DOMINION BOWLS TITLES

Southland Times, Issue 24332, 13 January 1941, Page 6

DOMINION BOWLS TITLES

Pair From Northend Eliminated ONLY FIVE PAIRS LEFT TO CARRY ON (United Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, January 12. Only five pairs were left to carry on yesterday at the end of the day’s postI sectional play in the New Zealand bowling championships. They were the survivors of 80 pairs who set out in the morning to strive for the title. Large crowds gathered at the five greens in use and watched first-class bowling in ideal conditions. With the greens fast and drawing well interest was added to the games by the fact that five of the pairs in the third game represented local clubs. At the end of the day’s play there were only five pairs left in: Williamson and Joseph (Canterbury), Piper and Hadwin (Hutt), Littlejohn and Calder (Phoenix), Maslin and Squire (Hawera) and Jury and McClymont (Ponsonby).

Hadwin will meet Joseph, the winner playing Calder, while McClymont will play Squire. Three of the sections had byes in the first round, which meant that the sections won by Hadwin and Joseph have played only four rounds whereas the other three, including the bye in the first round, have completed five. Hadwin and Joseph will meet in .the fifth round, the winner coming into the semi-final to play Calder.

Onehunga survived its second game rand Canterbury (Williamson and Joseph) had their second win to eliminate Blenheim (A. Nicholas and Mitchell), 25-15. On the St. Albans green Hey’s Opawa pair was eliminated by Northend, Invercargill (Hewitt and Hay) and McClymont’s Ponsonby pair had a second win.

At the Barrington green Hampton and Chambers (Sumner) put out Marriott and Turland (Opawa), 20-16, and Maslin and Squire (Hawera) and McNish’s, Canterbury, pair both had wins. The second Canterbury pair (Munn’s) also survived but the third (Turpin’s) was eliminated, 19-12, by Hutt (Hadwin).

FIELD NARROWED ' The field narrowed sharply after the j third game. Joseph’s Canterbury pair accounted for Nelson (Rout and John), 22-14, and Morrison’s, Cashmere, pair was unlucky not to eliminate Onehunga being beaten 23-22. After a close game all the way McClymont went on for another win eliminating I Hay’s Northend pair 22-16 and E!m--!wood (Featherston) eliminated MarI tella’s Nelson pair. There was another close game at the Barrington green in which Lee and Kebby (Timaru) beat the Sumner pair, 23-22. Canterbury (McNish) went to pieces after playing good, steady bowls and were eliminated by Hawera. The other Canterbury pair, skipped by Munn, also could not last the pace and were beaten, 18-13 by Campbell’s Geraldine pair. With all the singles finalists elimin- i ated in the pairs, it was possible to; make a start yesterday with the final games in the singles section. '

J. R. Smith (Elmwood), the only twolifer, met W. A. Hill (Balmoral), E. J. Cooke (Elmwood) played C. H. Kettle (Nelson), C. Spearman (R.S.A.) met A. Dey (Christchurch) and J. Veitch (Dunedin) had a bye. The games were held on the St. Alban’s green.

I REMARKABLE SCORING RUN i Spearman trounced Dey 18-7, giving I a fine display of accurate bowling. Dey | opened out and was standing 5-2 at the | sixth head. Spearman was 4up on I the next and then started a remarkable j scoring run, which allowed Dey to secure only two more points, singles on the eighth and fourteenth heads, j while his opponent’s score mounted in i singles and twos. Dey retired at the I nineteenth head. I Fortunes varied in the game between [ Cooke and Kettle, Cooke finally going | down, 17-13. Cooke had established a 6-point lead after six heads. The scores were 9-8 in Kettle’s favour at the twelfth. Three to Kettle on the eighteenth put him safely ahead at 16-11, and his opponent, though he scored on the closing heads, could not bridge the gap. Smith and Hill provided a superb display of accurate drawing, with the result of the game in doubt until the final head, Smith finally winning 17-14. At the seventh head Smith was lying 9-2, having taken a good three on the third head. Hill started to score with a three on the ninth head and had passed his opponent, 10-9, at the thirteenth. From then on till the nineteenth head there was never more than a point between them as they exchanged | heads for singles and twos. The nineteenth head was critical for Hill, who was lying the shot until Smith drew to displace the shot bowl and lie two up. Smith added singles on the final two | heads for the game to finish 17-14 in his favour.

SMITH’S FIRST DEFEAT Smith went on to play Spearman, and Kettle met Veitch in the semi-final. It was just as well that Smith was a two lifer, for he had his first defeat from Spearman, 20-15. Pulling up after appearing to be in a hopeless position, Spearman’s driving was a big factor in his success. There was little between the players in their drawing, although Smith was shaky at the start and took time to settle down. He made a bad mistake early in the game when he drove his own shot out and left Spearman four up. There was no doubt that the better player on the day won. Smith survives, however, and in the second semi-final Spearman will have a bye. The bye did not suit Veitch for he I went down 19-15 to Kettle in their semi-final game. Veitch could not get going and lagged badly all the way. Near the end he tried driving, but this did not affect the position and Kettle kept drawing consistently to take the game. Detailed results of the games are:— SINGLES First Round.—C. Spearman (R.S.A., Christchurch) 16 beat A. Dey (Christchurch) 7; C. H. Kettle (Nelson) 17 beat A. E. Cooke (Elmwood) 13; J. R. Smith (Elmwood) 17 beat W. A. Hill (Balmoral) 14; J. Veitch (Dunedin) a bye. First semi-final.—Spearman 20 beat Smith 15; Kettle 19 beat Veitch 15. PAIRS ST. ALBAN’S GREEN Section A Third Round.—Martella 20 beat Gilbert 7; Featherston 23 beat Dey 9; Hay 22 beat Hey 15; McClymont 21 beat Finn 17. Fourth Round: Featherston 22 beat Martella 14; McClymont 22 beat Hay 16. Fifth Round: McClymont 19 beat Featherston 12. Section B: Third Round: Kebbie 21 beat M. Griffiths 19; Chambers 20 beat Turland 16Squire 23 beat Aloo 17; McNish 29 beat Lowery 16. Fourth Round: Kebbie 23

beat Chambers; Squire 22 beat McNish 19. Fifth Round: Squire 23 beat Kebbie 20. SPREYDON GREEN Section C Third Round: Calder 21 beat Duncan : 16; Stewart 20 beat Stevenson 19; Campbell 21 beat Drinnan 13; Munn 17 beat Callendar 14. Fourth Round: Calder 23 beat Stewart 15; Campbell 18 beat Munn 13. Fifth Round: Calder 23 beat Campbell 11. ELMWOOD GREEN Section D Second Round: Joseph 23 beat Mitchell 15; St. John 15 beat Gibson 14; Morrison 25 beat Pattrick 20; Livingstone 18 beat Stewart 13. Third Round: Joseph 22 beat St. John 14; Livingstone 23 beat Morrison 22. Fourth Round: Joseph 22 beat Livingstone 10. EDGEWARE GREEN Section E Second Round: Mclnnes 21 beat Watson 14; Hadwin 19 beat Turpin 12; Brown 28 beat Mitchell 22; Crawford 27 beat Bolt 25. Third Round: Had- I win 20 beat Mclnnes 16; Brown 16 beat i Crawford 12. Fourth Round: Hadwin i 26 beat Brown 14.

SOUTHLAND PAIRS’ MIXED_SUCCESS By JACK HIGH The six pairs from the Northend, Southland and Invercargill clubs met with mixed success on the opening day of the pairs event. Invercargill (E. Hewitt and H. L. Hay) was most successful and won all four games. One of the Southland Club pairs (J. Manson and W. Stewart) gained three wins and qualified, but none of the others gained more than two wins. A. C. Millar and S. C. K. Smith (Northend) failed in both morning games and won the two afternoon games, and the pairs skipped by P. J. McComish (Southland), D. J. Wesney (Northend) and J. Ure (Northend) scored only one win each'.

H. McCorkindale, of the Southland Club, who is leading for E. A. Moss (Karoro), qualified for post-section play with three wins.

Following are the results of the games in section play in which the Southland pairs were engaged:—

INVERCARGILL (E. Hewitt and H. L. Hay) 27 beat New Brighton (J. N. Clarke and F. D. Muirson) 19; beat Thorndon (R. C. Watson and A. W. Cullen )21-14; beat Christchurch (R. I Adcock and B. O. Priddis) 17-10, and beat Caversham (F. Drake and C. H. Mackay) 20-19. (Four wins). SOUTHLAND (J. Manson and W. Stewart) 21 beat Beckerham (W. Slater and T. H. Watts) 12; lost to Auckland (G. H. Woolley and J. L. Keys) 15-22; beat Darfield (J. R. W. Smith and J. Robb) 22-20, and beat Lyall Bay (S. J. King and J. Conder) 25-19. (Three wins and one loss). NORTHEND (A. C. Millar and S. C. K. Smith 16 lost to Carlton (W. C. Grace and W. Sinclair) 21; lost to Hornby (A. E. Kitto and G. W. Bailey) 11-24; beat Beckenham (J. C. Stapleton and R. H. Iggo) 25-12; and beat Runanga (W. Warburton and F. White) 22-16. (Two wins, two losses). SOUTHLAND (C. Brass and P. J. McComish) 26 beat Sydenham (J. Coombs and C. Taylor) 16; lost to Ponsonby (W. Glover and W. Somers) 1620; lost to Hawera (H. S. Haslin and M. J .Squire ) 20-25, and lost to Opawa (W. Haigh and C. Madsen) 22-28. (One win, three losses).

NORTHEI/D (J. A. Wesney and D. J. Wesney) lost to Leith (W. Hogg and J. Watkins) 12-20; beat Hornby (J. Rapley and H. L. Sturgess) 26-10; lost to Frankton (R. S. Walker and J. A Bridges) 12-23, and lost to Sydenham (F. Newton and R. J. Watson) 16-20. (One win, three losses). NORTHEND (L. H. Burgess and J. Ure) 16 lost to Spreydon (A. Sellers and H. Moss) 17; lost to North East Valley (A. J. Rice and J. Hope) 9-21; beat Linwood (M. Kershaw and W Clements) 21-12, and lost to Woolston (J. Woolcock and R. Burgess) 16-19. (One win, three losses).