BOWLING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 January 1941, Page 6

BOWLING

NEW ZEALAND TOURNEY

SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP. SEVEN LEFT IN SECTION. 'By Telegraph—Press Associaiton.) CHRISTCHURCH. January 9. Brilliant summer sunshine with me thermometer reaching 89 degrees in the shade prevailed for the post-section games in the bowls singles championship of New Zealand today, and at the end of the day’s play the field of 66 had been reduced to seven. Those left in will play of! their games as these can be arranged in between the pairs and fours championships. Veitch (Dunedin) has a bye. and J. R. Smith * Elmwood), who is the only two-lifer left. will play Hill (Balmoral). Dey (Christchurch) meets Spearman (Sydnenham). and Cooke (Elmwood) meets Kettle (Nelson). Results of post-sectional games this afternoon were: —

St. Alban’s green, second game: Smith 19. McClymont 13: Dey 20. Hill 14; Dowland 23. Exelby 10; Livingstone 23. Joseph 11; Veitch 20. Watson 18; Beecroft 16. Austin 11: Christie 21. Childs 14. Third game; Smith 19. Dey 7: Livingstone 25. Dowland 15; Christie 17, McClymont 12; Veitch 20. Beecrift 18; Hill 24. Exelby 3. Fourth game: Smith, tile only two-lifer, a bye; Veitch 20. Livingstone 16: Hill 17. Christie 12; Dey 21. Dowland 11. Barrington green, second game: Mitchell 23., McNamara 8: Martyn 19. Ure 9; Spearman 26, Gribble 5; R, Taylor 25, C. Taylor 10. Third game: Martyn 15. Mitchell 14: Spearing 23, R. 11. Taylor 10. Fourth game; Spearman 23. Martyn 18.

! Canterbury green, second game: Roi bertson 19. Paul 17: Kettle 19, Smith 10; ; Bockett 19. Haworth 17; Priddis 18; i Somers 12. Third game: Bockett 21. Robertson 7; Kettle 2-1. Priddis 13. I Fourth game: Kettle 21. Bockett 10. I Sydenham green, second game: Munn ; 15, Higginbotham 14: Ferguson 20, I Brightling 7; Cooke 17, Martin 1G; Mcj Kay 20. Griffiths 14. Third game: Munn 15. Ferguson 14; Cooke 17. Mei Kay 12. Fourth game: Cooke 22. Munn t 17. TODAY'S PI-AY PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP. RUN OF SUCCESSES MAINTAINED. i ' ; At the bowling tourney the pa ill ' championship began today in fine wen- : ther. Mackluw and Livingstone <One- : hung;, i both previous finalists, met .strong opposition from the Wtiiht pair. Roberts and Lorimer, finally winning by 25-20. Brcmnvr and Deare w.-n 22-16 from Westport (Jenkins and Green), and Whyte and Spearman (R.S.AJ won ; 20-19 fr an Mornington • Foley and : Holgate). J. IL Smith, skipping the Elmwood ; pair with Cooke, maintained his run of . -aiccesse.-. jHc b the only mm. left ( with two lives in the singles) by sound:ly beating Bain and Hall • Rimgiriri.■ 1 .Auckland •