PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 January 1940, Page 6

PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP

N.Z. BOWLING TOURNEY PLAY AT WELLINGTON TODAY. HOLDERS OF TITLE WIN FIRST GAME. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON. This Day. Bowlers in the Centennial tournament competed today in the . section play for the pairs championship, the entries for which totalled 266. Foul games of tw.enty-one heads will be completed today, and tomorrow post section play in this event on the sugden death principle will take place. J. Anchor and W. J. Robinson, of the Hamilton Club, holders of the title, won their game this morning by a comfortable margin. The greens were holding after an early morning shower, and the strong northerly wind troubled the players. The following won their first game: Section O:—Sutton (Fitzroy), Sunderland (Alexandra). Dyett (Karori). Section Al: —-Marris (Kelburn), Chegwidden (Claudelands). Murray (Hawera). Section B: —Piper' (Maitai), Dowland (St Kilda), Carswell (Taieri), Dickson (Thorndon). Section Bl: —Forsyth (Ohaupo), Colebrook (Ponsonby), Goodall (Karori). Section C:—Newton (Kahutai). Ives (Canterbury). White (Feilding), Brown (Upper Hutt). Section Cl:—Wilson (Mt Eden), Williams (Dargaville), H. Wilson (Linwood). Section D:—Hadwin (Hutt), Howarth (Canterbury), Childs (Frankton). Bremner (West End. Auckland). Section DI: —Hawken (Hamilton). Sorensen (Carterton). Furnell (Epsom). Section E: —Robertson (Onehunga), McCarthy (Port Ahuriri), Hawkins (Frankton Junction), Bailey (Khandallah). Section El. —Tamblyn (Hutt), Stuart (Cromwell). Williams (Gisborne). Section F. —Gray (Kelburn). Claridge (St Kilda). Robinson (Hamilton). Donaldson (West End. Auckland). Section Fl. —Bond (Frankton Junction), Gardiner (Opunake), Baxter (Cosmopolitan). Section G. —McCormick (Hawera). Short (Carlton), Monks (Te Karo). Gilbert (Karori). Section Gl —Pirie (Napier), Ramsay (Shirley). Pavitt (Fitzroy). Section H. —Livingstone (Onehunga), Clarke (Grey Lynn), Maslin (Hawera). Wicks (Kelburn).

Section Hl. —Cooper (Karori), Ewing (Stratford). Buchanan (Linwood). Section I. —Mason (Paretutu), Nennerley (Spreydon), Griffiths (Grey Lynn), O’Connor (Newtown).

Section IL—Vitetta (Nelson), Maiden (Paeroa). Duff (Hastings). Section J. —Wright (St Heliers), Buist (Awamoa), Arnott (Palmerston North), Milne (Paeroa). Section Jl.—Ritchie (Opunake), Carter (Greytown), Lambert (Thorndon). Section K. —Smith (Te Karo), Murison (New Brighton) by default), Hey (Opawa), Armstrong (St John’s.) Section Kl.—Glennie (Newtown) by default, ' McLeod (Greytown), Fox (Bartington). Section L: —Madsen (Opawa), Washer (Tauranga), Kay (Shirley), Cullen (Thorndon). Section LI: —Anderson (Havelock North), Chambers (Sumner), Scott (Grey Lynn). Section M: —Hastings (Newton), Ainger (Christchurch), Bright. (Gisborne). Brighting (Hataitai). Section Ml: —Hendry (Masterton), Martella .(Blenheim), Love (Port Chalmers). Section N: —Meredith (Kahutia), Watson (Remuera), Condie (Shirley), Duff (Wellington). Section Nl: —Rudman (Nelson), Buchan (Rawhiti), Silbery (Petone).

Section O: —Adams (Phoenix), Murphy (Temuka), Wells (Hataitai). Sunde (Glen Eden). Section 01: —Swanson (Seatoun), Day (Christchurch) by default, Reid (Kaituna). Section P:—Clinkard (St John’s), Bull (Levin), Douglass (West End, New Plymouth), Wright (Thorndon). Section Pl: —Whittle (Grey Lynn), Mason (West End, New Plymouth), Reynolds (Wanganui East). Section Q: —Stephenson (Gisborne), Giles (United, Christchurch), Austin (Cromwell). Mattar (Foxton). Section QI: —Blyth (Seatoun), Buchan (Balmacewart), Spearman (Sydenham).

Section R:—lngram (Victoria), Allen (Sumner), Hunt (Glen Eden), Dixon (Terrace End). Section Rl: —Thomson (Phoenix), Mitchell (Blenheim), Webster (Otaki Railway). Section S: —Henderson (Gisborne) Barnsdale (Christchurch), Davey (Dargaville), Topp (Lyall Bay). Section SI: —Bain (Marlborough R.S.A.), Mailman (Gonville), McWhannell (Hataitai). This concludes the first round results. (The results in the elimination round of the championship singles will be found on Page 2.)