BOWLING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 January 1941, Page 3

BOWLING

N.Z. TOURNAMENT

SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP

THREE COMPETITORS LEFT IN

ißy Telegraph—Press Associaiton.) CHRISTCHURCH. January 11. With all the singles finalists eliminated in the pairs, it was possible to make a start today with the final games in the singles section of the New Zealand bowling tournament. J. R. Smith (Elmwood), the only two-lifer, met W. A. Hili (Balmoral). E. J. Cooke < Elmwood' played C. H. Kettle (Nelson). C. Spearman (R.S.A.), met A. Dey (Christchurch), and J. Veitch (Dunedin) had a bye. The games were played on the St. Albans green. Spearman trounced Dey 18-7. giving

a fine display of accurate bowling. Dey opened out, and was standing 5-2 at the sixth head. Spearman was 1 up on the next, and then started a remarkable scoring run which allowed

Dey to secure only two more points, -ingles on the eighth and fourteenth heads, while his opponent's score mounted in singles and twos. Dey retired at the nineteenth head.

Fortunes varied in the game between Cooke and Kettle. Cooke finally going down 17-13. Cooke had established a six-point lead after six heads, and they wore 8-9 in Kettle’s favour at the twelfth. Three to Kettle on the eighteenth put him safely ahead at 16-11. and his opponent, though ho scored on the closing heads, could not bridge the gap.

Smith and Hill provided a superb j display of accurate drawing, with the; result of the game in doubt till the; final head. Smith finally winning 17-14.1 .At the seventh head Smith was lying j 9-2. having taken a good three on the ! third head. Hill started to score withl three on the ninth head, and had pass-1 ed his opponent 10-9 at the thirteenth. From then on till the nineteenth head there was never more than a point between them as they exchanged heads for singles and twos. The nineteenth I was critical for Hill, who was lying i the shot till Smith displaced it * to finish 17-14 in his favour.

Smith went on to play Spearman and , Kettle met Veitch in the semi-final. It ; was just as well for Smith that he was j a two-lifer, for he had his first defeat, from Spearman. 20-15.

Pulling up after appearing to be in a : hopeless position, Spearman’s driving) was a big factor in his success. There ' was little between the players in their ; drawing, though Smith was shaky nt ! the start and took time to settle down.! He made a bad mistake early in the! game when he drove his own shot out i and left Spearman four up. There was) no doubt that the bettor player on the t day won, Smith survives, however. - and in the second semi-final Spearman I will have a bye.

The bye did not suit Veitch, for he wont down 19-15 to Kettle in their semi-final game. Veitch could not get going and lagged badly all the way. Near the end he tried driving, but this did not affect the position and Kettle kept drawing consistently to take the game. Results:—

First round: C. Spearman (R.S.A.. i Christchurch 1, 16. A, Dey (Christ-> church), 7; C. H. Kettle (Nelson) 17. A, I E. Cooke (Elmwood) 13; J. R. Smith' (Elmwood) 17. W. A. Hill (Balmoral).; 14; J. Veitch • Dunedin). a bye. First semifinal: Spearman 20. Smith--15; Kettle 19. Veitch 15. PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP ! I Only five pairs were left to carry on at the end of the day’s post-sectional play in the pairs championship. They < were the survivors of 80 pairs who set; out in the morning to compete for the! title. Large crowds gathered at the five i greens in use and watched first-class | bowling in ideal conditions, with the! greens fast and drawing well. Interest, was added to the games by the fact that live of the pairs in the third game represented local clubs.

At the end of the day's play there! were (411 V live pairs left m Williarn■ii and Joseph (Canterbury). Piper and Hadwiii iHuttJ. Littlejohn and Calder iPhocnixi. Maslin and Stjuire! illawerni, and Jury and MeClynwid < Ponsonby >. Hadwin will meet Joseph.’ the winner playing Calder, and MeClym<nt wdl play Squire Three of the sectiens had byes in the first round which meant thru the sections won by ; Hadvan and Joseph haw played only* Anr round-. whvrca the other three i including the bye m ’he first round, have completed five Hadwin and I Jesejih will meet m the fifth round, the! wii,ner coming into the semifinal to j play Calder Onchunga -unwed the secund game; and C anternurv < Williamson and Jos-* eph) had their second win to eliminate’ Blcnht-iin .A Nicholas and .Mitchell). 25-15 On St Albans Green and Hey the ( naw a pair were eliminated by , North End. Invercargill (.Hewitt and i Hay». and McClynvujt's I’.msonbv pajri had a secund win. At Harrington ! Hampton and Chamber; (Sumner? put i.ut Marriott and 'i'urland iOpnwa■> 2fi- •*> and M.as'lin anrl Squire ’Hawertr) i ;inr McNnh •• Canterburv pair bo’i. had ■ The r. nd Canterbury j . Muntb i survived, tut the ih : i (Turpin wa>: Mmr.mah d i,y ‘ Hadwin i. The held time .w-d harpiv after tr third tiami J. m.. Cai.-e. t.-.u •. .. ■ accounted f'>t- Neh n .ft at and J ht.»i LI. are let ’ : ■. ■ n s Ca.rhmcrc yia.r ' hnnt'., hmmai.- Cm--h.miia i.e.t. beateti Jg.W' afa- s a <■; . r.m.o tm- war M-Cl.vn-,. nt wen’ . '* * :!"”tiwr ww. ehm.mpme HaL < I’nJ pan- !C-t»; p’.. .... ... ; I'.wthe-- i eliminated Martella' ' i : fh. ; v. , i; . , 1 ’ ’ P'av r •■ ' ! ',i;. '.e • . - . . m • 1 t M ■ • , e a