DOMINION BOWLING

Chronicle (Levin), 21 January 1948, Page 7

DOMINION BOWLING

Press AssodationJ

♦ Progress of the Fours Tourney

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a - DUNEDIN, Jan. 20. The third and fourth rounds of the fours competition were played in briiliant sunshine today whem ' the N ew Zealand ehampionship bowling tournament entered upon its eighth- day. The. greens are -improving daily as the sun and breeze drv them out and 'if tke. present good weather continues, they shoula be in their best otder by the end of the week. , ■ Th'ere were few surprises during the morning and as wa3 expected, botli U. E. Tyrrell (Mornington), and 0. G. Spearman (Christchurch R.S.A.) who fouglit out the last "Dunedin final in 1944, won their games without difiiculty. A. Logan (Hokonui) won against K Hawortli, the score being 2S — 19. This was Haworth's second defeat. in the fourth round the rink again suffereu defeat. Last year's champion rink from' Tolaga Bay skipped bV G. A. Cruwloy, won the morning game against B. G. iSheard (Woolston) by 37 — 20, this be ing their third win. The Tolaga Bay four maintained their unbeaten recora in the afternoon. S. Vella (Onehunga) has now reeovered from his indisposition and has three wins to his crodit. In fhe third round Vella 's men defeat ed the Kia Toa (Timaru) rink skipped by E. V . Travers, former pairs champion, by 34 — 7 and in the fourth game scoreci another win 33 — 20 against J. C. Thomson (>Southiand)> The combination skipped by -T. i±. Mingins, of Onehunga, is also as vet undefeated. Both games were won by handy margins. In vievv oi; tlie large number ot matehes played it could perhaps be expected tliat someone would score the possible S and this occurred in the morning game between S. -S. Home's Ashbury rink and the Carlton i'our skipped by A. Logan. W, F. Hadwin (Lower Ilutt), after two narrow defeats on the Jirst uav, started with the necessity to win his remaining games in ordor to be sure ot qualifyiug and so far has • suffered no further loss. W. J. Short (Pukekohe) won the morning game," fmishing the day with four wins. J. Iladley's Papanui four fiuisheo the day with four wins. The Liggest winning margin of the fours to date was a 40 — 7 win scoreci by W. J. Harris (Parnell) against W. Finu's West End (Timaru; rink. F. Larcombe (Opawa; and J. ti. Hampton (Anderson's Bay) wero in a higli scoring game * in the morning round which was won bv the former by 41—22. T. W. Turpin, a member of Haworth's winning rink in 1936, had a close game against D. F. Tait (Iiokoaui), tlie former takiug the honours bv 30—25. Turpin won his pext game. to Qnish the day with fcnr wins. A former singles champion, V.'. D. Bennett (Hastings), obtaiued. his third win at the expense of L. - GC Mercer (Greymouth) by 24 — 21 aud w-ijinni^. his uext gaine comfortably, wasf ua-' beaten at the completion of the fourth round as was C. 8. Tuylor, the 87-year-old Sydenham skip, who.se team was the only unbeaten rink in the seetiom I . Oue of the best wins of the day whS tlie 'iOr^U, •victory, of A.t B, Bes'iey ( Sy denhaih)v tt'gaitl#- terkfh4' Caversham rink, while the Frankton four skipped by last. year's pairs chanipion, E. P. Exelby, c'halked up a 40 — « win against E. Harvev's Fitzroy team. S. C. K. Smith (Nortll End," Invercargill; had a narrow win of 21 — zu against W. O. Mosley (West llarbour) in the morning round and G. H. Sinith (Edendale, Eouthland) also scored lns third win 24 — 16 against the Ashburton rink skipped by E. A. Cockroft, the Edendale pl «yer going on to complete the day still lvoldiiig an unbeaten record. iSmith's team, liowever, was beaten 25—17 by A. O. Rout (Nelson;. The Runanga four skipped by fc. White suffered its only loss' in' the fourth round at tlie haiids of W. H. Barton (Kia Toa, Hawke's Bav), the score being 23 — 15. C. H. Manning skips the Timaru rinlc

l ■! ' * - ■» .) wh't'eli emergcd. - from the ilrs t , four ' games 'without loss. ; % i P. A. Huuter (Awamoa) finished with four wius but lmd a close call against W. A. Britteu (-yvdenhaiu), the score being 32 — 31. tSiiuilarly D. ^piller (Khandallah) ! scored four wins but was fully extenUed by J. E. Gagliardi (Edgeware) who was beateu by only oue point. Exelby won his fourth gaine in this section against C. (Madsen (Cashmere) 29 — 20, being unbeaten at the cnd or the day. C. R. Dunstan (Waihi) won bota games by handv margins to hiaintain liis unbeaten record. W. Bremner (Epsom) has wou two games and lost two and two other teams still unbeaten and sliowing good form are tlie Phoenix rink skipped by J. T. Adams and G. H. Claridge's St. Ivilda four.