BOWLING.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 133, 17 March 1933, Page 2

BOWLING.

MADDISON TROPHY CONTEST. RESULTS OF OPENING ROUNDS. (Special to the "Guardian.") CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. The first three rounds of the Maddison Trophy competition for the singles championship of the Christchurch Bowling Centre were played on the Christchurch and Beckenham greens yesterday afternoon. The greens were in excellent order and the weather conditions were favourable until late in the afternoon when light rain fell. Twenty-five clubs were represented in the and after the third round the following were left in : —E. Monk (Kaiapoi Working Men's Club), W. H. Higgins (Ashburton), W. Wardell. (Spreydon), and R. Mathieson (Allenton). The semi-final and final games will be played on the Christchurch green next Thursday afternoon. The competition is restricted to the singles champions of clubs affiliated to the Christchurch Centre, and it has been held every year since the 1908-9 season. The trophy was presented to the centre by the late Mr J. C. Maddison who was a member of the Christchurch Club for many years. Following are the results : Christchurch Green. First Round. Allenton (R, Mathieson) 23, Lyttelton (D. Page) 11. Beckenham (A. W. B. Healey) lb, Linwood (G. Dickson) 15. Returned Soldiers' Association (A. J. Oliver) 27, United (T. Freeman) o. Sydenham (W. H. Coombes) 31, Imperial (F. Dudley) 13. Opawa (E. G. Rawnsley), Rakaia (J. Cronin), Kaiapoi Working Men's dub (E. Monk), and Redcliffs (W. JSmith) had byes. Second Round. Cronin 23, Rawnsley 10. Mathieson 17, Healey 12. Coombes 16, Oliver 15. Monk 19, Smith (Redcliffs) 14. Third Round. Monk 20, Coombes 16. Mathieson 18, Cronin 9. Beckenham Green, jjirst itounti. New Brighton (L. \\. Besley) 26, Cashmere («. i:i. Maddren) VI. tit. Albans ((}. L. Home) lb, Christchurch (Dr. J. D.' Marks) 11. Canterbury (W. F. Raphael) 20, Riccarton Racecourse (G. Reed) 11. Shirley (W. J. Shearman) 20, Papanui (Rev. E. Bandy) 17. Elmwood (J. 11. Smith) 21, Barrington (E. J. Cooks) 15. Edgeware (W. Efford), Spreydon (W. Wardell), and Ashburton (W. H. Higgins) had byes. Second Round. Wardell 20, Efford 16. Home 21, Beasley 10. Raphael 21, Shearman 14. Higgins 19, Smith (Elmwood) 12. Third Round. Wardell 18, Home 12. Higgins 18, Raphael 13. Draw for Semi-final. Monk plays Mathieson. ■Higgins plays Wardell. PREVIOUS WINNERS. The following is a list of previous winners of the Maddison trophy:— 1908-09—D. Campbell (Ashburton). 1909-10—1. Woolf (United). 1911-12—E. H. Henderson (Opawa). 1912-13—A. S. Gurney (Christchurch). 1913t14—A. P. Jack (Sydenham). 1914-15—R, Wylie (Kaiapoi). 1915-16—W. J. Shearman (Edgeware). 1916-17—E. H. Henderson (Lyttelton). 1917-18—R, J. Thompson (St. Albans). 1918-19—R. J. Thompson (St. Albans). 1919-20—W. Spiller (Sydenham). 1920-21—Rev. J. Johnston (Christchurch).

1921-22—Dr. A, Sandston (Christchurch). 1922-23—J. Burgess (Dunsandel). 1923-24—H. Roberts (United) . 1924-25—G. Cooper (Linwood). 1925-26—H. G. Ward (Sydenham). 1926-27—H. B. Oakey (St. Albans). 1927-28—J. Brackenridge (Spreydon). 1928-29—J. Templeton (Allenton). 1929-30—H. E. B. Watson (United). 1930-31—J. Marton (Sumner). 1931-32—H. AVilson (Liuwood). RAKAIA v. OPAWA. On Wednesday afternoon a friendly match was played between members or the Rakaia and Opawa Bowling Clubs on the Rakaia green. The scores were as follows, Kaliaia names being mentioned first :—. Doubles—Tatterson (s) and Oromie 24, Uoidston (s) and Rutiedge 16; Holmes (s) ana (shannon. 19, ltollinson (s) and iVlunns 22; Newman (s) and Black'l9, Hunter (s) and Westall 24. Rinks (.25 heads)—Rapley, Conway, Newman, Tatterson (s) 18, Waigli, Westall. Pemberthy, Hunter (s) 26; Oromie, Shannon, Black, Holmes (sj 28; Ifcutledge, Munns, Goldstone, Rollinson (a) 18.