NATIONAL BOWLS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 January 1939, Page 6

NATIONAL BOWLS

TOURNEY AT AUCKLAND CONTESTS DRAWING TO A CLOSE. PAIRS EVENT REDUCED TO FINAL. (By Telegraoh—Press Association.) AUCKLAND. January 19. Good progress was made with postsection play in three events, singles, pairs, and fours, in the New Zealand Bowling Association’s championship tournament this afternoon. Three rounds of post-section play were decided in the fours and three games in the pairs, and four games in the singles were also played. In the rinks event there were two unbeaten fours, Franks (Balmoral) and Deare (Carlton).

The pairs competition was reduced to the final, which will be contested by I. Stephenson (Gisborne) and W. Robinson (Hamilton). Players eliminated today were: J. Kerr (Onehunga) and Whyte (Sydenham). The semi-final stages have been reached in the singles, the four remaining players being A. Connew (Mt Albert). H. Cowper (Ponsonby), S. Martin (Ellerslie), and W. C. Franks (Balmoral).

The pairs competition will be completed tomorrow, and it is expected that the singles and fours will be completed on Saturday. Results: —

FOURS. Carlton Green. Fifth round: Franks 23. Lobb 11; Deare 25, Love 20; Rolls 22, Spiller 12; Evans 23, McMaster 15; Newman 17. Walker 16; Brighting 25. Purdy 13; Neilsen 29. Bremner 22. Spiller. McMaster, Walker. Purdy and Bremner were eliminated. Sixth round: Franks, a bye: Deare 22. Rolls 21; Lobb 23, Love 19; Evans 21, Newman 18; Brighting 15, Neilsen 14. Rolls, Newman. Neilsen and Love were eliminated. Mt Eden Green. Fourth round —One-lifers: W. A. Smced (Tuakau) 21, G. E. Piper (Maitai) 11; A. S. Faire (West End, Auckland) 20, J. F. Hosking (Grey Lynn) 16; ,R. V. Thomas (Napier) 25, J. C. Duncan (Rcmuera) 15; W. H. Tongue (Rocky Nook) 19, C. E. Addison (Edendale) 17. Losers were eliminated. Fifth round: Faire 19, Smeed 16; Tongue 15, Thomas 14. Smeed and Thomas were eliminated. Sixth round: Tongue 20, Faire 11. Faire was eliminated. SINGLES. Fifth round: Connew (Mt Albert) 20, Cowper (Ponsonby) 11; Franks (Balmoral) 22, N. Bell, jun (Takapuna) 14. Bell and Somervell were eliminated. Sixth round: Cowper 20, de Launay 15. De Launay was eliminated. PAIRS. Sixth round: Robinson 19, Whyte (Sydenham) 18. Whyte was eliminated. GREEN FAST / FOR TODAY'S PLAY. IN RINKS CHAMPIONSHIP. AUCKLAND, This Day. Six rinks (two two-lifers and four one-lifers) commenced the seventh round of the national bowls rinks championship this morning at the Carlton green in fine weather. The green is fast. Results: — Two lifers —W. C. Franks (Balmoral) 21. G. A. Deare (Carlton) 7.

One lifers —H. L. Brighting (Hataitai) 26, G. B. Evans (Hamilton) 10; J. Lobb (West End, New Plymouth) 24. W. 11. Tongue (Rocky Nook) 19. The draw for the eight round is: Franks v Brighting; DeaYe v Lobb.