LEADS AND SECONDS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26424, 31 March 1947, Page 7

LEADS AND SECONDS

WIN FOR B. WALLER B. Waller (Kaikorai) won the Leads and Seconds’ Competition held by the Dunedin Bowling Centre, beating G. C. Rutherford (West Harbour) by 24—19 in the final, played at the St. Kilda green on Saturday. , , x „ , The tournament was taken to the postsection stage for Saturday’s play. After having been down 10—0 in the first few heads, West Harbour made a good recovery to bring the scores to 14—11 by the end of the fourteenth head, but Kaikorai gradually piled up the points in succeeding heads to be 19 —13 at the close of 17 ends. West Harbour reduced the lead by a point by the closing head. The detailed results in the post-section play are as follows: First Round.—A. McPherson (Caledonian) 12, D. Watt (Caversham) 10; G. C. Rutherford (West Harbour) 10, A. H. W. Millard (Balmacewen) 9; J. Taylor (Roslyn) 11, J. Steedman (Mornington) 10; I. French (West Harbour) 12, A. Walker (Mornington) 8. Second Round.—Rutherford 21, McPherson 12; Taylor 13, French 12; H. White (Logan Park) 13, H. Peacock (Caledonian) 10; R. J. Scott (Balmacewen) 19, J. ,W. Holmes'(St. Clair) 12; C. W. Bryce (Taieri) 10, W. Murdoch (West Harbour) 8; W. A. Mitson (Kaituna) 10, R. Bremner (Mornington) 6; B. Waller (Kaikorai) 14, L. Henderson (Caledonian) 9; C. Thompson (Tainui) 15, A. J. T. Watt (Anderson’s Bay) 12 Third Round.—Rutherford 24, Taylor 14; Scott 15, White 5; Mitson 10, Bryce 9; Waller 12, Thompson 6. Fourth Round—Rutherford 13, Scott 10; Waller 14, Mitson 12. Final.—Waller 24, Rutherford 19.