N.I. Bowls Tourney Now In Final Stages

Chronicle (Levin), 30 March 1948, Page 4

N.I. Bowls Tourney Now In Final Stages

' " y — - : .. . .£ vrlihe North island boWkhg tourn&ment was played in sectidns at Palmerston North and Levin dufing the holiday wee&eiid, • SeCti- .i play was in progress on Friday an/ Saturday and eoneluded yesterdaS morning. It was followed • in the aftsrnoon by the first round of post-section play at Palmerston North and this is being continued today. Three Centfal " Cl-ub _ rinks emerged; from Seetion I, which was played at Lethi, into post-s'ection play, but weTe' eliminated in the first round. . They Were: C, •Walker, A, MudgWay,. Fletcher,- Sharp ' ( s ) ; Foad, Bennett, K, Bowater, K Bo water (s) ; and Hold'away. Cooksley, Martin, Clark (s) . f s* .The results of the first three rounds in seetion I Were pubiished op- Saturday. Results in the' remainihg- five rounds and the' first round of the post-section play were;— Fourth round; Holdaway, Cooksley, Martin," Clark (Levin Central) beat Jarman, Connor, Watts, Henderson (Otaki Railway) 20-43; Kearns, Bartos-h, Matthews, W^lsh ■ (Otakif beat Hughes, B'arnes, Morgan,' Sherwood (Levin) 24 — 22; Carmichael, Nieholson, Larsen, Hiil (Levin) beat Rieh, Hakaraia, Hart, Booth (Otaki Railway) 18 — 9; Briggs, Hartstbnge, Hudson, Seddon (Levin Central) beat Mc- ' Carty, Hunter, Burnham, Wenham (Levin) 22—13 ; Best, O'Connor, TTpnfTpfS'On 1 M^ads' (Levin) beat W.

Mu'dgway, Sweetman, Braid, Irving (Levin Central) 18— *-17; Poad, Bennett, H. Bowater, K. Bowater (Levin. Central) beat Edwards, Elias, Mitchell, Green- (Wellington) 22 — 14; Grey, Te' Puni, Hook,'Cahill (Otaki) beat C. Walker, A. Mtidgway, Fletche'r,' Sharp (Levin Centfai} 20 ll «* Fifth round: Booth beat Irving 18 — 12, Bowater beat Cahill 26—8, Meads beat Sharp 17 — 15, Walsh beat Hiil 13 — 13, (^ark beat Green 18 — 8, Wenham beat Henderson 24 — 6, Seddon beat Sherwood 22 — 20. Sixth .roun'd: Green beat Wenham 22 — 17, Seddon beat Meads 26 — 9, Henderson beat Sherwood 19 — 18, Booth beat Bowater 18 — 11, •Sharp" beat Hiil 21 — 14; Clark beat Cahill 20 — 9, Walsli beat Irving 17—15.

Seventh round : Meads beat Henderson 21 — 19, Sharp beat Booth 21 — 9, Clark beat Irving 15 — 13, Walsh beat Bowater 18 — 11,' Wenham beat Cahill 21 — 10. Hiil beat Seddon 20 — 9, .Sherwood beat Green 20 — 13. Eighth round: Sharp beat Walsh 24—6; Henderson beat Hiil 18 — 8, Green beat. Meads 19—^14, Sherwood beat Cahill 18 — 12, Bowater beat Irving 18 — 17; Wenham beat Clark 15—9, Seddon beat ^ooth 12 — 8. Summary of wins : Sharp, Bowater and Clark, 8 wins0 each; Meads, Walsh and Seddon; five wins each; Henderson, Hi-1-1 and Wenham, four wins eaeh; Green land Booth, three wins" each; .Sherwood and Cahill, two wins each; i and Irving, one Win. l Post-section: CogsWell (Manawatu) beat Sharp (Levin Central) | 27-4), Elder (National Service) beat v Bowater (Levin Central) 14 — 13, jNicho.l (Napier) beat Clark (Levin ] Central) 20 — 10. 1