NORTH ISLAND TENNIS TOURNEY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18959, 4 January 1930, Page 10

NORTH ISLAND TENNIS TOURNEY.

ANGAS TO CONTEST DOUBLES FINAL. Per Press Association. WANGANUI, January 4. The North Island tennis championships were continued to-day, but heavy rain at midday stopped play. Results: LADIES’ SINGLES. Semi-finals. Miss Nicholls (Wellington) beat Mrs Melody (Wellington), 6-4, 6-0.

Mrs Adams (Wellington) beat Miss Myers (Wanganui), 7-6, 6-2. MEN’S DOUBLES. Semi-finals. Angas (Christchurch) and Lampe (Wanganui) beat Stedman (Auckland) and Charters (Wanganui), 6-3, 6-3.

Malfroy and Wilson play Lampe and Angas in the final.

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Per Press Association. WANGANUI, January 3. The North Island lawn tennis championships, being played at Wanganui, were co-ntinued to-day in brilliant weather. In the men’s singles Angas, South Island champion, defeated the local champion M. L. Lampe. 6-4, 6-1. In the afternoon Angas defeated the Whangarei player. Charters, G-0, 6-3. The other men’s singles finalist Is Malfroy, of Wellington, who to-day defeated Wilson, of Wellington, 6-0, 6-2, and Rhodes-Williams, of Christchurch, in the semi-finals, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4. The ladies’ singles championship is at the semi-final stage, the four player® left in being Mrs Melody and Mrs Adams, both ex-New Zealand champions, Miss Myers, of Wanganui, who is fourth on the New Zealand ranking list, and Miss Nicholls. of Auckland, who is also among the Dominion’s best. Mrs Melody is playing splendid tennis and is fresh from victory at Auckland. Angas and Lampe meet Stedman and Charters in the semi-final of the men’s doubles, and the winners will meet Malfroy and Wilso.n in the final. Three sets of players dominate the field left in the combined doubles championship. They are Wilson and Mrs Melody, Lampe and Miss Myers, and Stedman and Mrs Adams. The tournament concludes to-morrow. NOTES ON THE PLAY. (Special to the “ Star.”) WANGANUI, January 3. South Island players were prominent in the North Island championships which were continued at Wanganui yesterday. Angas particularly has had a brilliant run, most of his wins being gained in two sets. In the men’s singles, Angas (South Island champion), who has played his way into the final with a succession of two-set victories, met the local champion, M. L. Lampe, whom he disposed of 6-4. 6-1. Angas, in all departments of the game, was superior. His backhand drives were always accurate, and were sent across with a dangerous cut. He smashed from all parts of the court. Lampe also was strong in his overhead work, but he fell away in the second set, not having had enough tennis this season to enable him to play without tiring. Angas, in play and stamina, demonstrates that he is a player easily capable of winning a New Zealand championship. Tn the afternoon Angas defeated the Whangarei player Charters 6-0, 6-3. As the score indicates, Angas was an easy winner, but It was only his greater accuracy that stood to him. Charters was putting many shots over the sidelines, but he scored frequently with crisp cross-court drives to Angas’s forehand. The other North Island men’s singles finalist is Malfroy. of Wellington, who, in the demi-semi-finals, defeated Noel Wilson, of Wellington, 6-0, 6-2. Wilson did not seem to be at home in his play. In the semi-finals Malfroy met RhodesWilliams. of Christchurch, and the pair indulged in a gruelling contest. Malfroy took the first set easily at 6-1, but Rhodes-Williams got right on to his drive in the second set and took it 6- Rhodes-Williams was getting beautiful length. In the last set Malfroy was a treat to watch with his pretty angle shots and volleying from close to the net. Malfroy’s serve with a break to the back-hand also proved troublesome to Rhodes-Williams. The women’s singles championship is at the semi-final stage, the four players left in being Mrs Melody and Mrs Adams (both ex-New Zealand champions). Miss Myers, of Wanganui, who is fourth on the New Zealand ranking list, and Miss Nicholls, of Auckland, who is also among the Dominion’s best. Mrs Melody is playing splendid tennis and is fresh from victories at Auckland. where she annexed the Auckland championship, and bent players who in turn had beaten the New Zealand chamFINALS AT TIMARU. (Special to the “ Star.”) TIMARU. January 4. In the final of the Ladies’ Singles Handicap at the Timaru tennis tourney this afternoon. Miss E. Melvin (scr) (Invercargil) defeated Miss A. Sheriff (Invercargill) (owe 15-16), 9-3. Miss Melvin, who was not troubled by tho wind, took full advantage of her handicap, and went into a leading position right from the start, and the scores were 6-2 before Miss Sheriff won her third and last game. G. Robertson and Miss M. Gibson had a decisive victory over Dr W. R. Fea and Miss D. Hart in the final of the championship combined doubles, the scores being 6-0, 6-1. The game proved somewhat disappointing, as si hard, keen contest had been anticipated. Robinson and Miss Gibson dominated 'the game throughout, and the high tosses sent up by Dr Fea and Miss Hart were useless in the wind. The game occupied only a little over fifteen minutes. In an exhibition match Geoff Ollivier, seven times singles champion of New Zealand, and N. S. Crammond. defeated J. C. Mackay and G. R. Innes-Jones, 6-4 7- A feature of the game was the fine forehand driving of Ollivier and Mackay. A strong nor’-wester marred the game.