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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 54, 5 March 1943, Page 4

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AUCKLAND BOWLERS

FINAL THIS AFTERNOON

The 41 teams which.qualified for postsection play in the Auckland Bowling Centre's pairs championship (which drew a record entry of 160) had by last evening been narrowed down to eight.

They began the quarter-finals at 9.30 to-day, and the final was scheduled for this afternoon.

Interesting games in the second round were those in which Connew's iast ball of the 21st head gave him victory over Firth; and that in which A. L. Clarke eliminated Martin, also by one point. Curiously enough both Connew and Clarke fell in the next round to Bremner and Mingins respectively. Bremner ruts Deare Out When the fourth round was played this morning Bremner had an easy victory over Deare after he had overtaken the latter on the 12th head. Although the team was entered in Bremner's name, and he was skip in the early stages ot the tourney, J. Barber was the actual skip to-day Sending them along with Bremner was another noted skip, as de Launay was leading for Deare. Results since Thursday morning's contests: — Second Round.—A. Lennie (Ponsonby) 22, v. A. R. Fook (Fapatoetoe) 17; R. Thomas (Mount Albert) 21, v. L. Donaldson (Carlton) 20; T. Dickson (Ellerslie) 18, v. H. P.. Ellis (Mangere) 17; J. Hedley (Auckland) 27. v. P. o. Bold (Stanley) 10; N. Donaldson (Ponsonby) 18, v. V. A. Little (Carlton) 16; L. Russell (St. Heller's) 24, v. E. Buckley (Grey Lynn) 18; H. Wright (St. Helier's) 17, v. T. A. McClymont (Ponsonby) 12; J. C. Duncan (Carlton) 19, v. A. V. Danvers (Epsom) 18; J. C. Taplin (Transport) 21, v . P. H. Rowe (Auckland) 20; G. A. Deare (Carlton) 28, v. B. G. Winter (Grey Lynn) 9; W. Bremner (Auckland) 16, v. W. McMurch.v (Grey Lynn) 13; A. Connew (Carlton) 19, v. P. Firth (Mount Albert) 18; J. H. Mingins (Onehunga) 22, v. W. N. Gordon (Grey Lynn) 18; A. L. Clarke (Auckland) 19, v. J. S. Martin (Carlton) 18; H. Blencoe (Hallyburton Johnstone) 22, v. J. H. Baker (Mount Eden) 17; J. F. Hosking (West End) 23. v. H. L. Watkin (St. Helier's) 7. Third Round. —Thomas 18, v. Lennie 15; Hedley 21, v. Dickson 8; N. Donaldson 23, v. Russell 15; Wright 19, v. Duncan 18; Deare 20, v. Taplin 14; Bremner 19, v. Connew 15; Mingins 20, v. Clarke 13; Blencoe 18, v. Hosking 8. Quarter- finals: — Thomas 23, v. Hedley 10; N. Donaldson 25. v. Wright 14; Bremner 21, v. Deare 15; Mingins 17, v. Blencoe 10. 1

Semi-final.— Mingins 19. v. Bremner 18; Donaldson 25, V. Thomas 4.