N.Z. Bowling Championships

Wanganui Chronicle, 19 January 1948, Page 6

N.Z. Bowling Championships

SINGLES AND PAIRS SPEARMAN ELIMINATED FROM SINGLES (PA.) Dunedin, Jan. 18. There was much to hold the interest of the record gallery assembled on the St. Kilda green on Saturday, where the survivors in the singles competition in the New Zealand bowling championship tournament fought out the issue in some keenly contested games, and at the conclusion of the day only 10 players remained, all of them one lifers. The most notable performace of the day was the victory scored by J. A. Veitch, a Dunedin player, who deprived the former champion, C. G. Spearman, of his last chance in the singles and went on to take one life from J. F. Benson (Balmoral) in an exciting game. Play in the pairs competition was also brought to an advanced stage, six teams being left at the conclusion of the day, the only two lifers being the North East Valley pair, S. Dood and • E. H. Ravenwood, who will enter the eleventh round with an unbeaten record. FOURS START MONDAY. The fours competition is to commence on Monday. The final games in pairs and singles will now be held over until section play in the fours has been completed. It is expected that both finals will be played next Saturday. The 10 players left in the singles with one life each are: J. A. Veitch (Dunedin), J. F. Benson (Balmoral Auckland), J. H. Mingins (Onehunga), who have qualified for play in the twelfth round, M. Marsick (Ponsonby). S. Marriott (Opawa), C. H. Fraser (Beckenham), C. H. Kinzett (Waitai, Nelson), N. E. Jolly (St. Clair), qualifiers for the eleventh round and M. Pivac (Pukekohe) and G. Littlejohn (Lower Hutt), who have yet to play in the tenth round. J. H. Mingins (Onehunga), maintained his unbeaten record when he met the Te Aroha player, M. R. Buchan, in his first game of the day, but was beaten when he came up against his fellow Aucklander, J. F. Benson, in the ninth round. Benson has been one of the most consistent and attractive players in the competition, and he scored a surprisingly easy win over the Onehunga player. Two Lifers Meet. The only surviving two lifers Benson and Symons met in the tenth round, Benson winning comfortably by 17-11. Buchan was eliminated when he met a St. Clair player, N. E. Jolly, who maintained the good form he showed in the earlier rounds. C. E. Tyrrell (Mornington), former pairs champion, lost his first life in the eighth round when A. W. Ball gained a fairly comfortable win by 18-10. Ball established an early advantage and the game finished on the 18th. end. Meeting T. A. BarroW (Seatoun), a one-lifer, in the next game, Tyrrell began well, and. playing steadily, won 19-12, Ball dropped a life against O. H. Symons (Otaki railway) in the ninth game. Symons started off with a 4 and was not headed. Symons lost his final chance of survival when he met Mingins in the 11th. round. The Onehunga player was right on the job from the start Jolly and Tyrrell, both outstanding among the Dunedin singles survivors met in the tenth round, their game arousing considerable interest, although neither produced the bowls each had shown earlier in the competition. Jolly outdrew the Mornington man consistently, but the scores were level at 10 all when 14 ends had gone. Jolly forged ahead from the 16th. and won 17-14. Tyrrell being eliminated. Representatives of the Te Aroha elub have been prominent, in the singles and pairs play during the past week and one of the Waikato men who has impressed by consistently sound displays has been W. W. Weame, who was left with one life on entering the ninth round, but S. Marriott (Opawa). eliminated the Waikato man in the 10th round. * Wearne’s clubmate A. N. Callaghan had an unexpectedly easy win against E. R. Lynneberg (Khandallah), in the eighth round, both being one lifers. Callaghan established a lead after the first five ends and won by 21-10. A GOOD DISPLAY. The meeting between Spearman (Christchurch R.SA.) an A. N. Callaghan (Te Aroha) produced a close game and one of the best displays of bowls seen during the competition. Spearman, with his greater experience, played with a little more judgment than his opponent, but Callaghan showed his fighting qualities in a late run and the final score was 14-11 in favour of Spearman. J. A. Veitch established a commanding lead over Benson, the only two lifer remaining after 10 rounds, and after 13 ends the Dunedin man led by 19-9 The game ended in a win for Veitch by 21-19. Benson still being left with one life. N. W. McGorlick. who was the last Southland player left in the singles, was eliminated in the eighth round in which he went under to W. J. Chapman. a member of B. O. Priddis’ Christchurch R.S.A. team in the fours. Chapman went into the lead early and was not headed, winning 22-14. C. H. Kinzett (Maitai, Nelson), who has made steady progress throughout the singles competition, has been playing consistently good bowls, and by his 19-15 win over R. McNish (Canterbury) the Nelsonian won his way into the eleventh round. The six surviving pairs are: S Dodd and E. H. Ravenwood (North East Valley), who will enter the round with two lives, and the following one lifers: A. K. Hamilton and J. Middlesmass (Alexandra). N MacDonald and W. F. Hadwin (Lower Hutt), who will enter the 12th round, G. Littlejohn and A. J. Webster (Lower Hutt), J. B Kirkland and C. E. Tyrrel (Momington). and M. Marinovich and S. L. Garelja 'Ora(ia), who have yet to play in the 11th. round. SINGLES. The results of the day's play in the singles were: Two Lifers. Eighth round: Mingins (Onehunga) 19, Buchan (Te Aroha) 11: Ball (Christchurch R.S.A.) 18, Tyrrell (Mornington) 10. Ninth round: Benson (Balmoral) 19, Mihgins (Onehunga) 8: Symons (Otaki Railway! 20, Ball (Christchurch R.S.A.) 15. Tenth round: Benson 17, Symons 11. Eleventh round: Veitch 21, Benson 19. One Lifers. Eighth round: Weame (Te Aroha) 19. McNab (Roslyn) 14; Littlejohn (Lower Hutt) 19. French (West Harbour) 13; Callaghan 'Te Aroha) 21, Lynneberg (Khandallah) 10; Chad-

wick (Hawera Park) 17, Middlemass (Alexandra) 13; Veitch (Dunedin) 20, Mackay (Caledonian) 18; Chapman (Christchurch R.S.A.) 22, McGorlick (Bluff) 14; Edwards (Balclutha) 19, Milne (Kia Toa, Timaru) 17; McNish (Canterbury) 18, Hadwin (Lower Hutt) 12. Eliminated: McNab, French, Lynneberg, Middlemass, Mackay, McGorlick, Milne, Hadwin. Ninth round: Marsick 14, Crossan 12; Henry 18, Williamson 10; Pivac 19, Finn 15; Kinzett 23, Smith 12; Marriott 19, Hunt 13; Tyrrell 19, Barron 12; Spearman 14, Callaghan 11; Weame 21, Crisp 14; Chadwick 23, Dillicar 13; Jolly 16, Buchan 15; Veitch 25, Rawlinson 13; Littlejohn 17, Chapman 13; McNish 23. Stevenson 14; Fraser 19, Edwards 17. Eliminated: Crossan, Williamson, Finn, Smith, Hunt, Barron, Callaghan, Crisp, Dijjicar, Buchan, Rawlinson, Chapman, Stevenson, Edwards. Tenth round: Marsick 21, Henry 19; Marriott 18, Wearne 17; Jolly 17, Tyrrell 14; Mingins 20, Ball 8; Veitch 22, Spearman 21; Kinzett 19, McNish 15; Fraser 20, Chadwick 12. Eliminated: Henry, Wearne, Tyrrelle, Ball, Spearman, McNish, Chadwick. Eleventh Round: Mingins 22, Symons 10; Veitch, 21. Benson 19. EliminatecP: Symons. PAIRS. (Two Lifers.) Ninth round: Middlesmass (Alexandra), a bye; Ravenwood (North East Valley) 19, Mitchell (Blenheim) 11. Tenth round: Ravenwood 20, Middlemass 17. (One-Lifers, Tainur Green.) Garelja (Oratia) 17, Bremner (Epsom) 16; Morris (Frankton) 21, McGorlick (Bluff) 16; Hadwin (Lower Hutt) 24, Hutchinson (Caledonian) 17; Hughes (North East Valley) 17, Fletcher (Mornington) 15; Robertson (Onehunga) 18, Quirk (United Christchurch) 17; Fox (Christchurch) 23, Samms (Woolston) 17; Milne (Kia Toa, Timaru) 23, Coulter (North East Valley) 10; Edwards (Balclutha) 25, Goldfinch (Wellington) 15. Eliminated: Bremner McGorlick, Hutchison, Fletcher, Quirk, Coulter, Goldfinch, Samms. One-Lifers. St. Kilda Green.). Webster (Lower Hutt) 22, Hart (Morrinsville) 19; Robertson (Phoenix! 26, Crossan (Caversham) 16; Tyrrell (Mornington) 17, Hannan (Invercargill) 13. Eliminated: Hart, Crossan, Hannan. Tenth Round (Taiuni green): Garelja 16, Morris 15; Hadwin 27, Hughes 20; Robertson 19, Fox 12; Edwards 20. Milne 14. Eliminated: Morris, Hughes, Fox, Milne. St. Kilda green: Webster 19, Robertson 14; Tyrrell 24, Mitchell 19. Eliminated: Robertson and Mitchell. Eleventh round (all at St. Kilda green): HadwixxlB, Robertson 16; Middlemass 19, Edwards 14. Eliminated: Robertson and Edwards.