CROQUET.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 33, 8 January 1941, Page 9

CROQUET.

SOUTH ISLAND TOURNEY.

Per Press Association. NELSON, Jan. 7. In the South Island croquet championships results are: Handicap singles.—Mrs Gould boat Miss Harroway 26—22, Mrs Bourkc beat Mrs Gibbons 26—4, Mr Inwood beat Mrs Henderson 26—22, Mrs Wicks beat Mrs Inkstord 26 —23, Miss Rees beat Mrs Churnside 26' —19, Mrs Palmer beat Mr Kirk 26 —18, Mrs Everett beat Mrs Tow«ey To—9, Mrs Taylor beat Mrs Lindsay 26 16, Mrs Biddle boat Mrs Allan 26—5, Miss Turton beat Mrs Lowery 26 —15, Mrs Lee beat Mrs Howard 26—23, Mrs Shenrgold beat Mrs Milner 26—6, Mrs Cadwallader heat Mrs Wearing 26—24, Mrs Kirk beat i Mrs Fantham 26—5, Mrs Gilbert beat Mrs i Myes 26 —8. Mrs Palmer beat Miss Rees , 26—3. | Handicap doubles.—Mr Kirk and Mrs Costello boat Mesdames Mabin and Gamp-bell-Smiih 26 —13. Mesdames Frost and Wilkes beat Mesdames Gilbert and Wicks 1 26—18, Mesdames Palmer and Shale beat Mesdames Lee and Milner 26—13, Mcs- ; dames Lee and Turton beat Mesdames Kirk and Taylor 26—19, Mesdames Wearing and Howard beat Mesdames Grainger and Hockey 26 —17, Mr and Mrs Inwood beat Mesdames Lowery and Lindsay 26 — 19, Mesdames Everett and Myles beat Mesdames Bryant and Luck 26—18,, Mesdames Shcargold and Gibbons beat Mesdames Newton and Biddle 26 —23 In the games in which Mesdames Bryant (Manakau) and Luck met Mesdames Everett and Myles in and out play constituted the match throughout, and all clips wore fairly even. Mesdames Everett and Myles had a bisque on their opponents, and, towards the finish of the game made good use of the opportunity and making cover with the use of the handicap, finished with a score of 26 — 18.