CROQUET

Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27563, 21 January 1955, Page 2

CROQUET

N.Z. CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT (New Zeaiana Press Association) AUCKLAND, January 20. An upset in the championship doubles at the national croquet tournament occurrend in Auckland today, when C. Watkins and Mrs Watkins (Hastings) were by Miss I. Wainwright (Hamilton) and Mrs N. Mitchell (Napier). 1 Today’s results in the doubles were:— rr-T, irst /«;ife.— Second round: Mesdames F. Hill (Wellington) and A. Delamore (Thames) 26, Mesdames F. Duckworth (Palmerston North) and H G Mills L A w?i? n ?l 13 , ; , M ® sdam es C. Maloy and P. Willis (Auckland) 26, Mesdames J. Forrester (Dunedin) and L. Stewart (Auckland) 14. , , Th W round: C. Watkins and Mrs Watkins (Hastings) 26. L. H. Buchanan and £' lr \.P uchat ’? n (Hastings) 20; Mesdames E. MUnro (Auckland) and J. Fielding (Paeroa) 26. C Paynter (England) and Mrs R. Allan (Auckland) IS; Mesdames L. Brown and J. Lockett (Wanganui) 26, Mesdames G. McKendrick and O. Pavkel (Auckland) IS; Mesdames H. Fenwick (Auckland) and L. Mlddiemiss (Pukekohe) 26. Mesdames H. Bradley and Hamilton (Auckland) 16; Miss M. Claughton and Mrs B. Jarden (Wellington) 26. Mesdames Maloy and Willis 24. Quarter-final: Mesdames Brown and Lockett 26, Mesdames Munro and Fielding 17. Second Life.—First round: Mesdames P Hawke and J. Wainwright 26, T. Regan (Wellington) and Mrs H. McKerrow (Te Awamutu) 19; Mesdames H. Purdy (Auckland) and H. O’Connell (Gisborne) 26. Mesdames Brown and Lockett 10; Mesdames S. Morgan (Eltham) and L. Thrush (Hawera) 26, Mesdames McKendrick and Paykel 18. Second round: Mesdames Munro and Fielding 26, Mesdames G. Molloy (Opotiki) and G. Sheldon (Auckland) 18; Buchanan and Mrs Buchanan 26, Mesdames A. Tacon and R. Browne (Danneylrke) 11 ; W. H. Kirk and Mrs Kirk (Christchurch) 26. Mesdames C. Treadgold and Parrant (Auckland) 11; H Ford (Wellington) and G. Rowling (Nelson) 26 Mesdames Forester and Stewart 14; Miss (Hamilton) and Mrs N. Mitchell (Napier) 26, Watkins and Mrs Watkins 13; Mesdames Hill and Delamore 26. Mesdames Hoskin and Burns (Auckland) 23; Mesdames Bartlet and Earnshaw (Auckland) 26. Mesdames G. MetcaM (Dunedin) and J. Danes (Pukekohe) 13; Mesdames C. McGill (Auckland and B G. Reynolds (Christchurch) 26, Paynter and Mrs Allan 20; Mesdames A. Nettle (Westnort) and A. McCormick (Wellington) 26, Mesdames E. Tingey (New Plymouth) and G. Moffitt (Auckland) 17- C Wadsworth and Mrs Wadsworth (Auckland) 26, Mesdames J. Clark and F Cleave (Auckland) 24.