Surprises In Fours Post-Section Play

Press, Volume CV, Issue 31032, 12 April 1966, Page 3

Surprises In Fours Post-Section Play

Some favoured names departed quickly when the post-section play in the Easter Fours tournament was held yesterday afternoon.

K. G. Murray (Opawa), N. McNab (R.S.A.), M. Yugovich (Beckenham) and M. Lawson (Sydenham) all lost their first round matches. Lawson’s rink, the only team to have gained eight wins in section play again proved the adage that winners of tournaments come from teams that have lost a game. His defeat was an aftermath of an odd situation. When the original draw for the post-section play was made Lawson was given a bye. But T. Dixon (South Brighton), a player not in the draw, turned up at Morrison avenue with the information that he had won six games and thus qualified. A check of the records showed that Dixon was right and one of his wins had been recorded as a loss. He was drawn to play Lawson and won 26-15. L. Newton (Dallington) who had beaten Murray on the last end of the eighth round to gain his qualification won his first round game in the post section play when he beat Bennett (Fendalton) but Bills (Christchurch W.M.C.), another who had narrowly scraped through, lost by one point to the competent Burwood four skipped by S. E. Lawson. The defeat of McNab was one of the major surprises. His R.S.A. four won the champion of champions fours but he found R. Ward (Shirley) just that little bit more consistent and lost 16-17. The tournament will continue today when the winners of the first round meet at 9

a.m. at Morrison avenue and the second round winners at noon. Results were: Section 1 Seventh Round. Brown tOpawa) 16. Cornelius 14; Thomas 28, Gray 10; Pirrie 21, Miller 10; Blakeaway 12. Williams 11; Turpin 33, Thompson 17; Brown tßangiora) 15, Walker 14. Eighth Round. —Turpin 22. Blakeaway 6; Williams 20. Cornelius 7: Pirrie 23, Thomas 17; Miller 15, Brown tßangiora) 14; Walker 22, Thompson 5: Brown (Opawa) 14, Gray 13. Section 2 Seventh Round. —Ward 15, James 12; Ashton 18, Haydock 15; Donovan 25, Russell 13; Weaver 19, Flute 18; Stapleton 17, Bills 13: Moon 23. Clark 19. Eighth Round. —Stapleton 14, Flute 8; Moon 26, Donovan 12; Weaver 16, Ward 12; Bills 28, Clark 4; James 18. Ashton 17; Haydock 17, Russell 16. Section 3 Seventh Round.—Griffin 15, Fahey 14; Bennett 25, Mellin 11: Lawson tßurwood) 14, Lowrie 11; Hoult 21, Brough 12; Lawson tSydenham) 13. Rowe 12; Roberts 16, Cooke 15. Eighth Round. —Hoult 22. Rowe 21: Lowrie 18, Roberts 13; Fahey *l4, Brough 8; Lawson tSydenham) 11. Cooke 10; Griffin 21, Mefiin 7; Bennett 16, Lawson tßurwood) 11. Section 4 Seventh Round.—Sams 14, Hogg 12; Hughes 15, Andrews 14; Rickerby 17, Watson 14; Gray (St. Albans) 24, Powell 14: Gray (Elmwood) 21, Humphries 18; McCone 14, Dailey 13. Eighth Round.—Humphrie 16, Gray (St. Albans) 12; Watson 20. Dailey 15; Powell 19, Hogg 8; McCone 21, Gray (Elmwood) 8: Sams 22, Hughes 5; Rickerby 13, Andrews 12. Section S Seventh Round.—Murray 23, Warner 6; Newton 18. Barnes 12; Hayes 13, Sullivan 10; Dixon 21, Basher 12; Wilkinson 18, Dunn 8; Jackson 21. Simpson 7. Eighth Round.—Dixon 12. Wilkinson 11; Jackson 21. Hayes 13; Basher 24. W'arner 22; Dunn 14. Simpson 9: Newton 12. Murray 12; Sullivan 12. Barnes 10. Section * Seventh Round.—Hayes 22, MeKendry 9: Cone 18, Smee 14; Mathews 25, Wilkins 10; Thin 18, Larcombe 10: Gilberthorpe 19, Heaton 7; Nottingham 16. Hanger 14. Eighth Round. —Larcombe 17. Heaton 16; Mathews 21, Hanger 6; Hayes 27, Thin 12; Nottingham 23, Gilberthorpe 11; McKendry 15, Smee 14; Wilkins 26, Cane 11. Section 7 Seventh Round.—Edmonds 17, Young 15; Sinclair 18, Bond 11; Cox 19. Gundry 10; Wallace 20, Beddis 5; Burtt 15, Bevis 10; McNab 17, Smith 8. Eighth Round. —Beddis 14, Burtt 13: McNab 21, Gundry 17; Young 18, Wallace 9; Smith 29, Bevis 7; Edmonds 29, Sinclair 5; Cox 16, Bond 8. Section 1 Seventh Round. —Giles 22. Lc Roi 9: Haggett 18, Bateman 8; Jugovich 22, Wear 10: McLeod 16. Henderson 9; Tatter son 26, Dutton 15. Eighth Round. —Henderson 19, Wear 15; Jugovich 18. Tatterson 113; Le Roi 16, Dutton 15: Giles 19. Haggett 16; Bateman 20, McLeod 18. Post-section First Round. —Rickerby 14, Murray 11; Sams 13. Yugovich 11: Newton 16, Bennett 14: Nottingham 28, James 10; Lawson (Burwood) 18, Bills 17; Wi-llams 14. McKendry 12. Second Round. —Dixon 26. Lawson (Sydenham) 15; Pirrie 28. Weaver S-. Hoirlt 23. Walker 15: Wflkinsor.-'is, Mathews 17; Ward 17, McNab 16.