BOWLING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 January 1940, Page 9

BOWLING

CENTENNIAL TOURNEY PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP. EIGHT LEFT TO PLAY OFF. (By Telegraph—Press Asociation.) WELLINGTON. This Day. Play in the pairs championship at the Dominion bowling tournament was continued in Wellington yesterday and the field of 67 which commenced in the post-section series was narrowed down to eight. The finalists are Bremner (West End. Auckland); H. Dickson (Thorndon). J. B. Lawrie (Island Bay). C. Spearman (Sydenham). R. A. Barnsdale (Christchurch). P. McWhannell (Hataitai), A. C. Cullen (Thorndon) and J. B. Reid (Lyall Bay). They will play off in the order mentioned as players become available following the fours championship. Wellington clubs, already holders of five pairs championships, qualified for the concluding rounds with five representative pairs, two coming from the Thorndon Club which scored its only victory in 1916.

The conditions for play were decidedly trying, a strong and gusty northerly wind upsetting calculations throughout the day. Results in yesterday’s play are as follow:—

Wellington.—Second round: Hamilton (G. Yeoman, ■S. Hawken) 21, Linwood (S. J. Sneddon. H. Wilson) 20; St John’s (J. F. Wright, A. H. Benefield) 17, Dargaville (C. Atkinson, F. C. Davey) 15; West End, Auckland (N. Donaldson, W. Bremner) 21; Glen Eden (F. Firth, M. M. Sunde) 15; Onehunga (W. Whittaker, F. Livingstone) 18. Barrington (D. Joseph, T. G. Fox) 17. Third round: Livingstone 21, Hawken 20; Bremner 20, Benefield 17. Fourth round: Bremner 26, Livingstone 19. Hataitai. —Second round: A. and H. Dickson (Thorndon) 20. Frankton Junction (E. L. Whineray. W. R. Hawkins) 18; Kahutia (C. G. Vail, P. Meredith) 20, Otaki Railway (F. Robinson, A. D. Webster) 18; Canterbury (G. Paul, R. Haworth) 20. Ponsonby (P. H. Rowe, H. J. Colebrook) 19; Sumner (W. H. Hampton, T. F. Chambers) 19. Gisborne (W. Riddell, F. Williams) 10. Third round: Dickson 20. Meredith 11; Haworth 21, Chambers 14. Fourth round: Dickson 21, Haworth 15.

Thorndon.—Second round: Balmoral (V. N. Meredith, W. A. Hill) 17; Kelburn (G. C. Smith, J. R. Smith) 16; Fitzroy (E. Dingle, J. T. Pavitt) 27, Karori (W. Morton, H. L. P. Dyett) 17; Island Bay (H. R. Nicholls. J. B. Lawrie) 22, Taihape (E. Powell, W. R. Fleming) 14; West End, New Plymouth (R. J. Thomas, P. J. Mason) 20, Tekaro (R. Russell, E. H. Smith) 19. Third round: Hill 22, Pavitt 15; Lawrie 22, Mason 19. Fourth round: Lawrie 18, Hill 11.

Kelburn (upper). —Second round; Victoria (W. N. Tucker, S. Ingram) 19. Canterbury (C. H. Elsom, W. G. Ives) 13; Taihape (A. Seccombe, C. Murphy) 21, Christchurch R.S.A. (B. O. Priddis, W. J. Chapman) 17; Blenheim (E. Radd, G. W. Martella) 25, West End, Auckland (G. Wynyard, L. Donaldson) 11; Sydenham (J. Whyte, C. Spearman) 26, Kahutia (C. T. C. Hands, J. Newton) 18. Third round: Murphy 18, Ingram 16; Spearman 21, Martella 15. Fourth round: Spearman 18, Murphy 11. Kelburn (lower). —Second round: Christchurch (I. Woolf, R. A. Barnsdale) 18, Hutt (L. W Ferguson, H. L. Capes) 16; Carlton (G. L. Gladding. W. J. Short) 22, Hawera (L. J. Bull, N. H. Murray) 15; Rawhiti (F. L. Taylor, M. R. Buchan) 20, Phoenix (G. Foster. D. H. Thompson) 12; Eastbourne (Johns, D. Hall), won from Glen Eden (D. Sunde, W. E. Hunt), by default. Third round: Barnsdale 21. Short 14; M. R. Buchan 19, Hall 18. Fourth round: Barnsdale 24, M. Buchan 16. Victoria. —Second round: Thorndon (A. J. Grace, S. P. Gillespie) 19. Stratford (D. Childs. K. Ewing) 9; United (C. Broughton. J, M. Giles) 22. St Johns (H. Rolling, C. H. Clinkard) 14; Hataitai (W. A. Wellings, P. McWhannell) 20, Greytown (F. Dennes, N. S. McLeod) 13; Christchurch (S. C. Dixon, A. Dey) 22, Marlborough R.S.A. (G. O’Neill, J. S. Bain) 14. Third round: Gillespie 21, Giles 16; McWhannell 20, Dey 14. Fourth round: McWhannell 28, Gillespie 18.

Newtown. —Second round: Balmoral (N. L. Curson, W. L. Rowland) 22. Opunake (G. King, R. A. Ritchie) 18; Thorndon (R. C. Watson, A. C. Cullen) 28, Newtown (W. Denby, P. J. O’Connor) 11; Christchurch (W. Sherris, J. Ainger) 25, Feilding (F. E. Moore, P. White) 16; St Heliers (L. Munro, H. Wright) 27, Hastings (W. D. Bennett, W. Duff) 15. Third round: Cullen 22. Rowlands 17; Ainger 25, Wright 13. Fourth round: Cullen 21. Ainger 19. Karori.—Second round: St Kilda (J. J. Hinchcliff, J. E. Dowland) 18. Grey Lynn (W. Mine-ham. H. Whittle) 16; Balmacewen (T. R. Hindle, J. Buchan) 20, Seatoun (T. ,R. Boon. A. V. Swanson) 18; Lyall Bay (J. M. Brackenridge, J. B. Reid) 26, Cosmopolitan (J. A. Baxter, W. J. Baxter) 15. Third round: Dowland 21. J. Buchan 17; Reid 22, Hendry 14. Fourth round: Reid 17, Dowland 16.