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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 132, 30 November 1935, Page 19

THE AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEALAND OLYMPIC

The results ,of the recent Olympic have been announced, and show that the highest par score, on the NorthSouth side was made by Mr. H. Bennetts and Miss K. Little, of Victoria, with 38 points, and on the East-West side by Mr. and Mrs. Cattanach, of New South Wales, who also scored 38 points.

For New Zealand an Auckland pair, Mr. C. Tucker and Dr. Friedlander, headed the list with 32 points, two Wellington pairs, Miss Agatha Bunny and Dr. Welton-Hogg," and Dr. Hutchison and Mr. W. B. Rainey, coming next with 28 points. ■.-..■

In the first of the three hands illustrated, the declarer makes his contract by carefully noting the fall of the cards on the early tricks, this enabling him at'a later stage to count the hand of the adversary on his left, who is then thrown into the lead to the advantage of the declarer. The second hand illustrates an "end play," the value of which procedure is not yet understood by many players, and the third hand shows a ruffing play, this being the only means-whereby the declarer can make his contract. Hand : No. .1. ■.].-.' North dealer. Love-all. Par lor NorthSouth; 5 diamonds bid and made. ♦ ••3---' ' '■■■ ' ■ a* 4 A.Q.tf.10.9.8.7. JfrA.s.3. • ■ ■ ■ ♦ 103- > North. 1 4>.K-J-B.T. 9 K.Q.9.7.C.5.4V J . v HB. X.5.4. 2 £■ * 5.2. «|> 9- '| * South. 4* K.Q.J.10.6.2. V A.J.10.3.2. • ■ A.J.10.3.2. ■ • ■ . * 8.7.4, ■ ~■....-. . . ■ *. 8-. IA . , West lead 3 the nine of clubs. North marks this card .as either a singleton or a doubleton. He takes the trick with his Ace and leads a small spade, successfully finessing the Queen in dummy. West on this trick plays the ten. North marks . this as a singleton or a doubleton. He plays the Ace, and West's nine, falls. A "diamond is then led from dummy and the finesse taken. The Ace is led next, and East follows. Five "tricks have now been played, and North reads West's remaining cards as follows: The King of diamonds, and either six hearts and one club, or seven hearts. North throws West in with a diamond. £f West has a second club North cannot possibly make his contract, but West's nine was a singleton. He is forced to lead hearts up to dummy's hand, and North's contract is made against any card led from that suii . If the King of Hearts is led North must: discard from his own hand and duck the trick in dummy. On the next lead he makes dummy's Ace and Jack of Hearts, on which he discards his only two losers.' If the small heart is led by West, North immediately gets his two necessary discards, so that West is in a hopeless position. Hand No. 10. East dealer. All vulnerable. Par

AUSTRALIA THE WINNER

for bidding and attack for East-Westj 3 no trumps bid and made. , *J. 8.4 2. ' , * V J-5.7.6.4. ♦ * VKQIO 2 n j; «. A .5.3. ♦10 9.3- t £ JaT.4.5 ♦10 S • -iiuoy IJA Q 0 + X Q J S 6. *]U. 7.0,3. - East plays the hand at three n> trumps. With :,ix and a half honour tricks between the "East-West handj, three no-trumps would appear to be an easy contract, but in a test hand this is just the ■time to look but for the "catch in it," as some' important point of play is bound to be involved m the making of the contract South leads the 'King, of' Diamonds, and on the .second round of the suit North falls short, South thus being marked, with five of the suit. Ease tries both the major suits, which break badly, South falling short in both spades and hearts, but this information is of great value'to. East. . He throws South in with a diamond, and South after playing that suit, out' (he can only make four diamond tricks , altogether), can do nothing b.ut lead clubs up to East's. Ace-Queen.., This | hand is an. excellent' example of aa i "end. play." Hand No. 11. South dealer; Love-all. Par for bidding and attack for North-sduthr-S diamonds by North, bid and'niade. '■- y; ■'-*■*■ -:■.■: ■■•■ *K.J.7.2. +-A.K.Q.10.' ■•■'■' . ' : ■ ■• ' ♦.X.1.9.3.2. .; ■'; Kortll . [+ ,A.8.t5.4., 9 9.6.4.3. 5 y <p A.Q.10.8. ♦2. S ' X ♦ 7.0.4. ' J^ 6.5.3. I South. 1^9.8. - . 4Q.10.7. ' ' . ' V 5- to• • ■ . Instructions to East: East to lead a dlamon* whenever In the lead. • : According to the printed instructions on his check slip, East leads a trump. North must- "take this trick with the Queen, not the ten . of diamonds, in order to create an additional entry in the dummy hand with the Jack if necessary. He then leads' his singleton spade. East plays the Ace and immediately leads a secona'- trumu, which is taken by dummy with.the Jack, when a spade is led and trumped by North with the King.- A small club is led to the dummy hand, anc another spade is trumped by North with hi 3 last trump, the Ace. He returns ti> dummy with a club, and draws East's last trump. ' ■ ; By this ruffing, play, seven trump tricks are made, and with four • club tricks the contract of five diamonds is made. : East's trump leads, of course, were designed to prevent as far as possible the North-South hands from using their trumps separately. :