N.Z. Successes At Bowls ln Australia

Chronicle (Levin), 28 May 1949, Page 6

N.Z. Successes At Bowls ln Australia

. BRISBANE; May 27. ; .. Livingstone 's, "Rowe's, Barrow'S, and Hawkeii's;New Zealand fours liave wojn 'their Se'ctLbnal pla.y.*"in fhe Australiap bdwls championships. Brilliant '"play by Livingstone'^ rink marks th'em as strong contenders for the title. In winning all five sectional games, they defeated rinks from. Victoria, New §Lt1if ^Vales ancl 4o'eensfan(i"J INe'co;;!plete results of the New Zealandqrs in the five sectional rinks are as follow (skips only mentioned) : Maekay, 17—17, 20—21, 21—9, 21—22/ 18— 12j; Sunde, 12—16, 26^1'1, 12—16, 11—25, 13—2.7; BgYrow, '18—15, 24—13, '1^-2^, 19—16, '16—14; Patt'on, 15-^16, 10—23, 10—28, 19—11, 14J— 18; Livingstone, 31—9; 22—12, 26—9, 19—11, lo— 11; Jones, 16—20, 15—15, 16—19, 11—15, 12—14; Wood, 18—23, S— 2.7, 6—25, 14 — 15, won by a forfeit; Ivay, 14 — 19, 21—23, 11—19, 11—18, 27—11; Firth, 19—21, 13—16, 8—22, 16—14, 22—10; Coltman substituting for * Bremner, 12 — 28, 31 — 13, eliminated Edmonds, forfeited; Wilding, 14 — 18, 14 — 16; .14—18, 18—9, 18- -14; Rowe, 18—15, 24—8, 12—21, 23—11, 23—11; Potter, 23—14, 9—19, 17—19, 15—15, 11—18; Macey, 38—8, 15—17, 6—16, 21—22, 16 — 22; Thomas, 16 — 23, 20 — 13, 17 — 19, 18 — 16, 12 — 19; Hawlcen, 25 — 13, 22 — .10, 30—5, 17—17, 19—16; Ure, 12—20, 21—20, 17—23, 10—16, 8—23. Livingstone carried on to wirf the first round of the post-sectional play 15 — 10, putting him still another stag'e towards the final. The other three ! section winners have yet to begin postsectional play.