EASTBOURNE TENNIS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18764, 22 July 1935, Page 4

EASTBOURNE TENNIS

CRAWFORD DEFEATS AUSTIN RAIN STOPS PLAY LONDON, July 20. In the three-day tennis match between England and Australia at Eastbourne, Crawford defeated Austin, i;— o, o—4,0 —4, 3—G, o—3. The match Perry versus McGrath was at 2—o, o—2, 3 —l abandoned on account of rain. Full of confidence after defeating Perry, Crawford drove deeply and powerfully, served well ami volleyed more often than usual. He altogether overshadowed the Englishman’s stylish but less .virile game. Perry beat McGrath fought at a great pace. McGrath, in the first set, hammered back-hand drives straight down the lino with remarkable accuracy, but Perry intenrifying his boisterous belligerence, overwhelmingly won the second.

DAVIS CUP PLAY WINTER ZONE FINAL LONDON, July 20. At Wimbledon, in the Davis Cup winter zone final. Budge defeated Henkel, 7—5, It—9, O—S, o—l. It, was a rather tamo encounter, Henkel playing a defensive game throughout/ Budge mado many errors through impatience. Rain caused the postponement of the Cramm-Allison match. MALFROY’S SUCCESS LONDON, July 20. In the Frinton tennis tournament, in the final, C. E. Malfroy (N.Z.) defeated Nishimura (Japan), o—2, B—o.