BOWLS

Southland Times, Issue 21606, 19 January 1932, Page 6

BOWLS

DOMINION TOURNEY RINKS CHAMPIONSHIP SIX ROUNDS PLAYED (Per United Press Association.) Christchurch, January 18. Up to to-day the weather had been perfect for the bowling tournament, but early in the morning the indications were that no play would be possible. From 9 o’clock onwards, however, the conditions improved and a light sou’-wester did not affect play. During the early part of the afternoon bowlers on all greens donned overcoats or held umbrellas over their heads while awaiting their turns on the mat. Had the rain fallen a month ago it would have been very beneficial to the greens, but its arrival during the most important stage of the tournament is decidedly inopportune. There were many surprising reversals of form during the day owing to the changed conditions of the various greens. Tlie following is a summary of wins and losses at the end of six rounds of sectional play, the skips only being mentioned: Section A. Wins Loss W. Bremner (West End, Auckland) 5 1 P. Skoglund (Stratford) 5 1 N. Burgess (Opawa) 4 2 J. D. Renton (St. Albans) 3 3 G. G. Adess (St. Kilda) 3 3 G. W. Collett .(Waimate) 3 3 J. Tonkin (N.E. Valley) 2 4 J. A. Redpath (Canterbury) 2 4 J. Becconsall (Sj’denham) 2 4 C. H. Piper (Christchurch) 1 5 Section B. E. Wilson (St. Kilda) 5 1 J. Dick (Ashburton) 5 1 W. G. Ives (Canterbury) 5 1 F. D. Muirson (New Brighton) 3 3 J. N. Du Feu (St. Albans) 3 3 W. Anderson (Dunedin) 3 3 M. J. Casey (Thorndon) 3 3 T. W. Reese (United) 2 4 D. Stevenson (Hokitika) 1 5 F. L. Parnham (Kaiapoi) 1 5 Section C. G. A. Deare (Dunedin) 5 1 J. Moyes (Timaru) 4 2 A. Armstrong (Roslyn) 4 2 W. Raphael (Canterbury) 4 2 C. J. Morrison (Cashmere) ( 4 2 M. Pattrick (New Brighton) 2 4 W. Brown (Christchurch) 2 4 G. E. Piper (Matai) 2 4 D. Martin (Frankton Junction) 2 4 Section D. W. D. Ramsay (Shirley) 5 1 FI. J. West (Edgeware) 4 2 P. McWhannell (Hataitai) 4 2 E. Bandy (Papanui) 4 2 J. Findlay (Mt. Eden) 4 2 E. Radd (Blenheim) 3 3 11. Rolls (Featherston) 3 3 A. C. Sandston (Christchurch) 3 3 T. Ferguson (Balniacewan) 2 4 A. C. Truman (Barrington) 0 6 Section E. A. E. Hodge (Awamoa) 5 1 St. G. Atkinson (United) 4 2 R. Noble Adams (Blenheim) 4 2 J. Burgess (Riccarton) 4 2 W. 11. Coombes (Sydenham) 3 3 T. Walker (Edgeware) 3 3 J. Ainger (Christchurch) 2 4 J. Abbott (Caledonian) 2 4 H. G. Mayer (Wellington) 2 4 E. W. Pearce (Beckenham) 1 5 Section F. M. Walker (Auckland) 6 0 L. Arnott (Palmerston North) 4 2 E. W. Bartlett (Elmwood) 4 2 F. Laurenson (Linwood) 4 2 P. A. Buck (Imperial) 3 3 J. Pollock (Newton) 2 4 H. Haywood (St. Albans) 2 4 J. Read (Anderson’s Bay) 2 4 J. Wyber (Spreydon) 2 4 C. J. Goldstone (Opawa) 1 5 Section G. T. Gray (Kelburn) 6 0 H. Wilson (Linwood) 5 1 C. E. Tyrrell (Roslyn) 4 2 E. A. Johnston (Sumner) 3 3 H. Ryan (Kaikorai) 3 3 W. A. Lancaster (St. Johns) 3 3 T. G. Fox (Canterbury) 3 3 C. H. Hargreaves (Rangiora) 2 4 J. M. Thomson (Foxton) 1 5 F. East (Edgeware) 0 6 Section H. J. Calder (Phoenix) 6 0 W. Foster (Caledonian) 5 1 W. R. Sprosen (Linwood) 4 2 A. J. Orchard (Christchurch) 4 2 G. S. Gordon (St. John’s) 3 3 J. Morgan (Heathcote) 3 3 E. Monk (Kaiapoi) 2 4 S. Peck (Greymouth) 2 4 P. L. Davies (Canterbury) 1 5 C. Madsen (Sydenham) 0 6 Section I. J. Hutchison (Dunedin) 5 1 W. Martin (Sumner) 4 2 N. Murray (Fitzroy) 4 2 D. H. Thomson (Invercargill) 4 2 J. Rennie (Christchurch) 4 2 J. W. Lowry (Kelburn) 3 3 W. Worsley (Hornby) 2 4 W. Craw (Canterbury) 2 4 A. Baldwin (St. Albans) _ 2 4 C. H. Claughton (Blenheim) 0 6 Section J. W. T. Goodwin (Thorndon) 5 1 L. A. Gordon (Canterbury) 5 1 T. Edwards (Terauka) 5 1 J. Forster (Caversham) 4 2 A. M. Stephens (United) 3 3 C. W. Johnston (Edgeware) 3 3 J. Oliver (Returned Soldiers) 3 3 F. Redpath (Linwood) 2 4 H. P. Horne (Woodville) 2 4 A. Dickson (Christchurch) 2 4 C. Wilkinson (Beckenham) 1 5 N. Leach (Punanga) 1 5 SATURDAY’S GAMES RINKS AT KEEN STAGE. There was a great struggle between J. Rennie (Christchurch) and W. J. Hampton’s Sumner rink when the two met on the Linwood green in the third round on Saturday morning, says the Christchurch Times. Hampton, who had retired from the tournament temporarily, was expected to skip again yesterday. In the meantime J. S. Martin is skip and F. C. Cother has been included as substitute. Rennie was two down on the twenty-fourth head, which was burnt. In the replay Rennie drew level by scoring two. The twenty-fifth head was burnt and on the twenty-sixth Rennie, after building up a good head, trailed the jack beautifully for two. In the fourth round Hampton won, but Rennie lost to J. Hutchison (Dunedin), who has not suffered a defeat so far. J. Findlay’s Mount Eden rink, after winning both rounds on' Friday, collapsed against E. Bandy (Papanui). The Aucklanders, who include Nairn, Turner and Colthurst, lost by fifteen. Dr Sandston (Christchurch) and W. D. Ramsay (Shirley), with whom Findaly had been on equal terms at. the end of play on Friday, both won their games on Saturday morning and led the section. In the fourth round, however, Findlay defeated Sandston, but Ramsay won his game, giving the last-named the section leadership with four victories. Skoglund’s Rink Defeated. With the defeat of the Skoglund family rink by C. H. Piper’s Christchurch team

in Ihe morning, W. Bremner (West End, Auckland) leads in his section -with no losses. Bremner, however, had a very close call, winning by one from G. G. Adess (St. Kilda). In the fourth round he accounted for J. D. Renton (St. Albans) by eight. G. A. Deare (Dunedin) continued his run of successes by defeating G. E. Piper (Maitai) by twelve on the Edgeware green. W. Raphael (Canterbury), who was narrowly defeated by Deare on Friday, finished twenty-two up against W. Brown (Christchurch), whom A. Armstrong (Roslyn) defeated in the fourth round and thereby drew on to level terms with Deare and Raphael. Each has three wins, and Armstrong has yet to meet Deare. Of the three leaders in section B at the conclusion of play on Friday, J. Dick (Ashburton) was the only skip to win on Saturday morning, and led the section at the end of the third round. Dick met J. N. Du Feu, who had been level with him in wins, and defeated the St. Albans skip by three. E. Wilson (St. Kilda), who won both games on Friday, lost by three to W. G. Ives’s Canterbury rink. Dick, however, lost his solo lead by going down before E. Wilson (St. Kilda) in the fourth round, and now six rinks are equal in points. Gordon (Canterbury) D-oing Well. L. A. Gordon (Canterbury) registered his third successive win by winning by thirteen from N. Leach (Runanga) and thus heading A. M. Stephens (United) and W. T. Goodwin (Thorndon), both of whom lost the third round. Gordon defeated Stephens in the fourth round. St. G. Atkinson (United), who led in his section on Friday, went down before A. E. Hodge (Awamoa) in the third round. This left six rinks equal, with two wins each. Hodge won again in the fourth round, and is now among the five leaders. T. Gray (Kelburn) and C. E. Tyrell (Roslyn) led in their section at the end of the third round. T. G. Fox (Canterbury) and E. A. Johnson (Sumner), both of whom won two games on Friday, were defeated. Tyrrell suffered a reverse when he met J. M. Thomson (Foxton), and Gray, winning again, gained the solo lead in the section. Playing third for Gray is M. Routley, who is among the five to contest the singles final. J. Calder (Phoenix, Oamaru) and W. Foster (Caledonian) still led in their section through winning both games on the Barrington green. Both have four wins to their credit. M. Walker (Auckland) went into the lead in his section by defeating F. Laurenson’s Linwood rink by six in the morning. J. H, Hayward (St. Albans), who had tied with Walker on Friday, lost to L. Anott (Palmerston North). Walker gained his fourth win by defeating Arnott. MEETING OF COUNCIL VISIT OF ENGLISH TEAM. (Per United Press Association.) Christchurch, January 18. At the half yearly meeting of the Council of the New Zealand Bowling Association it was decided that the annual meeting be held at Wellington in July. Consent was given to the application from Westport for the establishment of a Buller Centre It was reported that the British team to tour New Zealand would leave the Old Country at the end of September, first visiting Australia. It was agreed to apply to the English Association for the exact dates of arrival in New Zealand. Advice was received from the Queensland Association th it a team could not be recruited to visit New Zealand this year. TEAMS FOR TO-MORROW. TE RANGI CLUB. The following players will leave Te Rangi green by motor car at 5.40 p.m. tomorrow to play at Woodlands:—Mainland, Brown, W. Donald, Anderson (skipl ; Frobarth, Whyte, T. R. Pryde, Walker (skip); Preddy, Milne, Roscow, Glennie (skip). GORE CLUB. The Gore B team to meet Wyndham at the Gore green on Wednesday will be: Familton, A. Taylor, Richards, Barnett; L. Taylor, Ritchie, Harvey, Graham; Campbell, Busbridge, Rodger, Murray. Emergencies: Garrick, Gresham, Bennet, Wylie.;