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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21376, 19 January 1935, Page 23

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i DOMINION TOURNEY | i CONCLUDING MATCHES TODAY ENGEBRETSEN THE ONLY TWO-LIFER (PBKSS ASSOCIATIOK TELEGKA.U.) AUCKLAND, January 18. The Dominion bowling tournament was continued to-day. Further games in post-section rounds in the rink championship were played, and the semi-final round was reached. Games in the inter-section rounds of the singles and pairs championship were continued. The day was extremely hot, and the greens fast. The tournament will conclude tomorrow, when matches will be played in the following order:— Singles—Livingstone (Onehunga) v. Russell (St. Heliers). winner between Livingstone and Russell v. Burke (Hawera). Final of Pairs —Loveridge and Pilkington (Hamilton) v. Harris and Harris (St. Johns). Final of Rinks —Stephens, Macklow, Livingstone. Robertson (Onehunga), v. Mincham, Donaldson, Liversidge, Whittle (Grey Lynn). Engebretsen is the sole two-lifer left in the singles, and he is waiting to meet the winner of the morning singles games. Wellings (Hataitai) has a bye in this division. A Good Exhibition With eight rounds of the singles and five rounds of the pairs played off, there was any amount of play to please the great crowd of visitors at the Carlton green to-day, and they were rewarded with some very fine games of singles. A great exhibition of bowling was put on by the Napier player, Engebretsen, and considering that he was opposed in the opening round by a local singles exponent, Russell (St. Heliers), it was thought that he would be fully extended to win. As a matter of fact, he was, and he had to produce of his best to do so. The Napier player's performance, in view of his continuous previous play, was a creditable one. Engebretsen continued his winning career when he met the Kelburn representative, Routley, who had previously disposed of the Hawera player, Bourke, in round two. In this game the scoring was unusual after the twelfth head, when the board showed 10 all. Thereafter Engebretsen rattled on five consecutive twos, which made the score 20 to 10. The game finished on the next head, when the Napier player scored a single, and the score was 21 to 10. In the Bourke-Routley game, in the second round, the former was with his opponent up to the sixth head, when the score was 5 all. Thereafter Routley played much more consistent bowls, and he finished up the winner on the nineteenth head, when the score was 22-13. A feature of the singles was the three great games played and won to-

F>ERRY SAILS FOR N.Z.

! cryptic: statements ; about future (Received January 18, O.liO p.m.) SYDNEY, January 18. Almost the last to go aboard the Monowai before she sailed for New Zealand was F. J. Perry, who wili play in the New Zealand tennis championships and will then travel to America on the Aorangi. Perry arrived from Adelaide this morning, fulfilled some rush appointments, and had a brief talk with Crawford. He told interviewers that he had had a most enjoyable time in Australia. He might come back again, or might not. What would happen after he competed in the New Zealand championships was in the lap of the gods. He added: "1 wish I knew three weeks ago as much as I know now," and left it at that. An interviewer in the "Sydney Morning Herald" states that Perry has aspirations to become ,a film star, no: merely as a tennis player of repute, but in a part where he would have an opportunity of (displaying his tennis ability. i The newspaper addsj that only those who have come directly in contact with him can realise how likeable ana human Perry is. NORTH ISLAND TITLES FINALS TO P»E PLAYED TO-DAY HASTINGS, January 18. The fourth day's play in the North Island lawn tennis championships was completed at Waipawa to-day, when the players found conditions trying owing to a heat wave. The majority of the championship events were taken to the fourth round to-day. The semi-finals and finals are expected to be completed to-morrow. Competitors in the semi-finals of the men's doubles are:—Charters and Roussell v. Robinson and Lamb; Tombs and Pearce v. Lowry and Sharp. Misses Nicholls and Howe reached the semi-finals of the women's doubles. It is likely that they will contest the final against Mrs Adams and Miss B. Gould. The surprise of the day was Roussell's victory against Charters in the semi-final of the men's singles. Ronssell played brilliant tennis, Charters showing signs of fatigue towards the end of the match. The sets were 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-0. Miss Howe beat Miss Shand in the semi-finals of the women's singles after a strenuous match lasting two and a half hours. TRIANGI]LAR TOURNEY IN SYDNEY AUSTRALIA LEADING (Received January 18, 11.36 p.m.) SYDNEY, January 18. An international triangular tennis tournament between Europe, South ! Africa, and Australia began in humid j weather to-day. I Results:--j Singles V. MeGrath (Australia.! beat E. E. j Maier (Spain), 7-5, 6-4. J. H. Crawford j (Australia) beat G. de Stefani (Italy), (6-1, 6-4. j Bromwieh (Australia) beat Malcolm 1 (South Africa), 5-7, 6-2, 6-4. Doubles i R. Mcnzel (Czechoslovakia) and ' Maier 'neat Kirby (South Africa) and de Stefani. 6-3, 6-0, 6-4. Africa has only two player-v, so de i Stefani was Kir'oy's partner in Ihe i doubles.

iday by Wellings (Hataitai). In the pairs events the most stirring contest of the day was when Pilkington (Hamilton), winner of the event here four years ago, met the strong Port Ahuriri team skipped by McCarthy. McCarthy required three to tie on the last head, and with the assistance of his lead, Logan, he secured the necessary points. The replay was most exciting. The Port Ahuriri skip played his last bowl, and just reached the head without the necessary power to turn his own bowl into the shot, and he went down by one. It was a fine finish to a fine game. In the second round game against Murray (Hawera), Pilkington had to fight hard to win. This game constituted the semi-final of the series, and Harris (St. John's, Wanganui) having a bye, the final now lies between him and Pilkington. The game will be played to-morrow. A Cross Wind In addition to fast surfaces, the finalists to-day faced a tricky crosswind. The closing rounds of the tourney may be adjudged as one of the best exhibitions that have been seen in Auckland, if not the best. The semi-final game in the rinks competition was won only with the last bowl of the young skip. Frank Livingstone, of Onehunga. After eight : days of gruelling games, in the first round of the day, Mincham, Donaldson, Leversidge, and Whittle (Grey Lynn) collapsed against the strong team, Buxton, Moir, Clarke, and Jenkin, of Carlton. The other game, between Stephens, Macklow, Robertson, and Livingstone (Onehunga), and Blood, Pager, Wilson, Mingins (Epsom) was also disappointing. In the second round, Mincham, Donaldson, Leversidge, and Whittle (Grey Lynn) met Buxiori, Moir. Clarke, and Jenkin (Carlton) in one of the sternest tussles of the championship rounds. Jenkin burned two heads, and Whittle burned another before the challq touched the board. Carlton, up td this stage, was undefeated. The scores were even 6 to 6 on the ninth head, and Grey Lynn seemed to have the run of play, but in the closing stages of the game the Grey Lynn team more than justified the wellmerited win. Carlton drew away in the middle of the game, and by the thirteenth end had registered 11 to 9 in their favour when the time bell went. The game finished 18 to 12 on the eighteenth head, in favour of Grey Lynn. Rinks Competition The game between Stephens. Macklow, Livingstone, and Robertson (Onehunga) and Buxton, Moir, Clarke, and Jenkin (Carlton) was a strong tussle between brilliant exponents of the game. Sparkling play on the part of Jenkin in cutting out the counter with a drive effected a score of five shots up on the third head. There was a slight difference in the strength of the two skips, and their respective teams until the close of the tenth head, when the scores read 9-9. At the thirteenth head the game was 10 to 13 in favour of Carlton, and three points squared the score on that head. When the score was 15 to 17 in favour of CarJton the time bell rang. The jack for the twentieth head had to be thrown. The leads were wide of the jack. In drawing. Moir drew to 12 inches, but Macklow drew closer. Robertson trailed for a shot up. This ■ position imposed on Livingstone the task of pressing two shots back for • the game. With wonderful accuracy Livingstone played the shot and won the game, 19 to 18. THE RESULTS ' The results of play to-day were:— | Rinks Championships • Seventh Round ■ Buxton. Moir, H. G. Clarke, S. Jenkins (Carlton), 24; Mincham, Donald- : son, Liversidge. Whittle (Grey Lynn), 'Stephens, Macklow. Livingstone, j Robertson (Onehunga), 27; Paget, Blood, Wilson, Mingins (Epsom), 1/. 1 Eighth Round | Whittle IS, Jenkins 12. j Semi-final j Robertson 19, Jenkins 18. i Pairs Competition j Second Round Bull and Murray (Hawera) 19, Wellings and McWhanncll (Hataitai) 17. Loveridge and Pilkington (Hamilton) 23, Wakefield and Beer (Napier) 11. Third Round i Harris and Harris (St. Johns) 24, Casey and Lobb (West End, New Plymouth) 8. Loveridge and Pilkington (Hamilton) 24, Logan and McCarthy (Port Ahuriri) 23. Harris and Harris (St. Johns), a bye. Singiis Competition First Round Livingstone (Onehunga) 21, Luscombe (West End, New Plymouth) 16. Wellings (Hataitai) 18, Richards (Devonport) 13. Second Round Engebretsen (Napier) 17, Russell (St. Heliers) 14. Routley (Kelburn) 22, Bourke (Hawera) 13. Somervell (Ponsonby) 21, Coburn (Ponsonby) 16. Wellings 22, Keatlcy (Rocky Nook) 10. Third Round Engebretsen 21, Routley 10. Wellings 16 .Somervell 15. AULSEBROOK'S CLUB j v. Rungiora, in a friendly mati'h, at Anlscbiook's next Satnrdiiy ;— Stanley, Willis, Smith, Plummer (s); MoKnnzie, Paoombo, RusliridpiP, Mitchell (s); Kinley, Murdoch, Miller, Johns (»); Alt;ie, Chapman, JToswood, Holland (s).