INDOOR BOWLING

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 1, 1 July 1935, Page 16

INDOOR BOWLING

BADGES CHANGE HANDS

OTHER EVENTS

The indoor bowling badges changed hands again on Saturday afternoon, the holders, J. Ross, Forsyth, Stonebanks, and F. Ross (who had won the badges the previous Saturday), going down to a full Wellington Club rink — Goldfinch, Wylie, O'Gorman, and Shillson. The challengers had the best of the game from the start, winning by 25 points to 15.

Results of friendly games arc:— Bleuse, Warner, Ulmer. Stewart-Wilson (s). 29; Howorth, Mclntyre, Duncan, Walker (s), .19. Mitchell Eslall, Rodger, Conder (s), 23; Stewart, T. Inglis, Lynueberg, Lock (s), 21. Miller, Goble, Spence, Long (s), 29; Vercoe, Morpeth, Bell, Brook (s), 19. Bryce, Hamilton, Hansen, Lawrie (s), 24; Urquhart, Witcombe, Taylor, McCune (s), 13. E. Moult. Thompson, Burbidge, Edwards (s), 21; Coburn, W. Moult, Ward, Johnstone (s), 11. McCorkendale, Lonsdale, McDonald, Phillipps (s). 28; Pengally, Christenson, Rev. Inglis, Castle (s), 14. Nees. Mason, Bilderbeck (s), 19; Gardner, Fownes, Whitelaw' (s), 17. , In the evening tournament on Saturday there were ten teams. Three games of nine heads were played, with a tune limit of one hour per game. Most of the games went the full distance. Rinks skipped by Perry and A. Wells, of the Thorndon and the Hataitai'Bowling Clubs respectively, tied with three wins each. In the Dlay-off of five heads Wells's rink won 5-4, it being anyone's game until the last bowl was delivered. The prizes were 51b boxes of tea. The skips of the winners and runners-up spoke of the .fine evening that had been spent at bowls, and were certain that these Saturday evening tournaments would become very popular. The speakers were full of praise of the running surface that had been provided. The results were:—First round: Wells 9, Johnson 8; Edwards 10, Deare 5: Stonebanks 9, Raven 3; Parsons 3, Lawrie 9; Perry 11, Mailman —. Second round: Wells 8, Mailman 4; Perry 9,. Parsons 3; Raven 12, Johson 5; Lawrie 11, Deare 2; Edwards 9, Ross 3. Third round: Wells 11, Parsons 7; Lawrie 6, Edwards 6; Johnson 7,' Ross 6; Perry 13, Deare 3; Raven 6, Mailman 5. Final: Kershaw, Green, Rae, Wells (s), 5; Stewart, Gibson, Lambert, , Perry (s), 4; . i • ■ , In ari- inter-club match, between the Petone and' .Lyall ,Bay':Bowling Clubs, Lyall Bay were successful, winning by 3 games' to 2. The results were- (skips : only being : - mentioned, Lyall Bay first):—Raven 18, McArthur 17- Reid 30. Johnson 21; Nbad 15, Lawry 14; Faulkner 13, Waddell 20; Bell 9, Hunter 25. The first triangular match between the Hataitai, Newtown, and Seatoun Bowling Clubs (two rinks representing each club) resulted as follows:—Hataitai: Taylor, Green, Wearne, Wells (s), 18- Seatoun, Gowans, Waterson, Usher, Wright (s), 16. Hataitai: Kershaw, Rae, AVrigley, Wellings (s), 22; Newtown: O'Connor, Smith, Newson, Pollock (s), 15. Seatoun: Green, H. E. Smith, Me Anally, Glennie (s), 19; Newtown: Stewart, Russell, Hodgson, Warwick (s), 14. The holders of the Silver Ferns (Moult, Whitelaw, Stonebanks, Rodger) were defeated by Wrigley, Mason, Wellings, Lawrie by 18 points to 15. ' An enjoyable game between Bryant and May, Bell and Co., Ltd., and a rink from the "Evening Post" Indoor Bowling Club resulted as follows: — Bryant and May, Bell: A. Powers, W. Beer, F. A. McGhie, F. Humphreys (s), 22; "The-Post": G. Neale, E. Tampliif, R. Hornblow, B: C. Cull (s),

15. ' ■■>■■• A further challenge for the "Evening Post" Stars was defended successfully, the result being: E. Clark, H. Bishop, J. Moffitt, K. Swiney (s), 31; S. Culverwell, C. Reid, R. Magee, ,H. Nickless (s), 10. Other "Evening Post" Club games resulted: —Williamson, Gray, Stewart, L. C.Blundell, 20; N. Blundell, Stevenson, Hill, Adams 14. Furness, Archibald, Morgan-Davies, Mellor (s), 28; Lewis, Jolly, Boshier, Hanratty (s), .20.