LAWN TENNIS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 234, 6 November 1914, Page 5

LAWN TENNIS.

NOTES ON JUNIOR MATCHES. The play in the Canterbury Lawn (Tennis Association's junior competition ' fna,tqh between Avonside and St. Albans was of a very ' indifferent oMer. Indeed in the case of the former it was distinctly disappointing. Rowland was right' off his game in his

single with Henley, mulling even the -.easiest of shots. Henley played steadily all through, and was content to profit by his opponent 'a numerous mistakes. He has a rather useful service, and volleys with a fair amount of accuracy. His weakness is his driving, which requires much improvement. , . Barnes had a rather easy victory over Sherris, the result principally of the latter 's inaccuracy. The St. Albans playbr relied alriioet entirely on Ms placing, while his opponent, by trying to make a winning shot off almost every bail, lost ace after ace. There was little in the game between Lord and Fisher, which the latter took after indulging, his opponent with a good lead in the early stages. Fisher has few scoring shots, but he is Bteady, whereas his opponent made many unwarranted mistakes. Malcolm showed a better all-round (variety of shots than Meredith-Kaye in their single, but the play was not of a Ligh .standard. Both men showed great weakness in their back-hand strokes, a department of the game that they ;&ould do well to cultivate. In the doubles, Fisher and MeredithKaye defeated- Rowland and Sherris, kj chiefly through the wretched combination shown by the Avonside pair. Seven till was. called in the game Lord and Malcolm versus Barnes and Henley, but then the St. Albans pair went to pieces and failed to get another game. OPAWA v. LINWQOD. * uin the Opawa-Linwood match the Opawa team came through with the maximum number of games to its credit, a rather unusual occurrence. Garland jearly established a lead over Denton in the singles, chiefly on account of his Superior headwork, as Denton was playing up to form, and believed in letting .very little past him. Indeed, he ran Garland to 8 all, but the older player 's more mature experience assured him of .victory..' , - • i O'Connell, who played Moore, was rather troubled at the commencement by the fact that the latter is a lefthanded player. Moore got in two games, isf; tout 0 'Connell quickly sized him up and 1 had no difficulty in winning the set. with i s:; the loss of but one more game. He ■was superior to his opponent in the mat- \ ter of placing, and scored heavily from " Moore's numerous mistakes. Harman's serve was too much for: ; Christiansen, who, although he played a i t careful game, was no match for his op-'.' ponent. Willis was playing a steady game, and secured a very easy victory ; over Abernetliy by accurate placing and driving, but more by his oj>ponent's many mistakes. In the doiibles, Garland and Harman proved the superiors of Denton and Moore, although the Linwood pair put up a good fight, especially in the early gtages. O'Connell and Willis lost but one game against Christiansen and Abernethy, who rashly played for winning shots when there was little chance of bringing them off and were generally outclassed, although they showed profit by the experience. From the view-point of the score it was unfortunate for Linwood that better players were not available.