LAWN TENNIS

Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19462, 29 December 1934, Page 8

LAWN TENNIS

AUCKLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS. PLAY IN SEMI-FINALS. AUCKLAND, Saturday. The annual championship tournament of the Auckland Lawn Tennis Association was continued yesterday. Results:— Men’s Singles.—Semi-finals: E. L. Bartleet beat J. S. Wilson, 6—3, 6—4, 6—l; M. T. Wilson beat N. G..Sturt, 4—6, B—6,8 —6, 6—4, 6—4. Ladies’ Singles.—Semi-finals: Miss Marjorie Maofarlane beat Miss E. Stewart, 6—o, 6 —3; Miss N. Beverley beat Miss R. Taylor, 6—l, 4—6, 6—l, Men’s Doubles.—Semi-finals: M. M, Morrison and N. G. Sturt beat J. L. Stevens and J. W„ Gunn, 6—l, 7—5, 4—6, 6—2; K. Ilayr and A. C. Johns beat S. J. Robinson and S. Lamb, 6—l, 3—6, 3—6, 6—4, 7—5. Ladies’ Doubles.—Semi-finals.—Mrs W. J. Melody and Miss B. Knight beat Misses D. Newton and J. E. Ramsay, 6—4, 6—3; Misses N. and M. Beverley beat Misses M. G. and M. J. Macfarlane, 7—5, 5—7, 6—l. Combined Doubles.—Semi-finals: N. G. Sturt and Miss Marjorie Maofarlane won from A. Iv. Turner and Miss N. Whilelaw by default, at I—6, 6—4, 3 —5; R. R. Lees and Mrs W. J. Melody beat A. E. McKeown and Miss R. Tay•lor, I—6, B—6, 6—l. B Grade. Men’s Singles,—Semi-finals: W. E. Butler beat M. F. Lees, 6—4, 5—7, 6 —3, 6—l; A. J. S., Brown beat S. M. Clarke, 7—5, 3 —6, 6—4, 6—4. Intermediate Division. Boys’ Singles.—Semi-finals: J. S. Stevens beat D. Livingstone, 2—6, 6 —4, 6—3; A. W. Allen beat J. T. Mayson, 6—4, 6—2. Boys’ Doubles.—Semi-final: J. W, Gunn and J. L. Stevens Heat D. G. Gumming and J. D. Vickerman, 6—o, 6—o. Combined Doubles. Semi-finals: D. Livingstone and Miss M. Beverley beat J. W. Gunn and Miss A. Burges Watson, 3—6, 6—l, 6—2; A. D. Brown and Mi-ss B. Griffiths beat J. L. Stevens and Miss E. Stewart,- 6—4, B—6. Junior Division. Boys’ Singles.—Final: A. W. Allen beat J. N. Henderson, 6—3, 6—3. Girls’ Singles.—Semi-finals: Miss E. Stewart beat Aliss M. Beverley, 2—6, 6 —4, 6 —3; Aliss A. Burges Watson beat Aliss B. Pale, 6—4, 9—7. .