MANY SURPRISES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 January 1939, Page 6

MANY SURPRISES

AT BOWLING TOURNAMENT

PLAY IN RINKS CHAMPIONSHIP. ROLLS. OF FEATHERSTON, WINS TWO GAMES. (By Telegraph—Press Association / AUCKLAND, January 13. The championship tournament, of the New Zealand Bowling Association was continued today. Though the greens were slightly more holding, the wind was not so much in evidence as during the earlj- stages of the tournament. There were many surprises during the day. One of the early surprises was the heavy defeat of the Australian team, skipped by Harrison. The holders of the fours title. H. Wilson's team, of Linwood, was beaten by Dick (Ponsonby). The two English players, C. P. and K. T; Cross, who are competing in a Wellington four, won their first game, but were beaten in the second. Another unexpected defeat was that of Pilkington (Hamilton), who was beaten in the second round by Casey (Thorndon). Results: — Section A. First round: Erighting (Hataitai) 22, L. (St Heliers), 18: Ferguson (Balmacewan) 20, Morris (Whitiora) 17; George (Epsom) 21, Barber (Balmoral) 11; Craig (Gisborne) 19, Buckley (Grey Lynn) 18; Schell (Te Aroha) 30, Gosling (Onehunga) 11. Second round: Morris 29. George 20; Barber 29, Craig 14; 25, Gosling 24; Russell 36. Schell 20; Ferguson

23, Buckley 26, Summary: Ferguson, Brighting, two wins. Section B. First roun'd: Gray (Kelburn) 24, O’Callaghan (Epsom) 22; Efford (Edgeware) 24, Michell (Whitiora) 19; R. Smith (Helensville) 20. Firth (Glen Eden) 14; McMaster (Stanley) 23, Squire (Hawera) 21; Burchell (Te Awamiitu) 27, McMillan (Remuera). 13. Second round: Smith 23, Mitchell 21; Squire 44, Firth 21, Gray 24, McMillan 20; Burchell 33, O’Callaghan 30; McMasters 35, Efford 16. Summary: McMaster; Burchell, Smith, Gray, two wins. Section C. First round: J. R. Smith (Kelburn) 26, Vincent (Auckland) 10: Moss (Greymouth) 23. G. Clark (Mt Albert) 17, Sunde (Glen Eden) 29, J. H. Brown (Upper Hutt), 25; Purdy (Mt Eden) 29, G. Bennett (Poverty Bay) 19; Myers Avondale) 27. Elliott (Whitiora) 26.

Second round: Clark 32, Brown 17; Sunde 30, Bennett 12, Myers 27, Smith 26; Vincent 31, Elliott 21; Purdy 26, Moss 24.

Summary: Sunde, Purdy, Myers, two wins.

Section D. Second round: Harris 21, Dick 20; Dunean 27, Brackenridge 24; Smith 22, Grace 21; Stewart 28, Wright 16; Wilson 26, Sheriffs 16. Summary: Stewart, Harris, Smith, two wins. Section E. First round: Gilbert (Karori) 26, Watson (Remuera) 15; Tongue (Rocky Nook) 37. Stockley (Awatere) 15; R. V. Thomas (Napier) 22, Ardell (Carlton) 21: Gill (Te Awamutu) 25, Cameron (Takapuna) 21; Rolls (Featherston) 27 Bilkey (Matamata) 20. Second round: Tongue 19, Thomas 18; Gee 28, Ardell 18; Gilbert 29, Bilkey 21; Rolls 24. Watson 18; Cameron 24. Stockley 15. Summary: Tongue. Rolls, Gee. Gilbert. two wins. Section F.

First round: Furnell (Epsom) 24. Crabb (Matamata) 22; Piper (Maitdj) 23. M. Gordon (Carlton) 18; Arnott (Palmerston North) 27. Dyson (Hally-burton-Johnstone) 23; Denison (Balmoral) 30, Branch (Gisborne) 15; Tucker (Victoria) 20, Keatley (Rocky Nook) 19. Second round: Arnott 18, Gordon 17: Dyson 23, Branch 16; Keatley 30. Crabb 24; Tucker 27. Furnell 24; Piper 26, Denison 25.

Summary: Tucker. Arnott, Piper, . two wins. Section G. First round: R. Thomas Mt Albert) 20, R. H. Harrison (N.S.W.) 17: Parsons (Ponsonby) 28, Besley (New Brighton) 18; Avey (St Helfers) 30. Jack (Rapanui) 27: S. Jenkin (Carlton) 23. McWhannel iHataitai) 17; Newman (Thames) 24. Francis (Balmoral) 20. Second round: Parsons 22, Jack 13; Avey 23, McWhannell 20; Harrison 40, j Francis 19; Thomas 21, Newman 20; Jenkin 28. Besley 20. Summary: Thomas, parsons, Avey, | Jenkin, two wins. ; Section 14. First round: Belcher (Napier) 24, Vaughan (Ponsonby) 18; Longworth (St Kilda) 25, Hawkins (Frankton) 19; Watts (Victoria) 27, J. F. Hosking (Grey Lynn) 24; Muston (Carlton) 22;

A. H. Benefield (St Johns) 19; Munro (Pukekohe) 21, Adamson (Thames) 19. Second round: Watts 31, Hawkins 26: Hosking 27. Benefield 14; Belcher 25. Munro 22; Vaughan 26. Adamson 22; Longworth 24. Muston 20. Summary: Watts. Longworth. Belcher. two wins. Section I. First round: Bilkey (Pukekohe) 25, Ewing (Stratford) 22; Findlay (Mt Eden) 25. Lafrenz (Maitai) 20; Foy (Hawera) 28, Sykes (Otohuhu) 19; London (Devonport) 37. Donald (Morrinsvillo) 19; De Launay (Carlton) 37. Mayo (Port Ahuriri) 24. Second round: Foy 22. Findlay 20: Sykes 28, Donald 20; De Launay 29, Ewing 26; Bilkey 34 Mayo 28; Lafrentz 29. Lun don. 13. Summary: Bilkey. Do Launay. Foy. two wins. Section J. Second round: Ure 24, Tantrum 21: Heathcote 28, Caddy 21; Walker 23. Popplewell 17; Bull 25. Turner 14; Wright 25, Cockroft 20. Summary: Ure. Wright. Walker, two I wins.

Section K. Second round: Franks 28, Finch 22: Jury 27, Tiplady 12; Ritchie 27. Cross 24; Whittle 27, Field 25; Hinchcliffe 29, Cu Ip in 24.

Summary: Franks, Jury. Ritchie, two Wips. Section L. First round: Innes (Grey Lynn) 20. McCarthy (Port Ahuriri) 17; W. J. Short (Pukekohe) 24, Giles (United) 14; Boyens (Pahiatua) 21, Gifford (Balmoral) 18; Lett (Carlton) 29, Raine (Wanganui East) 15: Buchan (Rawhiti) 34, J. Wilson (Hamilton) 12. Second round: Boyens 27. Shortt 26; Gifford 26, Raine 20: Buchan 27, McCarthy 21: Wilson 23. Innes 20: Lett 23, Giles 18. Summary: Lett. Buchan, Boyens, two wins. Section M. First round: F. Williams (Gisbornei 32. Barker (Auckland) 20; Higginbotham (Ponsonby) 27, S. C. K. Smith (North End. Invercargill.) 15; Middleton (Victoria) 23, Langsford (Ellerslie) 21; Smart (New Plymouth) 25, McMahon (St Heliers) 18; Clevely (Claudelands) 30. G. S. B. White (Rocky Nook) 10. Second round: Higginbotham 31. Middleton 15; Smart 32, Langsford 17; Williams 29. White 12; Clevely 27. Barwer 25; Smith 27, McMahon 24.

Summary: Higginbotham, Clevely Smart. Williams, two wins. Section N.

First round: Maxwell Walker (Auckland) —, W. Brown (United) 19. on the twenty-third head: R. A. Ritchie (Opunake) 28, Kerns (Gnehunga) 16. on the twenty-third head; Bell, sen (Hamilton) 26, Stringer (Hillsboro) 16; Skoglund (Wellington) 22. Davenport (Te Papapa) 12; Williams (Paeroa) 27, Bremner (West End) 26. Second round: Ritchie 24, Walker 12; Kerns 31, Skoglund 23; Bremner 25, Bell 23; 'Williams 27, Stringer 21, Brown 29, Davenport 13, Summary: Williams, Ritchie, two wins.

Section O,

First round: Lancaster (Carlton) 34, 3 Piggott (Whangarei) 17; Russell (Richmond) 24, Coombes (Hamilton) 13; Higgs (New Plymouth) 28, Hoyes ’ (Avondale) 14; A. J. Thomson (West ' end, Auckland) 24, Rendle (Upper • Hutt) 20; Layzell (Devonport) 26, Mc--1 Gonagle (Waihi) 25. ■ Second round: Coombes 21, Higgs - 12; Hoyes 29, Reridle 17; Layzell 25, • Piggott 18; Lancaster 28. McGonagle >' 20; Thomson 34, Russell 26. 1 Summary: Lancaster, Thomson, Lay- • zell, two wins. Section P. . First round: Deane (Carlton) 30, Topp (Lyall Bay) 13; Aitcheson (Caledonian) 22, Hill (Edendale) 21; 11. F. 1 Tilly (Wanganui) 22, Meese (New ■ Lynn) 19; Seccombe (Taihape) 19, W. , A. Smead (Tuakau) 14; Dickenson i (Avon. Stratford) 28, F. G. Clarke , (Hamilton) 21. Second round: Hill 27, Tilley 12; Seccombe 31, Meese 10; Dickenson 23, ; Tapp 20; Clarke 25, Dear? 24; Aitchei son 25. Srneed 14. Summary: Dickenson, Seccombe, Aitcneson, two wins. , Section Q. First round: G. ’S. Gordon (St. John’s) 28, Addison (Edendale) 19; Pilkington (Hamilton) 29, Britten (Sydenham) 20; McAlister (Helensville) 31. Casey (Thorndon) 24; H. V. Johnston (Carlton) 29, Finnerty (Avon) 19: Granger (Mangcre) 29, Potter (Tauranga) 15. Second round: Casey 28, Pilkington 22: McAlister 26, Finnerty 16; Granger 24,' Gordon 22; Addison 36. Potter 28; Britten 23, Johnston. 13. Summary: McAlister, Granger, two wins. TODAY’S RESULTS NEW MEASURING DEVICE. USED FOR FIRST TIME IN NEW ZEALAND. AUCKLAND. This Day. The 880 players in the New Zealand bowling rinks champiortship recommenced play in the third round this morning in calmer but hazy weather. The 220 teams are today playing on the green of a different, club to that, of yesterday. For the first time in New Zealand an I electrical measuring device is in use. | It was concaved by W. J. Blair, a j member of the Carlton Club, who is a mechanician in the Telegraph Department. He took two years to perfect I' the measure, which lights an electric bulb on touching a bowl and the touch j' is fine enough for a feather to cause a | flash. Thus a decision to an infinitesim-L al part of an inch can be decided where < an ordinary measure might fail. Two former rinks of champion skips today, Brackenridge (Lyall Bay) and ; H. Wilson (Linwood) are both playing < in Section D at Stanley Bay, while in . Section G at Grey Lynn A. Parsons < (Ponsonby) and the Sydney skip (R. T. Harrison), arc playing, but do not meet until the fifth round on Monday morn-; ing at Otahuhu where A. 11. Benefield (St John's, Wanganui) today meets W. R. Hawkens (Frankton Junction) and • F. Adamson (Thames). i.

In Section K at Te Papapa there is a classic field which includes H. Whittle (Grey Lynn). E. Jury, twice a winner (Ponsonby). W. C. Franks (Balmoral) and C. P. Cross (England). The following are today’s results:Section L. Third round; J. Wilson (Hamilton) beat Lett (Carlton) 28/25; Innes (Grey Lynn) beat Boyens (Pahiatua) 27-21; W. J. Short (Auckland) beat Rainc (Wanganui East). 32/21; Buchan (Rawhiti) beat Giles (United, Christchurch), 25/18; Gifford (Balmoral) beat McCarthy (Port Ahuriri). 20/17. Section V. Third round: Livingstone (Onehunga) beat Grcville (Dargaville), 21/18; Montgomery (Auckland) beat Timbs (Opawa). 33/14; J. Ure (North End, Invercargill). beat Pearce (Putaruru) 27/19: Love (N.S.W.) beat A. Wright (Epsom). 28/21; Dunstane (Waihi) beat Donnell (Waihi). 23 18. Section D. Third round: P. Stewart (Matamata) I beat Sherrill's (Mt Eden). 32/18; Harris (St John’s) beat H. Wright (St Holier's), 27 20; Brackenridge (Lyall Bay) > beat Dick (Ponsonby). 20/13; H. Wil-, son (Linwood) beat Grace (Onehun-| ga), 28/12; Duncan ißemuera) beat A. I C. Smith (Park. Hawera), 28/20. Section E. Third round: Rolls (Featherston> beat Cameron tTakapuna) 29 18: R. V. Thomas (Napier) beat Watson (Remuera), 27/16; Gee (Te Awamutu) beat

Tongue (Rocky Nook). 20 23; Bilkey (Waitcmata) beat Stockley (Awatere), 22/19; Ardell (Carlton) beat Gilbert (Karori). 26 15. Section U. Third round: R. if. Johnson (Ponsonby> beat Mattar (Foxton >. 24 18; Davey (Dargaville) boat McKenzie lOnehiinga). 32'23; S. VV. Thompson (Hillsboro)' boat A. Bell iTauranga), 21/16; Pope (Stratford) beat Faire (West End), 25/18; G. R. Hosking (Carlton) beat Maiden fPaeroa), 25/19.