BOWLS
NEW ZEALAND TOURNEY
PARKHOUSE AVINS SINGLES
(Press Association.)
WELLINGTON, Jan. 12. A A. Parkhouse (Wellington Club) won the singles championship this afternoon when he defeated T. T. McAlister (Onehunga)y 17—15 in a game in which the loser was on the trail, from the start to,-the finish. , At the conclusion of thfe . section play in the pairs championship,; it was found that The semi-finalists in the singles were. released . and. the executive decided- to • Lake the semifinals and final played in the afternoon. These games - produced some, magnificent bowling and many of the loading bowlers including Mr. Maxwell AValker (Auckland), Mr. AV. Beisley .(Fremantle : and. others declared that the three games constituted the finest singles contests played in ..the finals of .the New Zee land championship. Mr. Beisley said that he had never seen anything better in Australia. ,
The senii-finalsjf • w<Tre I brilMnt' games. Parkhou'se;ylwaniing - two on The last head to win. got them against Edwards (Temnka). In. the other* .Reid (Lvall Bay) was one up against McAlister with one head t go and McAlister: gotytwo to win on the last head, . .Beautiful weather continued and the conditions-were ■perfect, the green being keen. As a compliment to the Commonwealth Mr. L-. S. ; Gumming (City Sydney) and Mr[. TV. Beisley (Last Fremantle’) were.- asked to nnfpire in the semi-finals. Mr Beisley also umpired for the final. The results pf tlfe; pairs post section games, are.‘as''ffilfowS iY. “ —First Round.— -.fiordon (Seatoun) 20 v. Harris XSSelburn) 17.. < „ ■■■. Squire (Hawera) . 23 v. Marks (Christchurch) 10. Higginbotham (Alt'. Albert) 19 v• Hutchison (Dunedin) 10. Franks (Fcatlierston) 21 v. In- - gram (LvalL Bay) 18. McWhaiinell (Hataitai) 2-1 v. Rolls (Fcatlierston) 15. —Second • Round. — Gordon 23 v. McAVhannell 20. Squire 2-1 v. Higginbotham 7. C. Hardley 21 v. MacKcnzie (Kelhurn) 14.
POVERTY BAY CLUB
The. following games were played yesterday afternoon. —
—Club Eours. —
Tbneyeliffe, V. Hankey, Phillips, Wilkinson Is) 27 x. Leech. Graham, Ross, Whiting (s) 20. _ Ranger, Maddox, 'Robertson, Scott !'s) 22 v. Briant, Andrew. liosie, Wyatt (s) 21.
—Ordinary Games. — Derbyshire, Davi|.' Gardner. Mooie (s) 28 v. Robinson, iLeggett- & niton, Greig ,(s>) 15. Taylor, Hudson, Ashworth, Sun (a) t. Sell. Shan;, McKeague., Ilaitloy (s) 17. ~ r ."
Rowlfey:’ Ludwig;- Fisclibacb, Falconer (s)'23- v. JEva us. Shelton, Gandelr, "Wilson (s)'l4. ' BartfOm and Flick man (s) 11. Ansell and Pall ridge (s) '25. .‘The second of- the district ..matches will he 'played- on• Monday week, Jannary 23, between Gitv and East.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GIST19330113.2.63
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11832, 13 January 1933, Page 7
Word Count
403BOWLS Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11832, 13 January 1933, Page 7
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.