Bowls SINGLES TO K. MURRAY

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30056, 14 February 1963, Page 20

Bowls SINGLES TO K. MURRAY

Second Title This Season

K. Murray (Opawa) won his second title this season when he beat H. P. Rennie (Fendalton) 16-14 in the final of the Christchurch Bowling Centre’s open singles tournament on the Fendalton green yesterday. Murray won hi* first title when he skipped the winning Christmas four. He still has a chance of taking another title for he will be competing tn the champion of champion pairs, having won his club’s title. The final was a game of gopd drawing with few fireworks. Midway through the game Murray played a delightful shot, to turn the head, which was against him, to his advantage. This shot was worth five shots to him. He was three down on the head and played a perfect trail, to take the kitty back for two shots.

The scoring was very even over the first six heads. On the. next head Murray doubled his score with a three and then went on to lead 9-3 on the ninth head. A three to Rennie on the next’ bridged the gap a little, but Murray managed to maintain the lead and on the thirteenth head led 13-7. He maintained his lead until the eighteenth, when the game was in his favour, 16-10. On the last three heads Rennie scored a two and two singles to go down by two. Murray’s trail really was the deciding factor in the game. Results were:— Ninth Round.—K. Murray (Opawa) 22, J. Dale (Burwood) 8; H. P. Rennie (Fendalton) 21, H. Teague (Shirley) 18; T. Wallace (United) a bye. Tenth Round.—Murray 24, Wallace 12; Rennie a bye. Final.—Murray 16, Rennie 14. WANT Ads. have proved themselves so profitable and inexpensive that they have become a household and business necessity. .. . Read and use the Want Ads. in "The Press” every day.