BOWLING.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 26, 7 March 1914, Page 10

BOWLING.

CHAMPION DOUBLES. The doubles champions of the various " clubs affiliated to the Christchurch Centre *-, met on the St. Albans Green to-day, to ascertain the centre champions. The following are the results of the game's:— FIRST ROUND. ; H. B. Oakcy and H. P. Dobbs (St. Albans) 28 beat J. Beattie and W. Young (Sydenham )\ 20V .■■'•■ J. T. Pavitt and P. Parnham (Kaiapoi): / 19 beat E. W. Taylor and W. Spiller (Opawa): 18. Kime and Brown (Dunsandel) 21 beat H. Samuels and J. Freeman (Papanui) 18, H. Lucas and C. W. Colville' (Edgeware); 19 beat Radford and Ellis (Sydenham) 16, Sharp and Angus (Rangiora) 31 beat S.uttie and Milner (Sunnyside) 17. ' \ Pairman and Sandstein (Christchurch) 19: \ beat Lowry and M. S. Brown (Canterbury). * 16. Higgins and Priest (Ashburton) 25 beat Mercer and Stark (United) 23. Sumner, a bye. .The defeat of the Sydenham pair was not • expected. Young cracked iip on the nineteenth head, and had to 1 play to a difficult one on the next. His drive did no good, he went down. TlkThe Kaiapoi pair had a rough battle with OpVwa. With the last head to go Spiller r driving for a three, but only got two. lost by a point. The Dunsandel pair were leading all through against Papanui, who were helped at the finish by two pots of five and four. Edge Ware and Linwood had a tough'match. The Edgeware. skip was playing well." With the last head Ellis was in a difficult position, and just failed to secure a. tie. The Rangiora pair had a runaway game ' f against Sunnyside, though Milner was playing a good,game. The Christchurch and Canterbury pairs played good bowls all the way through, Lowry showing up well. TJie Ashburton pair accounted for Mercer and Stark' (United), coming away in the becond half of the game, after being well djojvn. Stark wanted a three to- tie in the , last head, but got.a single. SECOND ROUND. Kaiapoi 21 beat Dunsandel 14. Christchurch 23 bfat Rangiora 11. Edgeware • 20. beat Sumner 19. St. Albans 19 beat Ashburton 17. , Kaiapoi had an easy, win-over Dunsandel, Parnham playing a fine, skipping game. Edgeware and Sumner had a close game. Sumner had a substantial lead well on in

the game, but.it was J8 all at the eighteenth head, /the' next brought a single to Sumner, / and in the next Sumner were lying three or four. Colville, wi'th a drive,' knocked up a'short bowl, which got ,him the shot. The last head produced, a single for, Colville. * The Cfiristchurch pair made no race of it against Rangiora, Sandstein playing a very «M»lid game, while Efford was very erratic. , St. Albans and Ashburton had a very close and interesting game. ,On the last-head, yrilh scores oven, Dobbs drove, took out the opposing shot, scoring two, and the game. MADDIHOj* SINGLES. > , ' The finjil of the Maddiaon Singles was to-day on the Christcliurcli Green (Vjßptween Jack (Sydenham) and Torrance • (Cbristchurch). The game resulted in favour oi Jack by 25 to 20, with one head to go. . ' CENTRE BADGES. ■2 A Jtangiora rink, skipped by Gibbs Jordaf£ ■ tame down to the city to-day anil beat Spil- • United rink by 20 to 14. This gives six wins, dgainst United's five, for the season. PENNANT MATCH. EDGEWARE A Pennant Match was played to-day between ' Edgeware and St. Albans, with the following scores On Edgeware Green.

E. Kt. A. A.- Hardy, J. Herd, W. E. Wright, J. Taylor 23 — Cr. Simpson, J. W. du Feu, P. j Davidson, E. C. Willis .. , — 18 J. Jowsey, R. Allnut, W. G-. lirass, P.. Matson . . 1 . . . . . . 10 — Callcnder, A. G. Henderson, F. Eobbs, W. Henley .. — 27 v Green totals ■ 33 45

On St. Albans Green. ' - £',- Hill, Moore, Shearman, West :.. 11' — ty Ingram, Shaw, Wood, Thompson . . — 20 f\~:--Uollan, Otley, Marker, J. Colvillc, 15t Croxton, Bruce, Lc Cren, Parsons — 21' %,■' Green totals ," 20 41 Grand totals .59 ,86 %' PEIENDLY MATCH. T " A two-rink friendly match was played on" %■ the Edgeware Green this afternoon between |. |v. the Edgeware and the S*t. Albans Clubs. %'' •The follov.inj arc the scores:—, e. ;.si E. W. Lord, W. Longton, W. A '■ .A, , ife-'- * Pearce, J. Bcanland . . . . 23 Snowed, J. Cree, Watson, F. Bolt . . — 20 ~ r G. Hyde, R. Gilbert, G. Weir, it. -?*■ ■ W. J. Wood, Pitts, Masters, J. C. 10 W&tr' ■/■ 51 30