MALFROY RETURNS.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 642, 21 December 1932, Page 9

MALFROY RETURNS.

Will Play in N.Z. Tennis Championships. THE STANDARD AT HOME. (Special to the “ Star.”) • AUCKLAND, December 21. Systematic coaching has done much to improve the standard of tennis in England in recent years, according to Mr C. E. Malfroy, of Wellington, who returned by the Rangitata this morning. Malfroy was at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, for three years, and played with considerable success in open tournaments. He gained his tennis “ blue ” at Cambridge, and was later captain of the tennis team. Mr Malfroy was not inclined to talk about his own performances in England, although cablegrams have made it clear that he has been a lot in the limelight. He had, he said, competed at three tournaments at Wimbledon, and considered his best performance was the unsuccessful fight he put up against Sidney Wood two years ago. In the first set of that match he was beaten by 6 games to 3, but he won the second set after the games had gone to 10-12. The third set was also sternly contested, and the American did not win until the score went to 10-8. In the fourth set Wood took the match by 6 games to 4. Anxious to Win Davis Cup. England was trying hard to produce a team that would be good enough to win the Davis Cup. Coaching was now being carried out along systematic lines, and there was definite evidence of an improvement in the general standard. Many of the most promising of Britain’s young players were at Cambridge, where the standard of tennis was high and the condition of the courts excellent. Wimbledon was still the most popular of all tennis tournaments. “ There is an atmosphere about Wimbledon that you simply can’t get anywhere else,” he declared, “ and, of course, it is a wonderful fashion show.” Mr Malfroy, who thoroughly enjoyed his three years in England, will go south to-night. He will be remaining in New Zealand for some time, and hopes to be a competitor at the New Zealand championships at Wellington in January. It is a coincidence that Mr Malfroy should return to New Zealand so close on the footsteps of Mr E. D. Andrews, the other New Zealander who did much to advertise the name of the ! Dominion in the English tennis world I and abroad.