CROQUET TOURNAMENT.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2077, 18 March 1922, Page 5

CROQUET TOURNAMENT.

MRS McRAE WINS CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES. ' With the exception of the final game in the A grade handicap singles the Manawatu Croquet Club's tourna- , | ment was concluded to-day. Several semi-finals and three finals were de- _ elded, Mrs Me.Rae. winning the open r i championship singles after an exceedI ingly interesting game with .Mrs Bax- , ter. Both players put. up excellent j performances throughout the event, i Mrs Mcßae played a particularly meritorious game in the final. Miss E. -. Robertson, who has been playing res markably well, accounted for the B handicap singles, beating Mrs _ Mansiield in the final. Miss Robertr son and Mrs Robertson will play oft I in tiie final of the A grade singles to-day. In the handicap doubles there were some closely-contested semifinals. The final was fought between Miss and Mr Robertson and Mrs McRae and Mrs Robertson. The match took the greater part of the afternoon to play and ended in a win for the , former combination by a narrow mar"|gin. Details of the events are as '! follow: ! Open singles championship, final.— 1 Mrs Me.Rae beat Mrs Baxter, j Handicap singles, B grade, semi--5 final. —-Miss E. Robertson beat Mrs s Frost, Mrs Mansford beat Mrs Mc- . Gill. Final: Miss E. Robertson beat ■ Mrs Mansfield, 20/6. Handicap singles. A. grade.-—Fourth J round: Miss E. G. Robertson beat Mrs x Baxter, Mr Robertson beat Mrs > Morga»i, Mrs W. J. Robertson beat >-|Mrs Wilton, Mrs Mcßae beat Mrs r | Spring. Semi-final: Miss Robertson i beat .Mr Robertson, Mrs Robertson 11 beat Mrs Mcßae. Handicap doubles. —Semi-final: Mrs 3 Me.Rae and Mr Robertson beat Mr and t Mrs T. S. Blackburne, Mr and Miss 2 Robertson beat Mr Spring and Mr Mc--3 Donald. Final: Miss and Mr Robert- ) son beat Mrs Mcßae and Mrs Roberx--3 son.