CROQUET

Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22941, 10 February 1940, Page 7

CROQUET

CANTERBURY OPEN TOURNEY

Play, was continued in the Canterbury open croquet tournament yesterday in fine weather and a good standard was maintained. Results were;— Open Championship—Mrs Penn won by default from Mrs Maddren. Women's Championship—Mrs Penn beat Mrs Beanland, 26-20: Mrs Harvey beat Mrs Maddren, 26-18; Mrs Hadfieid beat Mrs Kellaway, 26-15. Intermediate Championship—Mrs Penn beat Mrs Owen, 26-11; Mrs Derrett beat Mrs Forrester. 26-19. Semi-final—Second life: Mrs Derrett beat Mrs Munn. 26-16.

Handicap Doubles—First heat (partner members of different clubs): Mrs Nettleton and H. Ford beat l Mesdames Bonar and Adkin, 26-23; Mesdames Marriott and Jones beat Mesdames Beanland and Legg, 26-10; Mrs Coleman and H. Neutze beat Mesdames Were and Pearce. 26-9; Mrs Blunt and J. Bates beat Mesdames Bull and Taylor, 26-11; Mesdames Faulkner and Stockdale beat Mrs Webber and Cooke, 26-5: Mesdames Jones and Kellaway beat Mesdames Derrett and Murray, 26-14; Mesdames Nicholls and Johnston beat Mrs Munn and H. Nettleton, 26-9; Mesdames Penn and Parsonson beat Mesdames Forrester and Smith. 26-17; Miss McMillan and F. Blunt beat Mrs Owen and H. Penn, 26-7; Mesdames Betts and Gourley beat Mesdames Whitfield and Overend, 26-25. Second round: Mesdames Barnes and Reay beat Mesdames Pepper and Patterson, 26-14; Mrs Wood and A. C. Murray beat Mesdames Finlay and Melville, 26-15; Mesdames Johnston and Nicholls beat Mesdames Jones and Kellaway, 26-18; Mrs Coleman and H. Neutze beat Mesdames Marriott and Jones, 26-24; Mrs Blunt and J. Bates,beat Mesdames Faulkner and Stockdale, 26-23; Mrs Nettleton and H. Ford beat Mesdames Shearman and Bourne, 26-8; Miss McMillan and F. Blunt beat Mesdames Palmer and Turner, 26-18. Play will be continued at 9 a.m. today with the following matches —Mrs Penn v. A, G. Ross, Mrs Palmer v. Mrs E. A. Smith. Mrs Wood and A. Murray v. Mrs Nettleton and H. Ford. Mrs Turner v. H. Nettleton, Mrs Nettleton v. Mrs