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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21991, 15 January 1937, Page 14

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NEW ZEALAND RINKS CHAMPIONSHIP FURTHER PLAY IN SINGLES AND PAIRS INTERESTING MATCHES (press association telegram.) WELLINGTON, January 14. Gray, with two lives, and Perry, London, Haworth, and Silbery, with one life' each, are the skips whose teams are left in the New Zealand rinks championship as a result of today's play at the New Zealand Bowling ' Association's annual championships The tournament was continued on the greens of the Wellington Bowling Club, which were moderately, keen The rinks games will be continued to-morrow; but it is uncertain when the final will be reached. The singles and pairs events also were advanced, Mingins winning the semi-final of the singles. Hundreds watched the games. „_„„;„„ The best rinks game of the morning was between the two-lifers Gilbert (Karori) and Gray The teams were 13 all on the seventeenth head, after which Gray had the better of the play. , _ . ,»„;,,,. Skoglund deprived Mingins (Auckland) of his second life in a game which ended on the twentieth head The teams were level until Skoglund Pot five on the eleventh, and thereafter increased his lead, winning ail the last five heads. Haworth and London had the other game between two-lifers in the morning Haworth was early in he lead and London never appeared likely to Ca smw started the day with only one life but kept it through three games In the first he defeated ManK (Tinwu) by a considerable margin and in the second he beat Wilson (Linwood) after a struggle. Two-Lifers Meet When two of the three two-lifers left in the rinks in the afternoon met, the banks were crowded with spectators. Gray f s earn was in good form and by me time four heads were leflMo play he was eight up. Skoglund the" got three; but Gray won- the next two heads and the twenty-first was not I played. This left Gray with two lives a bye in the. following round his prospects of winning the Utie Decame the brightest of all the seven left in the competition. Perry beat Engebretsen in remarkable fashion. Perry was five down, with six ends to be played; but three heads later he had reduced the deficit to one Engebretsen's No. 3 burned the nineteenth head. When it wasreplayed Perry got two points. Ferry needed one from the last end to tie. When the skips went to the mat, Engebretsen had a toucher against the jack, and Perry had a second shot close by Perry took out shot with his last bowl Engebretsen attempted to run off Perry's shot, but took out his own second Perry's men at head immediately shouted one up (giving thern a tie); but the measure showed that Perry had two counters, and had won the game. ' Half-way through the game between London and Skoglund the outlook looked black for the latter; but he came back towards the last few heads and'his winning was distinctly possible. London was 14 up on the eleventh. By the fifteenth the score was 24-13 in favour of London, Skoglund having obtained six on the twelfth. Skoglund got three on the sixteenth and then a couple of ones and a six. and was only, three down with two heads to go. London, however, got three from the twentieth. Skoglund got only one on the twentyfirst instead of the six he heeded to tie, and London won 30-25. An Exciting Finish , One of the most exciting finishes to any game in the tournament occurred between Dickinson, and Best in the singles. Dickinson was one up when there was one head to go. Dickinson drew shot with his last bowl. Best put up a fast one to push Dickinson through. If Best had succeeded he would have got three and won the game. Instead, he picked up the jack, which rebounded off one of "his own bowls and left Dickinson lying two. In the singles, Mingins CPonsonby) and Evans (Hamilton) had an interest-

ing game. When the last end was started Mingins was one up. Mingins drew two beautiful shots on a long head. Evans took one out and Mir.gins drew- another. Mingins won 18-15. Previously Mingins had accounted for Hadwin 22-12. Dickinson did not - play so well in the semi-final of the singles against Mingins as he had In the previous game, and was soundly defeated 24-6. Dickinson scored one on the first, one on the second, two on the sixth, .one on the thirteenth, and one on the eighteenth, at which point the game ended. The accurate and repeated driving of the loser was a feature of the pairs match between Manning (Timaru) and Henderson (Hamilton). One head which Henderson burned two drives first caught the jack, but the white ball glanced off the bowl and remained inside the rink, although far from the head. His next bowl sent the jack right out. Manning steadfastly continued drawing nicely, and won 24-21. Results:— ... RINKS CHAMPIONSHIP FOURTH ROUND Two-lifers Haworth (Canterbury) 25, London (St. John's) 13. .„'„,. Gray (Kelburn) 20, Gilbert (Karori) 14. Skoglund (Stratford) 20. Mingins 11. One-lifers Silbery (Petone) 21, Manning (Timaru) 13. Wilson (Linwood) 22, McWhannell (Hataitai) 15. „ . Perry (Thorndon) 19, Russell (Newtown) 18. , ■ % Edwards (Temuka)" 19, Deare (Carlton) 18. Dickinson (Avon) 20. Reid (Lyall Bay) 15. Engebretsen (Napier) 20, Mitchell (Whitiora) 16. FIFTH ROUND Two-lifers Gray 15. Skoglund 9. Haworth, a bye. One-lifers Silbery 23, Wilson 19. Perry 20, Edwards 17. , Engebretsen 10, Dickinson 18 London 23; Gilbert 15. SIXTH ROUND •Silbery 22, Haworth 13 (Haworth lost first life). Perry 19, Engebretsen 18. London 30, Skoglund 25. Gray (two lives), a bye. The seventh round draw is as follows: Silbery, a bye. Gray (two lives) v. Perry. London v. Haworth. SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP FIFTH ROUND Mingins (Ponsonby) 22, Hadwin (Hutt) 12. SIXTH ROUND Dickinson (Avon) 17, Best s (Otago) 13. Mingins 17, Evans (Hamilton) 15. SEMI-FINAL Mingins (Ponsonby) 24, Dickinson 6. PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP FIRST ROUND Manning (Timaru) 24, Henderson (Te Awamutu) 21. Hazlewood (Lyall Bay) 24, Bremner (West End, Auckland) 17. SECOND ROUND Manning 26, Hazlewood 8. Players still in: Manning and Livingstone are in the semi-finals, and Cometti, Tilley, Trueman, Naylor, Lowry, and Needham also are still in.