CROQUET

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLI, Issue 20326, 27 January 1936, Page 10

CROQUET

NEW ZEALAND TOURNAMENT By Telegraoh —Press Association PALMERSTON NORTH, Jan. 25. The Dominion croquet championships were continued in perfect weather. Considering the keenness of the greens the standard of play was high. In one of the best games of the day Mrs Thomson, runner-up to Colonel Du Pre last year in the open event, beat F. C. Bryan, a coming Palmerston North player, who took the match to three games 26-19, 23-16, 26-18. Open Championship First Round Mrs Watkins beat F. W. Burgin, 26-19, 26-16. Second Round Mrs I.iomson beat F. C. Bryan. 26-19, 23-26, 26-18. Champion Doubles First Round Mesdames Anstis and Petrie beat Mrs Webber and E. W. Burgin, 26-19. Pitcaithly and Gambrill beat Mesdames Thomson and Bartlett, 26-9. Misses Skeet and Keatley beat Mesdames Lowery and Mouat, 26-23. Mrs Palmer and H. Penn beat Mesdames Clarke and McGill, 26-18. Mrs Brass and W. Tye beat Mrs Bryan and F. C. Bryan, 26-16. Miss Washer and A. J. Giggs beat Mrs T. Simpson and F. L. Harrison, 26-20. Second Round Mrs Caldow and E. W. Veitch beat Mesdames Hartnell and Dukes, 26-6. Mesdames Carson and Given beat Mrs Bassett and R. W. McCreath, 26-16. Mrs Palmer and A. H. Penn beat Mrs Brass and W. Tye, 26-2. Mrs A. S. C’ rk and P. Stratton beat Mesdames Kibblewhite and Parker Hill, 26-21. Mrs Henderson and Hartnell beat Mesdames Wood and Glass, 26-18. Mrs Watkins and J. Ross beat Miss Washer and A. J. Gibbs, 26-14. Mesdames Pitcaithly and Gambrill beat Misses Skeet and Keatley, 26-23. Mesdames Anstis and Petrie beat Mesdames Leadbeater and Bock, 26-8. Third Round Mesdames Carson and Given beat Mrs Caldow and E. W. Veitch, 26-6. Level Singles Third Round Mrs Williams beat Mrs Gerke, 26-19. Mrs Given beat Mrs Marshall, 26-14. Mrs Meikle beat Mrs True, 26-22. Miss Collinson beat Mrs Burnett, 26-23. Women’s Championship Second Life, Second Round Miss Keatley beat Mrs Simpson, 26-14. Mrs Wood beat Mrs Glass, 26-24.