Skinley leads croquet
Paul. Skinley, of Wellington, is well-placed to win the president’s invitation tournament after three further rounds in the event in Christchurch yesterday. Skinley had a good win against one of his main rivals, Geoff Roberts, also of Wellington, in the seventh round and included a double peel against the Canterbury competitor, Graham Beale, in the ninth round.
Results were:— Seventh round.—P. Skin-
ley (Wellington) 26, G. Roberts (Wellington) 12; Rev. R. Bartholomaeus (Manawatu) 26, J. Prince (Hawke’s Bay) 23; J. Hogan (Hawke’s Bay) 26, H. De Kok (Auckland) 1; R. J. Murfitt (Canterbury) 26, G. Beale (Canterbury) 4. Eighth round—Hogan 26, Beale 2; Roberts 26, Murfitt 23; Prince 26, De Kok 0. Ninth round.—Roberts 26, Prince 21; Skinley 26, Beale 0; Hogan 26, Bartholomaeus 20.
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