I to,eto see a club worthy < f the old Carisbro k iocu!;ation before the 1895 96 tessou is ovor. The Napier people aro uot go ; ng to b2 at a disadvantagtt in the matter of courts. The folio •>i'.g is a pars-graph from the report of bao Port Ahudri Boiling anf La<n Touttifi Clu>> :— "The tennis grt und con aiiis r.t pie- tnfc one single and two douU* courls, laid d \vn in asphalt, which have been played upon by members during the year with satisfaction. The onimitteo, however, reoo umends the incoming commixes to ownpliste the tennis courtß Recording t"> the original plan, by the add il ion of four graß lawn c>'Uife), when funds are available " At the tlo^o of the Kst New Chimpionship mo'ing in Christchurch a conimittee was forovid to draft rules and taka stops to establish a New Zealand Liwn Tennis A< ooiation on ft pr iper b*si«. After coDPi lo^ablo labour trey br.-ught forth a report and some very lengthy prop stl*, wl.ioh I do nob think have yet b-cn dcci el on b> »he Otago play rs I b l«uve tb«) cimnrtt. e p.re ro.v about to b.ic.g the matter ti n drfit,ii.« c ucloaion, and oar local mtn sho ild Bond in their ideas at once.