BOWLING TOURNEY.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 16, 20 January 1926, Page 13

BOWLING TOURNEY.

PAIRS ADVANCED. GREEN WINNERS FOUND.. (By Telegraph. Press Association.) DUNEDIN, Tuesday. The Dominion bowling tourney was advanced a stage further to-day," when the third, fourth and fifth rounds of the pairs were completed and the green winners found. The weather was again beautiful and the green very fast. Results — SECTION A. Wins. Losses. Sanders iKaituna) 5 0 SECTION B. Gray (Kelburn) 4 1 Robson (Otago) 4 1 Campbell (Cromwell) ..4 1 Campbell 21. beat Robson 11; Gray 9, eat Campbell 8. Section winner: Gray. SECTION C. Wins. Losses. Kirk (Maitai) 4 1 SECTION D. Redpath (Canterbury) ..5 0 Green winner: Redpath 25, beat Kirk 20. SECTION E. Wins. Losses. Hardie (Mornington) ..5 0 SECTION F. Wins. Losses. Wright (St. Helier's) ..4 1 Doherty (Kelburn I .... 4 1 Section winner: Wright 20, beat Joherty 12. SECTION G. Wins. Losses. Wade (British party) .. 3 2 Sewell (Canterbury) ..3 2 Hardley (West End", Auckland I 3 2 Hadlee (West End, Timaru) 3 2 Hadlee 17. beat Wade 14, Hardley -14. beat Sewell 17. Hardlev 15, beat Hadlee 14. Section winner: Hardley. SECTION H. Wins. Losses. McKenzie (Sydenham) ..5 0 SECTION I. McCallum (Temuka) ..3 0 SECTION" J. Orchard (Christchurch) ..-4 1 Casey (Carlton) 4 1 Casey defaulted for section winner. Green winner: McCallum 24, beat Orchard 10. SECTION K. Wins. Losses. Newby i Rotorua) .... 4 1 SECTION L. Allan (Taieri) 5 0 Green winner: Allan 20, beat Newbv 12. SECTION M. Wins. Losses. ' Foster (Caledonian) .... 5 0 SECTION N. Tonkin (North East Valley) 5 0 Green winner: Tonkin 25, beat Foster 11. ' ' 'SECTION O. . 7* ' Wins. Losses. Hey i Invercargill) .... 4 1 Til burn (St. Clair) 4 1 Section winner: Hey 26, beat Tilburn 13. SECTION P. Wins. Losses. Filkington (Hamilton) ..5 0 SECTION Q. Gordon (St. John's) ..4 1 Hay ward (Christchurch) 4 1 Section winner: Hay ward 28, beat Gordon 11. SECTION R. Wins. Losses. Hosking (Carlton) 4 1 SECTION S. Adess (St. Ivilda) 4 1 SECTION T. Wright (Balmacewan) .. 5 0 Green winner: Adess 23, beat Wright 23. SECTION U. Wins. Losses. Fleming (British party) . 4 1 Allan i Taieri) 4 1 .Section winner: Allan 25, beat Fleming 13. SECTION V. Wins. Losses. Cooper i Karori) 5 0 SECTION W. Wins. Losses. McLeod (Taieri) 5 0 SECTION X. McLaren (Dunedin) ... 5 0 Benefield (St. John's) ... 5 0 Section winner: Benefield 14, beat McLaren 13. SECTION Y. Wins. Losses. Stewart (Dunedin) .... 4 1 Fastier (St. Clair) 4 1 Clarke (Rocky Nook) ... 4 I Section winner: Fastier 9. beat Stewart 5, Fastier 16, beat Clarke 12. SECTION Z. I Wins. Losses. Dee (Maitai) -* 1 Chegwin i Beckenham) .. 4 1 Section winner: Dee IS, beat Cheg»in 17. SECTION AA. Wins. Losses. Harraway (Dunedin) ... -5 -— 0 SECTION 88. McHuteheson (Kaituna) . 5 0 Green winner: Harraway 20, beat McHuteheson 11. SECTION CC. Wins. Losses. Beckett (Wangantii) -* 1 Johnson (Dunedin) 4 * Section winner: Johnson 22, beat - Beckett 20. SECTION DD. Wins. Losses. Minto (British party) -.4 1 Cooper (Linwood) * i Walker (Auckland) 4 L Minto 15, beat Cooper 11, Walker, a bye. SECTION EE. Wins. Losses. •Jolly Cromwell) 4 J Tamhlvn (St. Kilda) . ... 4 . Section winner: Tamblyn 16, beat Jolly 12.

SECTION FF. Wins. Losses. Sandston (Christchurch) 4 1 Stone (cjeatoun) 4 1 Section winner: Stone 2i5. beat Sandston 20. NOTES ON THE PLAY. The section tie between Hardley (West End. Auckland i and Hadlee (West End. Timaru i had a most sensational finish. Hadlee led throughout and was 8 up at the eleventh head. On the final head, the twelfth, Hardley got a seven and won the match. At the end of the third round in Section P. Pilkington I Hamilton i and Hutchison (Dunedin i had three wins each to their credit. Pilkington had a fairly keen fight with Cave, whom he defeated by 32 points to 27. After the fourth round had been played Pilkington was at the head of the list with four wins and no losses. He next defeated Nichol. but there were only four points between them at the finish, the scores being 24 to 20. Pilkington placed the section issue beyond doubt in the fifth round, in which he met Buist. whom he had no difficulty in defeating by 2S 28 points to 13. Armstrong (Pukekohei went down to McLeod (Taieri i. after holding him for the first 16 heads. Thereafter the game was all McLeod's. and ended on the twentieth head in his favour, with the scores reading 211.">. Cooper, Minto and Walker tied for Section DD. Walker got the bye and the other pair played off a section tie. The game resulted in favour of Minto. who had a majority of l-> points to 11 at the finish. The post section stage of the championship rinks competition will bo started on the Dunedin green at 9 a.m. to-morrow. There are still 17 rinks left in the competition. The championship pairs competition will be advanced a stage further tomorrow, when several section winners will meet. The championship singles, in which there are still four players, left, will be continued on the Dunedin <reen at 9 a.m. on Thursday.