CROQUET

Greymouth Evening Star, 19 January 1939, Page 5

CROQUET

COUNCIL’S ANNUAL MEETING

[PER press association.]

PALMERSTON NORTH. January 18

The Dominion Croquet. Council, at its annual meeting, received a letter from the English Association, accepting New Zealand’s challenge to play a match in New Zealand in January or February, 1940, matches lie!ween the above countries and Australia being arranged. Officers were also elected as follows:—President, Mr R. W. McCreath (Core); vice-presidents, Messrs R. D Gambrill (Palmerston North) and C. Webb (Auckland); handicapper, Mrs C. Watkins (Hastings); referee, Air

A. (I. F. Ross (Christchurch); secretary and treasurer, Mrs W. S. Austin (Wellington); assistant secretary, Mrs W. Caldow (Wellington); selectors, Mrs Watkins, Messrs Ross and A. J. Gibbs (Paten). It was decided to hold the gold mallet contest at Nelson, and the medals match at Greymouth. INTER-ISLAND MATCH. PALMERSTON N., January 18. As a preliminary to the Dominion croquet, tournament, an inter-island match tv,as played this afternoon at, ; the Northern Club’s greens between ; teams chosen hy Mrs C. Watkins. ; Hastings, and Mr A. J. Gibbs, Patea, ] for the north, and Mr A. G. Ross for 1 the south. The result was a win for ! the south by one game. Details (North I Island players first): — < Singles—A. J. Gibbs (Patea) beat < A. G. Ross (Christchurch), 26-15; Mrs 5 Q Watkin (Hastings) lost to Mr,s 5 McLeod (Gore), 23-26; 11. P. Stratton 2 (Hastings) lost to H. A. Penn (Christ- ‘ church), 25-26; F. c. Bryan (Lower Hutt) heat R. W. McCreath (Gore) 25-14; Mrs E. Anstis (Palmerston North) lost to Mrs Palmer (Christchurch), 11-26; Mrs 11. Kibblewhite (Whitiora) beat Mrs R. J. Teller (Invercargill), 26-23. Doubles —Mrs Watkins and Stratton lost, to Mrs McLeod and Ross. 18-26; Mrs Anstis and Brian lost to Mrs Telford and McCreath, 13-26; Mrs Kibblewhite and Gibbs beat. Mrs Palmer and Penn. 26-24.