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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 21, 25 July 1927, Page 17

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WORKING MEN'S CLUB V. NGAIO

The fifteenth match between these clubs was played at Ngaio on Saturday evening, and proved very enjoyable! TJie match opened with a very happy welcome by Mr. F., J-. Brooker, the local, president, and concluded with a short speech in which Mr. F. K. Kelliug thanked the home team for its generous hospitality, felicitated the suburban club on the splendid advance that it has made in recent seasons, and voiced the general wish of city players that their Ngaio brethren will steadily riso to greater height*. Saturday's results were as follow:— Ngaio.- W.M.Club. Hicks, E. E.... * Kelling, F. X... * Faulkner, S. .. .% Rosenberg, H. . % Topp, A. B. ... 0 Crandle, H. E... 1 Brooker, F. J... 0 Wring, W 1 Carman, W. J. . • . Walker, G * T?PP- H % No ia n , T. ...... % F'nk, W % Andrews, K. .. % Glasgow, J. A.. 1 Ryan, F. H 0 Ford, E. W. .... 1 Turvey, J. H.... 0 Eades, A: T. ... 1 Eton, E. H 0 Prince, H 1 Lockerbie., R. .. 0 Stringer, II 1 Anderson, H. . 0

Total to date 6>A Total to date 3% ■ Ihese two games arc unfinished. There is n good deal of piny left in each of t|iem. It will be noted that the Ngaio Club has won the match and also scores a point in tho Wellington Chess Lengue's junior teams .tourney, for which the secopd sis boards count (7 to 12 inclusive)." In order to score half a point in tho league's senior teams tourney, for which the first six boards count, the Ngaio Club will require to wm both the outstanding games. Of the fifteen matches played to date, the Workinp; Men's Club has won 8, the ?«gaio Club haa'won 6, and one ended in n tic, each side scoring 7's eames in the fixture played on 23rd July, 1910. In the next round of the Wellington Ghesß League s contests the pairings are:— WellinKton C.C. v. Working Men's Club, and Wellington South C.C. v. Ngaio CC