BOWLING

New Zealand Times, Volume LIV, Issue 12651, 11 January 1927, Page 4

BOWLING

DOMINION TOURNEY 85 REMAIN IN SINGLES RINK PLAY ON WEDNESDAY Par Press Association. Al.UvL.i.s lj, January 10. The Dominion bowling tournament, ivhicn is tins year under the control ut the Auckland Centre, ' commenced in ueautitui weather today witn thu singles championship. Kinks championship will commence on \V otineshay, and. the pairs next Monday. Ut a record entry of 272 competitors, comprising a party from Australia and prominent howlers from ail parts of the Dominion, ho were left in the singles championship at the close of pluy today. seventeen of these are two-lifers and 63 are one-lifers, rour rounds were played to-day, the position in the diflerent sections at the end of th© fourth round being:— SECTION A No lose, —hie teller (Takaka). One loss- —Torrance tPousonoy), pilkingtun (Hamilton), Addison (Edendale), (..Mount Albeit), Eckersley (Manawatu). SECTION B No loss—Allatt (Melbourne). One loss—Gatland (Onehunga), Ilindle (liaimacewan), Gould (Carlton), liawnsloy (Papatoetoe). SECTION C No loss—Edwards (Teinuka). One loss —liosking (West End, Auckland), Erford (Edgoware), G. Clark One loss Denison (Dominion road). SECTION D No loss—Bussell (Remuera). One loss—Ball (Carlton), Duff (Island Bay), Benefield (St. Johns), Lambeth (Balmacewan). SECTION E No loss —McCornish (Maitai). Ono loss—Kissling (Remuera), Firman (Beckenham), McSlaster (Stanley), Billclifi (United). SECTION F No loss—Bell, junior (Hamilton). One loss Denion (Dominion road), Jury (Fitzroy), Ryan (Remuera), Brake (Takapunu). SECTION G No loss—H. Clarke (Reeky Nook). On© lees—Stephens (Kelburn), Brookfield (St. Heliers) W. Dee (Maitai), J. C. Wilson (Garlton). SECTION H No loss—Evans (Hamilton). One Loss. —Herd (St. .Juba's), Battersby (Dominion Road), Parsons (Epsom), Naylor (Thorndon). SECTION I No Loss.—Parson's (Ponsonby). One Loss. (Frankton Junction), Smith (Dunedin), Armstrong (Pukekohc). SECTION J No loss.—Kilgour (Carlton). - ; . One Loss.—Bentley (Dunedin), Wooller (Remuera), Carbines (Pons9nby), Smellie (Green Island). . , - SECTION K No Ldss.—Mclntyre (Hamilton). One Loss.— Doherty (Kelburn), Walker (Auckland), Fraser (Mount Eden), Ciomley (Tauranga). SECTION , L No Loss.—Johnson (Stanley 1 Bay). One Loss. Keatley (Rocky Nook), (Lamb (Oarlton), Gardiner (Otahuhu), Howartb (Canterbury). SECTION M No loss. —Knight (St. Helier’e). One Loss.—Lindsay (Caledonian), Dick (Ponsonby), McPUail (Waitemate), Tutt (Mount Eden). SECTION N No Loss. —Bell, senior (Hamilton). One Loss. Spiller (Wellington), Franks (Mastertou), Hutchison (Dunedin), O’Hagan (Timaru). SECTION O No loss.—Harraway (Green Island). One Loss.—Lethnm (Ponsonby), Jury (Rocky Nook). Porteous (Wellington), Laurenson (Carlton). SECTION P No Loss.—Gray (Kelburn). One lose. —Mcßobie (Remuera), Meredith (Hamilton), Smart (New Plymouth), Feilding (Hataitai). SECTION Q No Loss.—Maher (West End). One lose.—Senior (Waihi), Crawshaw (St. Helier’s), Crowley (Tauranga), Hollows (Dominion Road). HOW THEYPLAYED! WALKER WELL BEATEN FORMER CHAMPION- OUT. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, January 10. Past champions competing included J. Kilgour (Carlton), tlio winner in 1911; N. Walker (Auckland), 1915, 1919, and 1923 champion: j C. R. Ingram (Wellington), title holder in 1917; B. Harraway (Dunedini, 1920; J. C. Rigby (Dunedin), 1922; and J. Best (Dunedin), 1925. Last year’s winner, W. Foster (Caledonian, Dunedin), is not competing. Mclntyre (Hamilton) had a sensational win over Maxwell Walker (Auckland) in Section K, scoring 21 to 7. Walker was almost eliminated in the fourth round. Fustier (Green Island) being 3 up with one head to go. Pastier foolishly throw a long head, and his first bowl wa6 five feet away. This proved to be the closest bowl he threw up. Walker drew four inside that and won by one. Best (Green Island), a former champion, found the going in Section G too hard to allow his machine-like delivery to lie brought into full play. He gave a poor display and was eliminated. Parson (Ponsonby) once again proved that he is a singles player of outstanding merit, and was undefeated in Section 1, winning all his games with ease. Bremner (West End), runner-up in 1924, loßt one of his lives to a youthful opponent, Fletcher (Takaka), in Section A. Fletcher was unbeaten. , Allatt (Melbourne) upheld the prestige of the visiting Victorians by being undefeated in Section B .

Kilgour (Carlton), a former champion heads Soction J with no losses.