TEN RINKS QUALIFY IN WANGANUI EASIER BOWLING TOURNAMENT

Wanganui Chronicle, 19 April 1949, Page 6

TEN RINKS QUALIFY IN WANGANUI EASIER BOWLING TOURNAMENT

Tlay in the Wanganui Bowling Centre's Easter tournament has reached the post-section stage, lor which 10 teams have qualified. Two ol them are visiting rinks, one from New Plymouth and another from Waitara, and postsection play will begin at 8.45 a.m. touay on the Wanganui Bowling Club's green in Nelson Slreet. The tournament is expected to conclude tomorrow.

Skips o£ the rinks which have qualified are: W. L. McKay (New Plymouth I, G. N. Boulton (Wanganui), J. S. D. Tizard (St John's), eight wins each; F. Olsson (Waitara), W. Harris (Wanganui), W. Raine (Wanganui East), J. Steel (Wanganui), T. Liddell (Wanganui), R. Bond (Wanganui), J. Glover (Gonville), seven wins each. Weather conditions were again ideal for play yesterday and some good games were seen. A feature o£ this year’s tournament is the support of visiting teams from other centres. Some of them have been coming to Wanganui at Easter for a number of years and others are taking part in the tournament for the first time. Results of yesterday's play are:— SECTION A. (At Wanganui.) Seventh round: Rackinger (Clifton Park) beat Harris (Wanganui), 16-12; Harvey (Fitzroy.) beat Cooke (Wanganui), 22-14; Browne (Central) beat Webby (Wanganui East), 16-10; Seccombe (Taihape) beat Stewart (Gonville), 20-14; Glover (Gonville) beat Armstrong (St. John's), 22-18; Duncan (Castlecliff) beat Glengarry (Wanganui), 20-11; Fletcher (Wanganui East) beat Ansley (Hunterville), 25-14. Eighth round: Stewart beat Harvey, 14-13; Harris beat Browne, SO--12; Cooke beat Armstrong, 23-12; Fletcher beat Rackinger, 21-14; Duncan beat Webby, 17-10; Glover beat Ansley, 16-10; Seccombe beat Glengarry, 19-18. Ninth round. Fletcher beat Glengarry, 20-9; Stewart beat Armstrong, 13-11; Seccombe beat Rackinger, 1312; Harris beat Duncan, 17-9; Cooke beat Ansley, 19-11; Harvey beat Browne, 20-11; Glover beat Webby, 29-12. SECTION B. (At Wanganui East.) Seventh round. —Baillie (Heretaunga) beat Sutherland (Fitzroy), 16- Brougham (Wanganui East) beat Thomson (Wanganui), 20-11; McLean (Gonville) beat Wiggens (St. John's), 19-17; Healey (Gonville) beat Tremain (Wanganui), 18-14; McKay (New Plymouth) beat Lynneberg (Khandallah), 23-16'; Bond (Wanganui) beat Phillips (Kilbirnie), 19-16. Eighth round.. — Thomson beat Phillips, 15-12; McKay beat Baillie, 22-12; Brougham beat Tremain, 2221; Lynneberg beat Wiggens, 21-12; Bond beat Healey, 18-15; Sutherland beat McLean, 18-14. Ninth round.—Tremain beat Wiggens, 24-12; Phillips beat Healey, 2212; Bond beat Sutherland, 21-14; McKay beat Thomson, 25-5; McLean beat Baiilie, 15-13; Brougham beat Lynneberg, 18-17. SECTION C. (At St. John’s.) Seventh round. —Fisher (Gonville) beat Wilson (Masterton), 17-10; Dempster (Wanganui East) beat Steel (Wanganui), 17-15; Young (Wanganui) beat Willis (Gonville), 23-12; Haworth (Wanganui East) beat Anderson (Wanganui), 23-12; Tizard (St. John’s) beat Cottam (New Plymouth), 22-19; Yates (West End) beat Urquhart (Kahandallah), 22-14. Eighth round.—Dempster beat Yates. 22-15; Tizard beat Wilson, 1412; Haworth beat Steel, 16-11; Cottam beat Willis, 16-9; Urquhart beat Anderson, 24-12; Young beat Fisher, 17-

Ninth round: Haworth beat Willis, 18-13; Yates beat Anderson, 17-16; Fisher beat Urquhart, 28-13; Tizard beat Dempster, 24-11; Young beat Wilson, 20-12; Steel beat Cottam, 2517. SECTION D. (At Gonville.) Seventh round. —Cunningham (Victoria) beat McPhail (St. John's), 18- Ginn (St. John’s) beat Henwood (Woburn), 20-18; Boulton (Wanganui) beat Bourke (Wanganui East), 20-10; Riley (Opunake) beat ■Armstrong (St. John’s), 23-18; Olsson (Waitara) beat Mailman (Gonville), 15-8; Roche (Wanganui) beat Johnson (R.S.A.), 18-17; Jack (Wanganui) beat Hawkins (Wanganui East), 2214. Eighth round.—Armstrong beat Ginn, 24-15; Boulton beat Cunningham, 23-8; Olsson beat Henwood, 1713; Hawkins beat McPhail, 16-12; Bourke beat Roche, 21-18; Mailman beat Jack, 14-12; Riley beat Johnson, 19Ninth round. —Johnson beat Hawkins, .20-16; Olsson beat Armstrong, 18-9; Riley beat McPhail, 23-19; Roche beat Cunningham, 16-14; Jack beat Henwood, 16-11; Boulton beat Ginn, 25-8; Mailman beat Bourke, 29-9. SECTION E. (At St. John’s.) Seventh round. —Liddell (Wanganui) beat. Seeling (Castlecliff), 27-12; Neas (Woburn) beat Rusden (R.S.A.), 23-11; Saba (Taihape) beat Wallace (St. John's), 24-8; Congreve (St. John’s) beat Little (New Plymouth), 16-7; Peel (Vogeltown) beat Raine (Wanganui East), 13-10; Edlin

(Gonville) beat Tilley (Wanganui), 20-12; Holmes (Clifton Park) beat Bellringer- (Wanganui East), 17-16. Eighth round.—Little beat Neas, 22-14; Wallace beat Liddell, 20-11; Raine beat Rusden, 22-13; Seeling beat Holmes, 21-9; Saba beat Edlin, 22-10; Bellringer beat Peel, 16-11; Tilley beat Congreve, 19-14. Ninth round.—Tilley beat Holmes, 19-7; Raine beat Little, 17-14; Seeling beat Congreve, 19-11; Liddell beat Edlin, 18-7; Bellringer beat Rusden, 25-18; Wallace beat Neas, 22-21; Peel beat Saba, 28-8, DRAW FOR TODAY. The following is the draw for today : First Round:.— F. Olsson vW. Harris, at 8.45; W. Raine v J. Steel, at 8.45. The following drew the byes and play in the second round at 11 a.m.: L. W. McKay v G. W. Boulton; R. Bond plays winner of Olsson-Harris game; J. S. D. Tizard plays winner of Raine-Steel game; Liddall v J. Glover.