CROQUET.
DOMINION CHAMPIONSHIPS. FINALS TO-DAY. 8y Telegraph —Press Association WANGANUI, January 27. The New Zealand croquet championship tournaments has reached its final stages, there being only the semi-final and final of the New Zealand open championship, and the final of the ladies’ championship, to be played tomorrow. The weather to-day was perfect, and the lawns were in splendid order. In the final of the New* Zealand handicap singles between Mrs Watkins and Captain Hartnell, both players in turn failed at the first hoop. Captain Hartnell took advantage of Mrs Watkins’s shot in going to the penultimate. Captain Hartnell, taking another bisque, went from number 3 to 4 back, and on the next turn to the stick, peeled his partner’s ball, and laid for the stick. Mrs Watkins picked up a long shot, going from No. 2, in the course of the break peeling at penultimate and rover, and making a remarkable shot, putting both balls on the stick from the line. The final score was 26-24. Results were:— New Zealand Ladies’ Championship. Second-Life—Final. Mrs Kibble white beat Mrs Watkins, 26-12. New Zealand Open Championship. Third Round. Mrs Tiffen beat Mrs Kibblewhite, 21-26, 26-22, 26-20. New Zealand Handicap Singles. Final. Mrs Watkins (minus li) beat Captain Hartnell (1), 26-24.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 19093, 28 January 1932, Page 4
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208CROQUET. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 19093, 28 January 1932, Page 4
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