CROQUET

Waikato Independent, Volume XXIII, Issue 3041, 5 April 1923, Page 5

CROQUET

CAMBRIDGE TOURNAMENT DOUBLES AND SINGLES The Cambridge Croquet tournament was continued yesterday in glorious weather, when the doubles and singles were played off. The following are details of the scores:— DOUBLES. Finals, best two games out of three. —Mesdamcs Higgens and Bartlett 26 v. Mesdames Badelcy and Harbutt 24. Mesdamcs Badoley and Harbutt 26 v. Mesdames Higgens and Bartlett 24. Mesdames Badelcy and Harbutt 20 v. Mesdames Higgens and Bartlett 22. SINGLES. Two-life System. First life—Byes, Mesdames McDermott, Totman, Philpott, Coombos, W. W. Dillicar and Hodgkinson. First Round. —Mesdames Nixon beat Wallace; Crosford beat Lourie by default; Blythe beat Hopkirk; T. B. Dillicar beat Simpson; Stevens beat Bolland; Bartlett boat Wight; Platt beat Day; Hall boat Cooke; Harbutt beat Cowell.

Second-life. Byes, Mesdames T. B. Dillicar, G. B. Simpson, Harbutt, Bartlett, W. W. Dillicar and Wallace.

First Round—Mrs Harbutt beat Mrs Totmau; Stevens beat Qroxfprd; Cowell won from Hopkirk by default; Coombes beat McDermott; Blythe beat 801 l and; Day boat Philpott; Nixon beat Badelcy; Cooke beat Platt. Second-life.—First Round continued. —Wyatt beat Hall; Hodgkinson beat Wight. Second Round. —Dillicar beat Harbutt, Blythe beat Cowell; Nixon beat Wyatt; Bartlett beat. Wallace; Blythe beat Dillicar; Bartlett beat Nixon. First-life continued—Nixon beat McDermott; Blythe beat Badelcy; Harbutt beat Bartlett; Coombes beat Hodgkinson. The singles arc being continued today.