THIRD EDITION. LAWN TENNIS
ASSOCIATION TOURNEY THE FINAL STAGES Finality was reached in all sections of tlie 'Poverty Pay and East Coast Lawn Tennis .Association s tournament at the Gisborne club courts, to-day. .At 3.30 p.in. only the three finals ■remained to tie played, these being the championship 'singles, between P. Watson and (!. Sod don, the .combined handicap doubles, and the ladies’ championship doubles. .Interesting play was seen in most of the games disposed of during the day, the individual players whose success in earlier rounds- had imposed a big programme upon them bearing up will, and giving polished expositions of the game. Results of the play to 3.30 were aA under:— Ladies' championship doubles. —Third round 1 : Missesi Hopkinson d. Misses 'Unrnard and Godfrey, 6—3, 6—l. Semi final: Misses Hopkinson d. Me.sdames Beattie and Allison, 6—4, 6—A Laches’ championship singles.—Bomi final: Mrs. Allison d. Miss M, Bull, 9—7, 6- 3. Ladies’ handicap singles.—-. Semi final : Miss K. Llegarty (ree. 5) d. Mrs. Sun insen (ree. lb), dO—36. Eimtl: Miss T. Coop tree. 5) d. Miss lb. llegarty, 40—37. Men’s handicap doubles. -Final : Blaythwayt and Allison (rec. 5) d. Wilson and Hamby (scr.), 50—25. Men’s championship doubles. —Semifinal : t’amoron and Seddon d. Craiisw'ick and Sharp, 6 —3, 5—7, 6 —3; McKny’ and Shorland d. Watson and Walsh, 6—3. 6—2. Final: McKay and Shorland d. Cameron and Seddon, 6—l. 6-1, 6-5. Combined championship doubles.— Final: Watson and Miss Ik .Hopkinson d. Hutchinson and Miss Godfrey, 6—l, 6—4. Combined handicap doubles. —Fifth round: Smith and Miss T. Coop (ree. 15) d. Hutchinson and Miss Godfrey (ree. 5), .51—49. Semi-final: Lancaster and Miss E. Hegarty (ree. 5) d. Cameron and Miss Kenny (owe 5), 65—55. N.Z. CHAMPIONSHIPS WEATHER IMPROVES (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. The New Zealand tennis championships were resumed this morning in dull, warm weather. Results: — Men’s singles.—Third round : Angus (Canterbury) beat Gregory (Auckland), 6—o, 6 —O', 6 —o; Steelman (Auckland) beat Lamp© (Wanganui), 6—5, 6—l, 6—l; Malfroy (Wellington) beat RhodesWilliams (Wellington), 10—0, 6—l, 6 -4 ; Sturt (Audkand) beat Lowry (Hawke's Bay), 6—2, 6—l, 6—o; France (Wellington) beat Watson (Otago), 6—l. 6—l, 6—2; Glanville (Canterbury) beat Martin (Auckland), 6 —3, B—6, 6 —2;t Bartleet (Auckland) beat Ik 11. Jones (Maori), 6—o, 6—2, 6—o; Laurenson (Waikato) beat Entwistlo (Auckland), 6—2, 6-4, 6—3, 6—2.
Men’s doubles.—Third round ; Charters (Whangaroi) and Stedman (Auckland) beat Glanville (Canterbury) and Lowry (Hawke’s Bay), 6—-1, 6—3, 6—l ; France (Wellington) and Angas (Canterbury) heat A. K. and IL Turner (Auckland), 61, 6—l, 6—l. Ladies’ singles.—Third round: Mrs. Adams (Wellington) beat Miss Myers (Wanganui), 7—5, 7—5; Miss Speirs (Canterbury) beat Miss .Nicholls (Wei jington), 6 —4, 6—o; Miss . Tracy (Wellington) beat. Mrs. Melody (Wellington), 6 7—5: Miss Marjorie MacFarlano (Auckland) beat Miss Gibson (South Canterbury). 6—l, 6—2. The match between Mrs. Adams and Miss Myers was very keenly contested. Miss'Myers led 52 arid 40 love in the first set by attacking on the .backhand. She then changed her tactics, enabling Mrs. Adams to recover and take five games on end. Mixed doubles. —First round : Miss Andrew (Canterbury) and Perkins (Wellington) won from Miss D. Miller and V. R. Johns (Auckland), bv default: Airs. Jones and Jones (Maori) won from Miss Ik Miller and A. C. Johns, by. default; Aliss Nicholls (Wellington) and Sturt (Auckland) won from. Mrs. Napier and Coster (Auckland),'-,by default. Second round : Miss Nicholls and Sturt won from Mrs. Jones and Jones, by default; Miss Marjorie MacFarlaue and .'Macintosh (Auckland) beat Aliss ]). Howe (Wellington) and Griffiths (Auckland), 7 7—5. Boys’ junior singles.—First round : Brownlee (Auckland) won from Heeps (Waikato),, by default; George (Auckland) beat Burns (Wanganui), 6—l, 6— 2; R. Howe (Wellington) won from Knowling (Auckland), by default. Second round; Robertson (South Canterbury) beat Roussell (Wellington), 6—4, 6—5; Drew (Otago) beat Fast (Wellington), 6—4. 6—l;.Newman (Nelson) beat Ferkins (Wellington). 6—4, 6—4; Bar nelt .(Canterbury) beat Thomson (Auckland), 6 —l, 6—2; .Wilson (Auckland) won from Moir (Auckland), by default; Brownlee (Auckland) beat George (Auckland), (i—o, (i—o; Howe (.Wellington) heat McDonald (Auckland), (i—l, d—!. Boys’ doubles.-—First round : Newman (Nelson) and Barnett (Canterbury) won from Moir and J. Wilson (Auckland), by flefault : Bussell and Howe (Wgton.) beat Lees and . Sutherland (Auckland). 6—4. 6 5. Second round: Robertson (SonIh Canterbury) and Deer (Otago) beat Milne and Walton (Auckland), 6—2, 6 -3; Thomson (Nelson) and Barnett (Canterbury) beat, Morpeth and Thomson (Auckland),' 6—2, 6—2: Long and Ferkins (Wellington) heat T. 11. and L. G. Wilson (Auckland), 6—4, 6—2. Girls’ junior .singles.-—Second round : Miss Griffiths (Auckland) bent Miss Ik Buddlo (Auckland), 6—3, 6—3; Miss Taylor (Auckland) beat Miss Baird AD Girl’s Singles (Auckland), 6—l, 6 —l ; Miss Conway (Auckland) bent Miss iStedman tAuck land), 6—5, 6- 2: Miss Ilortoi. (Auckland) heat Miss Nixon (Auckland). 6—4. 6-4. Third round; Miss Eliot Smith (Gan terburv) bent, Miss ITowe (Wellington). 6 —l, 6—5. Girls’ doubles. —Aliss Eliot (South Canterbury) and Aliss. IToWe (Wellington) beat Misses Dickson and Richwhite' (Auckland), 6—l, 6 —3.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16839, 31 December 1928, Page 11
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