BOWLS TOURNEY

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 93, 13 January 1939, Page 11

BOWLS TOURNEY

English Champion Out Of Two Events PAIRS AND SINGLES Progress With Post-Section Play By Telegraph—Press Association. AUCKLAND, January 12. large crowd was present at the Carlton green today to watch postsection play in the New Zealand championship bowls pairs competition, as well as, four singles contests which were made possible by the elimination of the required players from the pairs event. In a spectacular contest the English champion, K. I. Cross, was eliminated from further play in the singles by his previous conqueror, W. C. Franks, BalmoraL An extra head was required to ’decide the iskue. '

One singles match was played in the morning between the Auckland champion of champions, J. S. Martin, Ellerslie, and L. Donaldson, Grey Lynn, victory going to Martin. Three singles contests were staged immediately after lunch and commanded much interest. Of the three singles matches, which were in progress at the same time, the best play was shown by Cross and Eranks. The Rendle—Whitelaw game was a good contest and the heads were first class at times. . Rendle was too consistent for the Whangarei player, generally having a bowl to beat his opponent’s best. Whitelaw missed many chances by narrow margins. The game between Cowper, Ponsonby, and N. Bell jun.. Takapuna, did not produce good bowls till the latter stages. Cowper then bowled more consistently than his opponent and scored a comfortable win. Bell was thus the first of the remaining- three two-life players to lose a life. Conuew’s release from the pairs contest on the Mt. Eden green enabled a key game of the singles to be played and a start was made at 5 o’clock. The Connew— Somervell game was completed shortly after 6 o’clock with Connew the winner. Connew was 6-1 on the fifth head and 11-9 on the fourteenth. He held a seven-point advantage on the seventeenth Head and won on the twentieth with the score at 18.11. Somervell thus suffered his first loss in the singles. There are now eight players left in the singles, seven being -one-lifers and one being a twolifer—H. Cowper, Ponsonby. who takes the honour of being the last- beaten candidate in the competition. Drizzling rain set in about 6.30 but play was easily completed. Results: —• PAIRS. Carlton Green. First round: Henderson and Burchell (Te Awauiutu) 20, Black and Harland (Mount Eden) 17; Balfour and StephenBon (Gisborne) 23, Stone and Hagns (St. John’s) 17; F. Caiibines and Parsons (Pon-somby) 24, Higginson and J. F. Hosking (Grey Lynn) 19; Waterman and N. Bell, jun. iTakapuna) 25, Smith and Campbell (Victoria) 23; Lowry and Kerr (Onehunga) -31, Rodgers and Ritchie (Carlton) 15; Hampton and Chambers (Sumner) 22, Whittaker and Deare (Carlton) 20; Neilson and Gilbert (Karori) 27, Walsh and Thomas (Park Club, Hawera) 14; Marwick and Miller (Whangarei) 23, Wright and Bray (tßemuera) 14; Hunt and R. Smith (Helensville) had the bye. Second round: Burchefi bye; Stephenson IS, Parsons 15; Kerr IJ, Bell, jun. 15; Gilbert 16, Chambers lo; Smith 30, Miller 16. Parsons, Bell, jun., Chambers and Miller were eliminated. Third round: Stephenson, a bye; Kerr 25, Gilbert 19; Smith 26, Burchell 16. Gilbert and Burchell were eliminated. Fourth round: Kerr, a bye; Stephenson 21, Smith 17. Smith was eliminated. . Ponsonby Green. First round: Pringle and H. Tomlinson (Avondale) 29, Masler and .Squire (Hawera) 12; Ste-A'art and McGill (Waitemata) 21, Payne and McFarlane (Ngaruawahia) 19; Fletcher and Ginger (Ha-taita-i) 19, Elliot and V. Little (Carlton) IS; Sneddon and H. Wilson (Linwood) 21, Perrow and Forsyth (Ohaupo) 15: Teague and Griffiths (Grey Lynn) 20, Best and Vaughan (Ponsonby) 12; Gore and Munphy (Taibape) 19, Andreaesen and Popplewell (Port Ahuriri) 14; Archer and Robinson (Hamilton) 20, Bowler and Davis (Mount Eden) 8; Card and E. Barriball (Waiuku) 25, J. R. Smith and Hay-McKenzie (Kelburn) 15. Second round: Tomlinson 19, McGill 16; Ginger 25. Wilson 13; Murphy 19, ' Griffiths 9; Robinson 32, Barriball 1. McGill, Wilson, Griffiths, and Barriball were eliminated. Third round : Tomlinson 19, Ginger 16; Robinson 22, Murphy 7. Ginger and Murphy were eliminated. Fourth round: Robinson 22, Tomlinson 32. Tomlinson was eliminated. Mount Eden Green. Buchanan and Stewart (Waitemata) 39. A. and I. Clarke (Auckland), 17j Connew and Thomas (Mount Albert) 25, Pomeroy and Hawken (Hamilton) 20; Wight and Benefield (St. John’s) 16, Mineham and Whittle (Grey Lynn) 15; McClymont and E. Jury (Ponsonby) 24, Hepworth and P. B. Thomson (Rawhiti) 10; N. Thomson and Baker (Mt. Eden) 19, Porter and Aitcheson (Caledonia) 12; Gibson and Whyte (Sydenham) 16, Everitt and Gardiner (Otalfuhu) 15: Christie and Mattar (Foxton) 23, Wilding and Maeklow (Onehunga) 11; Meek and Rush (Wanganui East) 24, R. and W. Uaigh (Opawa) 23. Second round : Thomas 18, Stewart 14; Benefield 21, E. Jury 14; Whyte 25, Baker 16: Rush 24, Mattar 20. Stewart, E. Jury, Baker and Mattar were eliminated. Third round : Benefield 18. Thomas 17 ; Whyte 22. Rush 12. Thomas and Rush were eliminated. Fourth round: 'Whyte IS, Benefield 15. Benefield was eliminated. Onehunga Green.

First round : Paton and H. A. Wilson (Helensville) 21, Pitkethley and Bennet (Auckland) 18; Plummer and N. Bell, sen. (Hamilton) 23, Somers and L. Jury (Ponsonby) 18; Tucker and S. Ingram (Victoria) 32, Walker and Williams (Gisborne) 6: Higgott and 11. B. Jenkin (Carlton) 16. W. Pepper and Gordon (St. John's) 15; Britten and Spearman (Sydenham) 17, Cook and Smart (New Plymouth) 10: K. I. and C. P. Cross (England) 27, Maud and Martin (Ellerslie) 5; Cates and Crabb (Matamata) • 21, Wilding and Whitelaw (Whangarei) 18; Piper and A. J. Letham (Ponsonby) 22,. Bruce and Popp (Byall Bay) 16. Second round; Wilson 20. Bell 14; Ingram 24. Jenkin 17; Spearman 20. Cross 10; Letham 28, Crabb 8. Bell, Jenkin, Cross and Crabb were eliminated. Third round: Wilson 21, Ingram 14; Spearman 19, Letham 17- Ingram and Letham were eliminated. Fourth round: Spearman 18. Wilson 15. Wilson was eliminated. Auckland Green.

First round: Kelly and Barber (Bnltnoral) 22, Franklin and Pirie (Napier)

12; Arnott and Nash (Palmerston North) 20, Hill and Tongue (Rocky Nook) 18; Mayson and Scott (Grey Lynn) 17, Moore and Cowper (Ponsonby) 14; A. Pepper and Kirkwood (St. John’s) 20, Smith and Keast (North End, Invercargill) 14; N. Donaldson and Mingins (West End) 20, O’Sullivan and Longworth (St. Kilda) 8; Conradi and Barton (Hamilton) 21, Bain and Hall (Rangiriri) 18; Robertson and Livingstone (Onehunga) 18, Morton and Dyett (Karori) 15; Torrance and Bird (Carlton) .28, Davies and Lundon (Devonport) 20. _ Second round: Barber 19, Nash la; Kirkwood 22, Scott 19; Mingins 28, Barton 16; Livingstone 22, Bird 12. Nash, Scott, Barton and Bird were eliminated Third round: Barber 31, Kirkwood 14; Livingstone 22, Mingins 16. Kirkwood and Mingins were eliminated. Fourth round: Barber 25, Livingstone 5. Livingstone was eliminated. Balmoral Green. First round: McMurchy and Buckley (Grey Lynn) 18. Dick aud Somervell (PonsonbyJ 13; Pearce and Purdy (Mt. Eden) 20, Dingle and Pavitt (Fitzroy) 19; Settle and Watson (St. HeJiers) 19, Oughton and Lorau (Rocky Nook). 18; Bull and Murray (Hawera) 21, Williams and Henderson (Paeroa) 13 ; Maingay aud Callaghan (Te iVroha) 22, Woolley ami AValker (Auckland) 9; Stevens and McCullough (Papatoetoe) 20, Adamson and Moore (Mt. Eden) —; Clark and Ewing (Stratford) 22, Naylor and Brighting (Hataitai) 20; Forgie and Doherty (Kelburn) 29. Richards and Leather (Devonport) 10. Second round: Buckley 31, Purdy 12,; Murray 22, Watson 14; Callaghan 27, McCullough 8; Ewing 21, Doherty 12. Purdy. Watson. McCullough and Doherty were eliminated. Third round: Buckley 20. Murray 13; Callaghan 27. Ewing 6. Murray and Ewing were eliminated. Fourth round : Buckley 24, Callaghan 15. Callaghan was eliminated. SINGLES. Post-section Play. Fifth round: H. L. Cowper (Ponsonby) 21. N. Bell. jun. (Takapuna) 12; C. H. de Launay (Carlton), a bye; A. Connew (Mt. Albert) 18. R. S. Somervell (Ponsonby) 11 ; C. A. Rendle (Upper Hutt) 17, M. Whitelaw (Whangarei) 8; J. S. Martin (Ellerslie) 17. L. G. Donaldson (Grey Lynn) 12: W. C. Franko (Balmoral) 17. K. I. Cross (England) 14. Whitelaw. Donaldson and Cross were eliminated. Cowper is the only player retaining two livee.