N.Z. BOWLS TOURNAMENT

Southland Times, Issue 23716, 14 January 1939, Page 6

N.Z. BOWLS TOURNAMENT

RINKS CONTEST BEGINS 220 Teams Compete In Event EAKLY SURPRISES IN GAMES TITLE HOLDERS DEFEATED IN FIRST MATCH (United Press Association) ' AUCKLAND, January 13. The championship tournament of the New Zealand Bowling Association was continued yesterday when a start was made with section play in the rinks event, two rounds being played. The weather, which showed distinct signs of breaking in the previous evening, held up well, players being favoured with good conditions although the greens were slightly more holding. The wind was not so much in evidence as during the early stages of the tournament. A total of 220 teams contested the event. One of the early surprises was the heavy defeat of the Australian team skipped by Harrison. The holders of the rinks title, H. Wilson’s team, of Linwood, was defeated in the morning by Dick (Ponsonby). The two English players, C. P. and K. I. Cross, who are competing in a Wellington rink, won their first game, but were defeated in the second. Another unexpected defeat was that of Pilkington (Hamilton) who was beaten in the second round by Casey (Thorndon). In contrast to the condition of the greens on the previous days, the morning games were conducted under calm conditions, but the wind rose slightly at times. Play was not held up at any stage, however. Martin (Ellerslie) continued in winning way with two successes. ’Hie Ellerslie skip is a model of consistency. Engebretsen (Wanganui) showed up better than he has previously and recorded all wins. Whitelaw, the prominent Whangarei skip, had a bad day with two defeats. Ritchie’s (Opunake) team was very good all day, its first victory being over Kern (Onehunga) while the other team defeated was that skipped by M. Walker (Auckland) three times winner of the singles title. There was a very fine contest at Carlton between two well-matched teams, Bremner (West End) and N. Bell, sen. (Hamilton). The fortunes fluctuated all the way, but the. local team drew away toward the finish to hold a three-point advantage with one head to play. The Hamilton skip was unable to save the situation on the final head and West End had its first win, having been defeated in the first round by Williams (Paeroa). Lobb’s (West End, New Plymouth) combination and Evans’s (Hamilton) rink were among the double winners. Evans was prominent in the Christmas tournament of the Auckland Centre. Dunstan (Waihi), who has shown up well in the tournament, maintained his form today and registered two wins. W. Ure (Auckland) who has been a competitor in the' tournament for many years, also gained two victories against the outside teams, Cockroft (Ashburton) and Tantrum (Manawatu). A. F._ Spiller, the secretary of the Wellington Bowling Centre, was successful in both his games He skipped the Wellington Club’s team. Following are the results:— SECTION A First round.—Brightling (Hataitai) 22 beat L. Russell (St. Heliers) 18; Ferguson (Balmacewen) 20 beat Morris (Whitiora) 17; George (Epsom) 21 beat Barber (Balmoral) 11; Craig (Gisborne) 19 beat Buckley (Grey Lynn) 18; Schell (Te Aroha) 30 beat Gosling (Onehunga) 11. Second round.—Morris 29 beat George 20; Barber 29. beat Craig 14; Brightling 25 beat Gosling 24; Russell 36 beat Schell 20; Ferguson 23 beat Buckley 26. Summary: Ferguson and Brightling 2 wins. SECTION B First round.—Gilmour (Carlton) 26 beat Randall (Rocky Nook) 24; Tustqn (Huntly) 26 beat Chambers (Sumner) 17; Engebretser (Wanganui) 28 beat H. J. Smith (St. Heliers) 17; Wallace (Epsom) 31 beat Whitelaw (Whangarei) 18; Martin (Ellerslie) 29 beat Shirley (Claudelands) 15. Second round.—Smith 23 beat Mitchell 21; Squire 44 beat Firth 21; Gray 24 beat McMillan 20; Burchell 33 beat O’Callaghan 30; McMasters 35 beat Efford 16. Summary: McMaster, Burchell and Smith and Gray 2 wins. SECTION C First round.—Montgomery (Auckland) 32 beat Donnell (Remuera) 10; Love (New South Wales) 27 beat Pearce (Putaruru) 26; Dunstan (Waihi) 29 beat Tombs (Opawa) 21; Livingstons (Onehunga) 20 beat J. Ure (Northend, Invercargill) 17; Greville (Dargaville) 21 beat A. Wright (Epsom) 15. Second round.—Clark 32 beat Brown 17; Sunde 30 beat Bennett 12; Myers 27 beat Smith 26; Vincent 31 beat Elliott 21; Purdy 26 beat Moss 24. Summary: Sunde, Purdy and Myers 2 wins. SECTION D First round. —A. C. Smith (Park, Hawera) 26 beat H. Wright (St. Heliers) 11; Dick (Ponsonby) 16 beat H. Wilson (Linwood; 1934 and 1938 champion) 15; Harris (St. Johns) 24 beat J. C. Duncan (Remuera) 23; Sherriffs (Mount Eden) 25 beat Brackenridge (Lyall Bay) 24; Stewart (Matamata) 19 beat Grace (Onehunga) 11. Second round.—Harris 21 beat Dick 20; Duncan 27 beat Brackenridge 24; Smith 22 beat Grace 21; Stewart 28 beat Wright 16; Wilson 26 beat Sherriffs 16. Summary: Stewart, Harris and Smith 2 wins. SECTION E First round.—Gilbert (Karori) 26 beat Watson (Remuera) 15; Tongue (Rocky Nook) 37 beat Stockley (Awatere) 15; R. V. 'Diomas (Napier) 22 beat Ardell (Carlton). 21; Gill (Te Awamutu) 25 beat Cameron (Takapuna) 21; Rolls (Featherston) 27 beat Bilkey (Matamata) 20. Second round.—Tongue 19 beat Thomas 18; Gee 28 beat Ardell 18; Gilbert 29 beat Bilkey 21; Rolls 24 beat Watson 18; Cameron 24 beat Stockley 15. Summary: Tongue, Rolls, Gee and Gilbert two wins. SECTION F First round.—Furnell (Epsom) 24 beat Crabb (Matamata) 22; Piper (Maitai) 23 beat M. Gordon (Carlton)

18; Arnott (Palmerston North) 27 beat Dyson (Hallyburton Johnstone Club, Auckland) 23; Denison (Balmoral) 30 beat Branch (Gisborne) 15; Tucker (Victoria) 20 beat Keatley (Rocky Nook) 19. Second round.—Arnott 18 beat Gordon 17; Dyson 23 beat Branch 16; Keatley 30 beat Crabb 24; Tucker 27 beat Furnell 24; Piper 26 beat Denison 25. Summary: Tucker, Arnott and Piper two wins. SECTION G First found—R. Thomas (Mount Albert) 20 beat R. T. Harrison (New South Wales) 17; Parsons (Ponsonby) 28 beat Besley (New Brighton) 18; Avey (St. Heliers) 30 beat Jack (Rapanui) 27; S. Jenkin (Carlton) 23 beat McWhannell (Hataitai) 17; Newman ‘(Thames) 24 beat Francis (Balmoral) 20. Second round.—Parsons 22 beat Jack 13- Avey 23 beat McWhannell 20; Harrison 40 beat Francis 19; Thomas 21 beat Newman 20; Jenkin 28 beat Besley 20. Summary: Thomas, Parsons, Avey and Jenkin two wins. SECTION H First round.—Belcher (Napier) 24 beat Vaughan (Ponsonby) 18; Longworth (St. Kilda) 25 beat Hawkins (Frankton) 19; Watts (Victoria, Wellington) 27 beat J. F. Hosking (Grey Lynn) 24; Muston (Carlton) 22 beat A. H. Benefield (St. Johns, 1927 champion at Auckland) 19; Munro (Pukekohe) 21 beat Adamson (Thames) 19. Second round. —Watts 31 beat Hawkins 26; Hosking 27 beat Benefield-44; Belcher 25 beat Munro 22; Vaughan 26 beat Adamson 22; Longworth 24 beat Muston 20. Summary: Watts, Longworth and Belcher two wins. SECTION I First round.—Bilkey (Pukekohe) 25 beat Ewing (Stratford) 22; Findlay (Mount Eden) 25 beat Lafrentz (Maitai) 20; Foy (Hawera) 28 beat Sykes (Otahuhu) 19; Lundon (Devonport) 37 beat Donald (Morrinsville) 19; Delaunay (Carlton) 37 beat Mayo (Port Ahuriri) 24. . Second round.—Foy 22 beat Findlay 20; Sykes 28 beat Donald 20; Delaunay 29 beat Ewing 26; Bilkey 34 beat Mayo 28; Lafrentz 29 beat Lundon 13. Summary: Bilkey, Delaunay and Foy two wins. SECTION J First round.—Popplewell (Port Ahurihi) 23 beat Turner (Otahuhu) 22; W. Ure (Auckland) 36 beat Cockroft (Ashburton) 27; Caddy (Grey Lynn) 27 beat Tantrum (Manawatu) 17; E. B. Wright (Onehunga) 32 beat Heathcote (Te Aroha) 25; W. E. Walker (Mount Eden) 23 beat Bull (Hawea) 17. Second round. —Ure 24 beat Tantrum 21; Heathcote 28 beat Caddy 21; Walker 23 beat Popplewell 17; Bull 25 beat Turner 14; Wright 25 beat Cockroft 20. Summary: Ure, Wright and Walker two wins. SECTION K First round.—C. P. Cross (WellingtonEngland) 30 beat Whittle (Grey Lynn, 1935 champion), 28; Franks (Balmoral) 24 beat Hinchcliff (St. Kilda) 20; E. Jury (Ponsonby) 26 beat Finch (Cambridge) 20; Culpin (Rawhiti) 26 beat Tiplady (Eltham) 21; F. M. Ritchie (Carlton) 22 beat Fold (Karori) 20. Second round.—Franks 28 beat Finch 22; Jury 27 beat Tiplady 12; Ritchie 27 beat Cross 24; Whittle 27 beat Field 2a; Hinchcliff 29 beat Culpin 24. Summary: Franks, Jury and Ritchie two wins. SECTION L First round.—lnnes (Grey Lynn) 20 beat McCarthy (Port Ahuriri) 17; W. J. Short (Pukekohe, Auckland champion at Christmas) 24 beat Giles (United, Christchurch) 14; Boyers (Pahiatua) 21 beat Gifford (Balmoral) 18; Lett/(Carlton) 29 beat Raine (Wanganui Ekst) la; Buchan (Rawhiti) 34 beat J. Wilson (Hamilton) 12. Second round.—Boyens 27 beat Short 26; Gifford 26 beat Raine 20; Buchan 27 beat McCarthy 21; Wilson 23 beat Innes 20; Lett 23 beat Giles 18. Summary: Lett, Buchan and Boyens two wins. SECTION M First round.—F. Williams (Gisborne) 32 beat Barker (Auckland) 20; Higginbotham (Ponsonby) 27 beat S. C. K. Smith (Northend, Invercargill) 15; Middleton (Victoria, Wellington) 23 beat Langsford (Ellerslie) 21; Smart (New Plymouth) 25 beat McMahon (St. Heliers) 18; Clevely (Claudelands) 30 beat G. S. B. White (Rocky Nook) 10. Second round.—Higginbotham 31 beat Middleton 15; Smart 32 beat Langsford 17; Williams 29 beat White 12; Clevely 27 beat Barker 25; Smith 27 beat McMahon 24. Summary: Higginbotham, Smart and Williams 2 wins. SECTION N First round.—Maxwell Walker (Auck - land, 1932 winning skip at Christchurch) beat W. Brown (United) 19; R. A. Ritchie (Opunake) 28 beat Kerns (Onehunga) 16 (on twenty-third head); Bell, sen. (Hamilton)' 26 beat Stringer (Hillsboro) 16; Skoglund (Wellington) 22 beat Davenport (Tepapapa) 12; Williams (Paeroa) 27 beat Bremner (West End) 26. Second round.—Ritchie 24 beat Walker 12; Kerns 31 beat Skoglund 23; Bremner 25 beat Bell 23; Williams 27 beat Stringer 21; Brown 29 beat Davenport 13. Summary: Williams and Ritchie 2 wins. SECTION O First round—Lancaster (Carlton) 34 beat Piggott (Whangarei) 17; Russell (Richmond) 24 beat Coombes (Hamilton) 13; Higgs (New Plymouth) 28 beat Hoyes (Avondale) 14; A. J. Thomson (West End, Auckland) 24 beat Rendle (Upper Hutt) 20; Layzell (Devonport) 26 beat McGonagle (Waihi) 25. Second round.—Coombes 21 beat Higgs 12; Hoyes 29 beat Rendle 17; Layzell 25 beat Piggott 18; Lancaster 28 beat McGonagle 20; Thomson 34 beat Russell 26. Summary: Lancaster, Thomson and Layzell 2 wins. SECTION P First round.—Deane (Carlton) 30 beat Topp (Lyall Bay) 13; Aitcheson (Caledonian, Dunedin) 22 beat Hill (Edendale) 21; H. F. Tilley (Wanganui) 22 beat Meese (New Lynn) 19; Seccombe (Taihape) 19 beat W. A. Smeed (Tuakau) I'4; Dickenson (Avon, Stratford) 28 beat F. G. Clarke (Hamilton) 21. Second round—Hill 27 beat Tilley 12; Seccombe 31 beat Meese 16; Dickenson 23 beat Tapp 20; Clarke 25 beat Deare 24; Aitcheson 25 beat Smeed 14. Summary: Dickenson, Seccombe and Aitcheson 2 wins. SECTION Q First round.—G. S. Gordon (St. Johns) 28 beat Addison (Edendale) 19; Pilkington (Hamilton) 29 beat Britten (Sydenham) 20; McCalister (Helensville) 31 beat Casey (Thorndon) 24; H. V. Johnston (Carlton) 29 beat Finnerty (Avon) 19; Granger (Mangere) 29 beat Potter (Tauranga) 15. , Second round.—Casey 28 beat Pilkington 22; McCalister 26 beat Finnerty 16; Granger 24 beat Gordon 22; Ad-

dison 36 beat Potter 28; Britten 28 beat Johnston 10. Summary: McCalister and Grainger two wins. SECTION R First round.—Gilmour (Carlton) 26 beat Randall (Rocky Nook) 24; Tuston (Huntly) 26 beat Chambers .(Sumner) 17; Engebretsen (Wanganui) 28 beat H. J. Smith (St. Heliers) 17; Wallace (Epsom) 31 beat Whitelaw (Whangarei) 18; Martin (Ellerslie), 29 beat Shirley (Claudelands) 15. Second round.—Engebretsen 27 beat Turton 19; Smith 23 beat Whitelaw 18; Martin 22 beat Randall 9; Gilmour 22 beat Shirley 21; Chambers 29 beat Wallace 23. Summary: Gilmour, Martin and Engebretsen two wins. SECTION S First round.—Taylor (Carlton) 25 beat Pickens (Mount Albert) 23; Masson (Rangiri) 31 beat McDonald (Omarunui) 24; Spiller (Wellington) 21 beat Andrews (Paritutu) 20; Osborne (Waitemata) 26 beat Plested (Napier) 16; Nielsen (Park Club, Hawera) 25 beat Willey (Hamilton) 15. Second round.—Slipper 30 beat Masson 26; Andrews 30 beat Plested 17; Pickens 25 beat Nielsen 23; Taylor 33 beat Willey 9; Osborne 28 beat McDonald 10. Summary: Taylor, Osbotn and Slipper two wins. SECTION T First round.—T. C. Little (Carlton) 28 beat Miller (Whangarei) 25; Robertson (Poverty Bay) 28 beat Maybill (Edendale) 19; Lobb (West End. New Plymouth) 27 beat'Gibson (Hillsboro) 19; Evans (Hamilton) 24 beat Wells (Hataitai) 22; W. D. Bennett (Hastings) 25 beat Pavitt (Fitzroy) 20. Second round.—Gibson - beat Mayhill 23; Hobb 25 beat Wells 20; Miller 28 beat Pavitt 17; Little 26 beat Bennett 21; Evans 25 beat Robertson 19. Summary: Little, Lobb and Evans two wins. SECTION U First round.—Maiden (Paeroa) 24 beat McKenzie (Onehunga) 17; 'Pope (Stratford) 23 beat S. W. Thompson (Hillsboro) 18; G. R. Hosking (Carlton) 28 beat Davey (Dargaville) 20; R. H. Johnson (Ponsonby) 22 beat A. Bell (Tauranga) 17; Faire (West End, Auckland) 26 beat Mattar (Foxton) 14 Sections B and C at Auckland and Mangere greens are not available. Second round.—Thompson 28 beat Davey 15; Hosking 26 beat Bell 23; Faire 26 beat Maiden 24; Mattar 26 beat Mackenzie 20; Johnson 29 beat Pope 14. Summary: Hosking, Johnson and Faire two wins. SECTION V 0 First round.—-V. Montgomery (Auckland) 32 beat Donnelly (Remuera) 10; Love (New South Wales) 27 Beat Pearce (Putaruru) 26; Dunstan (Waihi) 29 beat Tombs (Opawa) 21; Livingstone (Onehunga) 20 beat J. Ure (Northend, Invercargill) 17; Greville (Dargaville) 21 beat A. Wright (Epsom) 15. Second round.—Pearce 24 beat Timbs 23; Dunstan 24 beat Ure 22; Wright 27 beat Donnell 21; Montgomery 26 beat Greville 24; Love 28 beat Livingstone 22. Summary: Montgomery, Dunstan and Love two wins.