CHRISTMAS TOURNAMENT

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 307, 30 December 1942, Page 6

CHRISTMAS TOURNAMENT

WANGANUI BOWLING CENTRE SECTION PLAY ENDS When section play in the Wanganui Bowling Centre’s Christmas tournament ended yesterday only five teams had qualified for post-section play. The successful teams were skipped by Gaunt, Kirkwood, W. Pepper, Benefield and Raine. Kirkwood, W. Pepper and Benefield are members of the St. John’s Club and Gaunt and Raine Wanganui East. The draw for the first r jund ot post-section play, which will commence at 9 a.m. on the St. John s green to-day, is: Gaunt v. Kirkwood; W. Pepper v. Benefield; Raine. a bye. The wmner of the Gaunt-Kb kwood game will have the bye in the second round, and the winner of the PepperBenefield game will play Raine. The losers in the first round will play eacn other in the second round. The team entered by Kirkwood was skipped by A. Pepper, the former being called for essential work prior to the commencement of the tournament. Raine suffered his first loss in section play in the eighth round when, after playing an extra end, he was defeated by Corby by one point. In the ninth round K- kwood and McArthur, with six wins, played each other. Kirkwood won and went forward to post-section play. Fyfe and Steel both suffered defeats in the Jest round yesterday, which put them out of post-section p’ay. An extraordinary incident occurred in the Lowe-McArthur game. When the skips changed over Lowe was one down on the head and failed to improve. McArthur’s three asked for a fast one through the head. This seemed strange as they were only two down on the board and one up on the head. The drive was a wild one, hit a wing bowl and cannoned on to another. went through the head and took Lowe's only bowl out, leaving McArthur six up. Detailed results arc:— Section A.—Seventh round: Duncan 21, v. Pepper 24; Nielsen 21. v. Woods 19; McPhail 25, v. Hales .16: v. Steel 22; Jack 21. v. McCracken 14. Eighth round: Jack 20, v_. Hales 15; Steel 20. v. Duncan 11; Fyfe 20, v. Pepper 26; Woods 18, v. McCracken 22; Nielsen 117, v. McPhail 20. Ninth round: Fvfe 12, v. McPhail 25; McCracken 19. v. Hales 21; Neilsen 19, v. Steel 17; Jack 17. v. Duncan 14; Woods 14, v. Pepper 22. Section B—Seventh round: Lowe 20, v. McArthur 21; McKay 21, v. Kirkwood 20;’ Bond 17. v. McKessar 22; Thurston 20. v. Mailman 21; Armstrong 25, v. Gemmell 17. Eighth round: Armstrong 21, v. McKessar 20; Mailman 24. v. Lowe 23; Thurston lb. v. McArthur 21; Kirkwood 19, V. Gemmell 14; McKay 21, v. Bond 22. Ninth round: Thurston 8, v. Bond 10; Gemmell 25, v. McKessar 19; McKay 14, v. Mailman 16; Armstrong 19, v. Lowe 20; Kirkwood 25, v. McArthur 12. Section C—Seventh round: W. Harris 20, v. Raine 26: W. D. Harris 15, v. Gillespie 13; Moffatt 17. v. Peel 20; Corby 18, v. Brown 15; Boyd 21, v. Clinkard 22. Eighth round: Boyd 21. C Peel 15; Brown 19, v. W. Harris 28' Corbv 24. v. Raine 23; Gillespie 14,’ v. Clinkard 28; W. D. Harris 20, v. Moffatt 21. Ninth round: Corby 1". y. Moffatt 11; Clinkard 16, v. Peel 20; W D. Harris 18, v. Brown 6; Boyd 9, v. W. Harris 16; Gillespie 5, v. Rr.me 12. Section D.--Seventh round: Benefield 27, v. Burns 19; Taylor 15, y. Goodey 25: Russell 24. \. Gordon_l6; Anderson 16, v. Kirk 19; Gaunt 15, y. Thomas 12. Eighth round: Gaunt 24, v. Gordon 19; Kirk 26, v. Benefield 23' Anderson 14. v. Burns 20; Goodey 13. v. Thomas 22; Taylor 19. v. Russell 18. Ninth round: Anderson 8, v. Russell 9; Thomas 11. v. Gordon 8; Taylor 15. v. Kirk 11: Gaunt 14. v. Benefield 17: Goodey 10. v. Burns 9.