CARD SOCIAL EVENING

Taranaki Daily News, 6 September 1929, Page 3

CARD SOCIAL EVENING

FIRE BRIGADE SCORE AGAIN'. As firefighters and as social ; “lions” the members of the New. Plymouth Fire Brigade have proved themselves at home, and as card players they have proved that they can hold their own with most teams, in New Plymouth at least. Last night they again recorded a victory when they disposed of a team from the New Plymouth electric light department in a return match, the winning margin being 18 points.

A feature of the match was a contest in the 500 division, when a new record was established, one quartette playing 15 games in the allotted two hours.

Following are the detailed scores, fire brigade players mentioned first: —

Crib.—T. Kivell and F. Newell 10 v. G. Hannington and Elliott 4; H. Inch and S. Roberts 8 v. Williams and Julian 6; R. IL Sole and J. Inch 7 v. R. Lang and W. Remington 7; total, 25— 1 7.

Five hundred. —H. Woodhead and R. Ford 6 v. L. O'Donnell and I. Jury 3; F. Doughty and J. C. Frewin 3 v. N. Kibby and H. Lang 3; C. Woodhead and W. Lewis 11 v. J. Taylor and K. Jensen 4; total, 20—10.

Grand totals: Fire brigade 45, electric light department 27.