BOWLS R. LULHAM, UNBEATEN, WINS OPEN SINGLES

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28821, 16 February 1959, Page 3

BOWLS R. LULHAM, UNBEATEN, WINS OPEN SINGLES

H. Lulham (Canterbury) came through the Christchurch Bowling Centre’s open singles tournament without Ims, winning his Anal against W. H. Cooke (Canterbury) 24-12 on Saturday. Drawing with great ' accuracy throughout the series, he forced his opponents into errors, causing them to drive and play running. shots. Although some of the faster shots succeeded, it was the steady drawing that won through. In his game against H. Teague (Shirley) he was in command of the game from the start and won 21-16. W. H. Cooke (Canterbury) recovered brilliantly in his semi-final against D. Vaughan (Opawa). Leading 11-5 on the tenth head, Vaughan appeared to have the game well in hand, but,Cooke fought back to level the score 11-11 on the fourteenth. A single on the next head- to Vaughan was his last effort, for over the next five heads Cooke scored eight to win 19-12 with one head unplayed- / Cooke met Lulham in the final. It was a rather one-sided game, with Lulham running out . the winner 24-12. Lulham was very steady in his drawing and Cooke was also accurate in his running shots, but the accurate drawing won the match. This win gave Lulham his third centre title—two open pairs and an open singles.

Open . Pairs C. L. Spearman (R.S.A.), with two lives, met another two-lifer J. Turpin (Canterbury) in the eighth round of the open pairs and in thia game' Spearman was no match for Turpin, who won 27-12. H.. Powell (Fendalton) hadMttle 2^ l (SydenhaSMS-74: US'* • - In this round, two Shirley pairs met arid up to the twelfth head it was fairly even, with 3. Velvin holding the advantage over J. Thompson by two and then came on to lead 15-11 on the fifteenth head. But that was Velvin’s last score' and Thompson won 20-15. D. Barron (Sydenham), who was runner-up in this tournament last year, had little difficulty in his game against W. Fox (New Brighton), beating him 29-4. E. A. Lee (Fendalton) trailed K. Murray (South Brighton) until the eleventh head and then a three on the next gave him the lead 11-10. A two and a foiir to. Murray on the next two heads gave him sufficient lead to carry on and win 19-16. N. McNab (R.S.A.) ran away from W. J. Reynolds (Sydenham) to win 22-12.

E. Deavoll (Sydenham) who had a bye in the eighth round met the only other remaining two-lifer Turpin. Deavoll raced away to a 13-3 lead on the eighth head, but Turpin fought back to be 11-14 down on the fifteenth head and even scoring left him three down with two heads to play. On the next head, which was the last as the time limit was reached, Deavoll scored a single to win 18-14 and was the only remaining two-lifer. Changing Fortunes

There was a desperate struggle between Thompson and Powell. After opening with two two’s and a three on the first three heads, Thompson slumped badly on the next and let Powell-get a five, which he followed with a two to even the score. Two more singles to Powell gave him the lead 9-7 on the seventh head. Thorhpson then took over and went into the lead 13-10 on the eleventh. Three’s on the nekt two heads by Powell put him in the lead again, but this was reudced by Thompson with a single and three to take over by one. Good play* on the next head gave Powell another three and the advantage was his, but he lost it on the next head when Thompson scored a three. Powell redeemed the position on the next two heads to be in front 22-20 with two heads left to play, and on these a single and a two to gave him the game Barron, after losing the lead to Murray, on the seventh head was not in the picture again, Murray winning 23-14. McNab met Spearman in the tenth round. These two were the winning pair of the 1954 Dominion tournament. McNab held the lead until the. thirteenth head, when Spearman went into the front by one point. He increased his lead by «another point on the next head. A three on the next put McNab in the lead 19 15 he held 4116 advanta * e to win

Deavoll, with two lives, met/ Murray, with one life, and the South Brighton pair could not match Deavoll s accurate drawing and driving losing by 12 to 19. McNab, In his game against Turpin, began with a rush and led 15-1 on the seventh head. He increased his score to be 27-4 up on the fourteenth. Turpin rallied a little over the next four heads, but ceded the game on the eighteenth, 28-11. Having a bye In the next round McNab will go into the final against Deavoll.

In the last game of the day Deavoll had to struggle hard against Thompson. Thompson had the edge on Deavoll right up to the fifteenth head, but on the next two Thompson and his lead went to pieces and let Deavoll get a four on each to take the lead, 20-16, with four heads to play. On the next head Thompson bridged the gap a little with a two, but at the critical stage of the game Deavoll, on the nineteenth had, chalked up a five to lead 25-18. A two on the next head to Thompson ended the game, 25-20. Deavoll has both his lives intact and in the final against McNab, if he loses the first, they will then have another game to play. The results were:— Singles Ninth Round. —Two-lifers: R. Lulham (Canterbury) (two-lifer) 21, H. Teague (Shirley) (one-lifer) 16. Onelifers: W. H. Cooke (Canterbury) 19, D. Vaughan (Opawa) 12. Final: Lulham (two-lifers) 24, Cooke (onelifer) 12. Pairs Eighth Round.—Two-lifers: Turpin (Canterbury) 27, Spearman (R.S.A.) 12; Deavoll (Sydenham) a. bye. One-lifers: PoWell (Fendidton) 19, 'Hfekman (Sydenham) 7; Thompson (Shirley) 20, Velvin (Shirley) 15; Murray (South Brighton) 19, Lee (Fendalton) 16; McNab (R.S.A.) 22, Reynolds (Sydneham) 12; Barron 29, Fox 4. Ninth Round.—Two-lifers: Deavoll 18, Turpin 14. One-lifers: Thompson 23, Powell 22; Murray 23, Barron 14; McNab 19, Spearman 15. Tenth Round.—Deavoll (two-lifer) 19, Murray (one-lifer) 12. Onelifers: McNab 28. Turpin 11; Thompson a bye. Semi-final.-Deavoll 25, Thompson 20.