AUCKLANDERS DO WELL

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 557, 9 January 1929, Page 7

AUCKLANDERS DO WELL

NORTH'S FINE RECORD GREAT TUSSLE WITH DE LAUNAY (Special to THE SUN) WELLINGTON. Tuesday. Glorious weather and perfect greens ruled for the continuation of the singles tournament. The ninth round saw North (Te Awamutu) undefeated, with De Launay (Epsom), Parsons (Ponsonby), Coltman (Carlton), Smart

(New Plymouth), Pollock (Newtown) with one life each. The draw for the 10th round is: North v. Parsons, Smart v. Coltman, De Launay v. Pollock. It has been decided that the competition shall be deferred until the early rounds of the rinks and pairs are completed. North’s performance was a very fine one. He accounted for Williams (Kelburn), IS —17. a close contest, and then he defeated Clarke (West End), IS —15. In the seventh round he had a bye, and in the eighth he beat Ardell (Hataitai), 22—10. The ninth saw a great go with De Launay (Epsom), who went down to the Te Awamutu champion, 17—15. His match with Parsons (Ponsonby), on the resumption of the singles, should be particularly interesting. COLTMAN IN FORM Coltman (Carlton) was undefeated In his games to-day. He lost Ins initial game on Monday morning against Harrison (V.8.A.), 2o— lo, and has an unbeaten record since. won from Bentley (Dunedin). 21— 10, Reynolds (N.S.W.). 23-16, Reese (United). 18—13, Hill (W elhngton). 17 —16, and then disposing of kummer (St. Leonards), 15 —12. His niat^ with Smart (New Plymouth) will btwortli watching. , .. Parsons (Ponsonby) also won all his games on Tuesday, having lost his first game to Proctor (N.S.W.), 20—10, on Monday. He has been in winning vein, and defeated Vosseler (Victoria), Lindsay (Caledonian), Allatt (V.8.A.). and in the ninth round beat Watson (Tirau). The clash with the “two-lifer,” North, next week, should bo productive of good bowling. BREMNER OVERWHELMED Pilkington (Hamilton) won ■ three games, hut succumbed to Pollock (Newtown) in the eighth round, 17 —16., after a great tight, his opponent now) being one of the semi-finalists. Brem-j ner (West End) also won all his games until he met Smart (New Plymouth), • who gave him a big drubbing, 27—7, on tho 17tli. Bremner had already lost a life to Benefield (St. Johns) in the second round. Bell. junr. (Hamilton), won his first two games, beating Modd und_ Gardiner, and then lost to Bissell (Napier), IS —13. lie had previously lost a game to Higginson (Dunedin) in the fourth round. Toy (Ellerslie) also won j his first two. defeating two Australians in Spendilove (N.S.W.) and Bolton (V.8.A.), and then went down to Bremner in the seventh round. Do Launay won all his games until tho ninth, when he and North, both being unbeaten, met. and North proved tho victor. 17—15. The former is playing well, and is paired with Maxwell Walker in the doubles, and third for the professor in the rinks. De Launay meets Pollock (Newtown) in the tenth, and on his form I am predicting a win for the Epsom repre- . sentative. WALKER OFF AND ON Maxwell Walker suffered two defeats, one in the fifth round at the hands of Hazelwood (Lyall Bay) and after defeating Porteous (Thorndon), he again went down to Pollock (Newtown), 19 —16. On his play on Monday he looked sure to go a long way in this competition. He was playing a good game, but found the opposition too hot for him. His record in tho singles makes good reading, the professor having won the Dominion Singles three times, in 1915, in 1919 and ip 1923, and paired with Brackebush, he won the pairs in 1927. He has yet to win the big rink contest. Gladding (Carlton) won the fifth round from Dempster (Karori), but lost to Feilding (Hataitai) in the next round. Kummer (St. Leonards) went through unbeaten, until he ran against Coltman in the ninth, and was downed 15—12. Kummer played very well indeed. Gordon (Carlton) and Ryan (Remuera) went ea.rly in the contest, both failing to survive the fifth round. SMART TO MEET COLTMAN Smart (New Plymouth), who started the day unbeaten, lost a life to Ardell (Hataitai). He won all the rest of his matches, one of his victims being Edwards (Temuka), who, with McCallum, won the doubles in 1923 for South Canterbury. Smart meets Coltman, and the Carlton man will make things interesting for him in the tenth. Daniels (Remuera) also went early, losing in the fifth round to Gow* land (Petone), 19 —12. The ninth round saw some fine matches, and keen interest was taken in them. North 17, beat De Launay; Parsons 17, defeated Clarke (West End) 16; Smart gave Bremner a severe drubbing, 27—7; and Coltman accounted for Kummer, 1£ —12. Clarke (West End) commenced the day a “two-lifer” but lost two matches, one to Parsons 17—16. and North beat him JS —15. He beat Brightling and Hazelivood. A GREAT RECORD Harraway, who went out in the first day s play, has an outstanding record in these games, the Dunedin man having won the singles in 1920, the doubles, paired with Johnson, in 1914, and again in 1918, paired by Hogg. He skipped the winning rink in 1926, and his present doubles partner, J Best, was his lead in that rink. Harraway is thus a dual winner, and the performance is an outstanding one. Six are left in the singles, Auckland having three representatives in , ■, l^ nay ’ Arsons and Coltman, while Te Awamutu has the only “twolifer ’in North. New Plymouth has Smart and Newtown (Wellington) has Pollock. Auckland city and province is well represented in the rink competition, commencing to-day, having 3 4 teams entered. Australia also has the same number, and it is confidently expected that they are going to play a big part in the final settlement. J. Scott (Caledonian), last year’s winner of the champion singles, was defeated to-day by Pollock (Newtown). Ho lost a life on the first day. Clarke (Rocky Nook) ran Scott to a few points last year, a.fter winning the competition in 1927. Clarke is a notable absentee this year.