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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 29, 29 October 1917, Page 6

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NGAIO T. -WORKING MEN'S CLUB, The above teams opposed each other for the first time on Saturday J™ 11 "?, when a 14-aside match was played at the rooms of the Working Men's Club. -Mr. Hennessey, the president, extended a cordial welcome to the visitors, and trusted that the fixture that was being lnaugurated that evening would long continue to flourish. Mr. Topp, the Ngaiopresident, in returning thanks, cordially endorsed the wish that this jewly-created fixture would have a most successful "r™'. Barnes won the toss from B. E. Hicks, and the local team thus had first move at the odd-numbered board.-. At the adjournment for refreshments the N«aio team held a four-point lead, and ■X play ceased at 11 p.m.. & *™ o returned winners of the by 10 points to 4. A draw «b •greed to at Board 1 where Davies and Barnes two wdUknown New Zealand cfcampK™fought out a stubbornly-contested l,uy Lopez game. The Ngaio players are to tewnfratulated on their fine showing art the rapid the club being only in its fifth year, ins B «,re ot.the match was as,follows*-, Ngaio. , -Working Mens Davies, A. *.o.*l C lub - , Hicks, E. B. - 0 Barnes * Brooker, P. J.... 1 Kell.ng ..-, J Tv OT) A. B 1 Douglas, H. « Tucker. E. G. 0 Ardon, H 0 Croxton. F. V. 0 Gteig, 0 \ Banks, P. W. ... Reid J J Green A. S. ... 1 Parker* « Edmonds* Hennessey, 1 0 Prince. H J gto" ■••• ° GFaW,j ; A..-M^g ne ..::.::::'.^ * NGAIO V. WELLINGTON SOUTH. The return match between the above nliTnY which is scheduled to take, place ti the Newtown Public. Library next Saturday evening, is being looked forward to with much interest in local oheS circles The matches in BU (when the NRaio Club was only a year oia , 1915 and Ml 6 ended in favour of Welinrton South. The first of this years home-and-home contests was played in K at Ngaio, when the local team for the first time averted defeat, JibmAtch ending in a tie (six wins each), fn v U of the fine farm in last Saturday's match against the Working Men a Club, another close contest, is looked _for. The Ngaio captain is anxious to secure the services in Saturday's match of Lieutenant-Colonel Esson and W ■ u»'man, two strong players, who were not available for last Saturday s contest.