BOWLS

Southland Times, Issue 23159, 29 March 1937, Page 4

BOWLS

The Easter Pairs Tournament WIN FOR STEVENS AND MORRISON The Easter bowling pairs competition, conducted by the Southland and Te Rangi clubs, was held on Saturday in ideal weather. Both the Southland and Te Rangi greens were occupied for the tournament and the entries included pairs from several of the country clubs. The competition was played in sections, and the semi-finals and finals were decided on the Te Rangi green. G. T. Stevens and R. G. Morrison (Waihopai) met F. Holloway and M.- McKenzie (Te Rangi) in the final, which the first-named pair won by 15 points to 6. A high standard of bowling was maintained throughout the day and there was a number of close finishes. The condition of both greens was excellent; the fine weather of the last week had done much to ensure a keen running surface. Mr R. L. Dunwoodie, president of the Te Rangi Club, presented the trophies and congratulated the winners. He thanked the players for their support of the tournament which, he considered, had been an outstanding success. He thanked the women for their work during the day and the green umpires and supervisors for their work and care of the greens. Mr P. J. Israel, president of the Southland Bowling Club, also spoke. The results were as follows:— SOUTHLAND GREEN SECTION A First Round Johnston and P. Thomas (Northend) 13 v. F. Springford and G. Streatfield (Te Rangi) 8. A. Clark and J. C. Thomson (Southland) 9 v. T. Brown and H. Wilson (Georgetown) 7. Spowart and Sice (Nightcaps) 10 v. A. Johnston and W. Young (SouthJ. Fraser and S. Fowler (Southland) 13 v. W. Steel and T. Metcalfe (Waikiwi) 9. i Second Round Thomas 15 v. Wilson 10. Thomson 10 v. Streatfield 9. Fowler 15 v. Young 6. Metcalfe 13 v. Sice 10. Third Round Thomson 11 v. Thomas 10. Streatfield 8 v. Wilson 8. Metcalfe 16 v. Young 8. Sice 15 v. Fowler 12. Section Ties Fowler 7 v. Sice 6. Metcalfe a bye. Fowler 7 v. Metcalfe 4. Section Play-Off Thomson 10 v. Fowler 4. SECTION B First Round G. T. Stevens and R. G. Morrison (Waihopai) 15 v. G. Hope and' G. Glennie (Te Rangi) 10. H. Fox and W. Miller (R.S.A.) 10 v. D. McQueen and W. Bell (Woodlands) 7. A. Sefton and F. G. Stevenson (Invercargill) 15 v. J. Irving and W. McRobie (Southland) 7. D. Burrell and R. Smithies (Te Rangi) 16 v. J. Duncan and R. Cochrane (Nightcaps) 5. Second Round Glennie 13 v. Bell 8. Morrison 16 v. Miller 12. Cochrane 15 v. Mcßobie 10. Stevenson 18 v. Smithies 8. Third Round Glennie 15 v. Miller 2. Morrison 11 v. Bell 10. Mcßobie 11 v. Smithies 5. Stevenson 14 v. Cochrane 8. Section Play-Off Morrison 15 v. Stevenson 11.

Green Winner (Played on Te Rangi green.) Stevens and Morrison 10 v. Clark and Thomson 5. TE RANGI GREEN SECTION A First Round A. Ayling and H. Fortune (Southland) 17 v. R. Dunwoodie and G. Batcheler (Te Rangi) 10. G. Swift and W. Reid (Northend) 12 v. W. Blomfield and R. H. Osten (Invercargill) 6. A. Dixon and N. McKenzie (R.S.A.) 14 v. R. Balch and — Hughes (Central) 9. W. Roberts and T. Stevenson (Te Rangi) 8 v. S. McDougall and H. Holliman (Southland) 6. Second Round Batcheler 13 v. Osten 7. Reid 9 v. Fortune 7. Hughes 9 v. Stevenson 8. Holliman 11 v. McKenzie 9. Third Round Batcheler 12 v. Reid 6. Fortune 14 v. Osten 6. Hughes 11 v. Holliman 7. Stevenson 10 v. McKenzie 7. Section Ties Reid beat Batcheler. Stevenson beat Hughes. Section Play-Off Stevenson 8 v. Reid 7. SECTION B First Round C. E. Frew and J. Nixey (Bluff) 9 v. F. Murray and D. F. Tait (Hokonui) 8. F. Holloway and M. McKenzie (Te Rangi) 8 v. E. Smith and L. Lumsden (Southland) 6. H. Lee and T. Smith (Invercargill) 6 v. T. Jones and — Davis (R.S.A.) 5. A. Adam and A. Wilson (Waihopai) 9 v. C. Hall and H. Raines (Edendale) 8. Second Round Lumsden 11 v. Tait 8. McKenzie 13 v. Nixey 9. Smith 10 v. Raines 9. Wilson 16 v. Davis 12. Third Round Tait 15 v. McKenzie 5. . Lumsden 15 v. Nixey 11. Wilson 10 v. Smith 6. Davis 15 v. Raines 11. Section Ties McKenzie 5 v. Lumsden 2. Wilson a bye. Section Play-Off McKenzie 16 v. Wilson 9. Green Winner Holloway and McKenzie 14 v. Roberts and Stevenson 7. TOURNAMENT FINAL Stevens and Morrison (Waihopai) 15 v. Holloway and McKenzie (Te Rangi) 6. This game promised to prove an interesting one. After four heads had been played the score stood at 2-all, a single being secured on each head, but after that the play of the Te Rangi pair fell away and Stevens and Morrison gained a commanding lead. Morrison was in top form with his driving and saved several times by burning the head. The leading of Stevens was consistently good all day. He also played many good running shots which, rarely failed to turn the position in his favour.

RINKS TOURNEY AT OTAUTAU

WIN FOR RIVERTON Excellent weather prevailed for' the rinks tournament at Otautau, and the green was in good running order. The entries were a record for the club, sixteen rinks being accommodated on the Otautau green and twelve on the Riverton green. The president, Mr H, W. D. Gazzard, took the opportunity of welcoming visiting bowlers and thanked them for their patronage. In the section ties two Riverton rinks (skipped by P. J. Eccleton and S. Hall) and two Otautau rinks, with G. Sinclair and J. Scatter as skips, took part. The final was fought out by P. J. Eccleton (Riverton) and G. Sinclair (Otautau), when an interesting game, played under artificial light, was seen by a large attendance of spectators. Riverton had the best of the first half of the board, but on the change over Otautau evened up the score until it stood at 18—14 in favour of the Riverton men at the 20th head. On a long head Otautau had the necessary number to tie but Eccleton with his last bowl cut one out arid won hy one point, the final figures registering 18—17 in his favour. In presenting the trophies Mr H. W. D. Gazzard said that Riverton thoroughly deserved the win. The seaside club, and the winning skip had assisted Otautau right royally in running the tournament, and the thanks of the members were due to them. The entries had eclipsed all previous records, and it was pleasing to see two Western District teams fight out the final. He congratulated the Riverton team on its success, and trusted it would be the forerunner of many others. In reply Mr Eccleton thanked the president for his remarks, and paid a tribute to Mr G. Scatter for acting as official umpire at Riverton. He said that the townspeople had passed some very complimentary remarks on the running surface of the seaside green, and he congratulated the local club on the excellent state of the Otautau green. Following were the results: — OTAUTAU GREEN Section A. FIRST ROUND W. Jamieson, J. Doherty, O. Jamieson, T. Ward (Winton) 21 v. C. Bruce, J. Robins, J. King, Dr Dodds (Tuatapefe) 3. Robinson, McFarlane, Johnston, J. Robinson (Georgetown) 8 v. W. F. North, C. Watson, J. Harvey, C. Hughes (Central, Winton) 18. J. Thomson, J. Hall, J. W. Clarke, H. Chandler (Otautau) 10 v. VZ. Brown, J. B. Cowie, W. Graham, J. C. Thomson (Southland) 17. J. Kirk, R. Brown, W. Scatter, J. Seatter (Otautau) 20 v. J. Duncan, A. Brown, J. Burleigh, R. Sheddan (Nightcaps) 11. SECOND ROUND J. Seatter 17 v. H. Hughes 6. J. Robinson 16 v. R. Sheddan 15. E. Ward 8 v. J. C. Thomson 13. Dr Dodds 13 v. H. Chandler 11. THIRD ROUND J. Seatter 15 v. Dr Dodds 10. E. Ward 18 v. H. Chandler 11. J. C. Thomson 18 v. J. Robinson 6. C. Hughes 13 v. R. Sheddan 5. SECTION B FIRST ROUND Coltman, T. Bird, G. T. Stevens, R. Morrison (Waihopai) 7 v. S. Lindsay,

O. Davies, W. Miller, H. Braxton (R.S.A.) 14. A. C. White, G. B. Saxelby, H. W. D. Gazzard, G. Sinclair (Otautau) 23 v. J. Brown, G. L. Smart, J. Murphy, A. Fearn (Central, Winton) 10. Pierce, R. S. Balch, W. Balch, H. Pierce (Central, Winton) 24 v. Savage, Dr Woods, J. Spowart, S. Sice (Nightcaps) 7. J. Lysaght, W. Park, F. Boyle, R. Cochrane (Nightcaps) 11 v. Patterson, H. E. Philp, W. Spencer, M. P. Lyng (Aparima, R.S.A.) 8. SECOND ROUND R. Cochrane 17 V. A. Fearn 11. G. Sinclair 18 v. S. Sice 17. H. Pierce 19 v. H. Braxton 15. R. Morrison 15 v. M. P. Lyng 10. THIRD ROUND G. Sinclair 13 v. R. Cochrane 10. H. Pierce 12 v. M. P. Lyng 9. H. Braxton 16 v. A. Fearn 11. R. Morrison 16 v. S. Sice 9. SECTION TIES J. Seatter 10 v. J. C. Thomson 9. G. Sinclair 23 v. H. Pierce 17. SEMI-FINAL T. Hogg, G. Brown, J. Strang, P. J. Eccleton (Riverton) 16 v. F. Hill, W. Ashley, W. H. Hunter, S. Hall (Riverton) 8. G. Sinclair (Otautau) 19 v. J. Seatter (Otautau) 5. FINAL T. Hogg, G. Brown, J. Strang, P. J. Eccleton (Riverton) 18 v. A. C. White, G. B. Saxelby, H. W. D. Gazzard, G. Sinclair 17. DUNEDIN TOURNEY BLUFF RINK AND PAIR SURVIVE NORTHEND PAIR ALSO LEFT IN (Special to The Times) DUNEDIN, March 27. One rink and two pairs from Southland clubs remain in the events to be decided on Monday and Tuesday at the Dunedin Bowling Centre’s Easter tournament. N. W. McGorlick’s Bluff rink was the only one of seven Southland rinks to survive section play, and in the pairs McGorlick and S. C. K. Smith (Northend) remain. J. Coughlan (R.S.A.), is leading for McGorlick in the pairs and the rinks, and C.‘ J. McEeachran is leading for Smith. Glorious weather prevailed for rinks day on Good Friday. McGorlick played off for the section with E. Longworth (St. Kilda) and won by 11 points to 3, and he now meets J. A. Veitch’s West Harbour rink in the first game of post-section play. Should the Bluff rink defeat West Harbour it may play a prominent part in the decision of the event. Fifteen rinks are left in. A. V. Keast’s Northend rink tied for the section on Kaituna green with three wins and a loss, but in the play off the Southlanders went under to C. H. McKay’s Caversham rink by 11 points to 5. The Northend team met a strong rink from the Dunedin club skipped by E. Harraway and gained a decisive win by 16 points to 9. This game was the highlight of the afternoon’s play at Kaituna. Northend had to defeat Dunedin to bring three others into the section tie and this created the extra interest. Harraway was unbeaten and a win against Keast would have meant his winning the section straight out. In Harraway’s rink there were A. E. Harraway, R. Fountain, J. C. Rigby and E. Harraway, all prominent players. On their form in this game the Northerners were favourites for the section, but in their game with McKay (a 40-minute game) they failed to settle down and McKay won fairly comfortably. C. Parry (Bluff) tied in his section, but failed in the play-off. A surprise result was the loss of all four games by R. R. Hunter’s reputedly strong Invercargill rink. Following are the results of games played by the Southland rinks: N. W. McGorlick (Bluff) defeated S. Hutchinson (Logan Park) 15—13, J. Mooney (Anderson’s Bay) 16—10, R. Hungerford (Caledonian) 17—14 and lost to E. Longworth (St. Kilda), 21—5. In the section tie McGorlick beat Longworth. D. K. Torrance (Southland) beat G. Kitchin (Leith), 16—13, K. Morrison (Dunedin) 19 —9, and lost to D. Stevenson (Taieri) 18—16 and G. Finlayson (Balmacewan) 15 —14. W. P. Thorn (Mataura) lost to H. Winter (Green Island) 24—10, E. Davis (Balmacewan) 15—14 and S. Devereaux (Kaikorai) 17—11 and tied with J. Lock (Caversham) 13—13. A. V. Keast (Northend) defeated J. Thomson (Taieri) 17—5, G. Swift (Caledonian) 21—9 and E. Harraway (Dunedin) 16—9 and lost to J. Barron (Benhar) 17—5. In the section tie Keast was defeated by McKay (Caversham). S. C. K. Smith (Northend) defeated S. Smith (Brighton) 21—5, and H. Gardiner (Dunedin) 18—10 and lost to Todd (Caversham) 18 —16 and J. Nisbet (Balmacewan) 14—10. C. Parry (Bluff) defeated Robertson (Anderson’s Bay) 16—13, A. G. Spiers (St Kilda) 19—12 and T. Isaac (Caledonian) 18—10, and lost to Thomson (Logan Park) 19—12. In the section tie Parry was defeated by Robertson by 10 to 6. R. R. Hunter (Invercargill) lost to Walker (Otago) 19—8, T. Ashton (Anderson’s Bay) 20—14, A. McDonald (Balmacewan) 16—10 and A. Gibson (Dunedin) 17—14. McGorlick (Bluff) and Smith (Northend) won their sections in the pairs, and are the only competitors out of 16 Southland pairs to qualify. Keast and J. Ure (Northend) won their first tliree games and qualified for the section, but were defeated in the play-off by N. Reardon and A. G. Spiers (St. Kilda). W. McKitterick and D. Scandrett (Northend) failed to’ win a game.