BOWLS

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25089, 22 January 1947, Page 10

BOWLS

OPEN SINGLES PLAY ON FOUR GREENS The Christchurch Bowling Centre open singles tournament opened yesterday on four greens in Christchurch, Linwood, Fendalton, Elmwood, and Edgeware. The results were:— Edgeware.—First round: Courtney 20, Gosney 18; Giles 26, Sharp 13; Perry 16, Plummer 21; Clark 17, Hulston 18; Stapleton 17, Campbell 20; Findley 9, Smith 22. Second -round: Perry 25, Stapleton 16; Hulston 29, Findley 10; Giles 19, Smith 17; Courtney 21, Campbell 19; Gosney 7, Plummer 25; Sharp 11, Clark 21. Third round: Courtney 13, Giles 27; Gosney 11, Sharp 19; Perry 18, Clark 19; Plummer 23, Hulston 11; Stapleton 21, Findley 19; Campbell 23, Smith 20. Fourth round: Gosney 15, Hulston 28; Giles 14, Stapieton 21; Plummer 16, Smith 22; Courtney 12, Clark 19; Perry 20, Findley 16; Sharp 15, Campbell 20. Fifth round: Sharp 16, Plummer 14; Courtney 23, Findley 8; Hulston 15, Campbell 9; Gosney 18, Smith 17; Giles 17, Perry 23; Clark 6, Stapleton 29. Elmwood. —First round: Carmine 5, Jones 22; Ryder 11, McLean 18; Cooper 15, Washbourne 18; Austin 14, Haworth 23; Little 20, Orchard 18; Burke 15, Hollander 12. Second round: Cooper 24, Little 13; Haworth 20, Burke 10; Ryder 11, Hollander 21; Carmine 11, Orchard 24, Jones 18, Washbourne Mc^ean . ? 6 ’ n vrier tin 13. Third round: Carmine 14, Ryafr 19; Jones 7, McLean 2; Cooper 18, Austin* 11; Washbourne 22, Haworth 6 Little 19, uturke 20' Orchard 10, Hollander 2a. Fourth round: Jones 11, Haworth 20; B>der 19, Little 24; Washbourne 20, Hol lander 22: McLean 20. Orchard 10. . minp 7 Austin 26; Cooper 17, Burke in. Fifth round: McLean 17, Washbourne in- Carmine 10, Burke 19; Haworth 21> Orchard 6; Jones 19, Hollander 20; Ryder ’’Fendalton o —First round: Gdibore IL wTn^‘ls; 1 Hodge Ul ll, Macdonald =2: B-reach donald 20, Gailand 14, Pa » w t ng i°aXSB SwM iel 9. Macdonald 21, ramw." „ Wing 21, Horsfall 8; Kay 25, He Gibbons 23, Hodge 6, Sha b, G _ b _ 13. Fifth round : Kay 18, 'y*^ onald 20, bons 20, Garland 19, Paul vipnrv 10: Daniel 21, Horsian 12, Shaw 21 i,. H ° dge .. n 1 }’. Rennie 20,’ RobLinwood.—First jound nn Giddens erts 16; Gibson 16, McNisn 21, Blackler 12; Fox' 15 Elhs LL Ashford «on 22, Ramsay 8, GowaniocK , n n « Blackler 21. Elhs 15. Tatterson a . lock 9; Ramsay 17. AaMord i Gibson w> round: Roberts 20, udiis 94. "MeTatterson 23: Blackler 7. Ashtord 24 Me will be resumed to-day plays McNish; Haworth plays Shaw, A ford plays Hollander. Three Fours Champ.onship Th? match committee of the cnrist church m c a enue has decided tocon mue with the three rounds of the tnree iuulo cember 11 round on March 5.

FOURS CHAMPIONSHIP ON WEST COAST SEMI-FINALS TO BE PLAYED TO-DAY From Our Own Reporter GREYMOUTH, January 21. The semi-final stages were reached today in the West Coast Bowling Centres annual fours championship tournament at the Karoro and Greymouth greens. The weather was/ again beautifully fine and sunny, though there was at times a light, tricky wind. The greens were in perfect order The fours which will take part in the semi-finals to-morrow morning are those of W. Martyn (Nelson), who will meet E. Griffiths (Westport), and W. G. Ives (Cashmere), who will play E. K. Moss (Greymouth). The final will be played to-morrow afternoon. Results of to-day's matches in postsection play were:— First Round—W. G. Ives (Cashmere) 20. E. Chapman (Westport) 16; J. S. Robertson (Greymouth) 19, Chambers (Sumner) 18. Second Round.—W. G. Ives 22, K. Mountford (Blackball) 11; C. Madsen (Opawa) 18. J. Smith (Barrington) 8; W. Pattinson (Runanga) 27, T. Crankshaw (Greymouth) 10; E. R. Moss (Greymouth) 22 J. Whyte (Christchurch R.S.A.) 17; W. Martvn (Nelson) 27. C. Taylor (Sydenham) 25; F. White (Runanga) 23, E. Cockroft (Timaru) 12; E. Griffiths (Westport) 18, D. Maunder (Takaka) 14; J. Breeze (Hokitika) 24. J. S. Robertson 9. Third round.—lves 22. Madsen 12; Moss 22, Pattinson 17; Martyn 21, F. White 11; E. Griffiths 19. J. Breeze 14. A consolation tournament - for nonqualifiers was won by J. Woolcock, whose rink beat that of H. Jennison (Blackball) in the final, 18-14, after Woolcock had beaten R. Sansom in the semi-final, 11-10.