CROQUET

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 81, 30 December 1929, Page 5

CROQUET

SELECTION OF TEST TEAM By Telegraph.—Press Association. Palmerston North, December 28. New Zealand’s best croquet players are at present gathered in Palmerston North, where a test tournament is being played to select a team of six players who will represent the Dominion against Australia early in January. Of the 20 candidates all are eager for the honour, eleven are ladies and nine men. At a special meeting held in Palmerston North the New Zealand Croquet Council decided that the first two members of the team selected should be the two ladies winning the most matches in the ladies’ contest, and that the remaining members of the team should be the four players, excluding ladies already selected, who win the most matches in an open event in conjunction with the trials. The competition is being played in the form of a Yankee tournament. The results of yesterday’s play are: — Mrs. Pitcaithly (Hastings) beat G. Hart (Timaru); Archdeacon Meredith (Wanganui) beat Mrs. Keys (Auckland) ; A. J. Gibbs (Patea) beat Mrs. Bartlett (Hamilton); R. Caughley (Wellington) beat Archdeacon Meredith; Mrs. Cole (Auckland) beat R. Caughley ; Mrs. Cole beat Mrs. Keys; Mrs. Jarvie (Wanganui) beat A. G. Frost (Christchurch); Mrs. Tiffen (Napier) beat Mrs. Johnston (Hutt) ; H. A. Penn Christchurch) beat H. P. Stratton (Hastings); Mrs. Smith (Christchurch) beat Mrs. Kibblewhite (Hamilton) ; Mrs. Smith beat Mrs. Gambrill (Palmerston North),; A. J. Gibbs beat Mrs. Pitcaithley; Mrs. Bartlett beat G. Hart; Ross beat W. J. Robertson (Palmerston North) ; Ross beat Mrs. Watkins (Hastings) ; Ross beat Mrs. Gambrill; Robertson beat Mrs. Kibblewhite; Robertson beat Mrs. Jarvie; Mrs. Cole beat Meredith; Mrs. Watkins beat Mrs. Smith; Mrs. Watkins beat Robertson; Mrs. Watkins beat Mrs. Kibblewhite; Mrs. Watkins beat Mrs. Jarvie; Mrs. Jarvie beat E. O. Horner (Patea); Horner beat Mrs. Smith; Horner beat Mrs. Kibblewhite ; Horner beat Mrs. Gambrill; Mrs. Gambrill beat Mrs. Kibblewhite; Mrs. Johnson beat H. A. Penn; Mrs. Tiffen beat Gibbs; Mrs. Tiffen beat Stratton; Penn beat Mrs. Pitcaithly; Stratton beat Mrs. Bartlett. Mrs. Watkins beat Horner; Robert son beat Stratton; Penn beat Mrs. Keys; Ross beat Mrs. Kibblewhite; Ross beat Horner; Stratton beat Mrs. Kibblewhite ; Horner beat Mrs. Keys; Meredith beat Mrs. Tiffen; Mrs. Johnston beat Mrs. Pitcaitbley; Mrs. Cole beat Gibbs: Meredith beat Mrs. Johnston; Mrs. Smith beat Mrs. Kibblewhite.