Final Play In Whangarei Bowls Tourney

Northern Advocate, 30 January 1940, Page 6

Final Play In Whangarei Bowls Tourney

Bowlers competing in the Whangarei Club’s annual tournament have experienced every kind of weather. The tournament opened on Saturday in fine, but boisterous, weather, and was continued yesterday under hot, sultry conditions, but with the green playing perfectly. Today the post-section play had only commenced when heavy rain fell and for the remainder of the morning advantage had to be taken of spells between showers.

The rain made the greens heavy and interfered to some extent with the accuracy of the bowling.

Holder Defeated.

Two players came through the seven qualifying rounds without a loss, McNay (Hikurangi) and Ferguson (Portland) playing consistently well to secure this success.

In the first round of the post-section play McNay kept his unbeaten record but Ferguson was defeated. Also beaten in the first round of post-section play, all of which with ,the exception of the final was fixed at 11 heads on the sudden death principle, was Greville (Dargaville), holder of the Dr. Campbell Rose Bowl trophy for the tournament. This was Greville’s last appearance in Northland competition for the present as he is leaving on active service as a doctor with the Medical Corps immediately. Remaining in after the first 'round of post-sectional player were representatives of each competing club with the exception of Dargaville and Kensington. Final Qualifying Rounds.

Additional results in qualifying play yesterday were:

SECTION ONE. Sixth round: Grant 18, Wilding 11; Thomas 17, Cutforth 13; Buchanan 19, Curtis 15; Nesbitt 18, Boag 14. Seventh round; Boag 17, Cutforth 12; Buchanan 23, Wilding 16; Thomas 25, Nesbitt 17; Grant 16, Curtis 14. SECTION TWO. Sixth round: Ferguson 20, McLeod 16; Orr 24, Walker 15; Callaghan 21, Littlejohn 15; Stark 17, Piggott 16. Seventh round: Ferguson 19, Littlejohn 12; Stark 20, Walker 10; Callaghan 17, McLeod 13; Piggott 18, Orr 17. SECTION THREE. Sixth round: Allan 15, Steele 13; Horner 28, Haigh 12; Wilson 18, Miller 14; Williams 20, Davey 9. Seventh round: Horner 17, Williams 15; Allan 33, Miller 23; Wilson 27, Steele 10; Davey 16, Haigh 14. SECTION FOUR. Sixth round: McNay 15, Bakalich 13; Layzell 18, Nisbet 15; Doel 18, Cox 16; Greville 24, Beehre 10. Seventh round: McNay 22, Cox 20; Layzell 20, Beehre 18; Greville 26, Nisbet 24; Doel 23, Bakalich 16.

Post-Section Results,

Those to qualify for post-section play were: Ferguson (Portland), seven wins; McNay (Hikurangi), seven wins; Buchanan (Matamata), five wins; Thomas (Edendale), five wins; Grant (Portland), five wins; Stark (Hikurangi), five wins; Wilson (Helensville), five wins; Williams (Portland), .five wins; Horner (Kensington), five wins; Allan (Whangarei), five wins; Greville (Dargaville), five wins; Doel (Whangarei), five wins. Post-section play results:

First round: McNay 10, Greville 6; Allan 11, Williams 3; Thomas 14, Ferguson 3; Buchanan 10, Doel 7; Grant 15, Horner 10; Wilson 8, Stark 6. Second round —McNay 13, Grant 4; Buchanan 14, Wilson 9; Thomas 14, Allan 6. Semi-final McNay 18, Buchanan 3. Thomas, a bye. Opening with a three on the first head, McNay scored one. two and five in succession, to establish a lead of 11 over Buchanan, who did not score until the fifth when he notched two. Three more to McNay on the sixth gave him a commanding lead, Buchanan’s only further score being on the seventh, when he secured one.