LAWN TENNIS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17179, 24 October 1923, Page 3

LAWN TENNIS.

SUBURB AX COMPETITION. BELFAST t. HALS WELL. At, Halswojl defeated Belfast hy 8H game* to 63. Following are the result*. Belfast names ■ being mentioned first:— 6 I. .Small 6, A. Mercer 4 •7- Goss 6. C. Gardiner L W. Wat con 2. J. Mercer 6. {. Rev Roberts 6. H. Downs 1. ! Ladies’ Singles. I V r iFS 1- Miss Mnirson G. Mrs Brown 3, Mrs Page a. I Miss L. Moore 0. Mrs King ft. Miss Smith 6. Miss Moyna 5. Men’s Doubles. | Smaill »nd WaUon S. £. Merc«r snd I Gardiner 9. _ oa3 and Koberts 9, J. Mercer and Down Ladies’ Doubles. i Miss NichoXle and Mrs Brown 1, Miss > Mmrson and Mrs Page 6. Mm? Moore and Miss Smith 4, Mrs King ana .M!?b Moyiia 6Combined Doubles. ! - and Miea Nicbolls 2, J. Mercer aurl j Goss and Mrs Brown A. K. Mercer and | Mrs Page 6. " rc *' and ! Watson and Miss Moore 4. C. Gardiuer . | and Mrs King &. j Roberts and Miss Smith G. H. Down ami jMiss Moyna 1. j Totals: Belfast 63, Halswell as. j BELFAST v. HALS WELL. . Playing at Hal«wesi. another Belfast , team defeated Hals well by 18 games. Thi: follow)rig are the results, Bella*! plavers being mentioned first.:— Men's Singles G. Rrown 6. J. Squires -3. •T. Halliyan. 6, Down 3. 7 Smith 6, Thompson L C. Croll 3, Fuller 6. Ladies* Singles. Mies Ballantyne 6. Miss Parke 5. Mjfls Halligwn 5, Mrs Fuller 6. Mrs Johns 5, Mi*a Hay G. Mi.vs Moore 6, Miss Wood 1. Men’s Doubles. Browu and Halligan 9, Squire and Down Smith and Croll 8, Thompson and Fuller 3. Ladies’ Doubles. j Misses Ballantyrio and Haliigun 2. Mis* j Parke and Mrs Fuller 6. Mrs Johns and Mies Moore 6, Misses Hay ! and Wood 0. Combined Doubles-. I Brown and Miss Ballantyne 6, Squire and I Miss Parke 3. i Halligan and Miss Hniligan 6. Down and Mrs Fuller 6. 1 Ami tli and Mrs Johns 3. Thompson and : Miss Hay P. i (Toll and Miss Moore 6, Fuller aml Miss j Wood 3. WOOLSTON v. ST MARTINS, i A friendly match was played on Lahour Day between Woolston Tennis Club and St Martins Valley Tennis Club, Woolston I winning by forty sea me*. The games resulted ns follow, Woolston names beiug | mentioned first -. Ladies' Double?. j Mis? Leighton and Mies Martin 3, Mis* Menzies and Miss Tulloek 3. Miss Wemnoth and Miss HaJl 9. Mrs I llTvav and Mr* M'Dougall 4. Men's Doubles. ! Hawkius and M’Kay 9. M Kay and God- | dard <>. Condiifle and Was* 9,. Triei and Furze 3Combined Doubles. I Miss Leigh ton and Hawkins 9. Miss Men- { zies and M'Kay 6. Miss Martin and M'Kav 3. Mis* Tulloek ! and Goddard 2. « Mis* WenmoMi and Wa*s 9, Mrs M'Kay ! and Furze 2. j Miss Hall and Condlifle 0. Mrs M'Doug-all ’■ and Trist. 2. Totals: Woolston 72. Ht Martins 32f: A NTEItBU R Y ASSOCIATION. A meeting of delegate* to the Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association was held laat night. Mr vY. N. Seay presiding. It was decided to refer the challenges for the Anthonv Wilding Shield from Welling- j i ton and Auckland to the Match Committee An application from the Rakaia, Tennis 1 ? Club for affiliation was granted. 1 A letter was received from the Ashbur- ; ; ton Tennis Club asking if anything had ; ; been done in the matter of amending the | rules of the association to permit of the | : formation of a sub-association. The letter | ! stated that if he matter had not been pro- \ ! reeded with there was a likelihood of a l j movement to break away from the Can- ; I torbury association and form a mid-Can- j i The Fecrei-orv stated that he had re- ! plied that under the rules there was ample •' provision for the formation of a sub-asso-J It was decided that the association should apply to the New Zealand council { for Christchurch to he appointed one of thy 1 permanent centres of the New Zealand association. The* New Zealand association wrote statins that the New South Wales Tennis Association had w ritten advising that it could nor send a te;*tu t.e New Zealand nest February. and suarcreatincr that a team should visit Dominion in December. A -’•eolv bad been sent that December was unsuitable oq account of the unsettled weather that rsnalir r>reva,ils in t.be Dominion dm* j in- thai inonMi. Messrs W. N. Keav. E. -T. Tavle-. W. Goas, : R. Browmntr and P. R. Harman were ■ elected the New Zealand Appeal Board for j the ensuing three year*. r-nrr.mittee were made, inc’ndinff\hree representative? of the Suburban association. The rha'rmaii ataterl that the work of l grading Wilding Park had been completed. ( and tree* planted on the south and east S sides. \ price for asphalting fourteen i court* had lveen received, and everything ' had been nut in train for the letting of | The seerptarv reported that tennis nlavI ers were taking considerable interest ii. I the association courts. There remained :» I few clubs that had not assisted, but be ] I thought that many of them only had to bv ! | approached and ♦hev would i-?ve 6»nncr‘. ! | The tre-sufer <Mr E. J. Tayler' stressei the ! necessity of the subscriptions promised in I | connection with the courts being paid. *u ; I the committee was in need of rnoner. : The Match Committee reported that ft ! | had been decided to reduce the ranking list | from forty to t. wen tv. any pi aver not on I \r,° lisf t 0 baTC tlle risrht to challenge No. | j On the motion of Mr Taylev. it w ;1 « de i ! -ided that the e»*ociatimi .onzrahilaT. the j ! Wellington association on its enterprise in l i proposing to lay down courts at Miramar, j I Mr TavW bnouvht under the notice of ‘ | member* the nmerunime for the Kailr-rara j - 1 ° tor,r ’^' nenf lo ho hell j ! me.nt sbovld he held in rbrisic»Mirch° aVier i the New Zealand chaimi-on-h p n-j.- T i,>t i farourably received, several ir.ei-.hcr* staf- i iur- that a similar tournament last mr had not l«?en ven- well lakeu ! F. I T K WOOD CLUB here of the Burwood (Tub'at "the °opening of the season on Saturday la»t T n vim absence of the president Mr \ F. Bradstock wished the club a succ.esHful season and declared the courts open for play, j nnd afternoon ten was tiro-rlded** hV* the lady member* of the elub. Amongst.'' those present were: - Me*dame* Todhuntei and ; Bradktock. the Misses Robinson. Hemcninge. ! Todhunter (2>. Madison. Po-lk. Brown. Tn. i man (2) , Bra-d*tnck. Sclkelri. Moor, Mit--1 che-LL Moor and (him miner*, and Mes*r* ! Barwick. Barnes. Todhunter. Partridge and j Brad stork-