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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 309, 24 September 1918, Page 9

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NGAIO'V/WGEKiNG MEN'S OLUB: The .return match'between the. above teams was played in tho''- Working Men's Club on Saturday ovpning, and proved very enjoyable.- A cordial welcome -was extended to the visitors by , Mr. G. Lindsay,- chairman, for chess and draughts, ' and happily acknow- . ledged byMr. H. ; L. James, the-Ngaio. captain. Mr. Larking, a Crimean ' veteran, who plays very consistently •for the Working; Men's Club, had'the •■ honour"of' scoring the'fir bV win of the , match. --At the refreshment adjournment the local team were one.:pomt to .the good.. In the last, hour they made a good "lato run,", scoring-tho'remain-ing four games, thus' winning- the ■match by eight games to three. The visitors, fougntj stubbornly,... but ..they; wer? handicapped by fthe ■ absence of a •'Messrs.-Brooker and' Lindsay, two "of ' their leading players.- The game'at hoard. 1 was inmost.- interesting. Mr; James gave up a Knight for a pawn to'get a lively attack. By a long and careful"dfifchc6'\'a'nd the forcing of,an ocgasionaLexchaiigo, Mr. Barnes finally tho. upper .hand iari.d. ; ;SCpred the game,'during ':'. the earlier'-'stages of which'he-had 1 some, anxious, monionts. At board 2' Kelling: succeeded in scoring from' Toprj, who was ji- pupil of Hs at-'St.'Mark's Young Men's Club .somo vears ago. 'Tho' full score of-this en-' joyable contest is.as follows:-~ .'• 'Ngaio.'- '•■"''' 'W.M. Club. James" 0 Barnes 1 Topp ~.'..:...... 0 Kelling ........ 1 Carman .'...;... 0 White, ,W. ...1 Croxton .......~. 0 , Faulknoiy " S.l Green, A. S.O' Douglas, H. 1-.'.-Westbrooke ... .}■ Arden J ' .Prince .; ~1 ■ Roid, J. ,0, Appleton ~.,,.'0 Larking ....;.,]. Glasgow" 0 Nelson 1 Banks i Anderson, H. i Nicol :!..'...-•••"■•■ 1\ Bosber... 0 Total ..J..;..'. 3 Total 8 THE AVELLINGTON CLUB. Tho "Wellington Club's championship tourney was advanced n further Stage last week as follows':—Mason I v.' Godtschalk 0," Godtschallj I v. Anderson 0, and Davies 1 v. Mason 0. The games James v. Mackny and Still v. 'Clark stand adjourned, the first-named •holding the advantage in each easel The bout bptween Mason and Davies, the two leaders, was closely watched '.by a good number of enthusiasts, who found the play both interesting and/ instructive.- In the course'of his attack Davies loft pieces en prise which his opponent dared not'capture, and in sustaining the attack ho was not afraid to throw up tho pawns in front of hfs /castled King, one of which he succeed- ■' ed in queening, Mason then resigning without further play. It Was Very line chess all tho way. Davies is 'now-'end-ing'with tally of eleven wins and one draw. Mason copies iftj.t (II—1), and Messrs. Barnes, Godtschalk, Still, James, and Kelling aro also well to the fore., This week's game between Messrs. Barnes end Davies is being looked forward to with "■nnnidarablo interest.'