Tennis

Victoria's team this year was stronger on the men's side, hut our ladies were disappointing. Auckland, as usual, fiielded a very strong team and won the Tennis Cup without much difficulty. Altogether A.U.C. annexed four of the live championships. In three of them, the ladies' singles and doubles, and the combined doubles, the finalists were all Aucklanders.

The star of the Tournament was undoubtedly A. C. Stedman of Auckland, who is certainly one of the most promising players seen in New Zealand for many years. Playing a game very similar to that of E. D. Andrews, the New Zealand Davis Cup player, he carried too many guns for his opponents, and won the men's singles championship without being really extended in any match, though Chisholm (O.U.), put up a very good fight against him in the second round. In the final he defeated Perkins (V.U.C.), 6-1, 6-4, in a match in which his beautiful side line drives had Perkins running all the time. Victoria's representative put up a good fight however, and at times his recoveries were marvellous.

In the men's doubles championship Ferkins and Goldie were successful in bringing home to Victoria the first championship that has come our way since Miss May Tracy won the ladies' singles in 1924. These two played very well together, and won by the consistency of their net play. The final against the Stedman brothers, was a great match, and the issue was in doubt right up to the last stroke.

In the ladies' events, and in the combined doubles, none of our competitors survived the first round. In the ladies' doubles, however, Victoria's second pair. Misses F. Line and K. Zeisler, put up a great fight against Misses Rallantyne and Scott of Otago, and were defeated only after a long struggle in which V.U.C. had several match points. In her match against Miss Scott. Miss Lenz started off very well, and won the first set with ease. She did not keep her form, however, but fell off badly in the second and third sets.