THE WELLINGTON TEAMS

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 13, 16 January 1926, Page 13

THE WELLINGTON TEAMS

SEVERAL CHANCES GONE.

(By Telegraph.) (Special to th« "Evening Port.") DUNEDIN, This Day. With the end of the third day's play, a number of Wellington teams had their chances extinguished. The winners of six games should get into the post-sectional play, and the following have a chance, with two games to be played to-morrow: Gray, Kelburn, six wins, no loss; Sneddon (Victoria), 4 wina, 2 losses; Porteons (Wellington), 4 wins, 2 losses; Doherty (Kelbnrn), 4 wins 2 losses. . - Barnes (Hataitai) broke his saccession of losses by beating Chegwin (Beckenham) by 26 to 22. It was an even go to the 13th head, when Chegwin was 11 and Barnes 10. Chegwin then got a 5, but Barnes replied with a 5 and a 4, putting him 3 up. He retained the lead, and ran out a winner. In the .other game, Barnes went down 28 to 17 to M'Curdy (St. Kilda). Doherty (Kelburn) had a hard tussle with Aiuger (Chriatchurch). iJJfi !*"« 2LM 20 W 9 aa Jhs 13th

head, but Kelburn got a few and made the card 20 to 15. A 2 to Ainger, and then Doherty got a single, a 4, and a 2, and they were 22 all on the 21st head. They were 24 all on the last head, but the Kelburnites got a single on the extra head. In his second game, against Allan, of Kaituna, Doherty suffered his second loss of the tournament, going down 26 to 17. They were 9 all on the 9th head, but a 4 and a 3 to Allan gave them a lead which Doherty could not pull down. M'Arthur (Petone) had two losses, being beaten by Kirk (Maitai), 26 to 21, Ad Fastier (St Clair), 27 to 26. So far M'Arthur has not had a win. His club-mate, Beynon, has had only two wins. He beat 'Heenan (Havelock North) by 32 to 19, but lost to Todd (Caversham), 26 to 19. They were 8 all on the 10th head, but on the 18th Todd was 21 and Beynon 13. A 2 and a 4 helped Beynon, making his score 19 to 21, but there he stopped, whilst Todd ran to 27. Johnson, of Lower Hutt, had two losses. Filkington (Hamilton) be&t l him, 31 to 16, on the 22nd head, when

the Hutt man retired. In the game against Thomson (Caversham), Johnson lost by 25 to 21. They were 11 all on the 13th head, but Thompeon piled on the score until the card showed 22 to 12 on the 18th head. Johnson scored on six of the remaining seven heads, but the scores were not big enough. Sneddon (Victoria) had twe food wins. He beat the British team, captained by Wakeby, 31 to 16, and then surprised his section by downing Gibsou (Taieri) by 29 to 18. This was Gibson's first defeat. The Victoria men played great bowls, and thoroughly deserved their win. Kennington (Lower Hutt) had n« success to-day, and his line., of losses remains unbroken. He went- down 30 to 14 to Sprosen (Linwood), and 29 to 19 to Hewitt (Alexandra). Porteous (Wellington) had a win and a loss. He beat Robertson (Phoenix) by 26 to 13, but went down to Stevenson (Invercargill), 24 to 2L Duncan (Wellington) had a win and a loss. Johnson (Dunedin) ontplayed him to tho tune of 36 to 13. Duncan was 7 to Johnson's 8 on the 9th head, but on the 15th head Johnson was 22 and Dunecan wm still only 7. Wellington got a single, but Johnson ran to 31 before they scored again. A.couple of 2's put Duncan en the 13, and there he stepped. Against Colville, of Edgeware, Duncan's team played a different game, and won by 22 to 19. It was an interesting game. They were 11 all on the 14th head, and then Edgeware scored on four successive heads, and their total was 16. Wellington came to light with a sixer, and then scored on the three following heads, making the card: Wellington 21, Edgeware 17. Two singles to Colville and one to Duncan saw the finish of a close game. O'Donnell (Wellington) ; beat Ferguson (Balmacewan) on the latter's own green by 22 to 18. The green was fast, and a strong wind made it tricky. It was even pegging all down the board, and the teams were 16 all on the 19th head. Welling-, ton, however, prevailed in the final heads. Against M'Leod (Taieri), O'Donnell's men had the unenviable experience of having an 8 scored against them on the 2nd head, followed by a single, making the score 9 to 1 on the 3rd head. The Wellington team stuck to it, and in the Bth head the score was 11, all. The Wellington team got on the 13 on the 12th head, and they stopped there for four heads. Meanwhile M'Leod had rnn to 23. Bain commenced to fall, and the green conditions altered, but, though the Taieri men were playing good bowls, the Wellington men managed to run their total to 24, and were 3 down on the conclusion of the game. Stone (Seatoun) gave Wright (St. Heliers), the leader in Section H, a great run. Wright started well, and had 7 on the card on the 4th head, when Stone had not scored. On the Bth head, Wright was 11 and Stone 2, but on the 16th they were 13 all. Stone got off first, and scored on three heads, making his total 16. On the 21st head they were 17 all. Wright got a 3 and two 2 's, making his total 21. Stone scored on tho two remaining heads, but was one shy in the total. The Scatonn men had a comfortable win over Ferguson,'of Bajxuaeewaa, defeating him 31 to 13. j

Seatoun ended the match by scoring 5 on the last head. The team played exceedingly welL

Pollock (Newtown) had a win and a loss. He beat Smeaton (St. Kilda) by a point, 24 to 23, but went down to M'Keazie (Sydenham) by 24 to 14. -Hart (Thorndon) also had a win and a loss. He beat Beer (Biverton) by 95 to 18, and lost to Foster (Caledonian) by 30 to 27, giving the redoubtable Foster a great go for it. Munro (Island Bayy had no luck, losing to Thomson (United) by 27 to 16, and to Malcolm (Balmacewan) by 31 to 18.

Gray, who has done best of all the Wellington teams, had two big wins. He beat Page (Lyttelton) by 32 to- 1 20, and Wake, of the British party, by 29 to 12. .. " . "