BOWLING.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 1, 3 January 1927, Page 12

BOWLING.

PONSONBY CLUB. Play in the Ponsonby Bowling Club's tournament commenced on Saturday, and will be concluded to-da.v. Following are the opening day's results :— First Round.—A Section : Brown, Dawson, Nield, Miller, IS, v. —. —, —, Bird. 20; Rolfe, Conway, Snedden. Torrance, 23. v. Carbines, Blencow, Buehan, Chapman, 24 ; Buckle, Fanch, Johnston, McMahon, 35. v. Connolly, Struckett, Lundon, Donnell, 22. Second Round.—Torrance 21, v. McMahon 16: Miller 18, v. Donnell 16: Bird 21, w Chapman 18. Third Round.—Chapman 20. v. McMahon 12 : Bird 30, v. Donnell 23 ; Torrance 23, v. Miller 22. Position at end of third round.—Bird, 3 wins; Torrance and Chapman, 2 wins, 1 loss ; McMahon and Miller, 1 win, 2 losses : Donnell, 3 losses. B Section.-—First Round : Horspool. Edwards, Smith, Forshaw, IS), v. W. Ellera.v, Cowbourne, Parkinson, Allen, 18 ; Simpson. D. McGregor, Farrow. Letham. 24. v. J. \V. Hardley, Wright, Dick. Parsons, 23. Second Round.—Parsons 38, v. Allen 24 ; Wilson 20, v. Forshaw 22. Third Round.—Letham 27, v. Allen 16 ; Parsons 21, v. Wilson 17. Position at end of third round.—Letham and Forshaw, 2 wins : Parsons, 2 wins, 1 loss; Wilson, 2 losses: Allen, 3 losses. DOMINION ROAD GREEN. A very successful pairs tourney was held on New Year's Df.y, when 2S teams competed. Amongst the skips Kelly had o wins, Battersby, Roberts and Clews 4J each. Hollows 3J, Benson and Ashby 3, I"Varce and Carburgh 2£, Blackstone, West, Leyland and Hawkes 2, Brown O. In the leads Virtue secured wins. Barton. Robertson and Carstens 4. H. West and S. E. Chappell 3J, A. Cappell and Deakin 3, Sawyers and Hinkley 21, Seasons, Gutrie and Truman 2, Wlnthrop li. WELLINGTON CLUB'S VISIT. The annual match between the Wellington and Carlton Bowling Clubs for the Thomson Shield will be played at the Carlton green on Thursday. Two games will be played, the first starting at 9 o'clock. A luncheon will be tendered to the Wellington players at Newmarket after the first game. In connection with the shield match two other games will be played, one being against members of the Dominion Council, and another against the Auckland Centre. The following teams will represent Carlton in the Thomson Shield match Haslet, W. Coltman, J. Thomson, V. Casey ; Little, Perry, T. Wilson, Kilgour: Lundon. Gould, Ritchie, Hosking ; McNab, Burton, Snedden, Duffln : Balrd, Mitcheii, Ball, Fookes ; Angove. Guy, Wrightson, Warren. The Dominion Council team is as follows • J. Hardley, Yeoman, Cladding, Pilkington The team will play McCalluin, Bates, A Coltman, Healey. The Auckland Centre team is as follows: Coldicutt, Tonkin. Parsons, Pascoe. The team will play Schnackenberg, Josev, Hunt Ma her. The Wellington teams will play against Ponsonby on Friday afternoon. WAIUKU MATCHES. The New Year bowling tournament arranged by the Waiuku Club started on .Saturday. Ton rinks are competing. Saturday's play resulted as follows :— First Round. —Fulton, Stuart, Smeed Smeed (Tuakau). 18, v. Brown, Evan Caddy, Little (Grey Lynn) 24; Donaldson, Connolly J L. Plrret, J. Pirret (Tuakau) -r- }\ Muir, Summerville, Connar, King (Waiuku) 18 ; L. M. Barrlball, A. M. Barri--1 O® arriba " and K. F. Barrlball S'S'V ,„T' v V ; Adams, Pollock, Snell, Keith (Pukekohe) 11; .Tames, West, Williams, Jack (Waiuku) 30, v. Ingpen Pley11'. , D r' d , Roulsto «i. Duncan Roulston fcS ,n, , Greenhead, Jones. Nell, t r *»Vt (Waiuku) 18, v. Sumner. Cooper, J. Blake, J/ Adams (Pukekohe) 16. Second Round.—Little 20. v. Barrlball 14 Roulston 24, v. Pirret 20: Adams 20, \. King 0; Jack 10, v. Wright 16; Keith 18. v. Smeed 13. „r' I ! h J. r i d Kound.—Barrlball 22, v. Smeed 17 ■ Wright 20 v. Pirret 16: Adams 23. v. Jack 10 , Keith 10, v. Little 13 ; Roulston 20, v King 18. Wright's rink is the only one with three wins to its credit.