RINKS FINISH

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 18, 22 January 1938, Page 13

RINKS FINISH

WILSON THE WINNER

~ A WORTHY LAST DAY

FIVE LEFT IN PAIRS

(By Telegraph—Press Association.)

DUNEDIN, January 21

.-Play in the rinks championship of the New Zealand bowling championship tournament was concluded today under conditions that were almost ideal, and title' was won for the second - time wy the Linwood _(Chrislchurch) skip, M.-Wilsbn.- The other members of.the rink were S. J. Sneddon, F. Redpath, and P.l'Muhn. Wilson began the day with two lives, but lost the first to L. J. Bull (Hawera) in the morning. In the afternoon he played brilliant bowls to beat D: H.. Thomson in the semifinal, and reproduced .that form to score a runaway win in the final and his. revenge Against Buli. The score ;was 27 points to 9, and although the fact tfcat. the run- of play was with Wilson in both the afternoon matches accounted for-some of the big margin, Wilson's performance proved him' right in the top flight of New Zealand skips. Wilson ■ previously -won the. rinks title at.Dunedin four years ago. ■ Munn played7 second to R. Ha worth in the Canterbury rink which won last yea£ ;The final stages of the pairs, wUL^be: played tomorrow. 8., Oakey (Elmwood) :has played his ,way . -into the final, and will meet the winner of the pairs skipped by P.. Munn- (Canter, bUrv) anchA. J: Walker COtago) and H. Sn (Unwopd), and, C. E, Tyrrell, (Rqslyii). -.. .- , ■ ■ .- •••■.■ -; ■

RINKS CHAMPIONSHIP, ' Quarter-finals.

<D,-MeCormick, ; H. S. Maslin,. M.. H, Murray, L. J. Bull: (Haw.era), 21; S. J. Sneddon,F. Redpath, F. Munn.H, Wil-El-O ilßKti A. C. Forrest *■£.. K! Aitchison (Caledonian), 19. ~

•; Semi-finals. Wilson 20, Thomson. 18; Bull'a bye.

, .-' Filial., ■• ■ ■: ~.-- -a game?n which-theHawera rink came !rfm behind over the .last heads and snatrtied a narrow win. Aitehisons fine form of Thursday probably ; en--titled him to favouritism against; Thomson^but 'the Phoenix-skip played sound, clever bowls' throughout : the competitipjv and;-his' win '^^^o; means'a surprise. • It,was a.solid.game from beginning.to end, both.rinks play--ing very good'.bowls; -■ -.' ~-■■ ,- Thomson made a fine recovery,in his; mateh' against .Wilson, but ;the- latter. deserved hisWinv His rink played bet-; ter bowls, although the luck of ■. the, same was with it. Adams was the outstanding. member. of., the Phoenix rink, which, was riot as. consistent as it had-been in previous games. /.-.;■; t v A RUNAWAY FINAL. .Wilson began the final by scoring 4 ok the first head: He was lying 2 on the second head until Bull drove successfully. Bull drove at the replayed head, but/did not succeed. There was some great drawing on the third end. The Lin wood, third killed the fourth, end; and made another attempt to burn the replayed head. He hit the jack* but it was sprung back down the rink and Wilson drew the shot to lead 7-1. Sneddon.- opened, the fifth end with two-perfect bowls, but Bull, split the head; Wilson's back bowls, were.. good, and he added a third shot to lead 104; after-- five ends... ■; •.. "Bull'got.'a'single.'oir the next, but -artother -fine bowl?by Murray could not. prevent Wilson-from getting 2. on the seventh head. -It was a similar story in the eighth head.' Wilson was •■ playing very, well, and luck was with him. He drove at a close ninth head and broke: it up to lie 2. Bull trailed the kitty With his last bowl, but the shot stayed With Linwood. Sneddon was still leading beautifully, and once again put both bowls alongside the jack. The Hawera: second drew one still better, but Munn forced it out and left Linwood with ..three shots: .'Bull's forcing shot saved two of them, but Linwood. was leading .16-2 after ten heads. It was a patch of brilliant.-bowls by both; teams'.. ...

Bull got a single in the next head and then a 2 in the twelfth.. .Wilson's position was now exceedingly strong. He got 3 on the thirteenth end to lead 19-5. Both rinks were playing bowls right up to-championship class. The fourteenth -head was more open, and when Wilson's - drive, .took.- out only one bowl" Bull -put another one in aridgot 3.' The next end gave Hawera a single.. Wilson got it back on the next end, but the seventeenth, which-gave Wilson three more, was a chapter of accidents for Bull. A 2 on the eighteenth headmade the score 25-9. The Liriwobd team ' was as consistent' as ever, but Bull could not. yet get. anything to go right. Wilson scored another 2 on the nineteenth head.