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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 16, 20 January 1939, Page 9

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NATIONAL BOWLS. MORE ELIMINATIONS. ONE-SIDED MATCH. FRANKS DEFEATS DEARE Interest quickened at tlie Carlton green tliis morning. when the seventh round in the post-sectinn |»lnv of the championship foufs in tlie Xew Zealand bowling championship*; was cmninen<-cd. The weather was again fine and the greens fast. Tlio »ame lielweei; the only two-lifers. (i. A. Deare (Carlton) and Wilier Franks (Balmoral >. started with a disaster which set the pace for the complete collapse of the former'* rink. The first end built op in favour of Deare. who was lying .seven when Franks came into the head, got a wick and lay shot. Deare certainly secured two on the next, and another two later on to reach 0 to 7 011 the eighth end, after which it was merely a procession for Franks, as Deare scored only one more single. On the nineteenth end. however, when Franks was 2(1 to 7. there was jnst the hare chance to pull the game out of the (ire. Benson, wli« ha* lieen playing a phenomenal game at three for Franks' rink through the whole tournament, lay shot, hut there was the possibility for Deare to trail for four, which would have left him only nine down, with two ends to play. However, it was not to Ih\ His well-directed trail failed to connect. and with fourteen down lie shook hands without attempting the remaining two ends. Wide Alargitl. The score in the game between IT. L. Brigliting (Hataitai), W. L. M. Xa/lor acting as skip, and ti. B. Evans (Hamilton) hardly indicate* the play, for both were playing well, and tied at six-all on the ninth end. Hawken, lumber three for Evans, was on the jack in l!ie ninth* when Brighting* narrow bo*! received assistance from a wi.k oiT a short wood. This straightened up his draw, which continued; and picked up the jack for four. Bright ins snW°qtlently got four threes, but two of them were well drawn, and the other tv. o were similarly gained by wicks from stiort woods, one bv Blighting and the other by Xavlor himself. These tliret. somewhat lucky shots, largely accounted for tlie great difference in the score, and the last end was not played, when Brigliting was 20 to 10. His team quite deserved their win, apart from their luck. Unusual Start. A very unusual start was made in tlie game between Lobb (West End, Xew Plymouth) and Tongue (Rocky Xook), a* every shot for the former came off, whereas the latter was dogged by continuous failure* to cnttne.t. T!.e Rocky Xook men were really pin vino better than Would lie gathered from t'." fact, that with li) ends played, Lobb was 18 to one, and Cliffe Was olteil oil the white, as lead for Tongue. The tide turned for tlie later half of tiie game, and Lobb was 22 to If), with the last end to fdav. Tongtie saw a trail for three for a tie, but his draw mi seed. He left Lobb two oit the jack, to win by 24 to 19. The black and gold flag of the Carlton Club was flown at half-mast thts morning for Mr. A. V. Simmonds, a well-known member of the club, whose death occurred yesterday. Results were: — Two Litres. Seventh Round.—W. C. Franks (Balmoral) 21, v. C. A. Deare (Carlton) 7. One Life. H. L. Blighting (Hataitai) 2(5, v. G. B. Kvans (Hamilton) 10. J. Lobb Cftest End, New Plymouth) 24, v. W. H. Tongue (Rocky Js'ook) li>. Tongtie and Evans were eliminated.