LAWN TENNIS IN ENGLAND

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 24, 24 December 1932, Page 9

LAWN TENNIS IN ENGLAND

MUCH IMPROVED STANDARD. MR C. E. MALEROY’S VIEWS. Systematic coaching has done much to improve the standard of lawn tennis in England in recent years, according to Mr C. E. Malfroy, of Wellington, who returned by the Rangitata. Mr Malfroy was at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, for three years, and while there performed with considerable success in open lawn tennis tournaments. He gained his tennis “blue” at Cambridge and later was captain of the University team. Mr Malfroy was not inclined to talk about his own performances in England, although cablegrams sent to New Zealand from time to time have made it clear that ho has been a lot in tire limelight. He had, he said, competed at three tournaments at Wimbledon and he considered that his best performance was the unsuccessful fight he put up against Sidney Wood two years ago. England, said Mr Malfroy, was trying hard to produce a team that would be good enough to win the Davis Cup. Coaching was now being carried out along systematic lines and there was definite evidence of an improvement in the general standard. Many of the most promising of Britain’s young players were at Cambridge, where the standard of tennis was high and the condition of the courts excellent. Wimbledon, he said, was still the most popular of all tennis tournaments. “There is an atmosphere about Wimbledon that you simply can’t get anywhere else,” he declared, “and, of course, it is a wonderful fashion show.” Mr Malfroy, who said that he had thoroughly enjoyed his three years in England, will remain in New Zealand for some time and hopes to be a competitor at the New Zealand championships.