BOWLS

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24801, 15 February 1946, Page 6

BOWLS

♦ COAST CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES From Our Own Reporter GREYMOUTH, February 14. The remaining three rounds of section play in the pairs championship in the West Coast annual bowling tournament were concluded to-day, post-sectional play in both the fours and pairs championships will begin tc-morrow morning. No fewer than seven greens were utilised during the last two days for pairs matches, which easily constituted a record. Play to-morrow and on Saturday, when the finals will be played, will be confined to the green's at Greymouth—Greymouth and Karoro—which are in excellent order in spite of almost a week’s play.

A notable feature about the seven section winners. in the pairs championship who emerged after to-day’s play is that six of them corpprise representatives of the four principal Grey district clubs, only one visiting pair, that skipped by H. Blackler (Lyttelton), qualifying. Along with L. G. Mercer (Greymouth) he was the only skip who did not require to play off. winning all seven games. F. A. Hughes (Greymouth) and C. Madsen (Opawa) each won six games, and in the play-off Hughes proved the victor to qualify 17-10. his lead, F. Chivers, playing brilliant bowls. J. Stokes (Cobden) and F. Stevens (Waimate) played off to decide the winner of Section B, after winning six games each, and Stokes gained the honours comfortably, 18-6. C. Dewar (Karoro) was the only skip to secure six wins in Section C to qualify. W. O’Neill (Runanga), with six wins, played off with his clubmate R. McDonald, to decide a qualifier in Section F, and O’Neill won. 19-15. Results of yesterday’s play were:— GREYMOUTH GREEN Section A Fifth Round.—Britten 23, Drury 13; Madsen 14, Moss 12: Parsonage 18, Warnes 16: Reed 18, Maskill 17; Donaldson 21, Derbyshire 12: Hughes 20, Mahar 19; Hadcroft 21, McCormick 19; Kirk 27, Saunders 17. Sixth Round.—Warnes 20, Reed 18; Britten 20, Derbyshire 7; Mahar 20, Drury 13; Hughes 18, McCormick 10; Moss 26, Kirk 18: Hadcroft 20, Parsonage 17; Donaldson 21, Saunders 15; Madsen 19, Maskill 14 Seventh Round.—Hughes 22, Par.-onage 15: Hadcroft 16, Reed 19; Moss 28 Dcnaldsor 14; Warnes 18, Madsen 15; Drury 18. McCormick 16; Britten 17, J •Saunders II; Maskell 20, Kirk 16; Mahar 20, Derb; shire 15. KARORO GREEN Section B Fifth Round.—J. Stokes 19, T.‘ F. Chambers 14; F. H. Gibson 21, Jennison 11; F. Denton 20, S. Stanton 16; E. la Frentz 21, J. Curtin 19: S. Peek 23. C. Lawson 19; F. Stevens 19, Ford 11; R. B. Smith 23, P. McCaskill 15; C. Sara 17. Smith 14. Sixth Round.—J. Curtin 23, Denton 18; S. Peek 16, T. F. Chambers 15; J. Stokes 18. F. Stevens 14; P. McCaskill 18, Ford 17; C. Sara 17, Jennison 16; R. B. Smith 21. S. Stanton 14; S. Smith 24, C. Lawson 22: E. la Frentz 21, F. H. Gibson 20. Seventh Round.—L. Ford 29, S. Stanton 18; R. B. Smith 13, J. Curtin 9; H. Jennison 23, C. Lawson 22; F. H. Gibson 20, F. Denton 19; J. Stokes 26, P. McCaskill 14; S. Smith 21, T. F. Chambers 20; C. Sara 20, la Frentz 16; S. Peek 19, F. Stevens 20. COBDEN GREEN Section C Fifth Round.—J. Smith 20, F. Smith 16; F. Perrone 15, J. Giles 11; J. Massey 19, McDowell 18; C. Dewar 23, C. Taylor 20; T. Watts 24, J. Cleliand 23; F. Haglund 18, H. Smith 15; W. Hodgson 20, B. Vivian 18; G. J. CJlillen 19, A. Brown 14. Sixth Round.—C. Taylor 23, J. Massey 13; J. Cleliand 24, J. Smith 11; H. Smith 22. F. W Smith 18; F. Haglund 17, W. Hodgson 16; F. Perrone 21, G. J. Cullen 11; McDowell 20, B. Vivian 15; A. Brown 21. T. Watts 17; C. Dewar 20, J. Giles 16. Seventh Round.—C. Dew’ar 20, Cullen 16; F. W. Smith 16, Hodgson 15; H. Smith 22. Cleliand 20; Giles 16, Massey 15; Perrone 17, Watts 6; Taylor 20, Vivian 18; Brown 17, J. Smith 10; McDowell 21, Haglund • 13. BLAKETOWN GREEN

Section D Fifth Round.—Stevenson 21, R. J. Watson 10; J. Webster 21, J. Hughes 18; D. D. Merritt 18, F. Morgan 16; A. Besley 21, Meldrum 14; R. McMillan 19, H. G. Scott 17; J. Sharp 20, W. Brown 18; A. Benjamin 22, L. A. Ragg 16; V. Vitetta 23. D. E. Packer 16. Sixth round.—A. Besley 20, Merritt 18; R. McMillan 22. R J. Watson 20; D. Stevenson 26, W. Brown 20; L. A. Ragg 19, J Sharp 18; D. E. Packer 19, J. Hughes 18; A. Benjamin 14, F. Morgan 13; V. Vitetta 17. H. G. Scott 16; J. Webster 20, Meldrum 16. Seventh Round.—F. Morgan 21, J. Sharp 20; A. Benjamin 21, A. Besley 18; H. G. Scott 17. J. Hughes 12; J. Webster 16, D. Merritt 15; D. Stevenson 22, L. A. Ragg 18; R. J. Watson 20, V. Vitetta 16: D. E. Packer 25, W. Meldrum 10; R. ' McMillan 22, W. Brown 20. HOKITIKA GREEN Section E Fifth Round.—J. Coxall 18, J. Burgess 17; W. G. Ives 25, J. Shannon 11; A. Alexander 20, R. S. Draper 17; C. J. Willis 20, G. Neilson 16; H. Blackler 21, J. S. Robertson 20; J. Gribble 24, J. Gemmell 17; A. W. Ball 37, G. Dixon 13; M. Lauria 26, F. Robinson 17. ' Sixth Round.—C. J. Willis 22, A. Alexander 16; J. Burgess 15, J. S. Robertson 12; C. Coxall 21, J. Gemmell 12; A. W. Ball 27, J. Gribble 10; F. Robinson 20, J. Shannon 12; A. S. Draper 20, G. Dixon 17; H. Blackler 17, M. Lauria 15; W. G. Ives 20, G. Neilson 13. Seventh Round.—R. S. Draper 27, J Gribble 14; C. J. Willis 25, G. Dixon 14; H. Blackler 26, J. Shannon 15; W. G. Ives 25, A. Alexander 20; A. W. Ball 23, J. Coxall 10; M. Lauria 19, J. Burgess 16: G. Neilson 21, F. Robinson 18; J. Gemmell 14, J. S. Robertson 5, RUNANGA GREEN Section F Fifth Round.—R. B. Clarke 20, Cogswell 16; A. MiHer 23, D. Johnson 18; J. Kyle 18, R. Green 16; R. McDonald 20. A. Baldwin 12; H. Daniel 26, A. Ferguson 22: A. T. Bennett 20, C. J. Emms 17; W. O’Neill 19, H. Smith 10; C. A. White 23, F. Steans 20. Sixth Round.—J. Kyle 24, A. Baldwin 20; A. Ferguson 21, R. B. Clarke 15; W. J. Cogswell 16, C. J. Emms 15; H. Smith 21, A. Bennett 14; D. Johnson 17, F. Steans 14; W. O’Neill 24, R. Green 18; H Daniel 20, G. White 18; R. McDonald 20, A. Miller 16. Seventh Round.—R. Green 16, Bennett 11: W. O'Neill 26, A. Baldwin 16; H. Daniel 28, D. Johnson 24; A. Miller 18, Kyle 17: W. J. Cogswell 20. H. Smith 11. C. A. White 18, R. B. Clarke 17; R. McDonald 25, F. Steans 20: C. J. Emms 24, A. Ferg.uson 12. BLACKBALL GREEN Section G Fifth Round.—L. Fitzsimmons 20. J. Underwood 17; L. Mercer 21, A. Wilson 13; T. Crankshaw 16, W. Going 15; D. Francis 24. Hayes 23; R. Henry 25, Rarity 21; C. J. Spearman 29, G. H. Logan 18; J. Woolcock 26, Holt 21. Sixth Round.—W Going 17. Logan 12; J. Underwood 22. J. Rarity 16; R. Henry 22. Fitzsimmons 16; A. Wilson 25, Holt 15; L. Mercer 17. J. Woolcock 15; T. Crankshaw 21, D. Francis 17; C. Spearman 22. W. Hayes 13. Seventh Round.—C. Spearman 21, Crankshaw 18: W. Hayes 12, R. Henry 7; J. Rarity 18, J Woolcock 14; G. 'H. Logan 15. J. Underwood 14; W. Holt 16, W. Going 12; A. Wilson 12, L. Fitzsimmons 11; L. Mercer 12. D. Francis 10. Draw for To-day The following is the draw for post-sec-tion play starting to-day:— Pairs.--Karoro green. 9 o’clock: Blackler v. O’Neill and Stokes v. Hughes. Additionally. Mercer plays Dewar, but no green or time has been fixed. McMillan has a bye. Fours.—Greymouth green, 8.30 a.m., restricted to 15 ends, with - a time limit of one hour and three-quarters: .Moss v. Besley; Mercer v.. Francis; Taylor v. Dentonr Hadcroft v. Miller; Gibson v. Henry; Vitetta v. Spearman. Ives and Mountford have byes. CHRISTCHURCH CLUB The final of the pairs championship of the Christchurch Bowling Club was won by H. P. Rennie and P. Drayton (skip), who beat G. Queree and J. K. Macdonald.