BOWLING

Grey River Argus, 18 February 1944, Page 3

BOWLING

West Coast Tourney PAIRS SECTION PLAY ENDS Section play in the pairs contest of the West Coast Bowling Centre’s annual tournament was completed yesterday in wet weather, and postsection play in both the rinks and pairs contests will begin on the ■Greymouth green this morning if ■the weather is suitable. There were a number of wins by default in yesterday’s matches. Pairs qualifying for post-section play were those. skipped by Ives in Section A, Brunsden in Section B, Taylor in Section C, Hoffman in Section D, and Moss in Section E. Additional results in the pairs contest are:— SECTION A. (Runanga Green). ROUND FOUR. Earl (Westport) defeated Meldrum ■ (Greymouth). Mcßean (Cobden) defeated Gibson (Avon). Gaffney (Canterbury) defeated Mercer (Greymouth). Barrett (Avon) defeated Denton (Greyjnouth). Perrone (Nelson) defeated Caulton (Greymouth). Brown (Westport) defeated Jackson (Cobden). Ives (Canterbury) defeated Massey (Runanga). (Cobden Green). ROUND FIVE. Ives 11 defeated Denton 10. Gaffney 11 defeated Meldrum 4. Jackson 9 defeated Barnett 7. Perrone 14 defeated Mcßean 11. Massey 10 defeated Gibson 9. Mercer 19 defeated Brown 18. Caulton 16 defeated Earl 12. Ives was section winner, but .detailed results of the section’s sixth and seventh rounds were not available last evening. SECTION B. (Hokitika Green). ROUND FIVE. Scott (Greymouth) defeated Smith (Cashmere). Steans (Cashmere) defeated Tate (Grey mouth). Bunt (Karoro) defeated King (Edgeware). Besley (Sydenham) defeated Sharp (Runanga). Gemmell (Sydenham) defeated Derbyshire (Cobden). Brunsden (Edgeware) defeated Ferguson (Greymouth). ROUND SIX. Scott defeated Gemmell. Brunsden defeated Tate. Sharp defeated Steans. King defeated Derbyshire. Smith defeated Bunt. ROUND SEVEN. Sco-tt defeated Bunt. Brunsdent defeated Besley. Tate defeated Derbyshire. Gemmell defeated Smith. Ferguson defeated Sharp. King defeated Steans. SECTION C. (Runanga Green). ROUND FIVE. Gilland (Lyttelton) defeated Kilgour (Greymouth). Ford (Nelson) defeated Holt (Grey,mouth). Blackler (Lyttelton) defeated Tregurtha (Karoro). Cogswell (Darfield) defeated Lorimer (Nelson). Taylor (Runangh.) defeated Kilgour (Wellington). Herron (Island Bay) defeated Bennett (Grey mouth). ROUND SIX. Kilgour (Greymouth) defeated, Kilgour (Wellington). Ford defeated Cogswell. - Bennett defeated Lorimer. Herron defeated Holt. Taylor defeated Blackler. Gilland defeated Tregurtha. In the seventh round Taylor won his match with Holt by default and was declared section winner. , SECTION D. (Karoro Green). ROUND FIVE. Hale (Island Bay) 13 defeated O’Neill (Runanga) 9. Batty (Karoro) 16 defeated Kay (ShirleyQ 9. McMillan (Greymouth) 14 defeated Vitetta (Nelson) 8. Hoffman (Hokitika) 17 defeated Crankshaw (Greymouth) 16. Spiers (Hokitika) 14 defeated Stokes (Karoro) 12. Hadcroft (Runanga) 10 defeated Jones (Shirley) 9. ROUND SIX. Vitetta' 8 defeated S'tokes 6. O’Neill 17 defeated Spiers 14. Hoffman defeated Hadcroft by default. Hales 7 defeated McMillan 5. Kay 22 defeated Crankshaw 18. Batty defeated Jones. ROUND SEVEN. Spiers 10 defeated Vitteta 9. Stokes 22 defeated McMillan 21. Batty defeated Hadcroft by default. Crankshaw defeated O’Neill by, default. Hoffman 17 defeated Jones 4. Hale 9 defeated Hay 8. SECTION E. (Greymouth Green). ROUND FIVE. Smith (Greymouth) 13 defeated Harris (Kaikoura) 9. Haglund (Greymouth) 9 defeated Petherbridge (Westport) 8. Smith (Runanga) 10 defeated Levy (Westport) 6. White (Runanga) 10 defeated Robinson (Beckenham) 9. Moss (Greymouth) defeated Going (Beckenham) by; default. Gilbert (Karoro) defeated Johnston (Kaikoura) by default. ROUND SIX. Moss 13 defeated Robinson 7. Harris 11 defeated Gilbert 9. Haglund 11 defeated Going 9. Smith (Greymouth) 11 defeated Levy 8. White defeated Petherbridge. Smith (Runanga) defeated Johnston. ROUN'D SEVEN White defeated Haglund. Moss defeated Gilbert. Smith (Greymouth) defeated Smith (Runanga). These were the only games which were reported to have been completed. POST-SECTION DRAW. The draw for post-section play is as follows:— Rinks: Moss (Greymouth) plays Ives (Canterbury); Skoglunn (Wellington) plays Stokes (Cobden); Vitetta (Nelson) plays Mercer tGreymouth). Pairs: Hoffman (Hokitika) plays Brunsden (Edgeware); Moss (Greymouth), Taylor (Runanga), and Ives (Canterbury) byes. All games will be played on the Greymouth green and are set down for 9 o’clock this morning.