HAMILTON BOWLS

Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21082, 8 April 1940, Page 11

HAMILTON BOWLS

SINGLES MATCHES JACOB WRIGHT GAMES Sectional play in the Jacob Wright Singles Competition of the Hamilton bowling centre took place on the Hamilton greens on Saturday. The four sections, which were played on the Hamilton, Whitiora, Hamilton East and Railway clubs’ greens, were completed on Saturday and the finals will be played next Saturday. The sectional winners were:— Section A, Wilson (Hamilton Club); section B, Keenan (Railway Club); section C, Exelby (Frankton Club); section D, McCabe (Railway Club). Following were the results, Hamilton Club players being denoted by H., Hamilton East by H.E., Claudelands by C., Whitiora by W., Railway by R., and Frankton by F.— Section A First round: Wilson (H) 24 v. Webster (H.E.), 3; Petersen (F) 20 v. Butt (C), 17; Walker (H) 16 v. Hamilton (C), 13; Bright (R) 18 v. Morris (W), 15. Second round: Walker 19, Petersen 13; Wilson 22, Bright 15. Final: J. Wilson 22 v. J. Walker 11. Section B First round: Coombes (H) 21 v. Webber (C), 8; Keenan (R) 16 v. Hollinger (F) 15; Yeaman (H) 20 v. Thorpe (C), 13; Coe (‘H.E.) 17 v. Frost (W), 12. Second round: Keenan 25 v. Coe, 11; Coombes 31 v. Yeaman 13. Final: Keenan 17 v. Coombes 15. Section C First round: Robinson (H) 31 v. Sayers (C), 6; Karton (H.E.) 15 v. Elliott (W), 13. Second round: Karton 20 v. Morris 13; Exelby 19 v. Robinson 18. Final: Exelby 19 v. Karton 16. Section D First round: Cole (W) 23 v. Lomas (H.E.), 15; McCabe (R) 19 v. Morris (F), 17; Wilkinson (C) 19 v. F. R. Booth (W), 17; Lock (H) 20 v. Freeman (H), 18. Second round: Lock 24 v. Wilkinson 17; McCabe 23 v. Cole 8. Final: McCabe 20 v. Lock 14. INTER-CLUB MATCH WHITIORA V. CLAUDELANDS An inter-club match was played between the Whitiora and Claudelands clubs on Saturday, play taking place on the greens of both clubs. At the Whitiora greens, the home team had four wins with 153 points and the visitors three wins with 125 points. At the Claudelands greens, the Claudelands Club’s players were credited with 136 points and the Whitiora Club with 98 points. The results on the Whitiora greens were as follows (visiting rinks mentioned first):—

Mcßae, Gillies, Huse, Chegwidden 16 v. McLaughlin, Coates, Jonathan, Street 24; Henry, Fow, Howe, Stubbs 17, v. Peart, Riddell, Hedgecock, Choat 24; Hunter, Young, Petersen, Speight 15 v. Taylor, Lewis, Crowhurst, 20; Gudex, Cubis, W. Chegwidden, Carter 23 v. Earle, Boneham, Gerand. Davis, 18; Vedder. Hargreaves, Snell, Fraser 19 v. Dempster, H. Ibbotson, N. Ibbotson, A. P. Nelson, 21; Wren, Burgoyne, Hallett, Bones 24, v. Clare, Cockhead, Towers, Kerr 19; Tyler, Mane, Robinson, Shirley 28 v. Wait, Summervell, F. H. Ibbotson, Irvine 12. Results at Claudelands The games at Claudelands resulted as follows (visiting rinks mentioned first:— Burton, A. Choat, Whellan, Sing 22 v. Wills, Godfrey, Woodcock, Cobb 21; Borich, Woodhall, Gittos, Watkins, 10 v. Seabrook, Livingstone, Fisher, Clevely 28; Meltzer, Norman, A. Smith, Downes 15 v. Newland, Wells, F. Mead, Millington 23; Hammond, Cooper, Davey, Pauli 20 v. Going, Belcher, Lendrum, Gore 17; Truman, Alker, Mudford, Ferguson 18 v. F. Moore, Blacklock, Marshall, Prescott 20; Roseman, Hanlon, Veats, Dillicar 13 v. Roach, Cole, Curling, Goodwin 27. Ordinary draw: McGowan, Kenyon, Church 21 v. Carr, Boardman, Aldridge 18; A. Fow, Raley, Lamprell 19 v. McEwan, Purdie, Ballard, 17. PLAY AT RAILWAY Games played at the Railway Club’s greens on Saturday resulted as follows:—Semi-finals, club singles: Bricknell 20 v. Jackson 15. Baddely Ferns, senior: Green and Doyle 24 v. McCabe and Harvey 13. Junior Ferns: Bannister and Parris 22 v. Brecknell and Thompson 21. Pairs matches: Bannister and Harvey 20 v. Bicknell and Williams 12: Hassett and Quintal 17 v. Keenan and Malone 15. Rinks: Morrison, Hannon, Keenan, Johnson 18 v. Jackson, Hassett, Docherty, Hebditch 10; Long, Traile, Borland, Howie, 21 v. Coombs, Lepper, Coutts, Johnson 20. A. Crabb, Docherty, Town 23 v. Long, D. Crabb, Hannon 20; Thompson, Doyle, Mole 18 v. Parris, Wright, Green 10. FRANKTON CLUB’S TOURNEY ANNUAL GALA DAY The Frankton Club’s annual gala day was held on the Frankton bowling greens on Saturday. The tournament was won by Judge’s team with four wins. Details:— First round: Rendell, Grade, Samson 7 v. Coombes, Garin, McLean, 7; McGloin, Smith, Sole 8 v. Toombs, Foster, Wheeler 6; Green, Comer, P. Hansen 6 v. Kerr, Stuart, Hansen, junr., 5; Gilmore, Connew, Judge 7 v. Bowden, Borland, Hawkins, 6; Larsen. Williams, Coutts 8 v. Walsh, McCready, Luxton, 7; Paterson, Millar, Budges 9 v. Lister, Quintall. Alker, 6. Second round: Wheeler 9 v. Bridges 6; Hansen, junr., 7 v. McLean 4; Hawkins 10 v. Sole 8; Luxton 7 v. P. Hansen 6; Judge 8 v. Alker, 7; Coutts 6 v. Samson 5. Third round: Samson 10 v. P. Hansen 9; Hansen, junr., 7 v. Coutts 6; Hawkins 8 v. Budges 6; Judge 6 v. Wheeler 5; McLean 9 v. Luxton 6; Sole 8 v. Alker 5. Fourth round: Judge 9 v. Luxton 3; Coutts 7 v. Alker 6; Budges 8 v.

Samson 7; Wheeler 9 v. McLean 8; Hansen, junr., 8 v. Sole 7; Hawkins 6 v. P.'Hansen 5. Competitions were won as follows:—Driving champion, T. Luxton, runner-up H. Childs. Trailing champion, A. Wheeler. Drawing, H. Foster, runner-up, A. Sampson. Throwing the kitty, A. Millar. Junior drawing, M. Coombes.