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Grey River Argus, 16 February 1945, Page 2

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West Coast Tournament SECTION PLAY ENDS Sectioii play in the West Coast Bowling Centre’s tournament ended yesterday, when the last three rounds of the pairs competition were played. The weather was fine and very warm. Post-section play will begin this morning, and it is expected that the tournament will end today. Plays-off were necessary to decide the winners of three sections in the pairs competition. In Section B F. Chivers and F. A. Hughes (Greymouth) and F. W. Shallcrass and E. R. Moss (Greymouth) each had six wins, the latter team winning the play-off 22—10. In Section D, W. Main and H. Daniel (Riccarton) and M. Yugovich and T. Sinclair (Sydenham) each had six wins, and the play-off was won by Sinclair’s team 22—18. Sinclair was replacing R. J. Watson as skip of this team. B. Johns and T. Quirk (Canterbury) and T. Bowes and W. O’Neill (Ruuanga) each had six wins in Section E, and O’Neill’s team won the playoff 17 —16. H. J. Bond and J. E. Cooper (Barrington) won Section A outright with six wins, while E. Rosewall and A. Warnes (Greymouth) won Section C, being undefeated m all seven games. ■ The following is the draw for today’s play:— FOURS Caulton, Meldrum, Robertson, and Mercer (Greymouth) v. Hill, Cogswell, McKay and Crankshaw (Greymouth), at ”8.30. Simpson, Sinclair, , and Gibson (Sydenham) v. Alexander, Joseph. Hulston and Ives (Canterbury). Bowes, Maskill, White, and O’Neill (Runanga), a bye. PAIRS Rosewall and Warnes (Greymouth) v. Yugovich and Sinclair (Sydenham), at 8.30. Bowes and O’Neill (Runanga) v. Roud and Cooper (Barrington), at 8.30. Shallcrass and Moss (Greymouth) a bye. All to-day’s play will be at the Greymouth green. YESTERDAY’S RESULTS Results of yesterday’s play are:— SECTION A 'Hokitika Green , ROUND 5 R. Britten 17, Stevenson 15. St. John 21, Coker 9. Derbyshire 24, Best 16. W. Britten 21, McMillan 17. Mitchell 19. Clark 12. Callaghan 24, I-ladcroft 9. Robertson 21, Hayward 17. Cooper 17, Spiers 13. ROUND 6 W. Britten 18, Derbyshire 16. R. Britten 15, Mitchell 14. Stevenson 19, Callaghan 15. Hadcroft 22, Hayward 21. Cooper 27, St. John 8. Robertson 22, Best 16. Spiers 19, Clark 17. McMillan 22, Coker 8. ROUND 7 Hadcroft 20, Best 10. Robertson 22, W. Britten 17. Clark 21, St. John 20. Derbyshire 21, Coker 20. Stevenson 18, Hayward 12. Spiers 18, R. Britten 14. McMillan 20, Cooper 19. Mitchell 25, Callaghan 19SECTION B Greymouth Green ROUND 5 Perrone, 22, Anderton 18. Henham 26, Webster 16. Crankshaw 20, Blackler 10. Ross 20, Vitetta 19. Hughes 19, Baxendale 10. J. Smith 23, Stokes 12. Moss 19, Wales 14. Hoffman 17, Samms 13. ROUND 6 Crankshaw, 25, Ross 11. Hughes 16, Anderton 8. J. Smith 20, Perrone 14. Wales 21, Stokes 13. Samms 17, Henham 16. Moss 19, Blackler 13. Baxendale 21, Hoffman 14. . Vitetta 24, Webster 16. ROUND 7 Blackler 19. Stokes 18. Moss 21, Ross 18. Baxendale 21, Henham 12. Crankshaw 24, Webster 10. Perrone 24, Wales 9 Hoffman 19, Anderton 17. Vitetta 20. Samms 12 Hughes 17, J. Smith 13. SECTION C Karoro Green nA . ROUND 5 Ives 24, Denton 19.

Cogswell 16, Gemmell 15. Holmes 14, Warburton. 13. Joseph 21, White 18. Warnes 24, Cullen 11. Besley 20, Holt 17. Fletcher 23, Southward 11. S. Smith 22, Gibson 20. ROUND White 18, Gibson 12. Warburton 16, Cullen 14. Holt 17, Fletcher 13. Ives' 22, Cogswell 13. Gemmell 19, Southward 9. Warnes 15, Joseph 14. Denton 18, Holmes 16. S. Smith 18, Besley 17. ROUND 7 Denton 21, Cullen 20. Warnes 18, Gibson 17. White 20, Besley 16. Ives 14, Southward 12. S. Smith 19, Fletcher 13. Warburton 18, Joseph 17. Cogswell 26, Holmes 9. Holt 17, Gemmell 14. SECTION D Runanga Green ROUND 5 Daniel 15, La Frentz 12. McNabb 23, Kilgour 13. Thompson 21, Masefield 14. Watson 20, Gilbert 13. «» Bond 22, Russell 14. Frost 22, Reed 19. Gibson 24, Bennett 10. Tabb 25, McGaskill 10. ROUND 6 Bennett beat. Bond. Reed beat Kilgour. Frost beat McGaskill. Tabb beat Thompson. Sinclair beat La Frentz. Simpson beat Masefield. Gilbert beat McNabb. Daniel beat Russell. ROUND 7 Tabb beat Gibson. Bond beat Masefield. La Frentz beat McNabb. Daniel beat Bennett. Thompson beat Frost. Gilbert beat Reed. Sinclair beat Russell. ■McGaskill beat Kilsour.. SECTION E . Cobden Green ROUND 5 Fox 19, Scott 13. McAuley 16, Tate 13. O’Neill 21, Going 13. Williamson 21, Hayes 15. Mercer 21, Quirk 16. Burgess 24, Rarity 18. Clelland 20, Taylor 16. Sharp 23, Powell 20. ROUND 6 O’Neill 19, Williamson 16. Mercer 19, Fox 18. Burgess 21. Scott 16. Taylor 19, Rarity 18. Tate 18, Powell 17. Clelland 17. Going 13. Quirk 24, Sharp 15. McAuley 22, Hayes 20. ROUND 7 Going 30, Rarity 17. Clelland 25, Williamson 23. Quirk 19, Tate 14. O’Neill 21, McAuley 19. Scott 26, Taylor 17. Sharp 20, Fox 17. Hayes 23, Powelli 15. Burgess 21, Mercer 19. WEST COAST BOWLING GREENS ' (To the Editor) Sir, —As a visitor who took part in the tournmament in which section play is in its final stages, if not completed as I write, let me compliment the officials on the excellence of the arrangement generally. I would also like to congratulate Greymouth and Runanga Clubs upon the excellent state of their greens—more particularly Greymouth and I am informed that the Karoro green is equally good. I have been bowling for over 20 years and I have never met anything faster or more delightful to play on. I speak of course foi bowlers of skill and , experience—a new chum would probably succeed better on Cobden green which, as it is to-dav, is surely a grave yard for the skilled; its inconsistencies and vagaries are so numerous, it is impossible to fathom them. . I played on this green in the 1942 and 1943 seasons when there was nothing appreciably wrong with it. Now what has happened in the interim to convert this once . pleasuiable -reen into the horror it is todav 9 °lf I' mistake not, those who had‘the care of it of late have not had the requisite experience, no mat?e a r liow much care they have taken in carrying out the job It s 1 as lv evident, that as the gieen was originally quite true—or true enO H« -that the top-dressings have con tained quite a lot of vegetable mat ter which was only part'ally deca ed, and, as it decomposed Lit lost most its entire volume. a test vegetable matter x*as subsidence IS ‘Ve