Rinks Results In Dominion Bowls Championships

Northern Advocate, 14 January 1941, Page 3

Rinks Results In Dominion Bowls Championships

[Per Press Association. Copyright.'] CHRISTCHURCH, This Day.

e Although the greens were slight! d heavy yesterday for the first half < \ the morning games in the rinks pis a of the New Zealand bowling tourn. ment, because of Sunday’s storm, the a had dried out by lunch time and wei a running freely in the afternoon. The day started off with the usu! thrills, the first being the defeat of a strong Auckland rink, R. V. Warmai e R. Campbell, G. A. Deare and V i. Bremner, by J. Currie, J. D. Best, I f Stephenson, skipped by the Taiei , veteran, W. Carswell, the final scor - being 24—20. , Good Start. r Carswell won his second gam 30—10, against T. Poole, of Amberlej C. Spearman (Christchurch) startewell by taking his first two games. H beat Scott (Sydenham) 24—19, ani Stephenson (Nelson) 32—19. W. D. Ramsay (Shirley), who woi all eight section games last year ii Wellington went down 29 —13 to A j Bell (Tauranga) in the morning game I but won his second against Conde (Lyall Bay), 25—19. On the Elmwood green A. Christh beat the Christchurch skip, C. Masden 28 —25 in the morning game, and ther lost 24—23 to J. R. Smith (Kelburn) ir the afternoon. Livingstone Loses Life. A Hokitika four, skipped by J. S Bain, beat E. C. La Frantz (Matai) 25 —18 in the morning and T. Satterthwaite (Spreydon) 23—20 in the second game. Another West Coast team, skipped Iby E. R. Moss (Karoro), won both games, beating S. J. Snedden (Linwood) in the afternoon and T. Hubbard (Caversham) in the morning. The second highlight of the day came when F. Livingstone (Onehunga) lost one of his lives. In the j morning he won from A. J. Green (Westport) 28—23, but A. G. Spiers j (St. Kilda) ran out ahead 23—22 in the ! next game. Livingstone has with him IW. Whittaker, J. Macklow and H. A. Robertson. Ponsonby’s Loss, Win. R. S. Higginbotham (Ponsonby) lost the morning game to T. F. Chambers (Sumner) 23—13, but later put up corresponding figures, 32—8, against J. Holgate (Mornington). j The hard-fighting Dunedin skip, T. | Ferguson (Balmacewan), made things I hard for his opponents. In the mornj ing he beat W. J. Caldwell (Maheno) I 26 —17, and later put down T. H. Watts (Beckenham) 33 —14. A. Beslcy (Sydenham), one of the hardest-driving skips in Christchurch, scored twice. He beat Watts (Beckenham) 25—24, and Caldwell (Maheno) 28—11. Octogenarian in Form. C. Taylor (Sydnenham), who has just celebrated his 80th birthday and who was well up in post-section games of the singles, started off well by beating J. Du Feu (St. Albans) 26—21, and S. Larking (Beckenham) 24—18. Although backed by a strong team, J. R. Smith (Elmwood) failed to win either of his first two games. In the morning he was beaten by H. P. Perry (Thorndon) 21—19, and in the afternoon by P. H. Rowe (Ponsonby) 32 —17. H. S. Maslin (Hawera), who had M. J. Squire as his third, beat S. C. K. Smith (North End, Invercargill) 32 —14, and J. Chatfield (Edgeware) 27—17. Ex-Footballer Scores. J. Dowland, who formerly played third for G. Claridge, of Dunedin, has his own team this year and scored a 34—25 win over J. Bary (Blenheim) and a 31—18 win over W. Brown (United). J. Turbin, former well-known local footballer, has come out with his own team this year and started off well by scoring two wins. In the first game he beat A. W. Cullen (Thorndon) 33—10, and in the second G. Williams (Edgeware) 32—14. Turpin was second in R. Haworth’s team that won the fours championship in 1936 and he led for the same skip when they won the pairs the same year. Brothers Lose, Win. P. Munn (Canterbury), who has a strong team, won both his games. He beat A. W. St. John (Nelson) in the morning 27—17, and J. Coulter (North East Valley) 20 —17 in the afternoon. The four Martin brothers, skipped by J. S. Martin (Carlton), but who have entered from the United Club, went down 21—20 to P. W. Smith (Thorndon), but scored a 28—18 win over J. B. Hawkey (Timaru). A game watched with interest was that between R. Haworth (Canterbury) and J. D. Marks (Christchurch). Eight Points Useless. It proved no contest, however, as the former ran out an easy winner, 29—11, this being Haworth's second win for the day. K. Morrison (Dunedin) .got two wins, beating E. C. Scales (Ashbury) 26—22, and R. Burgess (Woolston) 26—18. R. E. McNish (Canterbury), another of the early choices to be among the finalists, scored two wins. Against T. G. Fox (Christchurch) he won 29—12, and put down M. J. Cary (Thorndon), 27—18. The first eight points scored were obtained by W. J. Crawford (Otago), playing against L. Goldfinch (Wellington), but in spite of this handicap the Wellington skip tied on the last head and eventually won the game. Today’s Play.

Play in the fours was continued today on greens that were again heavy after overnight rain. While it is still too early to see the course of the final stages of sectional play, several rinks by their steady play seem certain to go on to postsectional games. Among these are four Canterbury rinks, skipped respectively by J. W. Turpin, R. Haworth, P. Munn and R. E. McNish. W. Carswell (Taieri). H. S. Maslin (Hawera), E. R. Moss (Greymouthr and T. Ferguson (Balmacewen) are others with excellent prospects.