BOWLING.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume 1, Issue 7, 13 February 1914, Page 2

BOWLING.

HAEREMAI THE AUSTRALIANS! The one topic in bowling" circles is the visit of the Australians. And what fine fellows, they are! It is a-pleasure to meet them, to talk to them, ,and to play with them. They are so jolly and happy, and are enjoying themselves in the most wholesome way. / . They came through the North Island With a list of wins and losses, and they started in the South with a loss. But-they keep up their spirits, and; are as jolJy as sandboys. - j't. The Australians don't claim to be a . representative team. They are in the thick of their pennant matches on the other side, and some of the real big guns couldn't get away. They'/could not be spared. But we will all, ;agree that most of the '' boys'' ;who have come .across play very fair - games, and there are a few who are real top-;notchers. There were some new styles to be seen, but nothing so terribly out ,Sif the w.ay or startling., A curiously largfe proportion seemed to follow the practice of grounding the / bowl on the mat or green just prior to deliyery. That is a,peculiarity •which may riot be imitated with advantage. ; -*;■> The visitors got a hearty .welcome at - the Christchurch green, and l)r and Mrs Sandstein were the souls of. hospitality and heartiness. The welcome spoken by Dr Sand stein was brief Vbut in excel--lent taste, and the Australians responded; with a tuneful chorus: . Long may you-livei';.- ' And happy may you: lie, / and various other lines of a-well-wishing description. Then the game For a time it seemed that- the Australians were going to? win.'the game. The green was very keen and fast, but they seemed to pick it up ;with more facility than many of men. They went away.'with the 16&1, and kept it' heads'of the _game had ' Then some oilcthe Christf ehuilh to light .With hatfuls; and the Ji||e was won for" Canterbury ; Joy 36-pointy - O ; 'Theria -%! ere two sevens'"'cluring "the I'afternoohO liMair (Australia), .got a seven ; against ElSord (Rangiora), and Macdougall (Christchurch) got a seven against I Raffen (j£netralia). Mair's-seven was a siinple affair. His men drew round the lntty, btiC.iiot too close. : The Canterbury men tried to draw, and'-aU'went to one side. The third and skip tried to trail for a six or seven, Kut they all failed. -skip;, was,_ piay-* rrag- 'a'fine gJuiieV %ais splendidly sup : ported by Dickson as third and Helliwell as second, while Beattie as lead was safe, The Australian skip tried a drive, nnd as somqtijnes happens, lie picked out the only bowl his side had on the head, leaving the potful for his opponent. ... Towards the. end pf the, game the Christchurch | simply b 4 and piled;. , on to drive, and the fast^, v ,%en green got 'his drives beaten^—ll9 could not hit' the hea.ds.,*' The.jast s/jore was .41 to 17.

One, of the best games was that between Rankin (Australia) - and F. "W. Johnson's St., Albans i'ink. . Rankin Va very fine drawing player, and time after time he saved the head. Johnston's rink was a very solid one, and each man was doing good work. The final fcore, 30— 23, in favour of Canterbury/was just a nice win.

Gimiey, the redoubtable Ohristchureh skip, had a good game with Hicks (Australia). -It was a good, steady game, with nothing brilliant. » " Mair (Australia) proinig&l); to give Afford's rink a very- ba<P'dc)ing. At. the eleventh head the Australians were 18-2, but Efford got in a five, and at the thirteenth the score was 18-8. Efford and his men kept plugging away, and \ despite a seven against them, they finished up only five down. _lt was a great recovery, especially against a skip like Mair, who was doing some excellent work. The "official" rink was Fitzgerald againtt N. Young. The Australians went away in good style, but. the centre president had a team of warriors, who declined to. be beaten, and they came at the visitors, and finished up 29-17. There was great interest in the Wheeler (Australia) versus M. S. Brown (Canterbury). There is no doubt'that Wheeler is a fine player, and the number of times he changed the head was remarkable. On one head, when the shot was against him, he turned it out and got four. The score at one time was 19-1 against Brown. Then came nice trail by Hoffman, his third, which gave the Canterbury rink four shots; which they managed "to keep. It was admitted, however, that Wheeler's rink would have - ,Ti V( >n a stiff run to any on the ground. ' Two good drawing rings were pitted against one another in Burton (Australia) and Kershaw (Linwood). On one head there was a capital duel between the skips. The Linwood skip lay Mie shot, but Burton turned it out. Then Kershaw got the shot, only to be turned out' again by the Australian. The visitor plays a fine resting shot, with not more; than a yard on, and he got a !ot of points with it. It was notable that none of the Australian:.; indulged in heavy driving, but relied on the form shot, much as it ij lay eel in Canterbury. When they get among the drivers of Otago they will •A-oudor. what they have struck.

AUSTRALIAN BOWLERS VISIT " AKABOA. At 3 o'clock yesterday morning nine ,:nrs containing the Australian bowlers, Ladies of the party, and various Christ?.h urc.li bowling enthusiasts, sped from the Clarendon "Hotel en route for Aka•\>a. A very pleasant trip ensued, the ■ue and only cause for disappointment _ •n li e. being that a thick mist ;;::u rod wb.ajt. otherwise would havfc :ni excellent view of the harbour. !.>rt .'arrival at Akaroa the party found ;:ho lovvJi en fetp for the occasion, and were received byMv Armstrong, the vSn , . "Lo ten.tered a public reception & ii- vr' ;• y.M'.-xii.-. Although no mention r i>.r.v;i:i£ '- a' tdi. had been, made ia

the original programme, . the. Australians Very kindly consented to play ? four rinkis, the score in' the end being J slightly in their favour. During the 1 day Mr Thomas placed his launch i t the disposal of all who cafed fo cruise s round the li^4bo^ irf Mvahtage ; being taken of hi& generous offer by the Indies, and s&rei'ftl the bowlers. The outing i*fc length came to an end,9 ] end the party leaving Akkroa at 4.15 • ■were once again in the Square before* £ 7 o'clock, all loud in their praise of picturesque Akaroa and her hospitable ] citizens. ' i OPAWA CLUB. /; In the Dones Trophy and Christchurch Singles Championship, first section, A. S. Bruce-has 2 wins, 2 losses; ; Best 4 Wins,.3 losses; W. Chapman' ( ' 1 win, 2 losses; W. Ditfort 1 win 2 • flosses; C. Lucas 3 wins, 1 loss; W. j •; ; Spiller G wins, 1 loss. In the Championship Rinks C. Lucas . ha: 1 win, .1 loss; .1. Clarke 1 win; B. Beri' 1 loss; W. Spiller 1 win, 1 loss. There lias been no play this week ; in the Tress Cup Handicap Singles, as ii-, has been desirable to get the championship events decided first. SYDENHAM CLUB. There has been no further play in • the Colts' Singles competition during the past week. ' ; . ■ln the Club Doubles, Marks and Chambers have 2 wins, 3 losses; Blackviorc and Mortimer 1 win; Scott and Butler 2 wins, 2 losses; Allison and Lasli 1 win; Austin and Dickenson 2 j vans, 1 loss; Robertson and Freeman 0 wins, 2 losses. In the Championship Singles, Young has 1 tvin, 2 losses; J. Taylor ; 2 wins, 2 losses; Chegwin 4 wins, 1 loss; C. Taylor 5 wins, 1~ loss; Hamilton 4 wins, '2 losses. , In the Championship Rinks, Young lias 3 wins, 2 losses; C. Taylor 2 wins, 3 losses; M'Gallan ! 3 wins, 1 loss; Allison 2 wins, 2 losses; Chegwin 1 win, 2 losses; Scott 5 wins, 1 loss. UNITED CLUB. In the First-year Players' Singles, Christie has 2 wins, 2 losses; Swallow 3 wins, 2 losses; Middleton 1 win, 1 loss; Phillips 1 win, 2 losses; Wright 1 win; Linzey 2 wills, 2 lossos. »Tn the Championship Singlesj A section, Brackenridge has 5 wins, 1 loss; Fraser 6 wins, 1 loss; M'Cullougli 3 wins, 2 losses; Brown, jun., 2 wins, .2 losses; Sjiiller 4 wins, 2 losses. In the; B section, Woolf has 5 wins, 1 loss; M'Manaway 6 wins, j loss. The Championship Rinks were won by Hall, Butler, M'Cullough, Spiller (s). There has been no further play this •week in the President's Doubles. in the Handicap! Singles, A section, Christie leads with; 5 wins. B section, Phillips has a good position with 3 wins and 1 loss. C section, . Woolf has 4 wins, Thomson 3 wins. D section, .'Stark has 6 wins. ■ ST. ALBANS CLUB. In the Championship Singles, Raphael beat Oakey, and LeCren beat rfjrlenley by 16 to 14. LeCren now plays Raphael for section winner. In' the second section Thompson plays Johnston, but has to win two games to get the section. In the third section Davidson and Willis have each 2 wins 1 and 1 loss, and Brown 2 wins. Willis plays Bourn, and the result should nearlv decide the fate of the section.

In the Rinks, Johnston has 2 wins, and Parsoiis and Henley 2 wins and 1 loss each, and Bourn 1 win and 1 loss. Bourn plays Johnston,'and if he wins it will make a complete tie of the section. Sudden death will then appear. EDGEWARE CLUB. In the Championship Rinks, section B, J. Dollan, W. Wallace, T. Marker, and S J. B. Chetwin beat Dixon's rink, and won the section. An exciting game was played last • night between West (s) and Wright (s) -in the Rinks. Wright had been leading practically throughout the. •ame, but West came at him at the fast, and with the 21st head to go was one up. West's men played well in the last head, with the result that he was lying five or six. shots when the skips went down. Wright tried a firm shot and a drive, and just missed with his drive, which was a very good attempt. West will" now meet Chetwin in the final. In the Maddison Singles, third round, Armstrong beat Yager, and Beauland beat Davies; fourth round, Shearman beat Colville, Jowsey beat Hoppy, and Brass beat Dixon; fifth round, Jowsey beat Matson, and Brass beat Hoppy. LINWOOD CLUB. The club competitions have not advanced very much during the week, but to-morrow some games will be played which should help things along. Albert Price's rink stands well in the champion of champions, and if it goes to victory in its next game should have the honour of representing the club. The champion doubles are still very open, and a number of games re-main, to be played. The singles are still very backward, but Kershaw stands well in his section. CANTERBURY CLUB. The following matches have been played : on the Canterbury Green: — In the Champion Singles, Alexander 21. beat English 15, A. Taylor 21 beat Broadley 16, Clark 23 beat Hoffman 17, P. Barlow 21 beat Talbot 20, Broadley 24 beat P. J. Ecclcton 19, Lowry 21 beat Duggan 17, Cherry 20 beat Manson 14, Hastie 19 beat Clark 12, Lowry 16 beat Ronayne 5, Manson 18 beat Duggan 13, Brown 21 beat Alexander 16. In the Argyle Singles, Alexander 26 beat Jacobs 19, G. Baker 21 beat Clark 20. In the Non-star Singles, P. J. Eccleton beat G. Baker. : _ In Bowkers' Champion rmks, Lowry, Barnett, H. Barlow, and P. Barlow 26 beat English, Kirker, Summers, and Ronayne 12. CHRISTCHURCH CLUB. In the Duncdin Cup Torrance beat Grange 21-8; Torrance • beat Hellijvell 21-13 in the final, and therefore represents the club in the Maddison Singles. In the Vice-president's Doubles, CaHin and Compton beat Brittain and .Winter 23-11, Langford and Atkinson beat Minson and Clark 27-18, Caffin and .Compton beat Falck and Davies 31-14. ' In the Macdougall Cup (handicap), \\ lllis beat Gurney 22-20, Louisson beat Pairman 23-8, Langford beat Strange 26-14, Orchard beat Willis 28-16, Helliwell beat Scrivener 24-23, Helliwell beat Langford 23-22. In the Champion of, Champion Doubles, Caughley and Davies beat Langford and S. Manning 20-18, Caughley and Davies beat Newman ajid Caffin 19-16. In the Champion of Champions (rinks), Gurney beat Macdougall 23-19, Sandstein beat Torrance 20-13.. In the Struthers Doubles, Falclc and Torrance'beat Lewis and Da'niels 30-21. In the Vice-president's Singles, the Rev. Sinclair beat Brittain 26-13. TOUCHER.