BOWLING.

Grey River Argus, 15 February 1929, Page 5

BOWLING.

WEST COAST TOURNEY. Section Play in Pairs Competition. Then West Coast Centre’s bowling tournament was continued at Hokitika and Greymouth yesterday, the weather being overcast, with rain falling at intervals during the morning.. At Hokitika play had to be postponed from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. due to showers, but the Greymouth green was not seriously affected, and the games continued without interruption. The sectional ties were completed in both centres, and the finalists of both rinks will meet in Hokitika to-day. Following are the results of play:— AT HOKITIKA. SECTION C. THIRD ROUND. Hale 11, Farr 10. Page 15, Hodgins 12. Whibley 29, Wilson 22. Holliday 16, Harkness 12. FOURTH ROUND. Wilson 18, Holliday 14. Hale 14, Hodgins 13. Page 13, Farr 11. Whibley 15, Harkness 14. FIFTH ROUND. Wilson 10, Hodgins 8. Holliday 12, Hale 10. Farr 14, Harkness 13. Whibley 11, Page 10. Whibley and Hale won four each, but in the play off Whibley (Grey) won 12-8. SECTION D. THIRD ROUND. Leach 22, McComish 10. Levy 12, Howard 11. Mercer 36, Davies 11. Taylor 12, Brown 10. Rain delayed the play in the rourth round for 15 minutes. FOURTH ROUND. Levy 17, Mercer 7. Loach 15, Brown 11. Taylor 18, McComish 13. Davies 20, Howard 14. FIFTH ROUND. Leach 12, Levy 10. Mercer 12, Brown 10. Taylor 11, Davies 10. Howard 18, McComish 7. Taylor (Island Bay) is the winner of Section D, with five consecutive wins.

AT HOKITIKA. SECTION A. FOURTH ROUND. Tulloch 19, Wilkinson 10. Stevenson 25, Barnard 13. Delargey 15, J. L. Morgan 12. Reynolds 13, Blaxall 11. FIFTH ROUND. Barnard 20, Wilkinson 17. Stevenson 10, Tulloch 9. Blaxall 18, Delargey 14. Reynolds 12, Morgan 10. D. Delargey (Canterbury) is the winner of Section A. SECTION B. FOURTH ROUND. Stallard 8, Spiers 7. Benjamin 13, Struthers 10. Beanland 11, Robson 8. Southward 20, Truscott 13. Southward (Runanga) is the winner of Section B. AT GREYMOUTH. SECTION E. Crooks 23, Williams 11. Poulton 19, Dee 13. McKay 17, Chatfield 13. Mahar 17, Rose 13. Harrison 14, Ward 13. Harrison 18, Crooks 14. Williams 18, Poulton 15. McKay 17, Dee 16 (extra head). Chatfield 19, Rose 11.

Ward 16, Mahar 13. The position of the scores left Harrison returned as one winner of the Section, with six other pairs to play off to return the other winner. The results were:— Mahar 7, McKay 3. Chatfield 10, Crooks 2. Williams 8, Chatfield 6. Ward 8, Mahar 4. Ward 0, Williams 6. Harrison and Ward (Sydenham) play in the finals at Hokitika to-day. SECTION F. Blair 21, Morgan 15. McKenzie 20, Gagliardi 18. Monk 18, Forster 12. Mealing 21, Main 16. Brebner 14, Wheatley 12. Blair 17, Monk 14. Collins 20, McKenzie 18. Forster 22, Druery 16. Morgan 16. Gagliardi 15. Wheatley Is, Collins 14.. Blair 20, Mealing 14. Gagliardi 22, Druery 15. Forster 20, Brebner 18 (extra head) Monk 17, Morgan 16. Blair, Main and Monk each secured four wins, and in the draw. Blair secured the bye, leaving Main and Monk to play off. The result was a win for Main by 7 to 2. Blair (Greymouth) and Main (Beckenham) therefore play in the finals at Hokitika to-day.