BOWLING TITLES

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20142, 11 January 1940, Page 11

BOWLING TITLES

CENTENNIAL TOURNEY PAIRS PLAY STARTS HOLDERS' EASY WIN FIRST ROUND RESULTS (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. Bowlers in the New Zealand Centennial tournament competed to-day in section play for the pairs championship, the entries for which totalled 2GG. Four games of 21 heads will be completed to-day and to-morrow. Postsection play in this event on the sudden death principle will take place. J. Anchor and W. J. Robinson, of the Hamilton club, the holders of the title, won their game this morning by a comfortable margin. The greens were holding after an early morning shower, and a strong northerly wind troubled the players. The following won their first game: Section A. —Sutton (Fitzroy), Sunderland (Alexandra), Dyett (Karori). Section Al. —Morris (Kclburn), Chegwidden (Claudclands), Murray (Hawera).

Section B.—Piper (Maitai), Dow land (St. Kilda), Carswell (Taieri) Dickson (Thorndon).

Section Bl.—Forsyth (Ohaupo), Colebrook (Ponsonby), Goodall (Karori).

Section C. —Newton (Kahutia), Ives (Canterbury), White (Feilding), Brown (Upper Hutt). Section Cl.—L. Wilson (ML Eden), Williams (Dargaville), H. Wilson (Linwood). Section D. —Hadwin (Hutt), Howarth (Canterbury), Childs (-Yankton), Bremner (West End. Auckland). Section Dl.—Hawken (Hamilton). Sorensen (Carterton), Furnell (Eosom).

Section E. —Robertson (Onehunga), McCarthy (Port Ahuriri), Hawkins (Frankton Junction), Bailey (Khandallah.

Section El.—Tamblyn (Hutt), Stuart (Cromwell), Williams (Gisborne). Section F.—Gray (Kelburn), Claridge (St. Kilda), Robinson (Hamilton), Donaldson (West End, Auckland). Section Fl.—Bond (Frankton Junction), Gardiner (Opunake), Baxter (Cosmopolitan). Section G. —McCormick (Hawera), Short (Carlton), Monks (Tekaro), Gilbert (Karori).

Section Gl.—Pirie (Napier), R'amsay (Shirley), Pavitt (Fitzroy). Section H.—Livingstone (Onehunga), Clarke (Grey Lynn), Maslin (Hawera), Wicks (Kclburn).

Section Hl. Cooper (Karori). Ewing (Stratford), Buchanan (Linwood).

Section I.—Mason, (Paretutu), Kennerley (Spreydon), Griffiths (Grey Lynn), O’Connor (Newtown). Section ll.—Vitetta (Nelson), Maiden (Paeroa), Duff (Hastings). Section J.—Wright (St. Heliers), Buist (Awamoa), Arnott (Palmerston North), Milne (Pctone).

Section Jl.— Ritchie (Opunake), Carter (Greytown), Lambert (Thorndon).

Section K.—Smith (Tekaro), Murison (New Brighton), by default, Hey (Opawa), Armstrong (St. Johns). Section Kl.—Glennie (Newtown), by default, McLeod (Greytown), Fox (Barrington).

Section L.— Madsen (Opawa). Washer (Tauranga), Kay (Shirley), Cullen (Thorndon).

Section Ll.—Anderson (Havelock North), Chambers (Sumner), Scott (Grey Lynn). Section M.—Hastings (Newtown), Ainger (Christchurch), Bright (Gisborne), Brighting (Hataitai). Section Ml.—Hendry (Masterton), Martella (Blenheim), Love (Port Chalmers).

Section N.—Meredith (Kahutia) Watson (Remuera), Condie < Shirley) Duff (Wellington).

Section Nl.—Rudman (Nelson), Buchan (Rawhili), Silbery (Petone). Section O.— Adams (Phoenix), Murphy (Temuka), Wells (Hataitai), Sunde (Glen Eden). Section Ol.—Swanson (Seatoun), by default, Reid (Kahuna).

Section P.—Clinkard (SI. Johns), Bull (Levin), Douglass (West End, New Plymouth), Wright (Thorndon). Section PL—Whittle (Grey Lynn), Mason (West End, New Plymouth), Reynolds (Wanganui East). Section Q. —Stephenson (Gisborne), Giles (United Christchurch), -Austin (Cromwell), Mattar (Foxton). Section Ql.— Blylh (Seatoun), Buchan (Balmacewan), Spearman (Sydenham). \ Section R. —Ingram (Victoria), Allen (Sumner), Hunt (Glen Eden), Dixon (Terrace End).

Section Rl.—Thomson (Phoenix), Mitchell (Blenheim), Webster (Otaki Railway).

Section S.—Henderson (Gisborne), Barnsdale (Christchurch), Davey (Dareaville), Topp (Lyall Bay). 'Section Sl Bain (Marlborough K.S.A.), Mailman (Gonville), McWhannell (Hataitai).