BOWLING

Greymouth Evening Star, 7 February 1939, Page 5

BOWLING

COAST-BU LLER TOU RNAMENT

[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

WESTPORT. February 6

Plu.v started in. the Buller-West Coast tournament to-day. Heavy southeasterly wind made, conditions difficult. P'oriy rinks, including' several combinations from. Canterbury, Wellington. and Nelson, and all over the West Coast, played the three first rounds. Results: — -

SECTION A (Westport Green)

First Round.—ll. Levy Westport) beat Smith (Beckenham), W. Clarke (Millerton) beat K. Mara Westport), P. Struthers (Westport) beat T. Mahar (Christchurch), A. Young (Christchurch), beat W. M. Southward (Greymouth). IL Kingsland (Nelson) beat R. Hansby (Westport), A. Wilson (Christchurch) beat W. Goodwin (Wellington), R. E. McNish (Christchurch) heat C. Buist (Reefton). Second Round. —McNish beat Struthers, Levy beat Kingsland, Hansby beat Smith, Goodman beat Clarke, Mara beat Southward. Wilson beat Buist, Young beat Mahar.

Third Round. —Mahar beat. Clarke, Smith beat. Buist. Mara beat Kingsland, Wilson beat Levy, Southward heat Hansby, McNish beat Goodwin, foung beat Struthers.

SECTION B (Granity Green)

First Round.—A. Burtt Westport)

heat W. Lightbourne (Denniston), J. Ainger (Christchurch) beat E. Lee (Westport), W. Warburton (Runanga)

beat S. Sinclair (Lyttelton), J. Huddlestone (Westport. Returned Soldiers) beat G. E. Piper (Maitai), C. Madsen (Opawa) beat J. J. O’Gorman (Wellington), W. Brown (United) beat F. D. Whibley (Greymouth). Second Round. —Piper beat Lee, Lightbourne beat. O’Gorman. Brown beat Lowry, Burt beat Whibley, Knight beat Sinclair, Madsen beat Warburton. Ainger beat Huddlestone. Third Round. —Lowry beat. Light-, bourne, Warburton, beat Ainger, Piper beat Burt, Madsen beat Lee, Whibley beat Huddlestone, O’Gorman beat Sinclair. Brown beat Knight.

SECTION C (Millerton Green).

First Round.—D. Page (Lyttelton)

beat G. Head (Westport), D. Munn (Canterbury) beat C. Sara (Westport;), D. Kennedy (Christchurch) beat E. R. Moss (Greymouth). D. Stevenson (Hokitika) beat T. Quirk (Christchurch). A. Duncan (Thorndon) beat J. Urwin (Runganga), C. Mitchell (Westport) beat A. R. Besley (Sydenham). Second Round. —Moss beat Quirk, Stevenson beat Besley, Kennedy beat Sara, Duncan beat Head, Munn beat. Urwin, Mitchell beat Page. Third Round—Sara beat Moss, Duncan beat Kennedy, Quirk beat Urwin, Page beat. Besley, Munn beat Stevenson. Mitchell beat. Head. GREYMOUTH CLUB A meeting of the committee of the Greymouth Bowling Club was held last evening; present: Messrs T. A. W. Tate (chairman), F. H. Denton, A. J. Fairmaid, F. Haglund, G. Patterson, and A. Hughes (secretary). Apologies for absence were received from Messrs D. F. Mursell and J. N. King.

It. was decided to play three rinks from the Wellington Club, on Saturday next.

it was decided to donate a set. of bowls to the Cobden Club.

The championship pairs and rinks are lo be finalised by February 20; also the handicap singles and pairs first, second and third rounds, by the same

date. Accounts amounting lo £36/18/were passed for payment.

RESULTS OF GAMES

Results of games played during the past fortnight are as follow: — Handicap singles: McKeon defeated Vaughan; Whibley defeated Vaughan; Cogswell defeated Fairmaid; R. T, Smith defeated Phillips; Coffey defeated Cogswell: W. P. Smith defeated Holmes; W. P. Smith defeated Phillips: Warnes defeated Dawber; Holmes defeated R. T. Smith; Sotheran defeated Shannon; W. P. Smith defeated Sotheran; Holmes defeated R. T; Smith: Southward defeated Hood; Southward defeated Sotheran; Sharp, junr.. defeated Mercer; Mercer defeated Ferguson; Denton defeated S. Smith; Kilgour defeated Dawber; Tate defeated Crankshaw; R. T. Smith defeated Southward: Brown defeated Southward; Brown defeated Denton. Handicap pairs; Cogswell and Harrison defeated Warnes and Spiers. Moss and King defeated Warnes ami Spiers; Sharp, senr. and S. Smith defeated McDonald and Coffey; Tabb and Morrison defeated R. B. Smith and Lawn; Denton and Gunn defeated Whiblev and Hamilton: . Coffey and McDonald defeated Harrison and Cogswell: Gibson and Ferguson defeated Shannon and .McKeon: Phillips and partner defeated Denton and partnet. R. T. Smith and Fairmaid defeated Southward and partner; Patterson and Vaughan defeated Dawber and Sotheran; Brown and Tennent defeated Paterson-and Vaughan; Hughes and Bring defeated Brown and Tennent: Dawber and Sotheran defeated Pratt and Kettle: Hamilton and Whibley defeated Fairmaid and R. T. Smith.