BOWLING NEW ZEALAND TOURNEY

Timaru Herald, Volume CLV, Issue 22790, 14 January 1944, Page 6

BOWLING NEW ZEALAND TOURNEY

Pairs Qualifiers Fifty-two Sections To Be Decided (N.Z.P.A.i DUNEDIN. Jan. 13. Fifty-two players in the New Zealand Bowling Championships scored four wins on Wednesday, qualifying with one life for post-sectional play in the Singles, and 17, with five wins, went forward with two lives. Fifty-four will go forward with one life for the sectional play to-day. There are 18 two-lifers, so 106 players will enter post-sectional play with one life, and 35 with two lives.

Two-lifers from to-day’s play are:— W. O'Neill (Runanea), W. Hewitt (Alexandra), E. P. Exelby (Frankton Junction), W. J. Short (Pukekohe), W. Williamson (North-East Valley), J. Hope (North-East Valley), D. Maclean (Omakau), N. McDonald (Hutt), W. Gilbert (Kelburn), W. H. Hampton (Sumner), J. Martin (St. Hilda), G. Gray (Kelburn), J. s. Anchor (Hamilton), J. J. Hill (Christchurch R.S.A.). E. W. Taylor (Carlton), P. H. Edwards (St. Hilda), J. Ure (North End, Invercargill), T. Ferguson (Balmacewen).

One-lifers Those with one life from to-day’s play are:—G. W. Martella (Blenheim) D. Bennie (Balmacewen), J. W. T, Macklow (Onehunga), J. B. Davis (Temuka), F. E. Forster (Frankton Junction), W. Dee (Milton), A. Swanson (Georgetown). A. E. Clinkard (Carlton), W. J. Russell (Alexandra), L. J. Edwards (Balclutha), W. Chapman (Christchurch R.S.A.), W. E. Hodge (Mornington), J. Perrow (Wanaka), F. Drake (Ranfurlv), N. H. Tunnicliff (Roslyn), L. G. Mercer (Greymouth), R. Hutton (Thorndon), W. M. Pepper (St. John’s, Wanganui), J. Ainger (Christchurch), N. Donaldson (Ponsonby), B. Mvers (St. Heliers), D. Duns (Imperial), E. Longworth (Tainui), G. Wisnesky (Meadowbank), H. A. Craig (Carlton), G. Cook (NorthEast Valley), R. Breach (Rakaia), R. Buchan (Hawera), J. Middlemass (Alexandra), R. Haworth (Canterbury), H. C. Clarke (Carlton), G. Jackson (North End, Invercargill), A. K. Hamilton (Alexandra). A. S. Me DougaH (Caversham), W. S. Robertson (Anderson’s Bay), r. F. Smith (Wanaka), J. Lee (Timaru), S. R. Gemmell (North-East Valley). A. Dey (Christchurch), G. H. Smith (Edendale), J. Buchan (Balmacewen). T. Grav (Kel-

burn), E. H. Taylor (Phoenix), J. Harvey (Central, Winton), T. R. MacGillivray (Otago), J. T. Adams (Phoenix), S. Vella (Onehunga), S. C. K. Smith (North End, Invercargill), T. G. Fox (Christchurch), H. B. Kay (Shirley). R. E. Austin (Cromwell), H. J. Masson. (Rangiriri).

Qualifiers In Pairs The following qualified to-day for , post-sectional play in the Pairs:—C. H. . Leith and S. Raich (Taieri), W. H. Barton and J. H. Stephenson (Nelson), J. W. Thomas and W. W. Calder (Otago), J. p. Rendle and J. A. Bridges (Frankton Junction), A. Williamson and D. H. Joseph (Canterbury), B. W. Caulton and V. A. Bendall (Grevmouth), J. Lackington and H. H Parrant (Mt. Men). W. Cormack and A. G. Spiers (St. Kilda), A. Keast and C. H. Manning (Timaru), B. Grant and H. Kebby (Hornby), A. W. Alloo and H. C. Alloo (Owaka), C. J. Forbes and T. H. Watts (Beckenham), D. S. Dott and J. R. Smith (Elmwood), R L Taggart and A. V. Keast (Te Rang!) C. Tod and G. M. Doyle (Southbridge), W. Hillhouse and J. Armstrong (Runanga), C. L. Curtis and W. C M Sorenson (Carterton), W. Edgar and W. F. Mills (Tainui), J. Whyte and C. Spearman (Christchurch R.S.A.) E. ■ Edlin and J. B. Jack (Wanganui) The remaining 52 of the 70 sections in the Pairs will be decided to-morrow and post-sectional play in both the Singles and Pairs will start on Saturday.