BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Southland Times, Issue 24011, 29 December 1939, Page 3

BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS

START OF PAIRS EVENT

Good Play On Fast Greens 34 TEAMS SURVIVE SECTION PLAY SILVER AND VEITCH ELIMINATED Eighty-four pairs took part in section play in the pairs championship of the South Island bow'ls tournament on Invercargill greens yesterday. The weather was fine and warm for the greater part of the day and greens were fast—some were fiery. After four rounds of play 34 pairs qualified for post-section play which will be played on the sudden death principle today. One or two surprise results marked the day’s play, but generally known, form worked out fairly well and most of the champion pairs qualified. The most notable eliminations were those of A. E. Silver and J. A. Veitch, the wellperformed Dunedin pair who won the New Year pairs at Invercargill two years ago, A. E. Gardner and A. C. Campbell (Southland), who were regarded as having a strong combination, and J. D. Best and W. Anderson (Dunedin), another particularly strong pair. Each of these pairs was successful in only two of the four games played. Of the 34 pairs left in 13 are from' clubs from beyond Southland, so that visitors are strongly represented in the post-section play. A. French and L. Page, of West Harhour, struck good form on the Georgetown green, and if the greens are keen today they may be looked upon as having a good chance of getting through tq, the final rounds. S. Lawson and H. Gardiner (Dunedin) gained three wins; they make another strong pair capable of playing a prominent part in the final.. Several pairs gained four wins and several gained no successes at. all, but on the whole play was fairly even and many combinations were in doubt about qualifying until the last round. The rink championship will be started on five greens tomorrow.

DRAW FOR TODAY The following is the draw for play today. First Round To start at 8 a.m. on the Southland green (names of skips only).—Torrance (Southland) v. Geddes (Invercargill); Gardiner (Dunedin) v. Oates (Awamoa). > ' Second Round To start at 10.30 a.m. on the Southland green:—Winners of first round to meet each other; Grant (Invercargill) v. Hutchison (Dunedin); Page (West Harbour) v. McKenzie (Georgetown); Varcoe (Tapanui) v. McNarey (Roslyn); Stone (R.S.A.) v. Glennie (Te Rangi); Wilson (Waihopai) v. O’Connell (Roslyn). To start at 10.30 a.m. on the Northend green:—Hay (Invercargill) v. Tait (Hokonui); Nichol (Cromwell) v. Smithies (Georgetown); Keast (Northend) v. MacGillivray (Roslyn); Ure (Northend) v. Berry (Meadowbank); McKenzie (Te Rangi) v. Robertson (Caledonian); Halligan (R.S.A.) v. Hall (Edendale). To start at 10.30 a.m. on the R.S.A. green:—Wilkinson (Cromwell) v. Stevens (Waihopai); Butterfield (Leith) v. Plank (Bluff); Burleigh (Ohai) v. Derbie (Invercargill); Morrison (Waihopai) v. Preece (Gore). The winners of ’ the WilkinsonStevens and the Butterfield-Plank games will meet at Northend green at 1.45 p.m., and the winners of the Burleigh-Derbie and Morrison-Preece games will meet at the Southland green at 1.45 p.m.

RESULTS Following are the results of yesterday’s play: SOUTHLAND GREEN SECTION A First Round A. E. Gardner and A. C. Campbell

(Southland) 27 beat H. Stitchman and W. Rusbatch (Awamoa) 12. J A. Lindsay and J. J. Read (Anderson’s Bay) 34 beat T. Falkinder and R. Cook (Northend) 12. H. Miller and R. G. Morrison (Waihopai) 27 beat W. J. McKay and T. R. MacGillivray (Roslyn) 11. Second Round Read 23 beat Campbell 16. Morrison 23 beat Rusbatch 10. MacGillivray 34 beat Cook 6. Third Round Morrison 32 beat Campbell 19. Rusbatch 28 beat Cook 16. MacGillivray 17 beat Read 15. Fourth Round Campbell 31 beat Cook 11. ' MacGillivray 15 beat Rusbatch 14. Morrison 27 beat Read 13. SECTION B First Round E. Johansen and W. Nichol (Temuka) 22 beat T. Snow and A. V. Keast (Northend) 19. F. Castle and H. Holliman (Southland) 33 beat J. Filippini and A. Kynaston (R.S.A.) 9. J. Holmes and O. Grant (Invercargill) 29 beat F. Mayhew and G. Glennie (Te Rangi) 5. Second Round Keast 33 beat Holliman 13. Grant 21 beat Nichol 15. Glennie 22 beat Kynaston 12. Third Round Keast 25 beat Grant 20. Nichol" 19 beat Kynaston 14. Glennie 19 beat Holliman 11. Fourth Round Keast 22 beat Kynaston 13. Glennie 22 beat Nicol 15. Grant 19 beat Holliman 12. NORTHEND GREEN SECTION A First Round G. Lee and M. Butterfield (Leith) 24 beat L. H. Wildermoth and D. K. Torrance (Southland) 18. J. Humphries and J. Hannan (Northend) 17 beat G. Piercy and W. Bell (Woodlands) 11. C. O’Toole and G. Tisbury (R.S.A.) 21 beat G. Reid and J. McNarey (Roslyn) 19. Second Round Torrance 23 beat Bell 9. Butterfield 20 beat Tisbury 19. McNarey 20 beat Hannan 19. Third Round Torrance 22 beat Tisbury 15. Butterfield 16 beat Hannan 15. McNarey 20 beat Bell 15. Fourth Round Torrance 18 beat Hannan 14. McNarey 22 beat Butterfield 21. Tisbury 20 beat Bell 10. SECTION B First Round

W. Sefton and A. Sefton (Invercargill) 23 beat J. McKay and A. Wilson (Waihopai) 14. A. Patterson and M. McKenzie (Te Rangi) 24 beat A. Keen and.T. Berry (Meadowbank) 21. ' > A. Wallis and M. Campbell (Hokonui) 25 beat E. Harkess and W. Haigh (Opawa) 15. Second Round Berry 18 beat Sefton 17. Wilson 27 beat Haigh 13. McKenzie 29 beat Campbell 15. Third Round Haigh 22 beat Sefton 13. Wilson 16 beat McKenzie 12. Berry 25 beat Campbell 20. Fourth Round McKenzie 20 beat Sefton 18. Wilson 23 beat Campbell 21. Berry 22 beat Haigh 20. TE RANGI GREEN SECTION A First Round W. J. Clarke and W. Oates (Awamoa) 21 beat H. Cubitt and A; Clark (Southland) 13. R. Holmes and H. Hay (Invercargill) 19 beat T. Hickey and G. W. Smith (Edendale) 14. L. Smith and S. Glover (Georgetown) 22 beat G. Edginton and E. Budd (Bluff) 14. Second Round Hay 24 beat Clark 10. Oates 19 beat Glover 14. Smith 19 beat Budd 17. Third Round Clark 18 beat Glover 12. Smith 18 beat Oates 9. Hay 19 beat Budd 18. Fourth Round Clark 21 beat Smith 15. Oates 17 beat Budd 15. Hay 17 beat Glover 14. SECTION B First Round W. Marslin, jun. and W. Marslin, sen. (Anderson’s Bay) 20 beat L. Burgess and J. Ure (Northend) 18. L. Marshall and H. Halligan (R.S.A.) 20 beat A. Silver and J. A. Veitch (Dunedin) 15. J. Smith and S. Hutchison (Caledonian) 22 beat T. Jones and W. H. D. Gazzard (Otautau) 13. SECOND ROUND Halligan 20 beat Marslin 14. Ure 18 beat Hutchison 14. Veitch 25 beat Gazzard 17. Third Round Hutchison 21 beat Marslin 14. Ure 16 beat Veitch 13. Halligan 17 beat Gazzard 15. Fourth Round Veitch 16 beat Marslin 12. Ure 22 beat Gazzard 17. . Halligan 23 beat Hutchison 17. R.S.A. GREEN SECTION A First Round H. Fortune and S. Fowler (Southland) 21 beat R. Balch and W. Balch (Central) 13. G. McFarlane and R. Smithies (Georgetown) 24 beat A. Robertson and W. Denholm (Meadowbank) 19. C. Hamilton and D. Tait (Hokonui) 20 beat D. Mackie and A. Taylor (Elmwood) 14. Second Round Balch 22 beat Smithies 8. Tait 25 beat Fowler 17. Taylor 24 beat Denholm 12. Third Round Tait 19 beat Balch 17. Fowler 26 beat Denholm 18. Smithies 32 beat Taylor 16. Fourth Round Denholm 23 beat Balch 20. Taylor 34 beat Fowler 12. Smithies 18 beat Tait 10. SECTION B First Round R. Parsons and R. A. de Latour (Waihopai) 21 beat L. Buddle and J. Barron (Waikiwi) 13. A. Earl and W. Stone (R.S.A.) 25 beat S. Marriott and J. Timbs (Opawa) 22. J. Duncan and J. Burleigh (Ohai) 20

beat W. Chaplin and C. Hall (Edendale) 18.

Second Round Timbs 20 v. de Lautour 15. Burleigh 21 beat Barron 14. Hall 23 beat Stone 18. Third Round Burleigh 19 beat de Lautour 13. Stone 23 beat Barron 16. Hall 27 beat Timbs 21. Fourth Round Stone 33 beat de Lautour 15. Hall 18 beat Barron 13. Burleigh 22 beat Timbs 18. WAIHOPAI GREEN SECTION A First Round A. Hagen and T. Stocker (Northend) 16 beat H. McCorkindale and P. McComish (Southland) 12. E. Hewitt and A. Geddes (Invercargill) 19 beat S. Brewer and J. Taylor (R.S.A.) 16. „ s R. Clark and D. O’Connell (Roslyn) 19 beat G. Frobarth and T. R. Pryde (Te Rangi) 10. Second Round Geddes 30 beat McComish 20. Pryde 23 beat Stocker 15. O’Connell 19 beat Taylor 13. Tliird Round Pryde 24 beat McComish 15. Stocker 20 beat Taylor 17. O’Connell 22 beat Geddes 13. Fourth Round Taylor 17 beat McComish 16. O’Connell 21 beat Stocker 12. Geddes 21 beat Pryde 17. SECTION B First Round J. Stewart and A. McKenzie (Georgetown) 24 beat J. D. Best and W. Anderson (Dunedin) 16. W. Harlow and H. T. Wilkinson (Cromwell) 24 beat R. Reid’ and J. Thompson (Ohai) 15. . E. Johnston and A. Holmes (Leitn) 19 beat R. Mullen and E. Armstrong (Meadowbank) 14. Second Round Anderson 15 beat Thompson 13. McKenzie 18 beat Holmes 14. Wilkinson 26 -beat Armstrong 14. Third Round Anderson 14 beat Holmes 11. McKenzie 21 beat Wilkinson 9. Armstrong 23 beat Thompson 16. Fourth Round Wilkinson 15 beat Anderson 6. McKenzie 20 beat Armstrong 12. , Holmes 19 beat Thompson 10. GEORGETOWN GREEN SECTION A First Round W. J. McKitterick and R. Taggart (Southland) 14 beat G. Bogue and G. C. Kerse (Wyndham) 11. . J. C. Rigby and J. Hutchinson (Dunedin) 27 beat G. Donald and H. Donald (Meadowbank) 22. , A. Clearwater and A. D. Crawford (Hokonui) 18 beat E. W. George and D. Nichol (Cromwell) 10.

Second Round

Donald 19 beat Taggart 11. Nichol 23 beat Kerse 18. Hutchison 24 beat Crawford 20. Third Round Nichol 21 beat Taggart 17. Hutchison 18 beat Kerse 17. Donald 22 beat Crawford 18. Fourth Round Hutchison 10 beat Taggart 9. Crawford 19 beat Kerse 17. Nichol 15 beat Donald 12. SECTION B First Round C. Smith and S. Varcoe (Tapanui) 19 beat G. Smith and H. Morton (Northend) 9. H. P. Semmens and A. Derbie (Invercargill) 23 beat R. Rutherford and R. Cochrane (Ohai) 18. J. Smith and G. Anderson (Gore) 17 beat A. French and J. L. Page (West Harbour) 16. Second Round Cochrane 21 beat Morton 19. Page 24 beat Varcoe 14. • Derbie 25 beat Anderson 12. Third Round Page 18 beat Morton 16. Varcoe 24 beat Derbie 13. Cochrane 21 beat Anderson 18. Fourth Round Derbie 19 beat Morton 18. Varcoe 26 beat Anderson 10. Page 21 beat Cochrane 19. INVERCARGILL GREEN SECTION A First Round T Lee and J. Plank (Bluff) beat P. Cuff and A. Credgington (Southland) 14. S. Lawson and H. Gardiner (Dunedin) 20 beat C. Jarvis and R. McGovern (West Harbour) 17. L. Gray and G. Stevens (Waihopai) 18 beat H. Port and P. Thomson (Waikiwi) 16. Second Round Gardiner 18 beat Credgingon 13. Plank 18 beat Stevens 16. McGovern 21 beat Thomson 14. Third Round Stevens 30 beat Credgington 11. McGovern 16 beat Plank 15. Gardiner 15 beat Thomson 13. Fourth Round Credgington 20 beat McGovern 19. Plank 20 beat Thomson 18. Stevens 20 beat Gardiner 19. SECTION B First Round E. Wren and W. B. O’Toole (Northend) 20 beat A. Thomson and S. Preece (Gore) 18. R. Bruce and W. Spencer (R.S.A.) 20 beat G. Batcheler and A. S. Froggatt (Te Rangi) 17. J. Paterson and J. Robertson (Caledonian) 15 beat T. B. Haydon and W. White (Georgetown) 8. Second Round Froggatt 22 beat O’Toole 17. Preece 22 beat White 18. Robertson 19 beat Spencer 16. Third Round O’Toole 20 beat White 16. Preece 23 beat Spencer 20. Robertson 18 beat Froggatt 15. Fourth Round Spencer 25 beat O’Toole 20. Preece 21 beat Robertson 12. Froggatt 20 beat White 14.