EASTERN SUBURBS TOURNEY

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 79, 3 April 1926, Page 16

EASTERN SUBURBS TOURNEY

AN AUSPICIOUS OPENING.

Fine -weather favoured the opening of the Eastern Suburbs rink tournament on the Hataitai, Lyall Bay, and Seatoun Clubs' greens yesterday. Three games of 18 heads each were played. Mr. C. Bary is performing the statistical duties in connection with the tournaments. Results of yesterday's games are as follow:— SECTION A (LYALL BAY). First Round. Claridge (Hataitai) fbeat Johnstone (Lyall Bay), 21-14. Main (Victoria) beat Allan (Wellington), 15-14. Raven (Lyall Bay) beat Gilbert (Seatoira), 25-19. R. Ramsay (Hataitai) beat Glendining (Wellington), 18-IP. Brighting (Hataitai) beat Ryder (Lyall Bay), 22-18. . , '.■ . w Priddle (Newtown) beat H. Johnson (Johnsonville), 15-14. Second Round. Glendining beat Raven, 19-9. Blighting beat Priddle, 15-13. H. Johnson beat Ham, 22-8. R. Johnstone teat Allen, 22-5. Claridge beat Gilbert, 16-15.- . R. Ramsay beat Ryder, 15-9. Third Round. Priddle beat Allen, 27-7. Johnson beat H. Johnson, 16-12. Brighting beat Glendining, 22-11. Ham beat Ryder, 25-5. R. Ramsay beat Raven, 17-16. Gilbert beat Johnstone, 25-14. SECTION B First Round. Carrad (Hataitai) beat G. ' S. Hill (Wellington), 17-8. Dustin (Lyall Bay) beat Naylor (Upper Hutt), 21-13. Halliday (Hataitai) beat A. Ramsay (Seatoun), 22-8. Bringans (Khandallah) beat Millner (Lyall Bay), 22-21. Duncan (Wellington) beat Barnes (Hafcaitai), 18-15. Levestam (Newtown) beat Bluitt (Masterton), 25-15. Second Round. Halliday beat Millner, 23-5. Duncan beat Levestam, 21-13. Naylor beaf; Bluitt, 21-9. Carrad beat Dustin, 20-17. A. Ramsay beat G. S. Hill, 21-20. Bringans beat Barnes, 17-12. Third Round. Naylor beat Barneß, 22-16. Duncan beat Millner, 25-14. Carrad beat A. Ramsay, 11-10. Halliday beat Bringams, 20-8, Dustin beat Levestam, 21-13. Bluitt beat G. S. Hill, 18-17. SECTION C (SEATOUN). First Round. Watts (Hataitai) beat Webb (Seatoun), 10-15. Noad (Lyall Bay) beat Finnehan (Wellington), 22-19. Gannaway (Kelburn) beat Blake (Hataitai), 22-15. P. Smith (Newtown) beat Haswell (Lyall Bay), 13-12. Ward (Hataitai) beat Bradley (Seatoun), 19-10. Ferkins (Island Bay) beat Eraser (Victoria), 13-12. Second Round. . Haswell beat Blake, 17-12. Bradley beat Fraser, 22-7. Finnegan beat Ferkins, 21-17. Nondl>eat Watts, 26-13. \ Webb beat Gannaway, 22-14. Ward beat Smith, 17-8. Third Round. Fraser beat Noad; 21-14. Ferkins beat Webb, 25-20. i Haswell beat Bradley, 24-13. Finnegan beat Ward; 16-14. Smith beat Blake, 18-16. Watts beat Gannaway, .20-10.