CHRISTMAS BOWLING

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 306, 28 December 1936, Page 8

CHRISTMAS BOWLING

WANGANUI TOURNEY FIRST DAY’S RESULTS SOME CLOSE GAMES. The Wanganui Bowling Centre’s Christmas tournament started on Saturday. The weather was overcast with sultry temperatures. The contestants were all local players, no outside rinks having entered. Twentyfour rinks, divided into two sections, participated and the tournament will be continued to-day. The Wanganui and Wanganui East greens were used on Saturday. Today Wanganui East and Gonville will be the scene of play. Players were welcomed at the Wanganui green by Mr. A. Crawford, president of the centre, while at Wanganui East Mr. A. W. Jones acted in a like capacity. During the day’s play some very interesting bowling was witnessed. In some games an extra head was played to decide the winner. Owing to rain on the previous day the greens were on the heavy side at the start of play but improved considerably as the day advanced. In the first round, with one head to play, Holloway required two to win from Naumann. The former was three up on the head while Naumann, with his last, pushed one of his own in for shot. Kirk and Benefield had a great fight. With the last head to play Benefield was one up on the board. Kirk secured a brace, giving him victory. During this, and other games, Benefield had several drives, but they nearly all missed their objective. On the 13th head of the Benefield— Coombe game the score stood at 19—8 in favour of Coombe. During the remainder of the game Benefield pulled up considerably, but not sufficient to win, being defeated by one point. • The board read twenty all on the 19lh head between McKay and Healey. The former secured singles on the last two heads. On the 19th head the score was 23 all between Scrivener and Naumann. The last two heads brought singles to Scrivener. On the 18th. between Kirk and Moir the score was 14 all. On the 19th Moir secured four and singles on the remaining two heads. In Section A, Armstrong and Goldstone have won all three games played, while in the same section Moffatt. Gordon and Kirkwood have lost all three games, which is something of a surprise, for they are all noted players. In Section B all rinks have had a loss. Details of Saturday’s play arc as follow: Section A. First Round. W. Harris, Toop, McKenzie, H. S. Harris (St. John's) 16, v. Young, Thompson, Stone, Tilley (Wanganui) 20. Hutchins, Rush. Burns, W. Baxter (Wanganui East) 21, v. Bassett, Amies, Hutchinson, Moffatt (St. John’s) 9. C. S. Brown, Pepper, Broadhead,

Clinkard (St. John’s) 16, v. Webby, Bilderbeck, Beckett, R. Armstrong (Victoria) 17. W. Brown, J. Baxter, Parkes, Kirkwood (St. John’s) 16, v. O’Meara, Anderson, Gordon, Boyd (Wanganui) 26. Stringer, W. Gordon, Gilbertson, G. Gordon (St. John’s) 18, v. Seeling, Quarterman, Goodey, Goldstone (Wanganui) 19. Gaunt, Purnell, Carveil, Fletcher (Wanganui East) 23, v. Piper, Lake, Gowan, Mailman (Gonville) 15. Second Round. Harris 19, Fletcher 13. Moffatt. 22, Armstrong 24. Baxter 20, Boyd 19. Clinkard 15, Goldstone 16. Kirkwood 18, Mailman 19. Gordon 18, Tilley 27. Third Round. Harris 23, Gordon 18. Armstrong 22, Boyd 14. Moffatt 18, Goldstone 21. Baxter 15, Mailman 18. Clinkard 17, Tilley 13. Kirkwood 18, Fletcher 20. Section B. First Round. McKessar, Tippins, Muir, Holloway (Wanganui East) 20, v. Symondr. Hunwick, Ashworth, Naumann (Gonville) 22. Blythe, F. Wilson, G. A. Brown McKay (Wanganui) 21, v. Doolan Halligan, D. Wilson, Kirk (Wanganui) 18. McMillan, Dearsley, Ormsby, Scrivener (St. John’s) 15, v. Rowling Glover, Wight, Benefield (St. John’s) 22. Sperring, Franklin, C. P. Brown Bond (Wanganui) 21, v. Armstrong Simpson, Green, Coombe (St. John’s) 19. Colman, McCracken, Gillespie Bowling (Wanganui East) 23, v

Scouilar, Bidlake, White, Moir (Wanganui West) 13. Hay. Sampson, Downey, Beswick (St. John's) 11, v. Ftussell, Durant, Wilson, Healey (Gonville) 18. Second Round. Kirk 19, Benefield 18. Holloway 25, Beswick 9. McKay 18, Coombe 26. Scrivener 27, Moir 12. Bond 13. Healey 20. Bowling 12, Naumann 15. Third Round. Bond 19, Beswick 23. Benefield 21, Coombe 22. Holloway 32, Bowling 5. McKay 22, Healey 20. Scrivener 25, Naumann 23. Kirk 14, Moir 20.