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I VICTORIAN CHAMPIO*N*SHirS. j

MELBOURNE, Sunday.

The Victorian lawn tennis championship meeting was concluded orr Saturday in fine weather and bo fore a large attendance Th« match of the day was the meeting of Brookes and O'nara Wood igoinst Pat tcrson and Hawkes in the fin ii of the doubles The gimo was a disappointing ono from a spectacular point of view Neither Brookes nor 0 Uara Wood displavcd nnythlne- like their true form, except in occasional flishes but Patterson was seen at Ins best. Hawkes, too was brilliant and the comblnatlcn was almost perfect Patterson do-nimtcd the game, and whe

thor m serving driung, volleying, or smashing, was ruperb The first set produced some ver} fine tennis from all four plovers but Patterson and nawkes were alwivs on top In the second set some bril

Unit pliy was witnessed ind the interchange of strokes almost parallel to the net between O Han Wood and Pitterson «as delightful to watch In this set Brookes and O'Hira \\ ood le I nt 2/0 and at 5/4, but thence onward (hey never looked like winning, Pat terson and Hawkes taking Hie next three games with the loss of four points. In the third set Patterson and Hiwkce nit supreme, ind nothing could with stand their magnificent attack, which gave them the set with the losr of one game

The final of the ladies singles waa one of the best exhibitions of women's tennis seen for many vears. The veteran Miss Addison, who first won the cham- pionship In 1900, and has held the title four time« since, his now cnuallcd the record of Miss Gyton by defciting Miss Boyd Miss Boyd bas a remarkably fine drive, but lacks head work, and Misa Addison'» experience and knowledge of tactics enabled her to gain a well deserved and very popular victory over her youthful opponent. «____ j,

In the Rchoolbovs' championship the outstanding per- former was B Dunlop, of the Melbourne Grammar School who ia a non of the ex Davis Cup plaver, Mr A W' Dunlop He won the final easily, defeating L Lilbumc of Wesley College, 6 2, 0 4 Details -

Men's Doubles Championship - rim! G T". Patterson and T B HawkM (Vic ) defcitcd X E Brookes and P O'nara Wood (Vic,). 0-3, 7.Ï.M. I

Ladies' Singles Championship -Final Mia« L. Addison Ale) defeated Mira I- Boyd (Vic), 9 5, M fj

Schoolboy' Singles Championship-Final B Dunlop (Melbourne Cnmmar School) defeated L Lilburne (Wesley College), 0-2, 6-4.

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