CROQUET COMPETITIONS

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 303, 14 March 1928, Page 14

CROQUET COMPETITIONS

AUCKLAND ASSOCIATION Play for the gold and silver medals presented to the Auckland Croquet Association by the English Council, was begun on the Mount Eden lawns yesterday. Owing to a heavy downpour of rain the games for the day finished early. Results: CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES Mrs. Jarvie beat Mrs. Clarkson, 26—13; Miss Hesketh beat Mrs. Fullerton, 26—-0; Miss Skeet beat Mrs. Biddington, 26—11; Mrs. Coltman beat Miss Brown, 26—17; Mrs. Schnauer beat Miss Workman, 26 11; Mrs. Parker-Hill beat Mrs. Keyes, 26 —8; Mrs. Brabant beat Mrs. Coutts, 26 —17; Mrs. Gallaher beat Mrs. Flaruley 26 —12; Mrs. Finch beat Mrs. Clark, 26—23; Miss Keatley beat Mrs. Torrance, 26 —11; Col. Savile beat Mrs. Harvey, 26—0; Mrs. Davey beat Mrs. Arey, 26—4; Mrs. Day beat Mrs. Newell, 26—19; Mrs. Bruce beat Mrs. Palairet, 26—5. Following is the draw for to-day:—At 10 a.m.: Mrs. Harvey v. Miss Brown, Mrs. Hamlin-White v. Mrs. Lowe, Mrs. Croxford v. Mrs. Bray, Mrs. Clarkson v. Mrs. Hilton. Thereafter will follow: Mrs. Biddington v. Mrs. Torrance, Mrs. Davey v. Mrs. Fullerton, Mrs. Clark v. Mrs. Schnauer, Mrs. Brabant v. Mrs. Bruce. All other players are to be ready when called upon.

Handicap doubles were played on the Carlton green. Results are: Mesdames Hardley and Greenslade beat Mesdames Gittos and Chapman; Mesdames Wood and Jamieson beat Mesdamas Hardley and Gireenslade, Mesdames James and Newsham beat Mesdames Wood and Jamieson; Mesdames Russell and Hay beat Mesdames Honor and Bolitho; Mesdames Peart and Dawson beat Mesdames Stewart and Broadbent; Mesdames Peart and Dawson beat Mesdames Fountain and Hawkins; Mesdames Lawrence and Aickin beat Mesdames Fister and Hughes; Mesdames Rowbottom and Johnson beat Mesdames Gall and Lyon; Mesdames Lawrence and Aickin beat Mesdames Patton and Gollan; Mesdames Rowbottom and Johnston beat Mesdames Patton and Gollan; Mesdames Allen and Hayden beat Mesdames Murray and Prosser, Mesdames Allen and Hayden beat Mesdames Worsfield and Evans, Mesdames Lacey and McLean beat Mesdames Worsfield and Evans, Mesdames Bird and Cahill beat Mesdames Jones and Sutherland; Mrs. Petrie and Miss Appleyard beat Mesdames Murray and Prosser, Mesdames Swan and Seaton beat Mesdames Smith and Dixon; Mesdames Swan and Seaton beat Mesdames Gall and Lyon; Mrs. Savile and Mr. Earle beat Mesdames Christmas and Bennett; Mrs. Carr and Miss Thorn beat Mesdames Nixon and Jennings; Mesdames Gall and Lyon beat Mesdames Nixon and Jennings. To-day all players are to be ready when called upon.