BOWLING TOURNEY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 January 1939, Page 6

BOWLING TOURNEY

WAIRARAPA CENTRE ANNUAL. FIXTURE PLAY IN IDEAL WEATHER. A & B SECTION RESULTS. Beautiful weather prevailed yesterday for the opening of the Wairarapa Bowling Centre’s New Year tournament. Rinks are competing from all ; Wairarapa clubs and a good standard of play was in evidence yesterday. At the conclusion of the first three rounds, three rinks, those skipped by Higgison, Nielsen, and Morton all had three wins to their credit. Detailed results are as follow:— Section A. First round: Forsyth, Roberts, Hayne, Jones (s) beat Smith, Drummond. Simpson, Reader (s), 27/15; Trevorrow, Chapman, Stubbings, Reid (s) beat Weller, Rountree, Wearne, Finlayson (s), 23/21; Featherston rink skipped by Smith beat Haycraft, Lewis, Bannister, Carstens (s), 29/10; McCullough, Dorset, Hughes, Nielsen (s) beat Underhill, Beale, Tucker, Hart (s), 31/21; Kilgour, Dennes, Vile, Higgison (s) beat Smith, Harrington, Thompson, Riggs (s), 22/18. Second round: Higgison beat Jones. 27/7; Riggs beat Reader, 36/13; Nielsen beat Smith, 32/24; Finlayson beat Hart, 20/17; Carstens beat Reid, 19/17. Third round: Finlayson beat Jones, 19/17; Nielsen beat Carstens, 22/17; Hart drew with Smith, 20/20; Reid beat-Riggs. 30/12; Higgison beat Reader. 23/21.

Section B. First round: Campbell. Percy, Beecroft, Morton- (s) beat Kilmister, Newbold, Budd, Hughan (s), 21/18; Davey, Henderson, Gordon, Christian (s) beat Buckley, Newton, —, Brown (s), 24/15;' Connolly, Best, McLeod, Carter (s) beat Thompson, Hunter, t Ewington, Taylor (s), 20/11; Gordon, Malmo, McNally, Watson (s) beat Gaze, Hart, Stent, Whyte (s), 21/12; Finlayson, Ferguson, McPherson, Kilgour (s) beat Blane, Stewart, Kearney, Madsen (s), 27/15. Second round: Carter beat Hughan, 19/16; Morton beat Kilgour, 24/14; Brown beat Watson, 28/17; Christian beat Whyte, 29/15; Taylor beat Madsen, 28/16. Third round: Morton beat Brown, 25/14; Hughan beat Christian, 34/9; Taylor beat Kilgour, 23/14; Carter drew with Whyte, 17/17; Madsen beat Watson, 21713. TODAY’S PLAY. FOURTH ROUND RESULTS. The tournament is being continued today. The fourth round was played this morning, the results being:— Section A. Fourth round: Reid beat Jones, 27/7; Carstens beat Reader, 26/14; Rigg beat Nielsen, 23/20; Higgison beat Hart, 24/15; Finlayson beat Smith, 22/20. Section B. Fourth round: Christian beat Kilgour, 30/10; Whyte beat Brown, 21/19; Taylor beat Morton, 21/16; Hughan beat Watson, 23/17; Carter drew with Madsen, 19/19.