PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 10, 13 January 1941, Page 7

PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP

DOMINION BOWLING TITLE

CHRISTCHURCH TOURNEY SINGLES AND SEMI FINALISTS { Per Press Association, j CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 12. Only five pairs were left to carry on at the end, yesterday, of the day s post-sectional play in the New Zea. land bowling championships. They were the survivors of 80 pairs who set out in the morning to strive fol 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 thiru game represented local clubs. At the end of the day’s play theie were only five pairs left in—William son and Joseph (Canterbury), Piper and Hadwin (Hutt), Littlejohn and Calder (Phoenix), Maslin and Squirt (Hawera) and Jury and McClymont (Ponsonby). Hadwin will meet Joseph, the winner playing Calder, and MtClympnt will play Squire. Three of the sections had byes in the first round, which meant that the sections won bv 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 the second game and Canterbury (Williamson and Joseph) bad their second win to eliminate Blenheim (A. Nicholas and Mitchell) 25 —15. On the St. Alban’s green Hey’s Opawa pair was eliminated. North End, Invercargill (Hewitt and Hay) and McClymont’s Ponsonby pair had their 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 a third (Turpin's) was eliminated 19—12 byHutt (Hadwin). The field narrowed sharply after the 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 Hay’s North End pair 22 16, and Elmwood (Featherston) eliminated Martella's Nelson pair. There was another close game at Barrington, 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 colud not last the pace and were beaten 18—13 by Campbell's Geraldine pair.

Section A. Third Round.—Marte.la 20 v. Gil bi.rt 7; Featherston 23 v. Dey 9; Ha; 22 v. Hey 15; McCly.n-.nc 21 v. Filin 17. Fourth Round.-Fei'.ierston 22 v. Martella 14; MeCl/mont 22 v. Hay 16 Fifth Round.—McClymont 19 v. Featherston 12. Section B. Second Round.—Gt „.v Lynn (Higginson and Griffiths) 22 v. Barrington (Clark ant Fyam 17; Timaru (Lee and Kebbiel 17 7. Tnorndon (Brace and Gillespie) 11; Sumner 'Hampton and Chambers 20 v. Karori (Morton and Neilson) 16; Opawa (Marriott and r i urland 19 v. Nelson (Kingslanu and Kettle) 18; Hawera (Maslin and Squire 27 v. Park (Hawkey and Gilbert) 14; Owaka (Alloo brothers) 22 v. Ponsonby (Carbines am, Hffip/n--botham) 15; Cr.i.erbury (Delargey and McNish) 20 v. Karoro, West Coast (Saur.ders ar.d Pojle) 12 I.ceston (Jackson and Lowery, 26 v. Caledonian (Lloyd and Davidson) 1:1. Third Round.—Kebb.e 21 v M. Griffiths 19: Chamoers 20 v Turland 16; Squire 23 v. Alloo 17; McNish 29 v. Lowery 16. Fourth Round —Kebbie 23 v. Chambers 22; Squire 22 v McNish IC. Fifth Round.—Squire 23 v. Kebbie 20. Section C.

Second Rouni.—phoenix, Oamaru (Littlejohn and Caide.’) 16 v. Karcio, V/est Coast (McC >rk:r'dale and Moss_) 15; Remuera (Ra.nger anl Duncan) 23 v. St. Kilda (C l ?rjt|p l , bi others .' 19, Southland (Maason and Stewart) 25 v. Balmoral (Cur>-"1 and Hill) 12; Hokitika (Breeze and Stevenson) 17 v. Sumner (Williams and Stsnemaa) 14; Kaukapakapa, Nor h Auckland (Thomas and Drinna.ni 22 v. Christ church (Robinson and Ainger) 11, Geraldine (Burmesiir and Campbell! 20 v. Shirley (Kingston and Rowland) 19: Otago (Thomas and Call-.'iidar) 16 v R.S.A., Christeaurch (Whyte and Spearman) 15; Canterbury (E.som and Munn) 24 v. St. Kilda (Cormack end Spiers) 17. Third Round.—Cazi-'r 21 v. Duncan 16;.Stewart 20 v. Stevens >n 13; Campbell 21 v. Drinnan 13, Munn 13 v. Calendar 14. Fourth Round. -Cal ler 23 v. Stewart 15; Campbell 18 v. Munn 13. Fifth Round.—C?l'l 23 v. Campbell 11.

Section D First round.—Canterbury (Williamson and Joseph) 18, Dunedin (Naylor and Newcastle) 16; Blenheim (Nicholas and Mitchell) 18, Woolston (Sheard and Samms) 16; Lirfwood (Gibson brothers) -19, Auckland (Matheson and Littleproud) 14; Nelson (Rout and St. John) 21, Island Bay (Haigh and Nicholls) 11; Cashmere (Maddren and Morrison) 19, Caversham (Twose and Ballard) 16; New Brighton (Larcombe and Pattrick) 26, Anderson's Bay (Bell and Marshall) 19; Onehunga (Macklow and Livingstone) 15, United (Martin brothers) 14; Beckenham (Ogier and Stewart) 19, Roslyn (Dickson and (Armstrong) 15. Second round. —Joseph 23, v. Mitchell 15; St. John 15, v. Gibson 14; Morrison 25, v. Pattrick 20; Livingstone 18, v. Stewart 13, Third round.—Joseph 22, v. St. John 14; Livingstone 23, v. Morrison 22. Fourth round.—Joseph 22. v. Livingstone 10. Section E First round.—Sydenham (Newton and Watson) 20, Newton (Wilson and

Verry) 19; Temuka (Davis and McInnes) 20, Shirley (Kay and Williams' 15; Hutt (Pipe and Hadwin) 23, Shirley (Ellingsford and Linn) 11; Canterbury (Paul and Turpin) 19, Gisborne (Irvine and Walker) 18; Nelson (Masefield and Mitchell) 19, Auckland (Woolley and Keys) 10; United (Wills and Brown) 17, North East Valley (Symon and Gemmell) 14; Karori (Cooper and Crawford) 20, Kia Toa, Timaru (Hadlee and Gray) 17; Tainui, Dunedin (Titchener and Bolt) 26, R.S.A., Christchurch (Parsonage and Norrie) 13. Second round.—Mclnnes 21, v. Watson 14; Hadwin 19, v. Turpin 12; Brown 28, v. Mitchell 22; Crawford 27, v. Bolt 25. Third round. —Hadwin 20, v. Mclnnes 16; Brown 16, v. Crawford 12. Fourth round. Hadwin 26, v. Brown 14.

Singles Finalists. With all the singles finalists eliminated in the pairs it was possible tc make a start yesterday with the final games in the singles section. J. R. Smith (Elmwood), the only two-lifer, 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. Albans green. Spearman trounced Dey 18-7, giving a fine display of accurate bowling. Dey opened out and was standing 5-2 at the sixth head. Spearman was 4 up on the next and then started a remarkable scoring run which allbwed Dey to secure only two more points, single on the eighth and fourteenth heads, while his opponent's score mounted in singles and twos. Dey retired at the 19th head. 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 and they were 8-9 in Kettle’s favour at the twelfth. A three to Kettle on the 18th put him safely ahead at'l6-11, and his opponent, though he scored on the closing heads, could not bridge the gap. Smith and Hill provided a super display of accurate arawing, 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 g,ood three on the third head. Hill started to score with three on the ninth head and had passed his opponent 10-9 at the 13th. From then on till the 19th head there was never more than a point between them, as tncy exchanged heads for singles and twos. The 19th was critical for Hill, who was lying shot until Smith drew to displace the shot bowl and lie two up, adding singles on the final two heads for the game to finish 17-14 in his favour. Smith went on to play Spearman and Kettle met Veitch in the semifinal. 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 lour 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 uye. The bye did not suit Veitch, for he went down 19-45 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. Singles results are;— First Round.—C. Spearman (R.S.A., Christchurch) 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.