SIXTEEN EXPECTED TO QUALIFY

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5321, 6 February 1947, Page 5

SIXTEEN EXPECTED TO QUALIFY

RTNKS - B O W LING '

p0st-secti0n matches will commence to*day ■. - t At the close of the ninth round of the Rotorua Bowling Club's open rinks toumament yesterday afternoon, four teams, Loram (Auckland), Turner (Carlton), Pott^r (Tauranga), and Gardiner (.Otahuhu), had secured the necessary seven wins to assure them of qualifying for post-section play, while to-day's two rounds will decide the chances of many others who are well placed in their respective sections. $ The position last evening appeared to make it almost certain that at least 16 teams will ultimately qualify while there are also several others with five wins who have chances. In several cases these teams will be meeting others similarly placed, and this morning some particularly keen contests can be expected. Although Potter's Tauranga team has qlready qualified it had the mis- - fortune early yesterday afternoon of losing the services of its skip, who was involved in- an unfortunate " accident which' will, it is understood, keep him out of the game for some time. Section play will not be eompleted to-clay until the middle of the afternoon, following which the qualifiers will meet in the first round- of postsection matehes. .Should 16 teams only qualify, the final will be reached on" Friday afternoon, but a greater number than this would - carry the play into Saturday. Following are yesterday 's results, with the position of the various teams: — Section A Sevenfch Round Waiuku, Whiteside 21, beat Rawhiti, McCullough 12; Te Puke, Poeock 17, beat Rotorua, Budd 15; West End, Twomey 22. " beat Kaikoura, Reid 12; Auckland, Loram 23, beat Carlton, Ritchie 16; Edendale, Graham 27, beat Remuera, Abbot 13; Heretaunga, Harvey, a bye._ Eighth Round Harvey 20, Graham 19; Abbot 20; Whiteside 16; Budd 25, Twomey 18; McCullotfgh 26, Reid 12; Loram 32, Pocoek 7 ; Ritchie, a bye. Ninth Round Abbott 22, Reid 18; Budd 25, McCullough 22; Haiwey 24, Whiteside 18; Pocock 25, Ritchie 11; Loram 22, Twomey 11; Graham, a bye. Section B Seventh Round Carlton, Donaldson 26, beat Roclcy No-olc, Keatley 9 ; St. -^Helliers, Thompson 29, beat Gisborne, Bignell 25; Rotorua, Pakes 23, beat Waitemata, Williamson 12; Mt. Albert, Firth 19, beat Tauranga South, Burt 16; Remuera, Fisher 18, beat Rotorua, McMeekjn 15; Huntly, Turton, a bye. Eighth Round Keatley 28, Bignell 13; Donaldson 22, Turton 15; Thompson 18, McMeekin 17; Firth 19, Williamson 14] Fisher 15, Pakes 10; Burt, a bye. Ninth Round McMeekin 24, Keatley 19; Burt 21, Williamson 16; Turton 19,' Bignell 16; Pakes 21, Thompson 12; Fisher 19, Firth 6; Donaldson, a bye. Section C S°eventh Round Takapuna, Leather 22, beat Epsom, Ross 13; Grey Lynn, Gadd 22, beat Rotorua, Portman 21; Rotorua, Brownie 24, beat Hillsboro, Stringer 10; Whakatane, Ho-wat 22, beat Mt. Eden, Watson 15; Carlton, Turner 27, beat Putaruru, Addenbrooke 21; Hamilton, Forsyth, a bye. Eighth Round Addenbrooks 22, Gadd 21; Ross 24, Howat 23; Forsyth 19, Leather 14; Brownie 26, Watson 12; Stringer 19, Portman 14; Turner, a. bye. Ninth Round Stringer 17, Addenbroc-ke 15; ■ Portman 21', Watson, 11; Ross 18, Browtiie 14; Turner 19, Gadd 14; Howat 18, Forsyth 16; Leather, a bye. 0 •: Section D \ Seventh Round Devonport, Munro 22, beat St. Ileliers, Hooper 17; Ngongotaha, Adams 25, beat Rotorua, Casey 13; Manawatu, King 28, beat Pcverty Bay, McKenzie 8; Carlton, Lancaster 17, beat West End, Needham 14; Otahuhu, Gardiner 29, beat Hataitai, Conder 15; Tauranga, Woods, a bye. V Eighth Round Gardiner 21, Casey 30; Conder 21, Hooper 16; Needham 18, McKenzie 13 ; Lancaster 24, Adams 17; Woods k 22, Munro 16; King, a bye.9 Ninth Round Gardiner 20, Lancaster 12; King 20, Needham 14; Hooper 17, Casey 12; Conder 21, Woods 16; Adams 27, McKenzie 10; Munrc-, a bye. Section E Seventh Round Rotorua, Fowkes 18, beat Mangere, Burndred 14; -Tauranga, Potter 26, beat Onehunga, Gosling 15,; Te Awa-, mutu, Hopping 20, beat Auckland, Carrol 15;. Auckland Transport, Taplin 22, beat Matamata, S.tewart 15;

Whitiora, Woodhall 27, beat Carlton4, l.ittle 8; Hamilton, Coombes, a byei Eighth Round Stewart 27, Little 11; Woodhall 16, Burndred 7; Carroll 21, Fowkes 8; Coombes 25, Gosling 17; Potter 23, Hopping 16; Taplin, a bye. Ninth Round ' '* Taplin 25, Little 14; Potter 2i| "owkes 16; Woodhall 22, Carroll Hopping 17, Coombes 15; Burndred 2% Stewart 17; Gosling, a bye.-

Progress Of Play A

W ' ::t Whiteside ' 4 5 McCullough 4 4 Pocock — 4 & Budd 6 -2 Twomey _ ' 3 -5 Reid — — — 2 -6 I>oram 7. 1 Ritchie 1 ' 7 Graham 3 .5 Abbot b* 2 Harvey 5 3

SECTION A

Donaldson — 6 2 Keatley 5 3 Thompson 3 D Bignell 3 d Pakes — 5 3 Williamson 1 . '■ & Firth 3 S Burt .... .1.. 2 6 Fisher .... 6 "2 McMeekin fe 2 Turton .... .... 5 -3

SECTION B

Leather • ^ ..., 4 .1 Ross .... .4 It Gadd 3 - ft Portman — 4 '4 Brownie 3 -4 Stringer .... 4 4 Howat 4 5 Watson 3 '-5 Turner ...A 7 .i Addenbrooke 4 '4 Forsyth .„ % 3 .

SECTION C

Munro — .... 4 .4 Hooper 2 .4 Adams — 5 3 Casey ■ _..o — — i , ? King — — 5 McKenzie 2 ■ Lancaster — — t .'-2 Needham ..... 3 )6 Gardiner . .... 7 T Conder — 6 13 Woods .— 5 - -13

SECTION D

Fowkes 1 7 Burndred — 1 7 Potter 7 -'i Gosling — 5 3 Hopping - — 6 3 Carroll — 5 ry-3 Taplin — 6 .. ;2 Stewart .. - '4 ;'4 Woodhall - 6 -2 Little' : — ,1 ' |8 Coombes — — . -3 ■ • 5

SECTION E