BOWLS TOURNAMENT

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 154, 27 March 1937, Page 11

BOWLS TOURNAMENT

Wellington Easter Rinks FIRST THREE ROUNDS In pleasant weather and on greens that played well the first three rounds of the Wellington Bowling Centres Laster rinks tournament were held yesterday. The only rinks not defeated during the dav were those skipped by Noad, Christensen, Pollock and McWhannell. 11l section C none of the teams have had three wins, and the section is headed by six with two win® each. Three further rounds of section play will be held today, and a further three on Monday. The conditions of play are different from the conditions of previous Easter tournaments in Wellington in that the games are of 18 heads each instead _ot 21, and post-section play will not immediately follow section play, but will be held next Saturday. Yesterday section A played at the Kelburn club’s green, section B at Karori, section 0 at Island Bay,, and section D at Victoria. To-day section A will play at the Wellington club’s green, section B at Seatoun, section C at Lyell Bay, and section D at Hataitai. The results of yesterday’s play are as follows: — Section A FIRST ROUND. Wellington: Warner, O’Gorman, Skoglund, T. T. Skoglund (s.); Kelburn: Gorringe, Watkins, Dunean, M. Routley («.), 13. Hataitai: Wilson, Wrigley, Josephson, W. A. Wellings (s.), 22; Petone: Porter, Booth, Johnson, J. W. Johnson (s.), 14. Thorndon: Stewart. Maclaurin, Hutton, C. H. Nicholls (s.), 18; Kelburn: Spence. Forgie, Wicks, J. R. Smith (s.), 11. Victoria: Smith. Middleton, Ingram, €. G. Scolan (s.j. 22; Hataitai: Reed, Pinnock, Strange-Mure, A. E. Wells (s.), 14. Lvall Bav: King, Marshall, McLean, G. H. Noad (s.), 17; Island Bay: Bryce, Green, Reece, J. M. Jenkins (s.),' 15. SECOND ROUND. Smith 33, Johnson 15. Noad 19, Scolan 11. Skoglund 15, Wellings 13. Routley 20. Jenkins 16. Wells 16, Nicholls 15. THIRD ROUND. Seolon 31, Jenkins 15. Smith 24, Skoglund 10. Johnson 13, Wells 11. Noad 21, Nicholls 15. Routley 18, Wellings 15. Section B FIRST ROUND. Hataitai: Hvntt, Bucknell, Jones, N. Nelson (s.), 19; Wellington: Christie, Lonsdale, Connor, A. R. Shillson (s.), 15. Seatoun: Hepburn, Robertson, Hill, R. F. Robinson fs.), 10: Kelburn: S. Gray, Williams, Marris, T. Gray (s.), 8. Newtown: Meek, Newson, Rees, A. Pollock («.), 19; Wellington; Ewart, Colquhoun, Wilmot, J. Porteous (s.), 12. Karori: Thom, Townsley, Field, F. J. Christensen (s.), 19; Kelburn: Hunter, Miller. 8011. C. A. Clarke (s.), 17. Lyall Bay: Overend, Raven, Conder, J. M. Brackenridge (s.), 28; Thorndon: Herbert, Kerr, Irvine, F. J. 11. Nancarrow (s.), 8.

SECOND ROUND. Porteous 23, Robinson 8. Christensen 24, Brackenridge 7. Gray 23, Nelson 10. Shillson 26, Nancarrow 16. Pollock 17, Clarke 10. THIRD ROUND. Christensen 28. Nancarrow 11. Porteous It), Nelson I'2. * Robinson IS, Clarke 14. Pollock 14. Brackenridge 12. Gray 24, Shillson 15. Section C FIRST ROUND. Ihitaitai: Gibson, Urquhart, Wliltconibe, J. Taylor (s.), 24; Wellington: Newall, Phelps, Edwards, J. W. Jennings (s.), 9. Kelburn: Cooper. Morpeth, Martin, J. E. Widdop (s.), 20: Victoria: Rathbone, Froude, Combs, Evans (s.), 17. Hataitai: Duncan. McKay, Kershaw, W. Fielding (s.), 19; Karori: Wyatt, Dyett, Neilson, W. Gilbert («.). 18. Wellington: Roberts, Wylie, Newson, L. McKelvie (s.), 25: Newtown: Bird, Maybury, O’Connor. F. Russell (s.), 21. Lyall Bay: Newton, Barker, Deare, J. McKenna (s.), 20; Petone: Kerr, Robertson, Hunter, O. Silbery (s.), 14. EOTCOND round. McKenna 19. Russell 13. Taylor 21, Widdop 17. Jennings 13. Silbery 12. Gilbert 36, McKelvie 5. Evans 17, Fielding 10. THIRD ROUND. Silbery 21. Russell 19. Fielding 23. Taylor 12. McKelvie 22. Evane 16. Gilbert 15, McKenna 13. Jennings 27, Widdop 7. Section D FIRST DIVISION. Karori: Adamson. Dunbar, Shaw. T. Adams (s.l, 15; Victoria: Watts, Murphy, Forsyth, J. G. Stevens (s.), 14. Hataitai: Charters, Rodgers, Ginger, P. MeWliannnll (s.), 10; Lyall Bay: Bowse, Bradley. Hazlewood. J. B. Reid (s.), 15. Karori: Parsons, Leadbeater, Wilkinson, J. F. Armit (s.), 16; Lyall Bay:_Kean, Ryan, Coleman, J. Leuchars (s.), 15. Kelburn: Croxton. Brook, Reid. C. W. Nielsen* (s.), 24; WeUing’ton: McCorkindale, Watts, O’Donnell. A. Spiller (s.). 19. Victoria: Jory, Clark. Tucker. 11. Watts (s.), 21; Newtown: Fownes, Wilson, Mailman, J. R. Cunninghame (s.), 10. Hatt: Taylor, Ferguson, Piper. 12. Baker («.), 17; Seatoun: Dewhurst, Shennan, Salt, P. R. Jackson (s.), 10. SECOND ROUND. Leuchars 21. Cunningham 15. Armit 20, Stevens 11. Reid 25. Jackson 7. Watts 17. Adams 15. Baker 23, Nielsen 13. McWhannell 21, Spiller 12. THIRD ROUND. McWhannell 18, Baker 6 Nielsen 21, Cunninghame 19. Spiller 20. Stevens 14. Jackson 17. Armit 16. Adams 27. Leuchars 14. Reid 21, Watts IG.

Summary The following is a suiumary of the number of wins gained by each rink in the three rounds (hat have been played:— Section A: Noad, 3; Routley, Seolon, Skoglund. Smith, 2: Johnson, Nicholls, Wellings, Wells, 1; Jenkins. 0. Section B: Christensen, Pollock. 11: Gray, Porteous, Robinson. 2; Nelson, Shillson, Brackenridge, 1 : Clarke, Nancarrow, 0. Section C: Fielding. Gilbert, Jennings, McKelvie, McKenna. ’Taylor, 2; Evans, Silberv, Widdop, 1: Russell, 0. Section D: McWhannell. 3; Adams. Armit, Baker. Nielsen, Reid. Watts, 2; Jackson, Leuchars, Spiller, 1; Cunninghame, Stevens, 0.