BOWLING

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 305, 30 December 1935, Page 9

BOWLING

WANGANUI CENTRE CHRISTMAS TOURNAMENT FINAL DAY OF SECTION PLAY The third and final day of section play in the Wanganui Bowling Centre’s Christmas tournament took place on Saturday, all games being played on the St. John’s greens. The weather was warm and overcast with a slight breeze which increased as the day advanced. On completion of the eighth round several forecasts were made as to how many wins would qualify to go into post-section play. It was generally expected that all with six wins would participate. For this to come about Tilley would have to defeat Benefield and McKay do the same to Boyd, but it so happened that both Benefield and Boyd won their last games giving them seven wins each for Section A. In Section B Scrivener had eight wins, the nearest to him in this section being Goldstone with six wins. Boyd and Benefield each winning their last game put all “six” wins out of the count, leaving only three for post-section play to-day. They are Scrivener, Benefield and Boyd. Scrivener has the bye for the first round, which will be between Benefield and Boyd. Play starts at 9 a.m. on St. John’s green and the games will be played on the .two-life system. Description of Play. McKay and Boyd had a great contest, the latter fighting for dear life, for defeat meant that he would be out of post-section play. On the first head Boyd secured four, and on the sixth McKay got a full hand, making the score 10—7 in his favour. During the next six heads both sides worked hard, the board reading 14—12 to Boyd on the 12th head. On. the 15th. head the score read 15 all. On completion of the 19th. Boyd was one ahead, the score being 19—18 to him. On the two remaining heads Boyd secured singles on each, giving him victory by three points. In the Benefield-Tilley game the former, like Boyd, started off with four on the first head. On the fifth he secured a full hand, making the board read 9-5 in his favour. On the 14th the score stood at 13 all. On the 15th Tilley obtained a single but did not score again till the 20th, when he obtained three, the score now reading 19—17 against him. On the 21st Benefield notched a single, giving him a win by three points. For this game Tilley and Steel (his No. 3) changed placed, the latter playing as skip. While this game, and also that between McKay and Boyd, was i- progress, played on rinks adjoining each other, spectators had every opportunity of watching both games without having to shift. Besults of Saturday’s play are Section A. Seventh Round. Coombe 18, v. Allomes 13. Ashworth 23, v. Squire 14. McKay 14, v. Harris 23. Herd 23, v. Tilley 17. Benefield 20, v. Bond 12. Boyd 27, v. Carveil 25. Moffatt 22, v. Corby 20. Eighth Round. Herd 20, v. Bond 19. Moffatt 22, v. Coombe 27. Benefield 19, v. Allomes 16. Boyd 24, v. Squire 10. McKay 20, v. Carvell 22. Ashworth 23, v. Corby 28. Harris 9, v. Tilley 25. Ninth Round. McKay 18, v. Boyd 21. Benefield 20, v. Tilley 17. Allomes 14, v. Corby 18. Coombe 21, v. Bond 20. Moffatt 22, v. Squire 19. Harris 20, v. Herd 19. Ashworth 18, v. Carvell 31. Section B. Seventh Round. London 13, v. Kirkwood 25? Hutchins 14, v. Jack 17. Scrivener 25, v. Havler 10. Anderson 26, v. Tomkies 13. Mailman 19, v. Goldstone 17. Beswick 17, v. Gordon 21. Eighth Round. Mailman 24, v, Havler 22. Gordon 18, v. Tomkies 24. Anderson 8, v. London 28. Beswick 13, v. Goldstone 22. Hutchins 22, v. Kirkwood 18. Jack 21, v. Scrivener 23. Ninth Round. Gordon 17, v. Goldstone 19. Beswick 22, v. Havler 20. Mailman 13, v. Jack 20. Scrivener 18, v. Kirkwood 15. London J 9, v. Tomkies 12. Hutchins 26, v. Anderson 11. Summary of Games. Section A. Wins. Losses

ON OTHER GREENS PLAY ON SATURDAY. With the Christmas tournament in progress on the St. John’s green on Saturday, play also took -place on sev-

eral other greens, those participating being players not engaged in tournaments rinks. Wanganui East Club. On the Wanganui East green on Saturday afternoon a pairs tournament on the Barnett system was played, in which 28 players took part. Three rounds of ten heads each were played, and the respective winners and run-ners-up were:—Leads: Tate, 3 wins, 36 points (1); McGregor, 3 wins, 28 points (2). Skips: Black, 3 wins, 37 points (1); Raine, .3 wins, 34 points (2). The remaining results were as follow: Leads:—Dann 2, Taylor I|, Colman IJ, Connell IJ, Armstrong I}, Tippins 1, Ellis 1, Jenkins 1, Wallace 1, Ingleman 1, Frankish 1, Alp 1\ Skips:—Keen 2, Beckett 2, Gaunt 2, McDougall I|, McCracken I}, Haworth 1, Bamford 1, McKessar 1, Snelling 1, London 1, Willis 1, Penn

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