IN ALL FINALS

Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21037, 13 February 1940, Page 2

IN ALL FINALS

AUSTRALIAN PLAYERS CONCLUDING TENNIS MATCHES COMBINED DOUBLES WON (By Telegraph.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Monday New Zealand has three representatives in the final matches of the Dominion Centennial tennis championships to be decided at Miramar tomorrow. The Canterbury pair, Angas and Brown, came through the semi-final today and will meet Crawford and Bromwich, of Australia, in the final. The other New Zealand player is Mrs Gallagher, Wellington, who, as Miss Dulcie Nicholls, has been Dominion champion previously. She is paired with Miss Hardcastle, of Australia, in the final of the women’s doubles against Misses Wynne and Coyne, also of Australia. The singles finals will be disputed between the Australians. A northerly wind that increased to half-sale force during the afternoon played havoc with many of today’s games. The Australians again found the conditions trying, but were more acustomed to it that in the early stages of the tournament last week. Combined Doubles Final One championship, the final of the combined doubles, was decided late in the afternoon when the conditions were most atrocious. The crowded galleries nevertheless were treated to a brilliant- exhibition between Bromwich and- Miss Coyne and Crawford and Miss Wynne. The men dominated the play and thrill followed thrill as the points seesawed to the finish. Miss Wynne had received a slight injury to an eye as the result of being struck by a ball off her racquet in the semi-final of the combined doubles, and this explained some of her lapses in the final. Nevertheless, she was hitting very powerfully. Crawford worked hard to capture points. He played a perfectly-judged ball from the baseline right to the far corner of the court to win a long and varied rally when Bromwich and Miss Coyne were at match point. Crawford Beats Angas Crawford looked like beating Angas in straight sets after losing only three games in the first two, but the Canterbury player has plenty of courage, and, taking the offensive, he outplayed Crawford to win the third set, 6 —2. He was unable to sustain the effort, however, and Crawford, who always appeared to have something in reserve, put himself in an almost unassailable position by quickly establishing a lead s—l in the fourth set. Angas fought back, capturing two more games, but he could not match the brilliant positional play of the Australian, who frequently left him standing with clever placements. R. Howe, who had displayed consistently good form throughout the tournament, was disappointing in the other semi-final against Bromwich. Men’s Singles Semi-finals.—J. E. Bromwich (Australia) beat R. Howe (Wellington), 8 — 6 > B —2, 6—l; J. H. Crawford (Australia) beat C. Angas (Canterbury), 6—2, 6—l, 2—6, 6—3. Men’s Doubles Semi-final.—A. D. Brown and C. Angas (Canterbury) beat N. G. Sturt (Auckland) and D. G. France (Wellington), 5—7, 6—2, 6—2, 6—l. Brown and Angas will meet Bromwich and Crawford in the final tomorrow. Combined Doubles Semi-finals.—Crawford and Miss Wynne beat R. Barnes (Australia) and Miss P. Cooke (Auckland), 6 —o, 6 —B, 6—o; Bromwich and Miss Coyne beat R. Howe and Miss M. Beverley (Waikato), 6—4, 6—4. Final: Bromwich and Miss Coyne beat Crawford and Miss Wynne, 7—5, 6—2. Other Competitions Women’s Plate.—Semi-final: Miss R. Howe (Wellington) beat Miss J. Nicholls (Wellington), 6—3, 6 —2. Final: Miss Cooke beat Miss Howe, 36, 6—3, 6—o. Veterans’ Doubles.—R. V. Hooper (Manawatu) and M. L. Lampe (Wanganui) beat R. Browning and D. F. Glanville (Canterbury), 6—4, 4 10—8.