LAWN TENNIS.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 940, 9 December 1933, Page 13

LAWN TENNIS.

Canterbury Teams Chosen for Practice. The Canterbury selector, Mr R. \ '■ Browning, has chosen the following ' ■ players for special practice in anticipation of the selection of the Canterbury I tea ms for the Anthony Wilding Shield > and Kathleen Nunneley Casket competi- ■' tions:— Anthony Wilding Shield—C. Angas. H. • A. Barnett, W..R. Robinson, IT. Dymond, Rh odes-Willi a ms. A. R. Cant, H. S. r. < Andrews. I Kathleen Nunneley Casket—Miss M. 1 Wake. Miss T. Poole, Miss N. Bishop, l Miss E. Rudkin, Miss I. Poole, Miss M. Sherris, Miss B. Gould. If I. A. Seay is available, his name will be included. Seay is at present absent from Christchurch. The above players are being removed from the respective ranking lists until the end of December. The selector has drawn up a schedule of matches with the object of selecting four players for each team. The personnel of the teams should be in the j : hands of the secretary of the New Zea- I land Lawn Tennis Association seven < days before the date of the beginning j of the match. 1

Ranking Match. H. A. Barnett, second on the Canterbury ranking' list, staved off a challenge at Wilding Park last night from W. R. j Robinson, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4. Barnett, who is | notoriously slow at regaining his form lat the beginning of a season, could do [nothing on the forehand in the first set, in which Robinson’s forehand was working aggressively. He took the second game, but lost five in a row. He resorted to very accurate lobbihg in the second set, in which he lost only the fourth game. In the final set he led 5-1? and then had two match points, but Robinson crept up to 4-5, fighting all the way. Barnett had four match points before he clinched the match. The players suffered a good many hinders from balls from other courts.

Queensland Tourney. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. BRISBANE. December 8. The Queensland lawn tennis championships held additional interest this year as a insult of the appearance of the Davis Cup players Crawford, Quist and M’Grath. Results:— Men's singles—Quarter-finals: Crawford defeated C. B. Moon, 6-2, 6-2, 6-0;

Quist defeated Grinstead. 6-1, 6-1, 6-1; Goodwin defeated Cummings, 6-2, 6-4. 13-11; E. P. Moon defeated Poultney, 6-0, 6-1, 6-3. Women's singles—Semi-finals: Mrs Crawford defeated Miss Moon, 6-4, 6-2; Mrs Molesworth defeated Mrs Westacott, 1-6, S-6. 6-3. Men’s doubles—Quarter-final: Goodwin and Grinstead defeated Hood and Cra nsfield, 6-3, 6-1, 7-5; semi-final: Crawford and Moon defeated Goodwin and Grinstead, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2.