TENNIS SURPRISE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 858, 30 December 1929, Page 11

TENNIS SURPRISE

WOMEN’S TITLE-HOLDER GOES DOWNDEFEAT IN SEMI-FINAL Miss Marjorie Akiiffirl.ine. NVw Auckland i-liuniiiinn \% g decisively defeated in the Auckland Hawn T. uKnislit. xvli.i Vul- some time Il ls b. cri '/in fadinVrV kT' L '—C. Miss Macabio to find lier k-iiiidh and 'her"voile!' •»»« "as poor. On the other hand Miss Kniglit sc mod i„ exultant form, infusing her play with a dash which delighted the spectators. Miss Marfa rhino made a wonderful effort to rupture the second sot winning two down and wanted only a point to equalise in the ninth same, but was outplayed and tho set went to Miet Knight. ATTRACTIVE DOUBLES Brough. of Hamilton' hi 'his ' match with Hobbs asainst Nicholson and Hubble in the third round From the outset.Brough assumed ~ policy of attack. He was powerful on the overhead, and placed with hairline precision. On tho oth r side of the net, -Nicholson and Hubble faced the attack with confidence, ultimately to win the final set without yielding 'a game A feature of the pity was the effective lobbing by Nichoison, win. thereby totted up a number of points \i first Hubble made mistakes vcllic, might have proved costly had he nor recovered form in the lattej- stages of the fourth and fifth sets. The scoresheet showed 6—l, ti —3. 3 f ; 4 6—o. ‘ * Some flashes were witnessed n the meeting of Mis* Marion Macfnrlane and Hardy with alias Vat Miller and A. < •. Johns in the third round of tho combined doubles. The latter pair'won convincingly, both being right on form. Hardy was not consistent and Miss Macfariane not quite as reliable is she usually is. but scored frequently hv powerful driving from the back line. The play was t;—2, G—2. "V. R. Johns and Hayr forced victory over Bartleet and Watkins, the lastnamed not making the most of opportunities. The winners chose tho cautious tactics and made fewer mistakes. The score was 10—S, 2-—S. ti—3, t>—o. Details of the scores arc as follow: Semi-finals. Sturt and Stedman beat Griffith and Clark, 10—s, <l—l, r—o. COMBINED DOUBLES Miss Whitelaw and Turner heat Mr-. Melody and Stedman, by d, fault _ Airs. Potter and Lamb beat Miss Hayr Third Round. Miss McCrea and Harrison beat Mrs. Ameil and Charters, ti—s—7. 6 t. GIRLS - SINGLES Second Round. c J«iss B. Griffiths beat Miss Bolted. 6—2. Newton beat Alisa Chambers, 6—ft. Third Round. Miss Taylor beat Chetwynd. 6—j. 6—2. by dcfauß. ° ° Won fr ° ,n M,BS -,r ’ hns - GIRLS’ DOUBLES . Second Round. Misses Taylor and Griffiths boat Mirsos Dickson and JBotteroll, 6—l, 6— 2. WOMEN’S SINGLES Semi-final. Slrtrht, K Ls ht 6 ±4 a 1 B Jf, iss Marjorie Me,ody beat Miss Ramsay, 6—2, COMBINED DOUBLES Second Round. Mrs. Arneit and Charters beat Miss Major and Roberts, 6—3. 6 4. Mi« S H M ‘^ C-ar,an , e nnrt Hardy won from Miss Moginie and Colegrove by default Mrs. Hillick and Jones beat Miss Knott and McKeown, 6—l, 7—5. . nolt Third Round. Mrs r\ Ali Her and A. C. Johns beat Miss Macfariane and Hardy, 6—2, 6 MEN’S DOUBLES Third Round. Hubble and Nicholson beat Brough and Hobbs. 6 —l. 6—3, 3—6. 4—6, 6—o \ JR. Johns and Hayr beat Bartleet and BOYS’ SINGLES .Second Round. Mi lie beat Gilmer, 6—3, 6—2. «'ourt beat Roach, 9—7. 7—5. M- T. Wilson beat J. S. Wilson, 6—i. Walton won from Stephens, by default. Turner bea* Bruce, 6—o. 6—l. Bowden beat Ryburn, by default. Bushel! beat Coome, 9—7, I —6, 6—l. WOMEN’S DOUBLES Second Round Mrs. Napier and Miss Ramsay beat Mrs. Herrick and Miss Frankham, 7—5. 6—3. Semi-finals Misses Knight and Whitelaw bent Misses Miller and Miller, 6—3, 6—*. FINALS IN CANTERBURY Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday. The finals of the Canterbury tennis championships today resulted:— Men’s Singles.—C. Aug as beat T. Rhodes Williams, 6—2. 6 —3. Women's Singles.— Miss M. Andrew beat Miss Wake, 6—l, 3—6, 7—5. Men’s .Doubles.—W. S. Somerville and R. H. Tait beat T. Rhodes Williams ; ml H. Dymond, 6—3. 3—6, 6—4. Women’s Doubles.— Misses Wake and Andrew beat Misses Sowden and Morrison, 6—3, 3—C, 6— 4.