FEW SURPRISES

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21924, 19 January 1946, Page 8

FEW SURPRISES

FIRST-ROUND PLAY POST-SECTION BOWLS RAIN STOPS PLAY (PA.) CHRISTCHURCH, .lan. IP. tin. first round of post-section piny in the fours championship nt the* Now Zoalantl howling tournnniont commenced yesterday morning in ideal weather, but nt the end of the first round piny for the day was aunn,toned because of li*,'ht rain, winch developed into a steady downpour during the luncheon adjouriue.ent. ■ The rain, although upsetting the arrangements .for tho touriiainent, was greatly appivciated be the. greenkeopers as many of I lie greens 'were showing signs of wear and tear of tin* lull’ll tournament. Some of lint players also would appreciate relief from hard iauniaincnt play, for they were beginning to feel the strain of the strenuous competition. Them were few major surprises in .lie fird. round and even those strong rinks whieh were beaten still have a life left as piny is being run under the automatic twolife sv. tem. K. 's. Higginbotham, Auckland, who won all bis eight games in sectional play, was beaten by .1. A. Kngebretsen, Ueretauuga. last year's winner of the title. Kngebretsen always held n comfortable lead in a lowscoring game and won 17 8. C. il. Tyrrell, Mornington, who had won nil his'games in tho opening rounds, was surprisingly beaten by IV. Hampton. Denniston, who'finished witii a comfortable margin of A —l7. .The Christchurch R.S.A. rink skipped by (' Spearman had a single point to spare at the end of their game against G. 0. Grant's Invercargill rink. Defeat of Crowley R. G. Morrison, Waihopai, outclassed C. Petersen, Uawhiti, and another surprise was occasioned by \Y. P. O’Neill, Runanga, who beat G. A. Crowlev, To lags Bay, 22—12. If. C. A 1 100, 0will:a, who had been playing consistently throughout the tournament, scored a runaway win from J. Howatson, Wpreydon, by 23 —8. On the Linwood green, which was ill capital order considering tho hard wear it has had in the last week, P. Munn, Canterbury, in a long-contested game geat S. S. Preston, To Awaniutu, 17 —13. A feature of this game was tho accurate driving of Munn, who burned four heads when ho was in losing positions. The youthful IT. K. C. Dickson, skipping a strong rink from Khandallah, opened bis post-sectional play with a well-earned win by •11 —15 over K. IS. Kixon, Kia Toa. W. Britten, skipping a strong family rink representing Sydenham, went down 16 —34 to Ij. .1. Hull, ilawera, whose play lias been consistently good and who was unbeaten in the opening rounds. Bull appears to be a prospect for championship honours. Runaway Victories

J. M. Gilis, United, who holds one life in the singles, skipped a rink which beat IV. Hinton, Alexandra, by 28 —22, and D. Vaughan, Caledonian, and T. W. Gee, Hamilton, scored runaway victories from D. G. Munro, Thorndon, and A. V. Iveast, To Rangi. , Vaughan won 32 —8 and Geo 22—8. A previous winner of the fours, E. Livingstone, Onohunga, scored 28 to 17 against R. E. Austin, Cromwell, and T. Fox, Christchurch, who has -been playing consistently, was never in danger of defeat when he finished up with a 27 —7 margin over W. Spurdlc, Inglewood.

Walker’s Gisborne team was eliminated in the final section round. Crowley, Tolaga Bay, qualified for post-section play, but lost his first gnmo in this yesterday, remaining in with one life. —S.R.