BOWLS

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25088, 21 January 1947, Page 8

BOWLS

WEST COAST FOURS TOURNAMENT 18 RINKS QUALIFY FOR POSTSECTIONAL PLAY From Our Own Reporter GREYMOUTH, January 20. The qualifying rounds of the West Coast Bowling Association’s annual fours tournament was completed to-day in beautiful sunny weather, and of the 48 rinks competing 18 qualified for postsectional play, which will be commenced to-morrow. They were:— Section A.—W. G. Ives (Cashmere), E. Cockroft (Kia Toa, Timaru), 8 games; F. White (Runanga). T. Crankshaw (Greymouth.) and C. Taylor (Sydenham) each '6 games out of a possible 9. Section B—W. Martin (Nelson), 7 games; J. Whyte (Christchurch R.S.A.), E. R. Moss (Greymouth), and E. Griffiths (Westport) each 6 games. Section C.—F. Chambers (Sumner), 8 games; C. Madsen (Opawa). 7 games; D. Maunder (Takaka) and E. Chapman (Westport), each 6 games. Section D.—J. S. Robertson (Greymouth), W. Pattinson (Runanga) each 7 games; J. Breeze (Hokitika), K. Mountford (Blackball), and 'J. Smith (Barrington), each six games. Results:— SECTION A Runanga Green Seventh round.—F. White (Runanga) 18. Peek (Karoro) 16; Stokes (Cobden) 18. Kitchin (Runanga) 17; Crankshaw (Greymouth) 29. A. Hughes (Greymouth) 19; Cockroft (Kia Toa) 23. Woolcock (Woolston) 15; Taylor (Sydenham) 23. Cullen (Riccarton Racecourse) 15; Ives (Cashmere) 28, Jennison (Blackball) 22. Eighth round.-*-Ives 22, Crankshaw 21; Cockroft 25. A. Hughes 20; Cullen 23, Stokes 11; F. White 23, Jennison 15; Kitchin 20, Woolcock 19; Taylor 22, Peek 18. Ninth round.—Kitching 16, Jennison 7; Taylor 22, Crankshaw 15; Peek 24. Woolcock 16; Ives 25, Stokes 14; Cockroft 17, F. White 15; Cullen 18. A. Hughes 14. SECTION B Greymouth Green Seventh round.—Moss (Greymouth) 22, Jackson (Cobden) 18; Crawford (Hornby) 25, McCormack (Woolston) 16; J. Whyte (Christchurch R.S.A.) 20, Callaghan (Christchurch W.M.C.) 13; H. Pattinson (Dunollie) 22, Sansom (Greymouth) 13; Walters (Greymouth) 23, Holt (Karoro) 18; Griffiths (Westport) 18, Martyn (Nelson) 17. Eighth round.—Whyte 25. Sansom 18; McCormack 26. H. Pattinson 10; Martyn 21, Holt 13; • Callaghan 22, Jackson 15; Crawford 16, Walters 8; Griffiths 18. Moss 9. Ninth round.—Walters 27. Callaghan 13; Sansom 15. Griffiths 11; Moss 16. Crawford 14; Holt 17. Whyte 14; McCormack 18, Jackson 9; Martyn 23, H. Pattinson *l6. SECTION C Karoro Green Seventh round.—Hadcroft (Runanga) 22, Maskill (Blaketown) 17; Chapman (Westport) 20, Derbyshire (Cobden) 16; Denton (Greymouth) 22. Warnes (Greymouth) 21; Chambers (Sumner) 23, Madsen (Opawa) 22; Morgan (Nelson) 22. Johns (Canterbury) 20; Maunder (Nelson) 30, Benjamin (Hokitika) 14. Eighth Round.—Maunder 19, Denton 18; Chambers 20. Warnes 16; Morgan 17. Derbyshire 13; Benjamin 26, Maskill 13; Chapman 22, Madsen 19; Hadcroft 19. Johns 15. Ninth Round.—Chapman 16, Benjamin 15; Johns 25, Denton 16; Madsen 16. Hadcroft 15; Maunder 22, Derbyshire 18; Chambers 20. Maskell 17; Morgan 18, Warnes 17. SECTION D Cobden Green Seventh Round—.SpearWnan (Christchurch R.S.A.) 23, Breeze (Hokitika) 18; Robertson (Greymouth) 32, Fairhall (Cobden) 13; Thompson (Karoro) 22, Mercer (Greymouth) 12; Pattinson (Runanga) 21, R. Smith (Greymouth) 8; K. Mountford (Blackball) 23, W. Hughes (Linwood) 15; J. Smith (Barrington) 20, W. Britten (Sydenham) 17. Eighth Round —Breeze 16, Mercer 15: Mountford 17, Thompson 13; W. Pattinson 26, Britten 11; Spearman 22, Fairhall 16; Hughes 22, R. Smith 20; J. Smith 24. Robertson 14. Ninth Round.—Spearman 29, R. Smith 14; J. Smith 25, Mercer 21; Robertson 19, Hughes 13; W. Pattinson 18, Breeze 14: Mountford 22. Fairhall 20; Britten 25, Thompson 17. Sectional Play The following is the draw for sectional play, which will be conducted to-morrow at the Karoro green:—9.3o a.m.: Chapman v. Ives, winner of match to play K. Mountford 1 p.m.: J. Smith v. C. Madsen, W. Pattinson v. T. Crankshaw, J. Whyte v. E. Moss. Greymouth Green.—9.3o a.m.: F. Chambers v. J. Robertson. 1 p.m.: Taylor V. Martyn, E. Cockroft v. F. White, D Maunder v E. Griffiths. The winner of the Chambers and Robertson match will meet J Breeze.

Consolation fours will also be played at the Cobden green, the draw for which is as follows:—W. Hughes v. H. Jennison. J. Hadcroft v. J. Derbyshire. G. Cullen v. R. Sansom, W. Jackson v. F. Morgan. S. Maskill v. W. Britten’, C. Spearman v. J, Woolcock.