BOWLING

Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 15, 18 January 1941, Page 7

BOWLING

PROGRESS OF FOURS

TWENTY-TWO LEFT IN

KELBURN'S GOOD DAY

(By Telegraph—Press Association.)

CHRISTCHURCH, January 17.

Perfect and almost windless weather prevailed for the post-section play today !in the New Zealand fours bowling championship. At the.end of the day 22 fours remained, six being two-lifers and the others one-lifters. The day was one of surprises. Maslin (Hawera) outplayed .H. Wilson (Linwood), 22-10, and then went down to Mitchell (Blenheim), 20-19. Burgess .(Woolston) took Carswell's (Taieri) first life, and in the next game the Dunedin veteran went down to Higginbotham .(Ponsonby), 24-15. On the Elmwood green E. R. Moss (Karori) lost a life to R. E. McNish (Canterbury), 20-19, and his second to W. Gilbert (Karori). Spearman (R.S.A., Christchurch) was another to be eliminated, going down to Bell (Tauranga), 22-13, and Turpin (Canterbury), 22-21. Veitch (Dunedin) was beaten by Bremner (Auckland), 27-20, and R. E. McNish (Canterbury), 19-12. The first thrill of the day was the defeat of the crack Canterbury skip, R. Haworth, by the Balmacewen skip, T. Ferguson, 27-5. This was made the more interesting by Haworth having gone through the section play undefeated. He had a close shave 'in. his second game when Kyle (Karoro) ran him to 20-17. J. S. Martin (Auckland), who is skipping a rink of brothers and playing in United's colours, lost a life, 24-17, to J. R. Smith (Kelburn) in the last round of the, day. ST. ALBAN'S ATRACTION. The last of the two-life game's on the St. Albans green attracted a crowd Munn (Canterbury) met Giles (United) who had just taken the first life of O'Neill.. (Runanga, West Coast). Munn gained a 9-1 lead before the United ■men got going. Then the score went to 12-10 and this proved the turning point of the game. United drew six shots on the Canterbury men and Munn drove at the head and missed. Giles drew to block and Munn went wide .with his drive, but hit a single outside bowl which came in and wrecked ■ the head. United got only a single on the next head. Bowl after bowl drew to kitty, and Canterbury were lying shot when the skips changed over. Giles drew inside the shot bowl about three inches from kitty, and Munn missed with his draw. Taking the other hand, Giles drew a toucher, disturbing the head a few inches to give him three. Munn drove, and instead of the head scattering, his bowl pushed kitty through and followed it to the ditch, where two more of his bowls counted. ••• Now that the field has been narrowed down, good games should be I seen. on the three greens tomorrow. Several teams who met as two-lifers meet again as one-lifers. This is unavoidable under the automatic draw in which the championships are run. The six two-lifers play at St. Albans and the. one-lifers at Barrington and' Elmwood. .'•""• • The tw,enty-two-leftin.-are:— Two-lifers.-T-P. Munn (Canterbury), J. R. Smith (Kelburn), W. Bremner (Auckland), A. S. McDougall (Caversham), L. W. Besley (New Brighton), T. F. Mitchell (Blenheim). One-lifers.—H. Wilson (Linwood), H. S Maslin (Hawera), W. O'Neill (Runanga), J. M. Giles (United), R. Haworth (Canterbury). T. Ferguson (Balmacewen). J. S. Martin (United), T. F Chambers (Sumner), R. E. McNish (Canterbury), W. J. Crawford (Otago), J. W. Turpin (Canterbury), A. Bell (Tauranga), J. S. Bain (Hokitika), R. McKinley (Canterbury), J. Ure (North End, Invercargill), P. J McComish (Southland). ■■ . , SINGLES. SEMI-FINAL. In the semi-final, of the singles, which was played on the St. Albans green, J. R. Smith (Elmwood) beat C. H. Kettle XNelson), 19-16, after a fine exhibition of drawing by both men. In the early stages Kettle led from Smith, but the latter, who has retained his fine touch, just shaded the Nelson man. The game was watched by a crowd of 1500. „ i Smith now meets C Spearman R.S.A., Christchurch). at St. Albans. as soon as the latter is free from fours engagements. FOURS POST-SECTION. ■" The results in the post-sectional play .if the fours today were as follows: — Section A, St. Albans Green. First Round.—T. F. Mitchell (Blenheim) 25; A. G. Spiers (St. Kilda), 14. H. S. Maslin (Hawera) 22; H. Wilson (Linwood) 10. J. Tisdall (Awamoa) 25; A. Clark (Barrington) —. W. O'Neill (Runanga) 22; H. P. Perry (Thorndon) 18. J. M. Giles (United) 22; G. H. Woolley (Auckland) 14. P. Munn (Canterbury) 20; J. Gunn (West End, Timaru) 19. ' Second Round.—Two-lifers: Mitchell 20; Maslin 19. Munn 27; Tisdall 14. Giles 23; O'Neill 10. One-lifers: Wilson 18; Spiers 15. Clark 27; Gunn 12. Perry 18; Woolley 17. Spiers, Gunn, and Woolley were eliminated. Third Round.—Two-lifers: Munn 22; Giles 12. Mitchell, a bye. One-lifers: Wilson 21; Clark 12; Maslin 20; Perry 19. O'Nem 23; Tisdall 14. Clark, Perry, and Tisdall were eliminated. Section' B, Barrington Green. First Round.—J. R. Smith (Kelburn) 21; R. S. Higginbotham (Ponsonby) 19. R. Burgess (Woolston) 22; W. Carswell (Taieri) 20. J. S. Martin (United) 36; J. Kyle (Karoro) 6. T. Ferguson (Balmacewen) 27; R. Haworth (Canterbury) 5. Second Round.—Two-lifers: J. R. Smith 27; R. Burgess 18. Martin 18, Ferguson 11. One-lifers: Higginbotham 24; Carswell 15. Haworth 20; Kyle 17. Carswell and Kyle were eliminated. Third Round.—Two-lifers: J. R. Smith 24; Martin 17. One-lifers: Haworth 23; Higginbotham 13. Ferguson 27; R. Burgess 16. Higginbotham and Burgess were eliminated. Section C, Elmwood Green. First Round. —W. J. Crawford (Otago) 25; W. Gilbert (Karori) 19. R. E. McNish (Canterbury) 20; E. R. Moss (Karoro) 19. W. Bremner (Auckland) 25; J. Burgess (Riccarton) 16. J. Veitch (Dunedin) 19; T. F. Chambers (Sumner) 10. ■ Second Round. —Two-lifers- Crawford 20; McNish 19. Bremner 27; Veitch 20. One-lifers:- Gilbert 21; Moss 19. Chambers 21; J. Burgess 14. Moss and Burgess were eliminated. Third Round.—Two-lifers: Bremner 18; Crawford 11. One-lifers: McNish 19; Veitch 12. Chambers 18; Gilbert 15. Gilbert and Veitch were eliminated, j Section D, Edgeware Green. First Round. —A. Bell (Tauranga) 22; J. Whyte (R.S.A., Christchurch) 13. J. S. Bain (Hokitika) 37; J. N. Dv Feu (St. Albans) 14. J. T. Calder (Phoenix, Oamaru) 21; W. F. Hadwin (Hutt) 9. A. S. McDougall (Caversham) 25; J.i W. Turpin (Canterbury) 6. Second Round.—Two-lifers: McDougall 20; Calder 17. Bain 24; Bell 15. One-lifers: Turpin 26; Hadwin 18. Whyte 28;. Dv Feu 19. Hadwin and Dv Feu were eliminated. Third Round. —Two-lifers: McDougall 19; Bain 15. One-lifers: Turpin 23; Whyte 21. Bell 28; Calder 14. Whyte and Calder were eliminated. Section E, United Green. First Round. —L. W. Besley (New Brighton) 27; W. L. Rowland (Balmoral) 16. J. Ure (North End, Invercargill) 21; D. H. Thomson (Phoenix, Oamaru) 19. H. C. Alloo (Owaka) 20; JR. A. Barnsdale (Christchurch), 14. J.

McComish (Southland) 4 22; R/ McKinley (Canterbury): 12. ■ .' Second Round!— Two-lifers: Besley 23; Ure 12. McComish 21; Alloo 18. Onelifers: Thomson 20;' Rowland 11.. McKinley 24; Barnsdale. 18. .Rowland .and Barnsdale were eliminated;..,. Third Round.—Two-lifers: Besley 13; McComish 10. One-lifers: McKinley 27; Thomson .18. Ure 22; Alloo 19. Thomson and Allooi were eliminated.