ROTORUA PAIRS TOURNEY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 45, 23 February 1937, Page 16

ROTORUA PAIRS TOURNEY.

KEYS AND SMITE GO DOWN. CHAMPIONS BEATEN BY BALMORAL Fifty-five teams are competing in the annual pairs tournament of the Rotorua Bowling Club, which opened yesterday at the Government Gardens in perfect conditions. Three rounds were played, and the feature of the play was the defeat of last year's champions, Keys and Smith, of the Auckland Club, who went down to the Balmoral team, McKeggie and Gibson, in the very first round. Sykes and Harper (Otahuhu) did not suffer a loss in the three games played. Graham and Hunt, of Ponsonby, who last year were runners-up, also lost in the third round. Detailed results: — SECTION A. First Round.—Mount Eden (Chambers and Davis) 24, beat Rotorua (Butt ana Bertram) 17; Rocky Nook (ToDgue ana Preston) 19. beat Papatoetoe (Buektou and Cox) 10; West End (Wilson and Darby) 22 beat Devonport (Wrigley and Lundon) 15; Balmoral (McKeggie and Gibson) .21, beat Auekland (Keys and Smith) 16; Otahuhu (Sykes and Harper) 18, beat Rotorua (Stallard and Stonehouse) 16; Woburn (Roberts), a bje. ft Second Round.—Rotorua 23, beat Balmoral 17; Otahuhu 20. beat Rocky Nook 12 ; Papatoetoe 24, beat Wobutn 13; Devonport 27, beat Rotorua 15; Auekland 21, beat West End 17. Third Round.—Mount Eden 23, beat Balmoral 12; Otahuhu 20, beat Woburn 10; Devonport 18, beat Rocky Nook 10; Auckland 19, beat Rotorua (Stonehouse) 9; West End 27, beat Rotorua (Bertram) 17. Summary.—Otahuhu. three wins, no losses; Devonport, Auckland and West End, two and one; Mount Eden, two and nil; Papatoetoe, one and one; Rotorua (Bertram), Balmoral and Rocky Nook, one and two; Woburn, nil and two; Rotorua (Stonehouse), nil and three. SECTION B. First Round. —Rotorua (Lee and Rowe) 18, beat Onehunga (Kerr and McKendrick) 1 14; Auckland (Barnes and Williams) 25, ■beat Taumarunui (Kerr and Mephan) 20; Ponsonby (Letham and Hunt) 29, beat Rawhiti-(Ayltt and Ryalls) 10; Takapuna (Carr and Butler) 22, beat Whltlora (Booth and Mitchell) 17; Balmoral (McGaffan and Francis) 19, beat West End (Skinner and Colthurst) 8; Woburn (Wyatt), a bye.

Second Round. —Whitiora 20, beat Taumarunui 17; Onehunga 30, beat Rawhiti 16: West End 18, beat Auckland 15; Balmoral 26, beat Rotorua (Rowe) 12; Takapuna 21, beat Woburn 12. Third Sound.—Woburn 30, beat Taumarunnl 16; Balmoral 20, beat Rawhiti 17; Onehunga 25, beat Ponsonby Iβ; Auckland 21, beat Rotorua (Rowe) 18; West End 20, beat Whitiora 13. Summary.—Balmoral, three and nil; Takapuna, two and nil; Onehunga, Auckland and West End, two and one; Ponsonby, Woburn, one and one; Rotorua (Rowe) and Whitiora, one and two; Rawhiti and Taumarnnui, nil and three. SECTION C. First Round. —Palmerston North (Young anl McDonald) 20, beat Auckland (Allen and Hardte Neil) 18; St. Heller's (Watson and Price) 19, beat Futaruru (McCrea and Francis) 15; Havelock North (Flanders and Cummings) 24, beat Epeom (Graham and Nash)- 14; Henderson (Wynyard and ' Higginbotham) 32, beat Poverty Bay (Robinson and Blackburn) 8; Auckland Transport (Ure and Taplin) 31, beat Takapuna (Reeder and Corfe) 13; Rotorua (Pakee), a bye. Second Round.—Rotorua (Fakes) 20, beat Auckland Transport 17; Henderson 22, beat Takapuna 14: Epsom 17, beat Poverty Be.y Iβ, Auckland 28, beat St. Heifer's 21; Havelock North 18, beat Palmerston North 16. Third Round.—Palmerston North 28, beat Poverty Bay 25 f Henderson 23, beat Rotorua (Prkes) 17; Takapuna 28, beat Epsom 9; St. Heller's 20, beat Havelock North 16; Auckland 19, beat Putaruru 12. Summary.—Henderson, three and nil; St. Helier's, Auckland. Havelock North and Palmerston North, two and one; Rotorua (Pakes) and Auckland Transport, one and one; Takapuna and Epsom, one and two; Putaruru, nil and two; Poverty Bay, nil and three. SECTION D. First Round.—West End (Hopwood and Hartley) 22, beat Huntly (Penman and Smith) 18; Auckland Transport (Baker and Cottingham) 24, beat Grey Lynn (Mephan and Adams) 21; Woburn (Kean and Bradley) 21, beat Waitemata (Hedlund and Williamson) 8: Whitiora (House and Davis) 20, beat Epsom (Lamb and Fisher) 12; Waltara (Sampson and Casey) 22, beat Rotorua (Hartley and Corbett) 8; Poverty Bay (Morrison), a bye. Second -Round.—Grey Lynn 22. beat Huntly 16 ; Weet End 25, beat Waitemata 21; Whitiora 21, beat Waitara 18; Auckland Transport 29, beat Epsom 14 ; Woburn 30, beat Poverty Bay 3. Third Round.—Auckland Transport 25, beat Waitara 23 ; Grey Lynn 23, beat. Waitemata 19; Rotorua (Corbett) 25, beat Whitiora 12; West End 25, beat Poverty Bay 10; Huntly 24, Heat Epsom 17. Summary.—Auckland Transport and West End, three and nil; Woburn, two and nil; Whitiora and Grey Lynn, two and one; Rotorua, one and one; Waitara and Huntly, one and two; Poverty Bay, nil and two; Waitemata and Epsom, nil and three.

SECTION E. First Round. —Rotorua (McDowell and Budd) 31, beat Glen Eden (Perkins Bid Firth) 8; Henderson (Noreross and Dol-lar)-21, beat Kawhiti (Mason and Colley) 7; Wditemata (Potter and Potter) 24, beat Rotorna (Krogh and Kusabs) 20; Auckland (Hacket and Dadley) 26, beat Devonport (Gerrard and Adkin) 18; St. Heller's (Thompson and Tycdall) 27, beat Takapuna (Collins and Collins) 5; Poverty Bay (Mcore), a bye. Second Round.;— Poverty Bay 21, beat Henderson 13; Glen Eden 21, beat Rawhitl 17; Auckland 18, beat Rotorua (Kusabs) 15; Takapuna 25, beat Devonport 14; St. Helier'a 26, beat Rotorua (Budd) 12. Third Rjund.—Takapuna 19, beat Rotorna (Kusabs) 18; Rotorua (Budd) 21, beat Devonport 11; Auckland 23, beat Waitemata 15- St. Heller's 24, beat Kawhiti 15; Poverty Bay 26, beat Glen Eden 23. Summary.—Auckland -and St. Heller's, three and nil; Poverty Bay, two and nil; Takapuna and Rotorua (Budd), two and one; Waitemata and Henderson, one and one; Glen Eden, one and two; Rotorua (Kusabs), Kawhiti and Devonport, nil and three. WAIHI DEFEATS PAEROA. Five out of seven games were won by members of the Waihi Bowling Club when they met Paeroa players on the Waihi green in the Clothier Shield competition. Results (skipg only of each team being mentioned, with Paeroa first). —Bowman 27, v. R. Farrell 15; J. Silcock 25, v. E. A. Wilson 19; McAnalty 17, v. S. Stamp 25; N. Williams 17, v. M. Lorimer 23; McCauley 10, v. Lb McGonagle 18; Baker 9, v. F. Ward 34; Glbb 9, v. E. Dunstan 32. TOURNAMENT AT OPOTDO. Players representing the Te Puke, Whakatane, Taneatua, Opotiki and Opotiki Citizens' Clube took part in a full-rink tournament on the Citizens' Club's green on Sunday. The teams, with the number of wine in each case, were: — Bridger, White, Baxter, Chamberlain, 3 wins; Mitchell, Scrivener, Wilson, Peebles, 3; J. Tabb, McLaren, Jamieson, Palmer, 3; Nosworthy, Payne, C. Tabb, Day, 2ft; Miller, Chatneld, Frew. Jamieson, 2; Scott, Stepheneon, Hathaway, Short, 3; Black, Orchard, Chambers, Currah, 4}; Hedley, Maneell, Reece, Barrett, 3; Hunt, Foster, Middleman, Moody, 4; Webb, Moody, Crawford, Wilkinson, 4; Craig, Searle, Creagh, Foy, 5; Maddren, MuHiern, Jephson, Stevens, 2; Oswald, Stevenson, Hawkins. Dawson, 2} ; Miller, sen., S. Anderson. Watson, Borrie, 3J. ; The teams skipped by Currah (Whakatane) «ad Foy (Citizens') were the section winners. The former easily won the final. Trophies were presented to the member* of the winning team by Mr. S. M. Jephson, president of the Citizens' Club.

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