BAD DAY FOR BOWLERS
AT NEW ZEALAND TOURNEV WIND AT HALF GALE FORCE. SECTION PLAY IN RINKS. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON. This Day. Bowlers competing in the Nev; Zealand rinks championship today had to contend with a northerly wind with gusts.of half-gale force. As a result the standard of play suffered. Section play in the rinks will occupy four days, two games of twenty-five ends being played each day. Post section play will be on the automatic two-life system. The entries total 172. Robertson, H. Franks, Benson, and W. C. Franks, of Balmoral, Auckland, are not defending their title, but the skips of previous champion rinks who are competing this year are Haworth (Canterbury), Wilson (Linwood), Whittle (Grey Lynn), Bremner (West End, Auckland), Deare (Carlton, Auckland), Pilkington (Hamilton) and Naylor (Hataitai). The following are the results of the games played so far: —
Section A. Calej' (Central) beat Wilson (Newtown) 24/19; Wilson (Linwood) beat Montgomery (Auckland) 26/16; Dee (Nelson) beat Macdonald (Balmacewan) 24/22; Randle (Upper Hutt) beat Stephenson. (Gisborne) 22/17; Naylor (Hataitai) beat Maslin (Hawera) 26/18. Section B.
Cooper (Karori) beat Belcher (Napier) 34/12; Smith (Thorndon) beat Haworth (Canterbury) 25/21; Wright (Seatoun) beat Fruish (Claudelands) 23/18; Christian (Masterton) beat Bull (Levin) 27/11; Gray (Kelburn) beat Lefrentz (Maitai) 33/22. Section C.
Mayo (Port Ahuriri) beat Reece (Island Eay) 22/21; Murray (Hawera) beat Rowlands (Balmoral) 28/25: Short (Carlton) beat Adams (Pieton) 22/16N Silberry (Petone) beat Skoglund (Northern) 23/22; Gilbert (Karori) beat Duff (Wellington) 31/28. (Results of yesterday's play will be found on Page 9.)
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 January 1940, Page 6
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