BOWLING.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 57, 14 April 1914, Page 8

BOWLING.

A BOWLING CHAMPION. SINGLES IN AUSTRALIA. By Cable.—Press Association. —-Copyright. (Received April 14, 10.25 a.m.) Brisbane, April 14. The single-handed bowling championship of Australia has been won by Waxman, of Victoria. EASTER TOURNAMENT. DOUBLES SECTION WINNERS. First Bound. The first round in the winers of sections was concluded yesterday afternoon, resulting as follows: — United—'W. Hall and A. F. Spiller 11 beat Canterbury—Ha worth and J. H. Maynard 9. Linwood —Reid and Killner 23 beat Park (Timaru) —Millar and Hawkey 13. Sydenham—Young, Sunnyside Brackenridge, United —Mercer, Rangiora—Efiord, lemuka —Edwards, . St. Albans —Bourn, Sydenham—C. Taylor, St. Albans —lienley, Lmwood —Haworth, Newtown —Brackenridge, Rangiora—Wilson, Linwood —Kershaw; United M'Cullough, Sumner —Smithson, had byesi Play was continued in the doubles competition this morning as follows: ■ Second Round. Spiller 17 beat Young 13. Mercer 14 beat R. Haworth 12.

Henley 16 beat John Brackenridge 14. Killner 11 beat J. M. Brackenridge 10* Wilson 17 beat Efford 9. Edwards 11 beat Kershaw 9. Bourn 16 beat M'Cullo'ugh 9. Smithson 13 beat 0. Taylor 10, Third Round. Bourn, 27 beat Smithson 7. Mercer 15 beat Killner 13. Spiller 23 beat Hehley 11. Wilsom 19 beat Edwards 6. Semi-final. Mercer 24 -beat Spiller 14. Wilson 11 beat Bourn 9. Final. Mercer 4 beat Wilson 0 on the fourth head. SINKS COMPETITION.. Section,. W' nner3 ' Matches. All section winners centred at the Sydenham green yesterday afternoon, play > being continued with the folowing result: — First Round. St. Albans —Shaw, Henley, Wood, alid Thompson 19, beat Rangiora—Bridget, Webber, Cresswell, Wilson 13. Sydenham M'Gallan, United - Woolf, Christchurch —Macdougall, Sydenham—Young, Christchurch —Pairman, Temuka— Edwards, Christchurch —Sandstein had byes. Second Round. Woolf 18 beat M'Gallan 16. Macdougall .17 beat Young 17 ,j V Edwards 26 beat Pairman 17. Play was continued in the rinkas competi-. tion this morning on the Sy.denhsitt Green, when .Christchurch (Sandstein) St. Albans (Thompson) 7, thus concfittiing the second round. Semi-finals. -ty? Woolf ,19 beat Macdougall 10. Sandstein 19 beat Edwards 14. In the semi-finals Woolf's rink drew away from Macdougall early in the game, so that at the seventh head the score stood at 8 to 4in Woolf's favour. John Brown and Woolf were jointly, responsible for piling up the majority of the points, giving a fine display of accurate drawing. Although Macdougall's. rink put up a good fight, their was very, slow, their best head yielding a three. Sandstein and Edwards played a very closely-contested game, the scores being very even, throughout, so that on the thirteenth head the score stood at 13 all. ' Torrance and Sandstein for Christchurch were especially successful in their drawing,; while the Temuka skip's strength lay in his driving and trailing. At the sixteenth head Christchurch was lying a hatful when Edwards burnt the' head. In the next head Christchurch was lying two when the skips went to the mat. With his last bowl Edwards piade an unsuccessful attempt to burn the head, the match then ending -with Christchurch 5 points in the lead.

Final. Woolf 15 beat Sandstein 12, on the sixteenth. head.

-CONSOLATION MATCH.

Pour rinks entered, and United—Atkinson, Walker, M'Manaway, Fraser and Sydenham—*Faulkner, Calvert, Fewings, and Taylor tied. They will play off on Saturday on the Sydenham green.