LAWN TENNIS.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXII, Issue XIII, 1 April 1899, Page 403

LAWN TENNIS.

TENNIS. On’ Friday, March 17th, a match was played at Napier at the Hawke's Bay Tennis Club's Courts, Napier, between members chosen from that Club and from the Waipawa Tennis Chib. Those who came from Waipawa were; _j Misses Baker and Godfrey, and Messrs Graham, Beddard, Loughnan. Witherow, Parry, and Hr. Reed. The Napier Club was represented by the Misses Spencer, Messrs Anderson, Maefarlane, Dinwiddie, Burke. Parker and Hartley. The following is the score, by which it will lie seen that Napier was the most successful: — Ladies Singles. —Miss Spencer beat Miss Godfrey. 3—6, 6—4, 6 —3. Miss E. Spencer beat Miss Baker. 6—3, 6—l. Ladies? Doubles.—Misses Spencer beat Misses Baker and Godfrey. 6—5, C>—4.

Combined Doubles. —Miss Spencer and Anderson beat Miss Godfrey and Reed. C>—2. 6—4. Miss E. Spencer and Maefarlane beat Miss Baker and Graham, 6—4, 6 —3. Men’s Singles.—Anderson beat Graham. 6—4. o—2.0 —2. Dinwiddie beat Beddard. 4 —o. 6—2, 6—5. Hartley beat Witherow, 6—4. 6—5. Maefarlane beat Reed. 6—o, 6 —4. Burke beat Loughnan, fi—4, ft—3. Parker beat Parry, 6— 4, o—2. Men's Doubles. —Hartley and Parker beat Parry and Witherow. 6—5, 6 —l. Anderson and Maefarlane beat Reed and Graham, 5 —6, ft —1. 6—5- Dinwiddie and Burke beat Loughnan and Beddard. 6—3, 6 —5.

Is it generally known, the "Outlook asks, that the charge of the 21st Lancers before Omdurman was quite a private entertainment? No order was given to charge; it was, in fact, a thoroughly bad piece of tactics; yet. every private felt at the moment as by an instantaneous impulse that it had to lie, and so it was. The Sirdar himself must have been astounded, at the moment keenly annoyed, iet when all was over, and success had crowned the disregard of authority, it was he who publicly commended the Lancers upon their conspicuous gallantry, with never a word of blame.