TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Taranaki Daily News, 4 January 1933, Page 12

TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

PROMINENT PLAYERS ENTER MALFROY TO BE A COMPETITOR. DRAW. FOR PROVINCIAL TOURNEY. Good entries have been received for the Taranaki lawn tennis championship and handicap tournament to be commenced at New Plymouth to-day. They include such prominent players in the Dominion tennis world as A. Stedman (Auckland), C. E. Malfroy (Wellington), N. R. C. Wilson (Wellington) and J. C. Charters (Pukekohe). Since leaving Wellington for Cambridge University two years and a half ago, Malfroy has frequently been in the limelight of big tennis. He was awarded his blue at Cambridge, ajid acted as captain of the tennis team for two years. In ms first season at Wimbledon he defeated the Italian Davis Cup player Gaslinl before losing to Cochet, and had wins at various tournaments over a number of prominent players. He did particularly well at Wimbledon last year, eventually going under to the ultimate winner, S. B. Wood America, in a long and thrilling five-set match. Last week Malfroy won the Wellington Association singles championship by defeating E. D. Andrews, another New Zealand player who has been prominent abroad. Stedman is an ex-New Zealand champion and Wilson an ex-North Island champion. Both have won Taranaki championships. Charters is also well known to Taranaki and has been single? champion. With Stedman he has alst won the doubles championship. Other prominent competitors will be J. McCarthy, a leading player at Wellington and a winner at the Hawera tournament last week, and C. H. Strombom, the pre. sent Taranaki singles champion.. The draw is:— CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS. Men’s Singles. N. R. C. Wilson v. Blank ;J. W. Prohy v. A. V. Sowry; L. Christie v. K. Dyer; G. Ewart v. J. Gunn; J. C. Charters v. P. Bennett; C. Des Forges v. J. M. Collins; J. J. McCarthy v. Blank; E. P. Drew v. A. Dickie; C. Malfroy v.'C. B. Webster; D. Ballantyne v. Mackie; E. Dickie v. T. H. Dickson; T. Macallan v. C. Little; A. C. Stedman v. Blank; D. H. Dyer v. E. H. Burton; C. Strombom v. Blank; R. B. Fleming v. A. M. Gunn 1 Men’s Doubles. T. Macallan and P. Burnett v. Malfroy and partner; A. and E. Dickie v. C. Littie and W. Shrimpton; J. McCarthy and JCharters v. Blank; Reid and Mackie v. Drew and Logie. Second round: Wilson and Stedman V. D. H. and K. W. Dyer; Shield and Collins v. Strombom and Webster. Ladies’ Singles. Miss B. Griffiths v. Miss R. Thompson; Mrs. Berg v. Miss Glennie; Miss A. Graham v. Miss V. Moginie; Miss D. Simpson v. Miss P. Wylds. Combined Doubles. Wilson and Miss Glennie v. Webster and Miss Rundle; E. Dickie and Miss Griffiths V. Blank; E. P. Drew and Miss Thompson y. Mrs. and Mr. Mackie; Malfroy and partner v. Blank; P. Bennett and Mrs. Berg v. A. Dickie and Miss Graham; Strombom and Miss Wylds v. Charters and Miss Moginie. Boys’ Singles. R. S. Jones v. A. Richardson; H. J. Shield v. Birmingham; J. W. Gunn v. B. W. Newing. ’ , . Byes: D. Y. Cameron; J. M. Collins; R. W. Wilson, B. Barnitt and C. Nodder. Girls’ Singles. Miss F. Evers-Swindell v. Miss P. Graham; Miss N. Morse v. Miss -E. Lynch;' Miss J. Davidson v. Miss M. Broome; Miss A. Brodie v. Miss I. HANDICAP EVENTS. Men’s Singles—A Grade.

First round: P. Bennet v. C. Taylor; A. Dickie v. H. B. Reid; E. P. Drew v. ]S. Dickie; C. Little v. E. Griffiths; D. A. Smith v. K. W. Dyer; C. H. Des Forges v. Blank; T. Macallan v. Blank; A. V. Sowry v. W. Shrimpton; L. Christie V. R. B. Fleming; H. G. Wilson v. T. H. Dickson. ByeS: E. P. Allen, R. Ninkie, D. H. Dyer and Mackie, B Grade. , ‘ First round: J. M. Clarke v. J. M. Collins; C. Saxton, v. C. Nodder; R. B. Newing v. Blank; G. F. Rich v. i. Thompson; D. Cameron v. A. Stevenson. Second round: R. S. Jones v. T. Webster; H. J. Shield v. J. W. Pooley; A. M. Gunn v. E. O. Shield; B. Bai-nitt v. Blank; W. A. Dickson v. E. H. Burton; R. W. Wilson v. J. W. Gunn; Handicap Doubles. H. B. Shield and Mackie v/ D. H. and K, W. Dyer; Des Forges and D. A. Smith v. Blank; E. P. Drew and A. Ambury v. Littie and Shrimpton; J. S. Thomson and P. Birmingham v. E. H. Burton and J. W. Gunn; Macallan and P. Bennett v. A. and E. Dickie; E. Griffiths and H. G. Wilson v. D. Y. Cameron and A. M. Gunn; W. A. and T. H. Dickson v. J. M. Collins and H. J. Shield; G. F. Rich and J. M. Clarke v. C. Taylor and A. Stevenson. • Ladies’ Singles. Miss Neville v. Miss J. Medley; Miss A. Graham v. Blank; Miss B. Rav/son v. Miss R. Thompson; Miss Moyes v. Blank; Miss M. Webster v. Miss B. Griffiths; Miss J. Redman a bye. Ladies’ Doubles. Misses Graham and Griffiths v. Mesdames Mackie and Waddell; Misses Moyes and Allen v. Misses Moore and Browne; Misses Brodie and Evers-Swin-'dell v. Misses Redman and Thompson; Misses Simpson and Rundle v. Misses Webster and Medley; Misses Jones and Davidson a bye. . Combined Doubles. E. P. Drew and Miss R. Thompson v. D. A. Smith and Miss Webster; A. Dickie and Miss Graham v. H. B. Reid and partner; Dickie’and Miss Griffiths v. Blank; Strombom and Miss Redman v. Mr. and Mrs. Mackie; P. Bennett and partner a bye. Handicaps will be announced on the courts this morning.