N.Z. BOWLING TOURNEY

Grey River Argus, 15 January 1944, Page 2

N.Z. BOWLING TOURNEY

PAIRS SECTIONS Completed Yesterday [Per Press Association] ■. DUNEDIN, Jan. 14. . At the bowling championships today heavy showers at mid-day caused a stoppage on a large number of greens before the second round oi the pairs competition was completed. In these cases, however, the second round was completed immediately after lunch, and the third round was commenced, in most cases, not much behind schedule. The greens were heavy as a result of the rain and overhead conditions were unfavourable. In spite of the conditions there was some tall scoring, but few surprises. Post-section pairs start to-mor-row. The following players in games played to-day qualified for postsection play in the pairs, making a total of 119 players who qualified during the three days of section play: J. Coulter and J. S. Crawford (North East Valley), S. Twose and W. T. Easton (Kaituna), W. Neil and J. Haig (Kaitangata). A. E. Clmkard and H. C. Clarke (Carlton), W. G. Lindsay and C. E. Tyrrell (Roslyn), J. Smith and C. Smith (Port Chalmers), W. J. Porteous and J. Timmings (Dunedin), A. McHull and »• Hill (Logan Park), S. Barns and P. Moore (Paritutu), S. Gould and H. W Huntly (Otago), W. Robertson and C. J. Beecroft (Dunedin), H. Balchin and W. J. McLean (Tainui), W. E. Oughton and W. A. Loram (Auckland), J. Timms and T. Quirk '(Opawa) R. Potter and H. Soanes (Shirley). E. S. Wilson and G. C. Claridge (St. Kilda), G. Lindley and B. O. Priddis (Elmwood), J. Cameron and A, Free (Outram), R. Leyland and E. G James (Caversham), E. W. Taylor and W. Bremner (Auckland), W. Haigh and C. Madsen (Opawa), T. Lowden and H. Miller (Kaituna). J. McKenzie and G. Donald (Te Rangi), E. Woledge and J. Marwick (Whangarei). S. E. Griffiths and E. J. Mulligan (St. Clair), A W. Mapp and K. S. Ewing (Stratford), J. Waterworth and W. Swinton (Ponsonby), A. C. Mclntyre and W. F. Hadwin (Lower Hutt), F. H. Hayward and J. A. F. Gagliardi (Kaikoura), H. R. Domigan and JD. Forbes (Phoenix), A. L. Illmgford and H. V. Kay (Shirley) W. V. Chegwidden and F. W. Mead (Claudelands). N. McDonald and C. A Rendle (Upper Hutt). L. Smith arid E. Sinclair (Georgetown), D. Mackie and J. E. Cooper (.Barrington), W. Bellringer .and G. Fluker (Paritutu), C. J. McEachran and D. J. Wesnev (North End, Invercargill). J. Webb and F. Robinson (Woolston), A. Edwards and C. Jarvis (Otago), C. Boyd and J. Chettleburgh (Port Chalmers). F. Strickland and C. Lennard (Balmoral) W. J. Russell and E. Sunderland (Alexandra), A. C. Millar and S. C. K. Smith (North End, Invercargill), W. Ure and H. Bockett (Auckland), A. Burns and A. H. Fisher (St. Clair), J. Middlemiss and T. E. Sunderland (Alexandra), T. Dodd and J. Knowles (North East Valley), P. Seelye and L. J. Ireland (Kaituna). W. Luscombe and J'. Lobb (West End. Taranaki), L. B. Wilson .and H. A. V. Scott (Grey Lynn). R. Reid and R. Cochrane (Ohai), W. Tulloch and G. Lowry (Ashburton), J. iB. Johns and W. D. Ramsay (Shirley), P. H. Edwards and E. Travers (St. Kilda), A. C. Wilson and R. G. Morrison (Waihopai), J. T. Adams and D. H, Thomson (Phoenix), G. Littlejohn and J. B. Lawrie (Victoria). G. Lindsay and A. F. Anderson (Roslyn). A. A. Lennie and N. Donaldson (Ponsonby), J'. G. Roud and G. H. Billcliff (Barrington), B. Holbrook and C. H. Kettle (Nelson). E. H. Taylor and G. W. Forster (Phoenix), P. Donaldson and J. H. Armstrong (Leigh), S. Wheatley and A. Anderton (Shirlev). J. Spence i and S. Thomson (Waihi), R. G. Sampson and P. C. Harding (West End. Timaru) A.. T. Houteton and D. Haswell. (Blenheim). S. A. Gibson and C. F Barham (Caversham), J. Donaldson and A. Portman (West Harbour). I. G. Wymer and iB. Myers (St. Heliers), T. Thomson and St. G. Atkinson (United), G. King and C. B. Fay (Otago), A. King and J. Hutchison (Dunedin), P. Delargey and P. Munn (Canterbury). W. Haskill and W. Brown (United), A. E. Seymour and' W. Chapman (Christchurch R.S.A.), H. Eaddy and L. Randall (Balmoral). W. Whittaker and E. A. Deare (Carlton). F. H. Davey and N. Thomson (West End,

Timaru), R. Hewitt and W. Hewitt (Alexandra). H. Donald and Hugh Donald (Te Rangi, Invercargill). C. Lew and S. R. Campbell (Sydenham) A. H. Hayward and M. Campbell (Balclutha), D. Dunn and W. R. Hewson (Imperial), W. Marslm and F. J'. Campbell (Anderson’s Bay), W Wilson .and C. A. McDonald (North East Valley), W. Lloyd and C. Hutchinson (Caledonian), J. Leslie and J. R. Barron (Opoho). P. Munn (Canterbury), skipper of the winning four in 1941, and a member cff the champion team on two other occasions, had P. Delargey leading for him and won each of' his four games by fair margins. Another well-known former champion, W. Bremner (Auckland) with E. W. Taylor as lead. won four games 22-17, 30-18, 31-20 and 25-15. D. H. Thomson (Phoenix, Oamaru) who was skip of the team that was runner-up in the fours on one occasion, was unbeaten in his section. His best score was in the third round when his team won 28-10. J. B. Lawrie (Victoria), one of the most successful skips in his centre, won all his games by wMe margins, scoring 32-9 in the second round. In the fourth game, the Victoria team beat L. G. Donaldson’s Carlton pair by 23-13. W. G. Lindsay and the former .'•hampion, C. E. Tyrrell (Roslyn), were not hard pressed in their first three ganms on the North East Valley green, but the Hokonu pair, C. Hamilton and D. F. Tait, who won their first three games easily, fully extended them in the final stages of the fourth game, which Tyrrell won 18-17. AE. Clinkard was leading for H. C. Clarke, of Carlton (ex-sing-les champion), and this pair won all their games by good margins, including a score of 25-2 against J. Gilbert and S. R. Gemmell (Sydenham). Some of the veterans had a good day, especially A. H. Fisher (St. Clair), for whom A. Burns led. They won three games comfortably, and were given their closest game in the third round by G. G. O’Neill anfl J. S. Bain (Marlborough R.S.A.), winning 18-16. J. N. Gibson and’T. Lock (Thorndon), the latter being nearly 80 years of age, won their first three games, but lost the last to a Kaitangata pair consisting W. Neil and J. Haig. At St. Kilda. a former pairs champion, J'. S. Anchor | (Hamilton), whose lead was S. ,R. |Hawken, failed to qualify in his secl tion, in which the only unbeaten pair I was an Ohai combination consisting jof R. Reid and R. Cochrane. In a i high-scoring first game the Ohai ! team won its match by 31-14, and i maintained its form throughout, j Post-section play, in singles and pairs will be commenced to-morrow.