BOWLS H. DEAVOLL WINS OPEN SINGLES TOURNAMENT

Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27583, 14 February 1955, Page 15

BOWLS H. DEAVOLL WINS OPEN SINGLES TOURNAMENT

Further rounds in the Christchurch Bowline Centre's open singles and pairs tournament were decided on Saturday at the Edgeware green. The singles was won by H. Deavoll (Belfast), who beat W. Cogswell (Linwood) 20-11 in the final. The pairs could not be finished as some of the players were still in both the singles and pairs. The finalists are G. Rowe (Opawa) and J. Huddleston (Mount Pleasant).

Conditions were good when play began in the morning, but the green was holding a little in the early rounds. However, the warm sun soon dried out the moisture and in the afternoon the green was. playing reasonably fast. The absence of any wind gave the drawing players a great advantage over those who were not so steady, and any mistakes or bad bowls were entirely the fault of the player. No players entered the last few rounds of the singles with two lives and of the three games played in the ninth round only one was close. This was the game between Deavoll and A Rennie (Canterbury). On the eighth end Deavoll led 7-5, and Rennie stayed on five for the next four ends while Deavoll increased his score to twelve Rennie had not scored well, and at the sixteenth end was 16-6 down, but from there he came on and scored nine over the next four ends to be 16-15 down with one head to play On this DeavoU took a single to win in an exciting finish 17-15. * n an W. Cogswell had no difflculty in his game against C. H. Manning (Papanui), and held a commanding lead throughout the game. On the twelfth end he led 18-4, and was 25-10 up on the eighteenth when the game finished In the semi-final between Cogswell and Common, Common let Cogswell score a three at a vital stage of the game and with four heads left to play Common required six to tie. He would get only two singles on the next two heads, and with CogsweU taking a single on the next. Common conceded the game with one head to play, 22-17. In the final between Deavoll and CogsweU two very different types of play were seen. Cogswell favoured the short head, and Deavoll as long a head as possible. Deavoll was much steadier than Cogswell and scored on the short as well as the long head CogsweU took a single on the first head, and DeavoU scored six on the next three, and further increased his lead to be up 10-3 on the eighth. Over the next three heads Cogswell took • two tw .° sin Sl« to bridge the m a little, but Deavoll, who was playing with great accuracy, soon breught his score up to be 14-7 up on the fourteenth head. CogsweU now had to took for points and m trying to get on top had the run of luck against him. Often when trying to buUd up his score on the head he would turn one of DeavoU's bowls in for shot. Cogswell wae playing an uphUl game aU the time and on the eighteenth head he was 19-8 down. With a two on the next he had to score a possible on the

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i wu . Pl *y in the Pairs there el w«e y on?v *s* pal . rs commenced two <Linw<Sdi ta ?.S’ were D. Vaughan 'u J" 11 H - Deavoll (Belfast). and g ne?v„ l |f < ) <or the HrstgSie. *cm.w“? 20-ia st flr,t lU * to c Howe Si ~ wi ""‘ h ** feS™ ™W*ii I X?S!I3“ , ‘ had no dlfßtwn nSX,!™ 8 ? F ame was seen between players W . CogsweU (Un. wodd) and J. Huddleston (Mount Pleasanyone’s game up to the ?! ven Jeenth end, when Cogswell led. 16Coea«2>n th u nes i‘ heacl disaster befell CogsweU when he let Huddleston get a th- oriitoal stage in the game. On ***l end Huddleston took anhtlri lead ’ with only two play -i On these CogsweU got singles and went down, 22-18. of , the - da y was when it’"{SSLS®* Va Hf han ln toe tenth round. “ s U Findlay’s luck had deserted him, but good bowling over the w2r. of the game gave him a well earned victory. Findlay led 3-1 on ♦h ra^ e 5 on<l 4v. head and then remained on v»iTph^n r <r tl iu n ? xt eight ends while J? £ gathered up points to lead 13-3 tooth end. A little relief came to Findlay when he scored a single and a e wl n^ xt two endß> but he was ?r V< behind, and on the seventeenth Vaughan led, 17-10. From what •eemed a hopeless position Findlay scored two twos, two singles, and a five toe remaining heads to Vaughan’s one, and won the game, 19-18. In the semi-final between Rowe and Vaughan, Rowe held the lead 7-6 on the seventh end. For the next three Vaughan remained on six while Rowe increased his score to eleven. Fighting back with two waB one d °wn on the twelfth, and did not score again for four heads, letting Rowe increase his score by t ol l r, -F ,a y from then on was fairly even, but Vaughan could not bridge the gap and went down, 18-15. Vaughan, who was toe . la pt skip with two lives, was eliminated when he lost this game, having lost his first life in his previous game. r The other semi-final between Huddleston and Findlay was a rather one-sided one with Huddleston keeping in front all the time. Huddleston went away to a fine lead and was 12-4 up on the ninth end. On the sixteenth end he still held a commanding lead, being 16-9 up. Findlay reduced this lead by two over the next two ends, but a three to Huddleston on the next put him further in - front. Findlay 19 n i2 Cded tJle game wlth one head to play, Results: — Singles a Ninth Round.—H. Deavoll (Belfast) 17, A. Rennie (Canterbury) 15; W. Cogswell (Unwood) 25, C. H. Manning (Papanul) 10; S. G. Common (Dis. Servs.) 26, R. Alexander 10. Semi-final.—Deavoll, a bye; Cogswell 22, Common 17. Final.—Deavoll 20, Cogswell 11. Pairs Ninth Round.—B. Rhodes and D. Vaughan (Linwood), a bye (two-lifers). F. Baxandall and C. Rowe (Opawa) (onelifers) 20, A. Charterls and H. Deavoll (Belfast) (two-lifers) 18. One-lifers: F. Kotloski and J. Findlay (Amberley) 20, C. B. McNatty and C. F. Ashton (Canterbury) 13; A. L. Taylor and J. Huddleston (Mount Pleasant) 22, T. Harrall and W. Cogswell (Unwood) 18. Tenth Round.—Findlay 19, Vaughan 18 (two-lifers); Huddleston 19, Deavoll 16; Rowe, a bye. Semi-final.—Rowe 18, Vaughan 15; Huddleston 19, Findlay 12.