TENNIS

Wairarapa Daily Times, 21 January 1933, Page 6

TENNIS

NEW ZEALAND TOURNAMENT. NEARING THE END. "WELLINGTON, Friday. The New Zealand tennis championships were continued to-day in fine weather, marred by a northerly wind. By two o’clock this had dropped and conditions were ideal. The result of to-dav’s play in the men’s singles is that If. H. Barnett v. C. E. Malfroy, and C. Angias a'. E. D. Andrews are the semi-finalists. In the ladies’ singles, the semi-dinalists are Miss D. Nicholls a'. Miss Doris Howe, and Mrs 11. M. Dykes v. Miss Marjorie Maefarlane.

The boys’ doubles final was Avon by N. F. N. Bedford and N. A. Morrison. Results:— MEN’S SINGLES. Fourth Round.—H. 11. Barnett (C'anterbnrv) beat A. C, iStedman (Auck6/3, 1/6, 5/7. 9/7; C. E, Malfroy (Wellington) beat D. G. France (Wellington), 6/2, 6/1, 1/6, 6/1; E. D. Andrews (England) beat T. Rhodes-Williams (Canterbury), 6/2, 6/2, 6/1. LADIES’ SINGLES. Third Round. —Miss Duleie Nicholls (Canterbury) beat Miss B. Knight (Auckland), 7/5, 6/2; Miss Doris Tlowe (Wellington) beat Miss Melva Wake (Canterbury), 10/S, 6/1; Mrs 11. M. Dykes ( Wellington( beat Miss Edna Rudkin (Canterbury), 6/3, 6/1; Miss Marjorie Macfarlane (Auckland) beat Mrs Whatley (Wellington). 6/2, 6/0. MEN ’S DOUBLES. Second Round. —A. L. and D. G. France beat K. G. Salmond and D. I. Robertson, 6/1, 7/3, 6/2; C. E. Malfroy and I. A. 'Seay beat R. R. Lees and E. Fouhv, 6/4, 6/3, 6/2. Third Round. —E. D. Andrews and J. N. Lowry beat C. Angas and N. G. Sturt, 5/7, 5/7, 6/4, 7/5, 6/4,

MIXED DOUBLES. Second Round. —T. Rhodes-Williams and Miss T. Poole beat D. C. Coombe and Miss B. Knight, 6/3, 6/4; D. G. France and Mrs France beat K. G. Salniond and Miss M. Rutherford, 6/2, 6/2; C. E. Malfroy and Miss M. Macfarlane beat A. C. iStedman and Miss M. Wake, 6/:!, 6/4. Third Round. —N. R. C. Wilson and Mrs N. McNair Thomson beat 0. A. Pearce and Miss N. Fleming, 7/5, 7/5. JUNIOR BOA'S’ SINGLES.

Semi-finals. —J. W. Gunn beat R. T. Wilson, 6/3, 6/0; N. F. N. Bedford beat E. F. Page, 5/6, 6/3, 6/0. JUNIOR GIRLS’ SINGLES.

'Semi-finals. —Jessie Burns beat Dorothy Dickey, 6/2, 6/3; Joy Bishop beat Aileen Smith, 4/6, 6/2, 6/3.

BOYS’ DOUBLES. Final. —N. F. N. Bedford and W. A, Morrison beat R. T. Wilson and M. F, Lees, 6/1 6/2. INTERMEDIATE OPEN SINGLES. Semi-final. —W. G. Robertson beat M. Forking, 6/2,. 6/2.G(P.A.)

WILDING SHIELD. WIN FOR WELLINGTON. WELLINGTON, Friday. Wellington' retained the Wilding Shield when N. R. C. Wilson beat R. W. Robinson, 6/1, 6/2, and Ferkins and Wilson beat Robinson and RliodesWilliams, 6/2, 6/4. Rhodes-Williams beat Forking in the singles, 7/5, 6/3. Miss D. ‘Howe’s defeat of Miss M. Wake, 1/8, 6/1, Mrs D. G. France’s defeat of Miss T. Poole 6/2, 6/2, and the defeat by Mrs H. M. Dykes and Miss Hoavo of Misses Wake and Nicholls, 7/5, 5/7, 6/2, makes Wellington’s retention of the Nunnelly Casket against Canterbury practically certain. Canterbury harm to Avin all the remaining rubbers Av'ithout the loss of 'a set and Avitliout the less of more than five games. —(P.A.)