LAWN TENNIS.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20274, 7 April 1934, Page 15

LAWN TENNIS.

Matches at Wilding Park. FINALS DECIDED. Several uncompleted matches held over from the Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association’s inter-club and Ea c ter tournaments were decided this afternoon at Wilding Park. There were few spectators and an “ end-of-season ” feeling characterised the play. An opportunity was taken by some members of the Canterbury team to have hard court practice before the team leaves for Dunedin. The most interesting game was that between Cant and Glanville. The following are the results:— EACTER TOURNEY. Men’s Handicap Doubles. Final. L. Armstrong and E. L. Prebble (owe 40) beat J. Mercer and P. E. Allison (owe 30 3-6), 9-5. INTER-CLUB TOURNEY. Combined Doubles. Semi-finals. Miss T. Poole and J. Mercer beat Miss N. Dick and W. Hawkins, 6-1, 6-3. Miss I. Poole and A. Mercer beat Miss V. Flood and J. Blackmore, 6-5, 6-4. Final. A. Mercer and Miss I. Poole beat J. Mercer and Miss T. Poole, 6-3, 6-3. Varsity Final Postponed. The final of the men’s doubles in the tennis section of the inter-university tournament, which was to have been played at the United Club's courts this afternoon, has been further postponed until Tuesday evening. Heenan. who is partnered with Young, is still suffering from the injury to his hand that caused the postponement of the match on Tuesday last. The other pair, Walls and Duffield, are also from Canterbury College. United Championships. Misses I and T. Poole won the final of the United Club’s women’s doubles championships this afternoon, beating Mrs J. D. Carl and Miss B. Gould, 6-S, 6-4, 6-3. It was an excellent exposition of the game, the Poole sisters combining excellently and stroking well from all parts of the court. Their back-line smashes were beautifully executed and kept them on the attack all through; they kept out of trouble with judicious deep lobs. Mrs Carl, too, was playing an. excellent game, and her determined forcing play was the winning factor in the first set. The semi-final of the men’s singles, between T. Rhodes-Williams and* H. Dymond, was also played, Rhodes-Williams winning 6-4, 10-12, 6-8, 8-6, 7-5. RhodesWilliams played a forceful game in the first set, but later allowed Dymond to make the play. With two sets in his favour and leading 5-2 in the fourth, Dymond fell into errors and RhodesWilliams regained the mastery. Both players were making too many mistakes and <?ouble-faulting at critical points. The final two sets went, also, to advantage, but the tennis never at any stage reached past mediocre standard. Rhodes-Williams meets A. R. Cant in the final.

In the final of the combined championship Barrer and Miss Bishop beat Rhodes-Williams and Miss Gould, 6-4,

Match at Rangiora.

A representative tennis match between the North Canterbury and Malvern sub-associations was played at Rangiora to-day. At 5.30 the scores were: North Canterbury 19 matches. 29 sets. 233 games: Malvern, 4 matches, 7 sets, 157 games.

GREYMOUTH GAMES. (Special to the “Star.”) GREYMOUTH, April 7. The final of the Greymouth Club’s men’s lawn tennis championship resulted:—A. K. Smith beat W. Ashby, 6-2, 6-3.