BOWLING

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, 19 February 1947, Page 7

BOWLING

Champion Fours The Centre Champion Fours competition is to be played at Cromwell on Saturday, February 22nd, commencing at 8 a.m. Fours so far selected are: Cromwell —(J. Trevathan, 1). Anderson, J. Storey, A. Pearson); Clyde—(T. Stevens, W. M. Lopdell, N. Taylor, W. K. George); Alexandra —(Cameron, E. King, A. K. Hamilton, J. Middlemass); Omakau—(W. Mcßreen, A. Stevenson, Milne, Maclean). The Jolly Memorial The holders of the Jolly Cup (D. Blvth, G. Campbell, C. A. Robertson and T.Sunderland) successfully defended the trophy from a Clyde rink (Gibb, Harper, Paulin, George) on Wednesday night last. The final score being 25—20. Arrowtown have the next challenge and the game is to be played tonight. Alexandra Wins Centre Shield The final round of the Centre Shield matches was completed on Saturday last in fine weather. Alexandra came out the winners for the second time in succession. Roxburgh and Cromwell clubs were leading but by a fine effort on Saturday Alexandra won 7 out of 9 games to give them a lead of 1 1-3 points from Wanaka. The following are the total Shield points of the various clubs in the competition: Alexandra 571-3; Wanaka 56; Roxburgh 551-5: Cromwell 54 6-7; Clyde 51; Arrow 48; Millers Flat 44; Wakatipu 44 ; Bannockburn 36; Omakau 213-5. The following are the scores in Saturday's games:— Alexandra v Cromwell: Watt 24 Holm 11; Hamilton '6, Anderson 26; McGrath 26, Campbell 23; Middlemass 25, Nicol 16. Alexandra v Roxburgh—Hewitt 18, Vercoe 17; Miller 30, Moore 15; King 22, Sherlaw 25; Hinton 24 Kitto 17; Sunderland 21, Martin 13. Three Rink Championship In the Three Rink Championship competition Alexandra and Cromwell met at Alexandra on Thursday night last. The weather was at its worst for bowling with a cold wind and intermittent rain throughout the, play. Cromwell were leading in the early stages of the game but Alexandra came to light as the match proceeded to win comfortably by . 70 to 55. On Thursday, 27th February, Clyde will travel to Cromwell to play the final round of the season in this competition. Visit of Dunedin Bowlers Arrangements are now being made for the \isit of Dunedin bowlers to Central Otago. The party will be in three groups and will be in Alexandra and Omakau on February 25th; on 26th three rinks will play at Clyde and three at Cromwell. All the visitors will travel to Roxburgh after the Wednesday matches in readiness for the games against the centre on Thursday, returning to Dunedin on Friday. Ladies' Tournament at Oamaru At the Oamaru Tournament Mrs Hewitt's rink (Mesdames Howjohn Stevenson, Tyrrell and Hewitt) won three games out of four yesterday to qualify for post-section Dlav.