BOWLS

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 81, 30 December 1929, Page 16

BOWLS

WELLINGTON CENTRE END OF SECTION PLAY THE DRAW FOR TO-DAY Perfect conditions favoured bowlers on Saturday when the three final rounds ot section play of the Wellington ten re s annual rink tourney were got off. 1 hot'® were bine skies, and just a p.easant northerly breeze to temper the heat ot the summer sun. After the stormy conditions of the previous day, the change was delightful, and whether they lost or won everyone concerned had a great day on the green. The results were as follow :— SEVENTH ROUND. Section A.—Victoria Green. Hart beat Bedell, 18—16. Ardell beat Duff, 30—IS. Neilson beat Glendining, 16 —10. Porteous beat Lomas, 21—19. Ferkins beat A. J. Pollock, 22 Dempsey beat Crawford, 29—la. Section B.—Thorndon. Lopdell beat J. Pollock, 25 19. Hill beat Millner, 19—12. Shepherd beat Munro (Island Bay), 20— Brighting beat Cathie, 28—If. Smith (Newtown) beat Potter, 19—10. Goodwin beat Conder, 24 —10. Section C.— Wellington. Levestam beat Bourke, 22—18. McCune beat Jameson, 28—11. Robertson beat Dunean, 22—12. Jackson beat Parsons, 23—22. ' Sherwood beat Gapes. 30 -11. Lowry beat Smith (Thorndon), 18—lo. Section D.—Hataitai. Hale beat Munro, 19 —14. Russell beat McWhannell. 21—If. Naylor beat Adams, 22—12. Fairway beat Topp, Tucker beat Gardner, 20—1 J. EIGHTH ROUND. Section A.—Victoria. Glendining beat Lomas, 23—8. Dempsey beat Neilson, 20—11. Hart beat A. Pollock, 20 —16. Crawford beat Duff, 25—18._ Bedell beat Porteous, 18—lo. Ardell beat Ferkins, 20 —18. Section B.—Thorndon. Cathie beat Shepherd, 20—13. - Munro (Island Bay) beat Goodwin, 21 — 15. Potter beat Lopdell, 22—16. Conder beat Hill, 26—17. Brighting beat J. Pollock, 23—14. Millner beat Smith (Newtown), 94 13 ‘ Section C (Wellington). Duncan beat Jackson, 25—17. Lowry beat Robertson, 20—-If. Sherwood beat Bourke, 27—7. Smith beat Jameson, 32—4. Parsons beat Levestam, 22—18. McCune beat Gapes, 26—23. Section D (Hataitai). Tucker beat Fairway, 20—16. Adams beat Munro, 20 —19. Russell beat Gardner, 22—20. ' Naylor beat Topp, 22—13. Hale beat McWhannell, 23—13. NINTH ROUND. Section A (Victoria). Duff beat Dempsey, 28—24. Ferkins beat Crawford, 26—IS. Lomas beat Bedell, 20 —10. Ardell beat Neilson, 31 —14. Hart beat Glendining, 20—19. Pollock, A., beat Porteous, IG—l4. Section B (Thorndon). Hill beat Goodwin, 18 —16. Conder beat Smith, 28 —15. Cathie beat J. Pollock, 15—14. Munro beat Millner, 23 —20, Lopdell beat Shepherd, 20—18. Brighting beat Potter. 21—20. Section C (Wellington). Parsons beat Sherwood, 29 —20. Smith (Thorndon) beat Gapes, 31—laDuncan beat Bourke, 25—15. Levestam, beat Jackson, 20 —18. Lowry beat Jamieson, 21—19. McCune, beat Robertson, 22—20. Section D (Hataitai). Gardner beat Adams, 18 —17. Hale beat Topp, 34—16. Russell beat Tucker, 18 —17. Naylor beat Munro, 26 —4. McWhannell beat Fairway, 21—20. WINS AND LOSSES. Section A. v . Wins Losses

The teams still left in the competition are those represented by the following skips:— Wins. Brighting (Hataitai) 9 Sherwood (Lyall Bay) 8 Ardell (Hataitai) 8 Lowry (Kelburn) 8 Parsons (Island Bay) 7 Ferkins (Island Bay) 7 Naylor (Thorndon) 7 POST SECTION PLAY THE DRAW. Post-section play will commence on the Wellington Club’s green at 9 a.m. today. The following is the draw: — First round (9 a.m.),: Parsons v. Naylor. Ferkins, a bye. ' Second round (1 p.m.) : Winner of Parsons-Naylor game v. Ferkins; Ardell v. Lowry. Sherwood, a bye. Third round (4 p.m.) : Winners v. winners; nnd Brighting v. Sherwood. The final game will be played on the Wellington Club's green at 2 p.m. tomorrow. A SENSATIONAL GAME. One of the most sensational games of the tournament was that between Sherwood (Lyall Bay) and Parsons (Island Bay) in the ninth round. Sherwood, with eight wins, was already home and dried for post-section play, but Parsons wanted another win to qualify. Everyone concluded that Sherwood, the one unbeaten skip in the section, would make mince pie of Parsons and Co., but you never can tell. From the outset Parsons persisted in scoring, until on the sixteenth head, the score stood at 23—8 in favour of Parsons. Then Sherwood got five shots on two successive heads, which was gallantly responded to by Parsons, who, with a fine drive, cut out the enemy bowls and lay six shots I Thus it will be seen that sixteen points in all were scored on three successive heads. Sherwood got two on the twentieth head, but as that left him nine points in arrear, it was not necessary to play the twenty-first head.

Ardell \Hataitai) 8 1 Ferkins (Island Bay) .... 2 Hart (Carterton) 6 • 3 Glendining (Wellington) .. o 4 Porteous (Wellington) ... 4 Lomas (Kelburn) 4 Pollock, A. (Newtown) ... 4 o Crawford (Karori) 4 Neilson (Karori) ........ 3 3 6 Dempsey (Woburn) 6 Bedell (Island Bay) ; 2 Duff (Newtown) 2 7 Section B. Brighting (Hataitai) ..... 9 0 Conder (Island Bay) 6 Hill (Wellington) Shepherd (Hataitai) 6 3 4 Munro (Island Bay) 4 Potter (Wellington) 4 Lopdell (Wellington) 4 Goodwin (Thornton) 4 5 Cathie (Karori) 4 .7 5 Millner (Lyall Bay) .... - 6 Pollock. J. (Newtown) .... 1 8 Smith (Newtown) 1 8 Section C. Sherwood (Lyall Bay) ... 8 1 Lowry (Kelburn) s 1 Parsons (Island Bay) .... 7 2 Smith (Thorndon) 4 Jackson (Seatoun) 4 McCune (Hataitai) t) 4 Duncan (Wellington) .... 4 Levestam (Newtown) .... 3 6 Gapes (Karori) 3 (» Jameson CVictoria) ...... ** ■ Robertson (Petone) 7 Burke (Khandallah) 2 4 SECTION d. Naylor (Thorndon) 7 o Fairway (Wellington) ... 6 . »-> Hale (Island Bay) 6 Russell (Newtown) .6 o Naylor (Thorndon) ...... McWhannell (Hataitai) .. 2 4 Tucker (Victoria) 4 Adams (Karori) 4 Topp (Lyall Bay) 2 Gardner (Kelburn) Munro (Eastbourne) 1 ■ 8 THE FINALISTS.