NATIONAL BOWLS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 January 1939, Page 8

NATIONAL BOWLS

TOURNEY AT AUCKLAND POST SECTION PLAY IN FOURS. MANY EXCELLENT DISPLAYS. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND. January 18. Three rounds of post-section play in the fours even’ in the Now Zealand Bowlin!; Association's annual championship tournament wore decided today, Fino conditions again favoured players and during the afternoon games the wind died away and enabled many excellent displays to bo given. Results are as follow:' —■ Ponsonby Green. Second round: Whittle 18, Smart 13; Bremner 22, Hosking 15; Ure 21, Ferguson 14; McMaster 22, Donald 15. Ferguson and Donald were eliminated. Third round: Bremner 21, Whittle 17; McMaster 20, Ure 8; Smart 22, Hosking 18. Ure and Hosking were eliminated. Auckland Green. Second round: Deare 23. Parsons 20; Tongue 18, Sunde 17; Skoglund 20. Stewart 15; Piper 22, Thompson 21. Stewart and Thompson were eliminated. Third round: Deare 21, Tongue 14: Piper 19, Skoglund 18; Parsons 27, Sunde G. Skoglund and Sunde were eliminated. Onehunga Green. Second round: Brighting 16, Dickenson 14; Purdy 23, Bull 22; Hosking 19, Higginbotham 11; Gordon 23, Harris 19. Higginbotham and Harris were eliminated.

Third round: Brighting 21, Purdy 18; Hosking 16, Gordon 13; Bull 25, Dickenson 10. Gordon and Dickenson wore eliminated. Mount Eden Green.

First round: J. Turton (Huntly) 18. S. Jenkin (Carlton) 17; J. M. Nielsen (Park, Hawera) 19, W. A. Smeed (Tuakau) 16; A. S. Faire (West End, Auckland) 21, H. Watts (Victoria) 15: R. V. Thomas (Napier) 22, H. Montgomery (Auckland) 15.

Second round: Nielsen 16, Turton 15; Thomas 20, Faire 12; Smeed 22, Jenkin 20; Montgomery 20, Watts 19. Jenkin and Watts! were eliminated. Third round: Nielsen 20, Thomas 11; Smeed 24, Montgomery 11; Faire 29, Turton 6. Montgomery and Turton were eliminated.

Balmoral Green.

First round: H. Sykes (Otahuhu) 18, F. G. Clarke (Hamilton) 15; C. E. Addison (Edendale) 26, F. F. Chambers (Sumner) 25; J. Lobb (West End, New Plymouth) 24, E. W. Taylor (Carlton) 13; J. C. Duncan (Remuera) 20, F. Livingstone (Onehunga) 17. Second round: Addison 35, Sykes 29; Lobb 20, Duncan 13; Chambers 28, Clarke' 14; Livingstone 27, Taylor 26. Clarke and Taylor were eliminated. Third round: Lobb 20. Addison 15; Livingstone 25, Chambers 16; Duncan 25, Sykes 24. Chambers and Sykes were eliminated. Carlton Green. First round: A,. F. Spiller (Wellington) 20, R. Thomas (Mount Albert) 18; W. G. Frank's (Balmoral) 19, A. J. Engebretson <Wanganui) 17; C. IL de Launay (Carlton) 23, A. M. Higgs (New Plymouth) 14; E. Newman (Thames) 17. W. Kerns (Onehunga)! 13; R. Aitchcson iCaledonian) 21, W. J. Short (Pukekche) 13; M. H. Love (N.S.W.) 22. B. Myers (Avondale) 20; W. R. Walker (Mount Eden) 23, G. B. Evans (Hamilton) 22; M. J. Casey (Thorndcn) 19, J. Belcher (Napier) 14. Second' round: Franks 22, Spiller 16; Newmiin 27, de Launay 19; Love 17, Aitchcson 16; Rolls 19, Walker 15; Thomas 21. Casey 16; Engebretsen 25, Higgs 21; Kerns 27, Short 11; Evans 20, Myers 19; Greville 22, Belcher 15. Higgs, Short, Myers and Belcher were eliminated.

Third round: Franks 22, Newman 13; Love 23, Rolls 18; Thomas 24, Engebret.,en 11: Evans 21, Kerns 20: Spiller 23. Greville 11; Aitchescn 22, de Launay 18; Walker 23. Casey 8. Engebretsen, Kerns. Greville. do Launay and Casey were clinimatea. PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP.

Sixth round: Stephenson 21, Buckley were eliminated.

TODAY’S PLAY SINGLES AND PAIRS. QUART ER-FINAL RESULTS. AUCKLAND. This Day. The weather is overcast but is still windy for the continuation of the championships today. I Results:— SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP. Quarter-final. —C. H. De Launay (Carlton) 18, R. S. Somervell (Ponsonby) 17. PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP. Quarter-final. —J. S. Anchor and W. J. Robinson (Hamilton) 17, A. G. Lowry and J. Kerr (Onehunga) IG. The winners will meet G. Gibson and J. Whyte (Sydenham) in. the semifinal. the conqueror then playing L. Balfour and I. Stephenson '(Gisborne) who arc already in the final.

RINKS GAMES. Fourth round, Carlton green: J. Lobb (West End. New Plymouth) 24, H. L. Blighting (Hataitai) 12; W. C. Franks (Balmoral) 21. W. Bremmer (West End, Auckland) 18; M. H. Love (N.S.W.) 23. M. Nielsen (Park, Hawera) 15; A. F. Spiller (Wellington) 17, F. Livingstone (.Gm-huiiga) 15; 11. Rolls (Featherston) 22. It .Aitchoson < Caledonian, Dunedin) 15; G. B. Evans (Hamilton) 25, A. Parsons (Ponsonbyi 14; IL S. McMaster (Stanley) 22, It. Thomas (Mi Albert) 21: E. Newman (Thames) 18. L. J. Bull (Hawera) 14; W. E. Walker (Mt Eden) 19. A. K. Smai t (New Plymouth) 15; S. Purdy- (Mt Edon) 26, H. Whittle (Grey Lynn) 22.