CROQUET TITLES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 6, 22 January 1937, Page 6

CROQUET TITLES

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Play at Christchurch

(By I'elegraph-

CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 21. The New Zealand croquet champion ships were advanced a further stage to-day. Rain fell in the late afternoon and toward the evening the cold. bad ligtht and sticky greens made plavmg conditions unpleasant. Results — ' MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP First life.; — Second round: .a. J* Gibbs beat U. A. Penn, 26 — 9. Second life. — Second round H. Stratton beat J. Tannock, 26—15; H. A. Penn beat E. J. Ross, 26 — 15; R. W. McCreatb beat F. L. Hartnell, W — " 20. WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP. P'irst life. — First round: Mrs 8 Jones beat Mrs E. A. Smith. ^6 — 15; Mrs R. Gambriil beat Mrs W. MeLmiaan, 26 — 13; Mra Lowery beat Mrs D Henderson 26-M4. Second round- Mi's C. Watkins beat Mrs S. Jones 2'6— 5; Mrs Gambriil beat Mrs Wiiibby, 26 — 19. Third round: Mrs A. Frost beat Miss A.' Bell 26 — 22. Second life.— First round: M-.ss J. Palmer beat Miss E. Morgau, 26 -17 ; Mrs G. Bartlett beat Mrs Bassett 26— 20. Second round: Mrs W. Corbet L'-at Mrs M. Piteaithly, 26 — 7. LEVEL SI^GLES. Third round: J. Waterhouse I tat Mrs Were 26— 12 ; Mrs Nettleton beat Mrs Gillespie, 26 — 23 ; Mrs Purner ! eat Mrs Kellaway, 26 — 20 OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP First round: A. G. Ross oeat :M?ss A. Bell, 26—8, 26—10; A. Gibbs beat Mrs E. ()'. Smith, 26—14, 26—1.2; Mis I'itcaithly beat Mrs Cole by detv.ill ; Mrs Palmer ueat Miss Washer, 26-8, 26—24. Second round : H. A. Penn beat F L. Hartnell, 18 — 26, 26 — 0, 26—20.