BOWLS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1656, 24 January 1913, Page 5

BOWLS.

THE CIIRISTCIIUBCH TOURNAMENfI • : - (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Christchurch/Jaliuarv 23. The bowling tournament was continued to-day, which wns taken . up . with ' tho champion singles:, for'which'thtrb were 'x 160. payors, divided into ten sections of sixteen players. Tito games wei'o'carried out on a modified: two-lifo system.;,' Each -' playep. Ms' at" least' two '.!.galne«! ' Eight * .. . winners' nud' eight losers* piny ofi to. father in tho seoond round of'the paction. . : ' i s a result four witli'tivo, wins'and eight 1 ! with ; Ono win continue in, four with'two' losses.retire. In; the, third txiund, > four - - with two wins Imvo byes, a)id fcur with ono win and tho less play off. The four ■!■:.% winners tliehc continiiMH in tho, fourth round with tho jjrfcvioits four winners. andiso the result is out (down to thei final . pair, to .dccido;for.the. secUau,, wiunpr.v v«- ' Tho .weather was glorious, the 'only objection being ti rather'.t'stroiig wind ■at • times swooping''-across' the" green," which'" 1 . i frequently lYacl thd cffcct;of- altering tho run of tho bowls. . 7 ■ , Christchurch green': J.. Jftauchlau ' . .* (Taieri) 15, Pritchard (Sydenham) 13. Canterbury gran: F.'fiimth'-(Kaituna) 13, Abbott (Caledoriian) J2. ... - i ■ » Sydenham greeni W. Allan (Taieri). 14, '*: " ;. Millar. (Southland) 12. St, Albans greeii! Dcntley. (l)uncdin). 14,' • Daniels (Chiistchurch) 7. - , Doubles. ■ Canterbury grcon, No, 1 ,seotion! B. ' Milner (Sunnysidc) 17,-Lill (Dunsandcl) 1 H; I Milner has to ■ play Allan, (To leri) for winner of Section. A. :United green,'. Section' As Catson• (Kai-- - tangata),woh outright.. Section B:<AVillii >. (St.'Albalis) 14, Campbell (Wellington) 12; A. E. Smith (Southland),lilrWilliß Smith has to piny Carson fpr tho winner ; of tho green. . . Opawa green: Turnbull (Taieri) 18, Johnston (St. Albans) 11. • Sti _ Albans grcon,,, Section B: Clark • > (St. Kilda) 'U, Young (Sydenham)" 0. ■ Clark plays Smith. ; ' '■ - - Edgowaro green:. Casey;. .(Ponsonbv) 10, ' Edwards (Tcmnka)-14. ; ■. 1 ' Sunnysido" .Thbmson (Wellington) , Molhson (l'hoenix) 11. Thomson playi 1

Tho finals in all classes will bo piayoJ ■ i; ■' to-morrow. :■. •'•. .'-.' ■'.-■. - •■.■ ■■ , ■■ ■ *«■/,