BOWLING PLAY IN HEAVY SHOWERS

Timaru Herald, Volume CLV, Issue 22791, 15 January 1944, Page 6

BOWLING PLAY IN HEAVY SHOWERS

New Zealand Tourney

Timaru Pairs Qualify

(N.Z.P.A.) DUNEDIN, January 14. The following players in games played in the New Zealand bowling tournament to-day qualified for post sectional play in the pairs, making a total of 119 players who have qualified during the three days of sectional play. Post sectional play in the pairs will start to-morrow: J. Coulter and J. S. Crawford (North-east Valley), S. Twose and W. T. Easton (Kaituna), W. Neil and J. Haig (Kaitangata), A. E. Clinkard and H. C. Clarke (Carlton), W G. Lindsay and C. E. Tyrrell (Roslyn), J. Smith and C. Smith (Port Chalmers), W. J. Porteous and J. Timmings (Dunedin), A. McHull and S. Hill (Logan Park). S. Barns and P. Moore (Paritutu), S. Gould and H. W. Huntly (Otago), W. Robertson and C. J. Beecroft (Dunedin), H. Balchin and W. J. McLean (Tainui), W. E. Oughton and W. A. Loram (Auckland), J. Timms and T. Quirk (Opawa). R. Potter and H. Soanes (Shirley), E. S. Wilson and G. C. Claridge (St. Kilda), G. Lindley and B. O. Priddis (Elmwood), J. Cameron and A. Free (Outram), R. Leyland and E. G. James (Caversham), E. W. Taylor and W. Bremner (Auckland), W. Haigh and C. Madsen T. Lowden and H. Miller (Kaituna), J. McKenzie and G. Donald (Te Rangi), E. Woledge and J. Marwick (Whangarei), S. E. Griffiths and E. J. Mulligan (St. Clair), A. W. Mapp and K. S. Ewing (Stratford), J. Waterworth and W. Swinton (Ponsonby), A. C. Mclntyre and W. F. Hadwin (Lower Hutt), F. H. Hayward and J. A. F. Gagliardi (Kaikoura), H. R. Domigan ahd J. D. Forbes (Phoenix), A. L. Illingford and H. V. Kay (Shirley), W. V. Chegwidden and F. W. Mead (Claudelands), N. McDonald and C. A. Rendle (Upper Hutt), L. Smith and E. Sinclair (Georgetown), D. Mackie and J. E. Cooper (Barrington), W. Bellringer and G. Fluker (Paritutu), C. J. McEachran and D. J. Wesney (North End, Invercargill), J. Webb and F. Robinson (Woolston), A. Edwards and C. Jarvis (Otago), C. Boyd and J. Chettleburgh (Port Chalmers), F. Strickland and C. Lennard (Balmoral), W. J. Russell and E. Sunderland (Alexandra), A. C. Millar and S. C. K. Smith (North End, Invercargill), W. Ure and H. Bockett (Auckland), A. Burns and A. H. Fisher (St. Clair), J. Middlemiss and T. E. Sunderland (Alexandra), T. Dodd and F. Knowles (North-east Valley), P. Seelye and L. J. Ireland (Kaituna), W. Luscombe and J. Lobb (West End, Taranaki), L. B. Wilson and H. A. V Scott (Grey Lynn), R. Reid and R. Cochrane (Ohal), W. Tulloch and G. Lowry (Ashburton), J. B. Johns and W. D. Ramsay (Shirley), P. H. Edwards and E. Travers (St. Kilda), A. C. Wilson and R. G. Morrison (Walhopai), J. T. Adams and D. H. Thomson (Phoenix), G. Littlejohn and J. B Lawrie (Victoria), G. Lindsay and A. F. Anderson (Roslyn), A. A. Lennie and N. Donaldson (Ponsonby), J. G. Roud and G. H. Billcliff (Barrington), B. Holbrook and C. H. Kettle (Nelson), E. H. Taylor and G. W. Forster (Phoenix), P. Donaldson and J. H. Armstrong (Leith), S. Wheatley and A. Anderton (Shirley), J. Spence and S. Thompson (Waihi), R.. G. Sampson and P. C. Harding (West End, Timaru), A. T. Houlstbn and D. Haswell (Blenheim). S. A. Gibson and C. F. Barham (Caversham), J. Donaldson and A. Portman (West Harbour), I. G. Wymer and B. Myers (St. Hellers), T. Thomson and St. G. Atkinson (United), G. King and C. B. Fay (Otago), A. King and J. Hutchison (Dunedin), P. Delargey and P. Munn (Canterbury), W. Haskill and W. Brown (United), A. E. Seymour and W. Chapman (Christchurch R.S.A.), H. Eaddy and L. Randall (Balmoral), W. Whittaker and E. A. Deare (Carlton), F. H. Davey and N. Thomson (West End, Timaru), R. Hewitt and W. Hewitt (Alexandra), H. Donald and Hugh Donald (Te Rangi, Invercargill), C. Lew and S. R. Campbell (Sydenham), A. H. Hayward and M. Campbell (Balclutha), D. Duns and W. R Hewson (Imperial), W. Marslin and F. J. Campbell (Anderson’s Bay), W. Wilson and C. A. McDonald (NorthEast Valley), W. Lloyd and C. Hutchinson (Caledonian), J. Leslie and D. J. Barron (Opoho), Tall Scoring . Heavy showers at midday caused a stoppage on a large number of greens before the second round of the pairs competition was completed. In these cases, however, the second round was completed immediately after lunch, and the third round commenced in most cases not much behind schedule. The greens were heavy as a result of the rain and overhead conditions were unfavourable. In spite of the conditions there was some tall scoring, but few surprises. P. Munn (Canterbury), skipper of the winning four in 1941, and a member of the champion team on two other occasions, had P. Delargey leading for him, and won each of his four games by fair margins. Another well-known former champion, W. Bremner (Auckland), with E. W. Taylor as lead, won four games 22-17, 30-18, 31-20 and 25-15. D. H. Thomson (Phoenix, Oamaru), who was skip of the team that was runner-up in the fours on one occasion, was unbeaten in his section. His best score was in the third round, when his team won 28-10. J. B. Lawrie (Victoria), one of the most successful skips in his Centre, won all his games by wide margins, scoring 32-9 in the second round. In the fourth game the Victoria team beat L. G. Donaldson’s Carlton pair by 23-13. W. G. Lindsay and the former champion, C. E. Tyrrell (Roslyn) were not hard pressed in the first three games on the North-east Valley Green, but the Hokonui pair, C. Hamilton and D. F. Tait, who won the first three games easily, fully extended them in the final stages of the fourth game, which Tyrrell won 18-17. A. E. Clinkard was leading for H. C. Clarke (Carlton), an ex-singles champion, and this pair won all their games by good margins, including a score of 25-2 against J. Gilbert and S. R. Gemmell (Sydenham). Good Day for Veterans Some of the veterans had a good day, especially A. H. Fisher (St. Clair), for whom A. Burns led. They won three games comfortably, and were given the closest game in the third round by G. G. O'Neill and J. S. Bain (Marlborough R.S.A.), winning 18-16. J. N Gibson and T. Lock (Thorndon), the latter being nearly 80 years of age, won the first three games, but lost the last to a Kaitangata pair consisting of W Neil and J. Haig. At St Kilda the former pairs champion J. S. Anchor (Hamilton), whose lead’ was S. R. Hawken, failed to quality in the section in which the only unbeaten pair was the Ohai combination of R. Reid and R. Cochrane. In a high scoring first game, the Ohai team won its match by 31—14, and maintained form throughout. Post sectional play in the singles and pairs will be commenced to-morrow.