CROQUET

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21978, 30 December 1936, Page 3

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CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY SEMI-FINALS REACHED IN OPEN EVENT Play In the Canterbury Croquet Association's championship tournament was continued yesterday. In the open championship one semi-final was played. Results:— „ Open Championship—Second round: Mrs E. A. Smith beat Mrs Lowery, 2-0. Semi-final: A. G. Ross beat Mrs Smith, 2-1. Women's Championship—First life: Mrs Scandrett 26 beat Mrs McCullough 12. Second life: Mrs Wilson 26 beat Mrs McCullough 12. Handicap Singles—Second round: H. A. Penn 26 beat E. J. Ross 12; Mrs Were- 26 beat Mrs Andrews 17; Mrs G. Richardson 26 beat Mrs Irwin 19; Mrs S. Jones 26 beat Mrs Blunt 11; Miss Bell 26 beat Mrs Meikle 14. Handicap Doubles—Mesdames Wilson and Meikle 26 beat Mesdames Beanland and Lester 18; Mesdames Bates and Whitfield 26 beat A. G. Ross and Mrs Andrews 9; Mrs Jones and Miss McMillan 26 beat Mesdames Hart and Batie 16; Mesdames Bates and Whitfield 26 beat Thompson and Mrs Thompson 24; Mesdames Wilson and Meikle beat Mesdames Lowery and Murray. Championship Pairs—Mrs Smith and Miss Maze 26 beat Miss Bell and H. Neutze Mixed Club Handicap Pairs —Mesdames Reay and Adkins 26 beat Mesdames Were and Batie 17; Richardson and Mrs Beanland 26 beat Mesdames H. Smith and Woods 15; H. Neutze and Mrs Tisch 26 beat A. G. Ross and Mrs McCullough 4; F. Holland and Mrs Timbrill 26 beat H. Murray and Mus Marriott 18; H. Smith and Mrs Thompson 26 beat Miss Gerard and Mrs Robilliard 19; E. J. Ross and Mrs Meikle 26 beat Mesdames Hart and Wilson 19; Mesdames Jones and Kellaway 26 beat Miss Horton and Rowe 21; Miss Maze and Miss Bonar 26 beat Mesdames Reay and Adkins 24; F. Holland and Mrs Timbrill 26 beat Mrs Gillespie and Miss Mclnman 24. . The games for to-day, beginning at 9 a.m., are:— Women's Championship—Mrs Kellaway v Mrs Meikle, Mrs Wilson v. Mrs Lowery. Handicap Singles—Mrs Beanland v. Miss Bell, Mrs Tisch v. Mis Scandrett, Mrs i Palmer v. Mrs Were.

Handicap Doubles—Mrs Jones and Miss McMillan v. G. Richardson and Mrs Smithson. Mixed Club Pairs—F. Blunt and Miss McMillan v. J. Thompson and Mrs Murray.