BOWLS

Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25734, 21 February 1949, Page 3

BOWLS

CHAMPION PAIRS OPENING ROUNDS PLAYED The first rounds of the Christchurch champion of champions pairs competition was begun on the Shirley and Fendalton greens on Saturday. Results:— Shirley Green First Round.—Hulston and Haworth (Canterbury) 23, Southerwood and Lawrence (New Brighton) 15; Dickinson and Wyber (Christchurch) 21, G. Smith and Dawkins (Riccarton) 14; Duckworth and Large (Lyttelton) 27, Paterson and Kirk (Dallington) 19; L. Smith and Ives (Cashmere) 17, Keen and Brigg (Woolston) 11; Little and Bromley (Beckenham) 22, Blomquist and Shuttleworth (Akaroa) 18; Fraser and Baxendale (Opawa) 33. Pryde and Wylie (Ashburton) 10; Gardiner and Bond (St. Albans) and Leckie and Kebby (United) had byes. Second Round.—lves 28, Duckworth 9; Haworth 18. Wyber 16; Bond 25, Kebby 21; Baxendale 23, Bromley 15. Fendalton Green First Round.—Minogue and Jones (Linwood) 22. Fuller and O’Sullivan (Avon) 12; McNabb and Spearman (Sydenham) 20, Cornelius and Street (Rakaia) 15; Cowles and Hadley (Papanui) 21, Hicks and Marriott (Barrington) 16; Dott and Featherston (Elmwood) 21, Forrester and Cooper (Hornby) 11; Velvin and K. Smith (Edgeware) 19, Tintsler and Gaylor (Kaiapoi) 13; Horsfall and McNathy (Shirley), Cassidy and Deavoll (Belfast) and Kennedy and Callaghan (Christchurch W.M.C.) had byes. Second Round.—Spearman 22, Jones 20; Featherstone 19. Hadley 18; McNathy 21, K. Smith 14; Deavoll 21. Callaghan 20.