BOWLS

Southland Times, Issue 22218, 10 January 1934, Page 6

BOWLS

DOMINION TOURNEY SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP FIVE PLAYERS REMAIN IN (Per United Press Association.) Dunedin, January 9. Of the 168 bowlers who entered for the singles championship, the number had been reduced this evening to five one lifers, Martin (Sumner), E. Harraway (Dunedin), Veitch (West Harbour), Carswell (Taieri) and Nicolson (Dunedin). The weather was again fine and the greens in good order. The pairs championship will be commenced to-morrow. The results were as follows:— Fifth Round. —Two-lifers: iVeitch (West Harbour) 23, Duncan (Carlton, Auckland) 6; Tyrell (Roslyn) 16, E. Harraway (Dunedin) 15; Morrison (Dunedin) 18, Ferguson (Balmacewen) 16; Carswell (Taieri) 24, Kinvig (Linwood) 12; S. Hutchison (Logan Park) 28, B. Scott (Caledonian, one life) 14. Dowland (St. Kilda) had the bye. One-lifers: Healey (Waimate 18, Cooper (Kaituna) 10; Martin (Sumner) 23, Love (Port) 15; Wilkinson (Cromwell) 23, J. Thomson (Taieri) 11; Blackham (West End) 21, Phillips (Roslyn) 13; MacGillivray (Roslyn) 23, L. Edwards (Caledonian) 11; McPherson (West Harbour) 22, McConnell (Ponsonby) 16; Claridge (Caledonian) 21, Chambers (Sumner) 16; Nicholson (Dunedin) 16, Slater (Phoenix) 15; Smith (Auckland) 24, Alloo (Roslyn) 9; Barnett (Christchurch) 22, Parry (Waimate) 6; Sunderland (Alexandra) 13, Telford (Otago) 12; Barnsdale (Christchurch) 17, Hindle (Balmacewen) 10; Anderson (Dunedin) 20, Reid (Kaituna) 9; Forrest (Phoenix) 23, Stewart (West End) 18; Tonkin (N.E.V.) 26, Buist (Phoenix) 7; Hogg (Dunedin) 18, Austin (Cromwell) 16; Best (Dunedin) 16, Walker (Auckland) *l5; Muston (Carlton) 20, Lambeth (Balmacewen) 14; Edwards (Temuka) 20, Allan (Kaituna) 14; Irvine (Edendale) 20, Ure (Ponsonby) 15; Parsons (Ponsonby) 22, Gilbert (Karori) 9. The following were eliminated:— Stewart, Buist, Austin, Walker, Lambeth, Allan, Ure, Gilbert, Scott, Cooper, Love, Thomson, Phillips, Edwards, McConnell, Chambers, Slater, Alloo, Parry, Telford, Hindle, Reid. Sixth Round.—Two-lifers: Tyrell 22, Dowland 12; Morrison 23, Carswell 14; MacGillivray (one life) 20, S. Hutchison 16; Veitch (West Harbour) had the bye. One-lifers: Martin 24, Healy 13; Blaikham 17, Wilkinson 16; E. Harraway 20, Duncan 8; Kinvig 24, Ferguson 12; Claridge 21, McPherson 13; Nicholson 18, Smith 15; Barnett 16, Sunderland 11; Anderson 20, Barnsdale 13; Tonkin 19, Forrest 14: Best 16, Hogg 13; Muston 22, Edwards 13; Irvine 18, Parsons 16.

All of the losers were eliminated. Seventh round.—Nicolson 16, beat Claridge 14; Anderson 16, beat Barnett 13; Tonkin 22, beat Best 12; Muston 18, beat Irvine 15; Veitch 21, beat Morrison 16; Harraway 21, beat Macgillivray 14; Kinvig 18, beat Dowland 13; Carswell 20, beat Hutchison 17; Martin 18, beat Blackham 17; Tyrrell a bye. The following were eliminated.— Dowland, Hutchison, Blackham, Macgillivray, Claridge, Barnett, Best and Irvine.

Eighth round.—Nicolson 20, beat Anderson 14; Muston 23, beat Tonkin 17; Veitch 17, beat Tyrrell 14; Carswell 23, beat Kinvig 14; Martin 21, beat Morrison 9; Haraway a bye. Morrison, Kinvig, Anderson and Tonkin were eliminated.

Ninth round.—Nicolson 17, beat Muston 11; Martin 23, beat Tyrrell 11; Harraway 15, beat Veitch (two lives) 14; Carswell a bye. Tyrrell was eliminated. The following remain in.—Martin, Harraway, Veitch, Nicolson and Carswell, all one lifers. Some Keen Contests. One of the opening games on the Dunedin green was that between E. Harraway (Dunedin), singles champion of 1920, and C. Tyrrell (Roslyn), another fine exponent of the game. Tyrrell opened the scoring with two singles, but Harraway took the next three heads with 1,2, 2. Tyrrell responded with two singles which left him only one behind with seven heads played. An even struggle followed, the scores on the 17th head being 13 all. Harraway took the lead with a single, but the Roslyn man evened the scores with only two heads to go. Harraway took another single, but on the last head Tyrrell secured a brace to win a neck, and neck struggle by 16 points to 15. In the same round W. Carswell the Taieri veteran, who was singles champion in 1924, secured an easy win over A. Kinvig, a strong Linwood player, by 24 points to 12. Kinvig, after being 13 points down on the thirteenth head, fought gamely to reduce Carswell’s lead to eight, but the veteran ran away from him at the finish. J. Veitch (West Harbour) was showing great form and easily accounted for the Aucklander, R. Duncan. Duncan scored on only three heads, Veitch winning by 23 to 6 on the seventeenth. In the sixth round Tyrrell maintained his excellent form and defeated J. Dowland (St. Kilda) who won the singles at the recent Southland tourney, by 22 points to 12. Tyrrell ran away from his opponent after the ninth head, the game, in which he had led throughout, closing on the nineteenth head. In this round Carswell suffered his first defeat at the hands of K. Morrison (Dunedin) who took seven of the first eight heads, at the end of which he led by 13 points to 4. The lead was too great for the Taieri man to overtake and he lost by the same margin of points. Duncan again showed lack of form and was eliminated by Harraway, who won by 20 points to 8. Kinvig recovered, however, and secured a comfortable win against T. Ferguson (Balmacewan), who was also eliminated.

The seventh round provided some interesting play. Veitch, Harraway and Kinvig all won their games, the last named defeating Dowland, who was eliminated.

In the eighth round Carswell again secured an easy win ovex' Kinvig whom he had defeated in the fifth round. On this occasion, after securing a substantial early lead he was never headed and won by 23 points to 14 on the nineteenth head.

Martin (Sumner) was playing a fine game at this stage. After losing the first head against Morrison he took the next seven to lead 11—1. With such a fine lead he was never troubled and won by 21 points to 9 on the 18th. Martin, who is a left hander and was Christchurch singles champion in 1932, showed remarkable form against Tyrrell, whom he defeated by 23 points on the 19th head. Martin opened the scoring with a brace and Tyrrell replied with a single and a brace. Martin then scored two threes and had a lead of five with only five heads played. The Roslyn man fought gamely, however, and took the next three heads, reducing his opponent’s lead to one, but Martin, with a single, a three and another single on the next three heads, was again in a strong position. Tyrrell won the next two, making the scores 13—10 in Martin’s favour with 13 heads

gone. From this stage Tyrrell was always on the defensive, the Sumner man playing finely to score 2,3, 1,2, on successive heads. Tyrrell was able to get a single on the eighteenth, but Martin then added a brace to win the game. Harraway and Veitch (two lives) provided a great game. Veitch led after the first few heads by 5—2, but Harraway quickly evened and then a great struggle ensued in which each man gave a fine exhibition of bowling. When the bell went the scores were 14 all and an additional head had to be played. Veitch opened with two good bowls which lay close to the kitty, but Harraway played finely to get the shot. Veitch put in an even bettex- one and again lay, but Harraway, who had previoulsy burned three heads, drove and again succeeded in burping the head. On the replay Harraway put in a good one early and as Veitch was unable to alter the position, the Dunedin man won by 15 points to 14.

It was generally expected that Muston (Auckland) would prove too hard a nut fox' Nicolson (Dunedin) but the latter gave a wonderful exhibiton of drawing and never looked like losing, the final scores being 16—11 in his favour. COMMENT ON THE PLAY EDENDALE PLAYER’S FINE SHOWING. (Special to Times). Dunedin, January 9. Rain during the night made the greens rather on the heavy side and had a tendency to bring up wide and narrow hands, and players found the conditions tricky. W. Irvine, the Southland hope in the one lifer section, had a fine game with Ure (Ponsonby) on the Caledonian green, the game being a neck and neck go with the Edendale man always a little too good for the northerner. Irvine’s drawing gained applause and he seemed to be at his best when the position had to be retrieved. His game in the sixth round against A. Parsons, also of Ponsonby, was full of merit for it must be remembered that the Aucklander is in the very first flight of New Zealand’s best and at every tourney he has been prominent. In 1923 he skipped the winning rink for his club at Auckland. The Edendale player kept with his opponent throughout and never allowed more than pairs to be scored against him, his steadiness being of great value. Against Muston (Carlton, Auckland), third for Professor Walker in several tournaments, he met his Waterloo. The clash was watched by quite a gallery, as it was expected the Edendale player would account for his opponent, especially after the businesslike way he had disposed of Parsons. However, at the finish of an even game a three point margin was against Irvine, this player having reached the final dozen in the singles. The experience should be of great value as the Dunedin centre caters for the country clubs. The progress of the Edendale player has been favourably commented upon locally. A great struggle was witnessed today on the Caledonian green between J. Best and the genial Max Walker, both past title holders. Best was one up and the last end was being played. Walker was lying the position, but Best killed the head and won the match 16—15. The veteran W. Carswell went well to-day, losing one life to Morrison (Dunedin). He went on to reach the semi-finals with a bye in the ninth round.

The singles will probably not be decided till Thursday or Friday of next week as the players concerned are released from the pairs and rinks engagements. J. Veitch (West Harbour) a two lifer was deprived of one of them in the ninth round by E. Harraway (Dunedin), but two heads were necessary after the bell had rung, one making the scores 14 all and the deciding end to Harraway, one up. It wss a great game. Five one lifers are left in the singles, Nicolson and E. Harraway (Dunedin) Veitch (West Harbour), Carswell (Taieri) and Martin (Sumner). The pairs commence to-morrow with 180 players in 28 sections on 14 greens. The weather promises to hold good. FIRST DAY’S RESULTS SOUTHLAND PLAYERS. Following is a complete list of the results of games played by Southlanders in the singles competition the first day:— F. Lambeth (Balmacewan) 22 beat J. H. Macdonald (Northend) 14. H. Henderson (Kaituna) 22 beat J. H. Macdonald 17. D. H. Thomson (Phoenix) 18 beat W. Irvine (Edendale) 11. W. Irvine 20 beat C. Beecroft (Dunedin) 16. W. Irvine 16 beat H. Lister (Kia Toa) 11. W. Irvine 20 beat W. T. Henaghan (Caledonian) 16. S. J. Taylor (Kia Toa) 23 beat E. J. Weir (Orepuki) 14. G. C. Claridge (Caledonian) 23 beat T. Hickey (Edendale) 18. J. Buchanan (Christchurch) 20 beat E. J. Weir 15.

T. Hickey 25 beat W. T. Smellie (Green Island) 15. T. Hickey 21 beat J. Buchanan 8. W. Buist (Phoenix) 22 beat T. Hickey 16. J. McPherson (West Harbour) 22 beat W. Chaplin (Edendale) 19. W. Chaplin 22-beat H. Thomas (Sumner) 14.

W. Chaplin 20 beat J. Hutchison

(Dunedin) 15. A. P. Alloo (Roslyn) 17 beat W. Chaplin 10. O. B. Uftoi) (Kaikorai) 16 beat S. Smith (Northend) 15. S. Smith 18 beat R. McLean (Greymouth) 9. S. Smith 18 beat H. Gribble (Mt. Eden) 12. , T. E. Parry (Waimate) 21 beat S. Smith 11. _______________