Sport in Short: Croquet

ATCO BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP (Hurlingham Club, London): Singles first round: D Maugham bt S Comish +26TP +26TP; E Solomon bt M Haggerston +2 -17 +17; L Palmer bt M Stevens wo; S Mulliner bt S Arkley -17 +26TP +16TP; W Lamb bt J Goddard +14 +22; Miss D Cornelius bt C Clarke +26 -17TP +17; G Noble bt E Petersen +10 +26TP; D Goacher bt J Hilditch +8 +20; S Tuke bt B Neal +23 +16; C Irwin bt J Lott +25 +25; M Saurin bt T Burge +26TP +11TP; T Browne bt J Ruddock +15 +17. Doubles second round: I Burridge and D Maugham bt A Miller and J Ruddock +21 +10; S Comish and L Palmer bt G Aspinall and C Irwin -13TP +16 +25; D Openshaw and J Walters bt M Heap and A Saurin +4 +15. Quarter-finals: C Clarke and R Fulford bt Miss D Cornelius and M French +14 +12; P Day and J Goddard bt I Burridge and D Maugham +14 +12.