EMPIRE GAMES

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 262, 19 August 1930, Page 5

EMPIRE GAMES

BOWLING TOURNAMENT. ENGLAND BEATS NEW ZEALAND. HOMELAND'S SECOND WIN. (United Press Association —Copyright.) (Received This Day, 10.30 a.m.) MONTREAL, August 18. At the Empire Games at Hamilton (Ontario), England scored the second lawn bowling win, as Hills and Wright outpointed the New Zealand pair, McWhannell and Fielding, by 80 to 13. The teams tied five all at the seventh, and the. New Zealanders went into a four-shot lead on the next five ends. England counted three at the thirteenth and added two at the fourteenth, and were never headed after that. . 3 In lawn howling doubles Reid ana Moore (Canada) defeated Hill and Giovanette (South Africa) by 24 points In the singles, Thorns (South Africa) defeated Reid (Vancouver), the Canadian champion, by 21 to 7. The Canadian rink beat an English four skipped by Frith, by 27 to 19. In the rinks, Scotland defeated New Zealand by 20 to 11. The Soots counted six at the 13th end, to go into a commanding lead which was maintained to the finish. THE NEW ZEALAND EIGHT. FAVOURED FOR CHAMPIONSHIP (Received This Day, 10.15 a.m.) MONTREAL, August 18. The New Zealand eight has smoothed out during the last week at Hamilton, and is the local choice to take the eights' title at the Empire Games. CANADA WINS HIGH DIVE. (Received This Day, 12.45 p.m ) MONTREAL, August 18. Alfred Phillips won the high diving championship for Canada, Walker (Canada) being second and Scott (England) third.