BOWLING TOURNEY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 16, 20 January 1933, Page 10

BOWLING TOURNEY.

DOMINION RINKS TITLE WALKER IS ELIMINATED. JENKIN ONLY AUCKLANDER (By Telegraph.—Special to "Star.") WELLINGTON, Thursday The fourth, fifth and sixth rounds n f post-section play in the rinks champion ship of the New Zealand bowling tourm" ment brought the cream of Dominion bowlers into the arena. Sunerh inland sensational , finishes were witno i g Wellington rinks we- iiJ a good t 1 at the end of the day; two rinks behwr with two lives each. Auckland has with one life only. These are Oiiv, f (Karori), Naylor (Lyail Ba>), ai d Stf (Carlton, Auckland). Th/'Sf"^ Results of post-section play:— FOURTH ROUND, Two-lifers: Hastings, McKenzie, Brackenridee I, V Naylor (Lyall Bay) 18, v. J. Paseoe G T Gladding, W. J. Truscott, H. Jenkin' (Carl ton) 9. v Dyett, .Grant, Neilson, W. GilWi (Karori) 25, v. Burns, Matson, Beanland W. Efford (Edgeware, Christcliurch) li ' One-lifers: Bird, Campbell, J. B. Jack, G. S. Gordon (St. John's, Wanganui) 27, v. Pierce Tavlor, Mclnnes, T. Edwards (Temuka)'l2

Munn, De Largey, Redpath, W.' G. Ives (Canterbury) 24, v. Pinnock, Claridze Halliflay, W. Fielding (Hataitai) 14. McColl, McKenzie, Marris, J. R, g m (Kelburn) 26, v. Dee, Kingsland, Vitetta W. A. Dee (Nelson) 11. tta ' L. J. Keys, Dr. K. S. Macky, G. H. de Launay,M. Walker (Auckland) . 19,. v. Meo Thompson, Johns, C. A. Rendle (East! bourne) 16. Glover, Rowling, Wight, A. H. Benefield (St. John's, Wanganui) 20, v. 'Howse Bradley, Hazlewood, J. B. Reid (Lvsli Bay) 17. ■ The five one-lifers -who lost in this round ■were eliminated:—Edwards, Fielding, Dee, Rendle and Reid. T. Edwards (Temuka) skipped the champion pair ten years ago, when the tournament was . in Auckland, and reached the semi-final in the singles this year, being defeated by one point by the . ultimate champion, W. Parkhouse,- although he heat the same player in the first round by .22 to 13. W. Fielding (Hataitai) was the winning skip in a recent Christmas tournament in Wellington, having as his third man P. WcWhannell, who accompanied him when they played in the Empire Games in Canada three years ago. W. A. Dee (Nelson) was recently elected a member of the New Zealand Bowling Council, but has been known for yearg as a fairly successful competitor in Dominion tournaments. • C. A. Rendle (Eastbourne) is the slip of the present champion rink of the Wellington Centre.

J. B. Reid (Wellington) is the present singles champion of the Wellington Centre, and skipped the Centre's champion 'rink a few years a^o. FIFTH ROUND. Naylor, a bye. . Gilbert 17, v. Gordon 16. Ives 28, v. Smith 18. 'Walker 15, v. Benefield 7. M; Jenkin 23, v. Efford 11. • , ; All the four losers were eliminated, leaving Naylor and Gilbert as two-lifers, and the other three winners as one-lifers. •. G. S. Gordon (Wanganui) is a member of the Bowling Council, and has frequently figured very prominently in tournaments. IJe has as his third man J. B. Jack, a former member of the council, who will.be best remembered in Auckland as the'pairs skip who won that sensational semi-final two years ago against Casey and KugOT, and then lost to Loveridge and Pilkjngtoa in the final. > ' ■

in tne nnai. ■ > v. J. R. Smith (Kelburn)_ is a provd performer. ; He played third for ,J.vY}* Lowry (formerly of Carlton), when to V won the rink championship of the Wellington Centre a few years ago, and VM again with him at the last Dominion tournament in Auckland, when they qualified with eight wins. .« \ A. H. Benefield (Wanganui) will always be recalled in Auckland on account or tne extraordinary final in the Dominion tournament of six years ago, when btewart (Dunedin) virtually had the game won, and then accidentally picked out his own bowl to. give Benefield the championship. W. Efford (Edgeware) is an old member of the Council, and usually competes witn a fair measure of success. SIXTH ROUND. Gilbert, a bye. Naylor 26, v. Ives 14. Jenkin 24, v. Walker 18. Ives ahd Walker were eliminated, lining a most unusual position, in that t only survivors are now the two two-J • Gilbert and Naylor, and the one-Wo', Jenkin. Jenkin will get the hye in tM seventh round, as both the two-liters. , had one, leaving the latter to _ m _. , „y., other, an occurrence that has pro never happened before. •• • , W.'G. Ives (Canterbury) is best too'a to Auckland bowlers aB lead wr Haworth last year in Chistchurch, they were runners-up to W- Bremn C. E. Hardley. (West End), m the P air championship. , Professor Maxwell Walker calls for ? comment, as he has been the best bowler in the Dominion for very f years, and won the rinks champions p year, after seventeen attempts. ... The very unusual position rega & ■ three surviving rinks ™ a .y m eaji Saturday tournament will not hnish V , j morning, as Jenkin would ha three wins after the bye m the round in order to win thei ensa p Of course, either of the other secure the honour with two win • r j in the eighth round wl!l ., g ° thf!n 'nave who win the seventh, as all nn ly twohad a bye, and they will be the only lifers.