BOWLING.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 75, 10 January 1936, Page 2

BOWLING.

NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIP. FIFTEEN REMAIN IN PAIRS. CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. After the two concluding rounds in the sectional play in the pairs championship at the New Zealand bowling tournament had been completed this morning, 59 pairs were eligible for post section play, of which two rounds were played in the afternoon. In the running of the pairs competition the number of wins which a rink gained to win or tie in its section were not counted on the post-sectional play, which was on the sudden death system. The number has now been reduced to 15. Most interest during the day was taken in the post sectional singles match between M. Walker (Auckland) and Bremner (West End, Auckland), two of the best-known competitors in the tournament, each of whose chances was fancied for the 1936 singles title. The match attracted hundreds of spectators to the St. Albans green, and was the most exciting game which the tournament has yet produced. Walker, whose command of length was superb, gained a lead in the first few heads, only for Bremner almost to equalise later in the game with some brilliant driving shots when Walker was lying two or three. Several times Bremner retrieved brilliantly for himself, killing the head with remarkably accurate drives. In the closing stages Walker maintained his accuracy of length to go into the lead again by a substantial margin. In the last head the score was 19-13 in Walker’s favour, with Walker lying, the shot. Bremner tried to save a bad position with a drive, but he went an inch or two astray to leave Walker the match 20-13. Every head in the match was closely drawn, and the game gave as good an exhibition of drawing as has been seen in Christchurch for years. By the match Bremner was eliminated from the singles, leaving Walker, who is the only bowler ever to have won the singles title three times, still in the running. Other singles games nearing the finals will be played as men are available. A New South Wales rink (J. C. Redmond, substitute, of Wellington, and S. Morris) came through the five sectional games in the pairs without suffering a loss, and they defeated somenotable opponents. They also survived the first two rounds of the 'post-sec-tional play. One other New South Wales pair (Packer and Law) also were eligible for post-sectional games, and in the first round they beat A. W. and F. K. Pirie, of Napier, by a substantial margin. They also won the second game, and thus there are two New South Wales teams now in the final.

' After two post-section rounds there are only 15 players left to fight out the final games in the pairs. They are: New South Wales (Redmond and Morris). Island Bay (Kerr and Lawrie). Napier (Bryan and Beer). Balmacewan (Hindlo and Ferguson). Grey Lynn (Higginson and Whittle). Linwood (Snedden and Wilson). United (Castle and Smith). New South. W T ales (Packer and 1 Law). Dunedin (Rigby and Hutchison). Canterbury (Delargey and McNisli). Kelburn"(Williams and Marris), Temuka (Davis and Mclnnes). Lyall Bay (Topp and Conder). Canter bury (Turpin and Howarth). St. Albans (Drake and Brass). E. S. Chambers and W. Hedges (Allenton) won G Section with four wins. In. the fourth round they defeated T. F. Chambers (Sumner) 20-16, but in the fifth lost to E. Leach (Epsom) 16-21.

In the post-section play the Allenton pair won the first round, scoring 17 to 14 against Archer and Fox (Barrington). They were eliminated in the second round by Bryan and Beer (Napier) 29-8.

ALLENTON CLUB! WINS.

MATCH AG AINST ASHBURTON. Five rinks from the Allenton and Ashburton Bowling Clubs played a match at Allenton last evening. The Allenton Club, losing only one rink, won by 118 points to Ashburton’s 81. The Allenton captain (Mr J. Templeton) thanked the visitors for the game, the president of the Ashburton Club (Mr W. J. Minogue) replying. Supper was served after the match. Following are details, with Allenton names first:— Cooke, Cowans, Barr, Acton (s) 26,

Dickinson, Smith, Percy, A. Lane (s) 12; Mclnnes, Gibson, Horsburgh, Mathieson (s) 23, Orr, McElhinney, Dunlop, L. C. Dunn (s) 12; H. Lane, Freeman, Silverwood, P. Boothroyd (s) 29, Dakers, Sawle, Steele, McEachen (s) 14; Stevens, Drayton, Welch, Templeton (s) 27, Thomas, Tulloch, A. T. Smith, W. Lane (s) 15; J. Stevenson, Walker, Shaw, J. Stevenson (s) 13, P. Dunn, Stevens, Minogue, Mactier (s) 31.. ASHBURTON' TO PLAY SHIRLEY, The following will represent the Ashburton Bowling, Club against Shirley at Ashburton to-morrow*: — Gilmour, A. T. Smith, Tulloch, Minogue (s); Bowden, J. W. Smith, McElhinney, Dunn (s); Rands, Bond, Mitchell, Mactier (s); Orr, Steel, Carter, Christie (s); Gilchrist, Gregory, Sawle, Dunlop (s); Self, Hawke, Percy, McEachen (s)." Emergency, Dakers.