BOWLING TOURNAMENT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 17, 21 January 1902, Page 2

BOWLING TOURNAMENT.

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)

WELLINGTON, Monday.

The bowling' tournament, which commenced to-day under the auspices ' of the Northern Bowling Association; is one of the largest that has ever taken place in the colony. Twenty? on . clubs have sent representatives to compete in inter-club competition for the banner. This entry would ordinarity mean that the matches would run for a day over the week, but as most of the visiting bowlers wish to get away on Saturday, it was arranged at the meeting of the Tournament Committee on Saturday night that the seventh day's play should be struck off. This will give each club three byes, and the tournament will finish on Saturday evening. The following are the later results of the games played in, the team's match: First Bound: Wanganui, 47, beat Feilding, 26; Waverley, 42, beat Hastings, 36; Palmerston, 45, beat Newmarket, 43. . ' Second Bound: Remuera, 41,',> beat Thorndon, 32; New Plymouth, 4S,%eat Mount Eden, 47; Carterton, 44, beat Newtown, 40; Masterton, 63, beat Betone, 48; Napier, 4S, beat Wellington. 37; Victoria, 48, beat Auckland, 30. ' . Third Round: Thorndon, 47, beat Ponsonby, 21; New Plymouth,' 40, beat, Bluff Hill, 27; Newtown, 4S, beat Mount Eden, 32; Napier, 53, beat Carterton, 30; Auckland, 47, beat Wellington, 29; Victoria, 45, beat Petone, 36; Masterton, 45, beat Remuera, 44; Gisborne, 45, beat J. ewmarket, 23; Feilding, 49, beat Gisborne, 39. The following are the results of the pairs match: First Round: Brunskill and Lawson, 30, beat Lindsay and Wilson, 5; Humphreys and Withy, 25, beat Greenslade and Collins, IS; Geddes and Churchward, 37, beat Reid and Cooper, 12; Corlish and Ellis, 27, beat Paterson and Keesing, 17; Collett and Shearer, 20, beat Still and McGlashan, 19; Allnut aud McLaren, 22, beat.Nathan and Eagleton, 16. Second Round: Geddes and Churchward, 21, beat Parata and Reich, 17; Findlay and Smith, 25, beat Waddell and Plimmer, 10; Humphries and Withy, 16, beat Findlay and Russell, 14; Wakeman aud Rawson, 24, beat Corlish and' Ellis, 28: Demden and Brightwell, 24, beat Hendry and Porteous, 11; Brunskill and Lawson, 19, beat Ricketts and Fielder, 13; Exley and Barry, 26, beat Shearer and Pollock, 14. Third Round: Humphries and Withy, 21, beat Brunskill and Lawson, 15; Findlay and Smith, 24, beat Demden and Brightwell, 20; Wakeham and Lawson, 24, beat Exley and Barry, 10. Wanganui (Rodwell) beat Hastings (Beatson), 22 to 16; Hastings (Haszard) beat Wanganui (Moult), 28 to 12; Waverley (Muir) beat Feilding (Johnston), 23 to 21; Felding (Saywell) beat Waverley (McGarry), 23 to 16; Gisborne (Ponsford) beat Newmarket (Burkes), 19 to 12; Gisborne (Coleman) beat Newmarket (Kilgour), 26 to 11.