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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 79, 29 December 1919, Page 6

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TOURNEY AT PALMERSTON. (From Our Special Correspondent.) Palmerston North, December 2fi. The Palmerston North Bo'.vling . Club held a pairs tournament during the Christmas holidays., the conditions being thirteen heads. There was a large attendance of the public, including ladies and several visitors from outside districts. The play throughout was most interesting, considerable excitement being caused by the splendid form shown 1 by the pair skipped* by Griggs, who is only a first-year player, and who tied with Radford nnd Grant, two well-known players, who eventually succeeded in winniwr the tournament. The following were the scores:— First lio'und.—Ramsay and Heale (15) ■beat Soli it t and Sinart Hi). Smith and IT. Griggs (II) beat IT. Scifcrt and Jackson (12), Ncedham and. Simmons (11) beat Crump nnd low (10). Radford and Grant (0) beat Brackenridgo and Budkin (S), Hancock and Aitlcen (1-0 beat Micbio and Andrews (11), Trot and Stevens (Ml Stephenson and Bailey (13), .To'ly and Va'uticr a live. Second Round.—Radford and Grant (17) 4;eat Hancock and. Aitken (15), Brackenridge and Rudkin (1?.) beat NVdbam and Simmons (D). Stephenson and Bailey (15) . V>f>nt Ham c ay and Healc (12). Smith' nii(l Gmgs (13)' beat Crump nnd Law (12). Trott and Stevens (15) bent .Tolly and Vnutier (13). SeiWt and .Tnckson (15) beat Sollitt and Stuart (11), Micliie and Andrews a bye. , Third Round .-Brackenrulee nnd l m - kin (1(1) bent Sollitt. and Stunrt (12). Smith and Grip- (U) beat and Bailey (10). "Radford and Grant (171 heat .Tollv and' Vantier (15V Crump and Taw (U) Hancock nnd Aitlcen (!•)). Trott and Sirens (U) beat Seifert and ■Tncksnn (10), Needham and Simmons (H) beat Micliie and Andrews (8), Jiamsay and TTenle a bye. , . Fou v th Bound..—-Tolly m Jaiil-or (15 bant-. Soifert a"d (12), TT-nieoclc \itken (17) beat Trott and Sevens (9). Nlitt and St'i-vt (0) beat p iu i RiniiP n, i« W. ftml Railey (10) boat JT'"'iiP and Vndrews (.11). Cninm nnd T.aw (1D beat Ranis" nnd_ TTen'o (10V Radford and Grant (W bmt Smith nnd Griggs (11), Brackenridge and RudV.n'tries are comin? in freely annual tournament to -be. held at BaU merlon North commencing on iNew vZr's Dav, and .the fixture n»<i to hp as successful as the one held by tlio Manawatn Centre last year.