BOWLING.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 273, 18 November 1927, Page 12

BOWLING.

VISITORS PROM TAURANGA. ENTERTAINED BY CENTRE PRESIDENT. A DAY AT DEVONPORT.

(By TRUNDLER.)

Representatives of the two clubs at Tauranga are spending three days in the city, and yesterday was devoted to an official visit to Devonport. It turned out a brilliant success, in keeping with the perfect weather, and the visitors declared that when they go home, and tell the other members of their clubs what an enjoyable time they had here, they will all want to come next time.

The visitors numbered 22, but they sought the assistance of their two delegates on the centre, and are playing six rinks each day.. In the morning they met the Devonport Club, and secured a fairly comfortable win. They were welcomed by the president of the club, Mr. H. S. W. King, who informed them that he first rode into Tauranga over forty years ago, and afterwards lived for many years in an adjoining district.

The visitors were entertained at lunch at the Esplanade Hotel by the president of the centre, Mr. James Pascoe, who also invited the centre executive to meet them, and a return was then made to the green, for the principal match of the visit. The executive, being insufficient in numbers, had adopted the president's happy suggestion to seek the assistance of former officials of the centre, in order to make up five rinks, and another rink played members of the Devonport executive. The morning's results were completely reversed, for instead of only losing one match, as in the morning, they won only one, the details being as follows: — Tauranga v. Centre Executive, —Whiting, Ellery, - Stewart, Guinness. 23, v. S. Coldicutt, G. M. Reid, A. E. Wliitteu, E. B. Wright, IS; Mountfort, Newsham. Schnackenberg, Torrance, 19, v. A. M. Bryden, J. Carlaw, M. M. McCallum, G. B. Osmond, 22; Smith, Edwards, Henderson, Moncur, 17, v. J. W. Hardlev, P. E. Mason, G. L. Gladding, J. Pascoe, 26; Mackay, Bickers, Teasey, Dive, 13, v: H Purser, D. Jones, W. Coltman, C. J. Schnaucr, 27; Bovd, Bell, Ward. Bunting, 12 v. A. H. Yeoman, A. B. Barter. A. C. Tonkin, J. M. Thomson, 28. Tauranga v. Devonport Executive.— McKenzie, Moffatt, Pemberton, Hammond, 21, v. J. McGregor, H. S. W. King, R. N. Melville, W. F. Warren, 24.

The competitors were entertained at afternoon tea by Mr. and Mrs. Pascoe, the latter receiving the usual heart) assistance from her relatives and friends, and the dainty repast met with cordial expressions of appreciation ' from both local and visiting guests. Mr. Pascoe presided, and made special reference to the opportunity given to the visitors to meet some of the former stalwarts in Auckland bowling management, for there were present three former Dominion presidents, Messrs. McCallum, Coltman and Hardley; a former Centre president. Mr. Schnauer; the late secretary, Mr. Bryden; besides two veterans of the old Northern Bowling Association days of thirty years' ago, Messrs. Carlaw and Osmond.

Mr. Coltman acknowledged the compliment on behalf of these veterans, and admitted that it was pleasant to realise that after doing their best for the sport in the earlier days the present leaders were not relegating them to" the scrapheap. He himself had been bowlfhg for 34 years, his first club in Auckland being Devonport, which he joined, 20 years ago. Mr. Hardley congratulated the president in paying the visitors the compliment of meeting such a unique gathering of veterans, the men who had done so much to bring bowling to its present high standard, and Mr. Carlaw responded on behalf of the old brigade, for it was over forty years since he joined the Auckland Bowling Club, then the only club in the North Island. Mr. King complimented the visitors on their discretion in selecting his club as one that they would like to meet, the only difficulty being that all the members wanted to have the pleasure of meeting them. On behalf of the visitors, the president of the Tauranga Club, Mr. George Henderson, thanked Mr. Pascoe for arranging the splendid gathering, and hoped to have the opportunity of reciprocating his hospitality before l<?ng. The secretary, Mr. C. Whiting, explained how the club came to join the Auckland Centre, after being affiliated with the South Auckland Centre, and he thought that when the'Te Puke bowlers heard about the present visit it would stimulate their wish to join the centre also. Mr. F. E. Boyd, president of the Tauranga South Club, also gave a cordial invitatioin to the executive to visit his club, and he would be glad to entertain them at his own home. Mr.'Bradshaw Dive, Mayor of Tauranga, made a humorous reference to the standing of bowling, which now appeared to have taken its place as one of the "primary industries" of the Dominion. His father was a bowler, now 96J years old, and he himself thoroughly enjoyed the game. Through the good offices of Mr. G. M. Reid, the visitors spent. the evening at the eoncert given by the Royal Auckland Choir.

FIXTURES FOR TO-MORROW. Auckland—Club Fours. Avondale —Buckle Fours. Carlton—Percentage and Club Fours. Clevedon—lnterclub v. Manurewa (4). Devonport—Percentage Fours. * Dominion Road —Percentage Fours Edendale—lnterclub v. St. Helier's (8). EUerslie —Interclub v. Te Papapa (4) Epsom—Club Fours. Glen Eden—Official Opening. Grey Lynn—Visit to Thames. Henderson—Open Draw. H'Jlsboro' —Ordinary Draw. Mangere.—Ordinary Draw. Manurewa—lnterclub v. Clevedon (4). Mount Albert —Percentage Fours. Mount Eden—Percentage Fours. Mount Wellington—Ordinary Draw. New Lynn—Percentage Fours. Onehunga—Ordinary Draw. Otahuhu—Percentage Fours. Papatoetoe—Ordinary Draw. Ponsonby—Percentage Fours. Pukekohe—Monty Wright Cup (3) and Inter-

club (3) v. Waiuku, at Pukekobe. Rawhiti—Percentage Fours. Remuera —Jobson Pours and Sidey Fours. Rocky Nook—Percentage Fours. St.,-Heller's —Interclub v. Eden dale (S). Stanley—Marine Pennant v. Waitemata (6), Takapuna—Percentage. Fours. Te Papapa—lnterclub v. Ellerslie (4). Waitemata—Marine Pennant v. Stanley (6) West End —Percentage Fours.

GREY LYNN V. THAMES. The Grey Lynn Bowling Club will run an excursion to Thames on Saturday, and play an match ■with the Thames Club. As the Grey Lynn Club comprise many old Thames residents, including their president (Mr. W. H. Newton), it is anticipated that the excursion will be wellpatronised.

TO-MORROW'S MATCHES. INTER-CLUB. The following' teams have been selected to represent their clubs in inttr-club competitions to-morrow, the names of players of the first-mentioned club being given first in each case:— ELLERSLIE V. TE PAPAI'A. At Te Pa papa.—.K White, Toy, McKclvie, S. Somcrfield; J. Campbell, Coppins* Macklow, Crosher. , ELLERSLIE V. MOUNT WELLINGTON. At Mount Wellington.—G» Westbrooke, Woodward, Watson, Keed. At Ellerslie.—Richmond, Plunkett Godfrey, Taylor; A. Hill, H. K. McKenzie, Gollan, T. Dickson; Lynch, Diggens W. Osborne, F. Osborn. ' WAITEMATA V. STANLEY BAY (Marine Pennant). At Stanley Bay.—Wilson, Campbell, Birch Hay ; McKinstrie, Currie, Crowley, Cadness : McPbail, Elston, Williamson, Blackwell. At Waitemata.—Lyon, Lethbridge, Rose Eraser; Johnston, Hurley, Boles, Swanson : Davies, Burrows, Rodgers, Fisher. ' ST HELPER'S V. BDENDALE. At Edendale.—P. S. White, Stevens Cameron. S. White; Thompson, Hulse, S.' Diamond, J. Diamond; Pennington Cory Skinner, Watson; Gray, Miller, McKellar! Cahill. ' At St. Heller's.—Dawson, Hunt, Chambers, I hilip; Brewer, Lovegrove, Price Crawshaw: McLaren, Blomfield, Campbell' Koefoed; Barry, Holdsworth, Smith, Jackson.

PASCOE CUP MATCH. The following team will represent Helensyule against Avondale in a match for the 1 ascoe Cup, at Helensville to-morrow :—c IX. tastier, P. Matlieson, C. U. Sandin, 11. bmith. *

PAPATOETOE V. WAIUKU. The annual match between the above clubs was held at Waiuku on Thursday five rinks competing. Papatoetoe won on results^— ° ate by 34 points " Following are First Round (Waiuku names first).—McLaughlin, West, Greenhead, 11. Barriball t. 4 ' J" Daisle y- K - Buckton, Bygrave, ?. „ P - Hlll - 6 ; Aldred, Flavell, C. Barriball, Wright IS. v. McCoukey, Galloway, Mclvor 20; Smith, Arbuckle, Kobertson, Jones 11. v. Trimble, H. Brvant Crap-ford, Franklin 23; Millington. Muir Fenwick, S. Barriball 17, v. Hosking, Watson, Death. W. Brown 21; Honev. Crouch, James, A. Barriball 16, v. O'Loughlin, Gubb, Civil, Smytheman 17.

. Second Round. — McNaughton, West Greenhead. Neil 30, v. O'Loughlin. Gubb! Civil, Smytheman 14; Honey, Crouch. James. A. Barriball 13, v. Hosking, Watson, Death, Brown 30; Daisley, Buckton, Bygrave, Hill 11, v. W. Smith. Arbuckle. Robertson, Jones 12; Harris, Muir, Fenwick, S. Barriball 20, v. McConkey, Galloway, Wilson, Mclvor 21 ; Aldred, Flavell, C. Barriball, Wright 16, v. Trimble, Brvant, Crawford, Franklin 21. Totals : Papatoetoe, 204 ; Waiuku. 170. The ladies of the Croquet Club accompanied the bowlers and progressive croquet was played. A return match is to be played later on in the season at Papatoetoe.

TE AWAMUTU GAMES. TE AWAMUTU, Thursday. Handicap pairs and singles under the, auspices of the local Bowling Club are now nearing completion. Following are the latest results:— Wednesday Singles.—Second round : T. Finch beat Campbell, F. McGulnness beat Jeffs, Noonan beat Henderson.

Wednesday Pairs.—Second round : Jeffs and Henderson beat O'Brien and Douglas, Campbell and Wood beat Savill and T. Finch, Davis and Andrew bent C. A. Finch and Weatherill. Third round : Savill and T. Finch beat O'Brien and Douglas. Saturday Singles. — Second round: Hawkins beat Wilson, Grant beat T. Mclnnes, Gee beat Metcalfe, Ross beat White, C. Bowden beat A. Christie. Chittenden beat C. Mclnnes, Roberts beat Bryant, Jourdain beat McArthur. Third round: Gee beat Hawkins.

Saturday Pairs.—Second round : Dunkly and Hawkins, beat Chittenden and T. Mclnnes. Cocker and Metcalfe beat Christie and C. Bowden, Roberts aud Wilson beat Jourdain and Smith, McArthur and Oee beat Laurie and F."Bowden, C. Mclnnes and Ross beat Bryant and White. Third round : McArthur and Gee beat Dunklev and Hawkins.

TE AWAMUTU V. CAMBRIDGE. The following players 'will represent Te Awamutu in an inter-club bowling match with Cambridge to-morrow (Saturday):— At Cambridge.—C. Melnnes, D. 11cArthur, T. Grant, T. \V. Gee; A. Johnston. A. J. Tailby, J, T. North, C. Bowden; G. Jeffs, A. A. Chittenden, F. Bowden, J. Hawkins. First-year players: E. YV. McCarter. R. W. Gibson, J. Sterritt, and S. S. Preston. At Te Awamutu.—G. O.' Jourdain, R. Laurie, W. J. North. S. W. McMillan ; J. \V.

At Te Awamutu. —G. O.' Jourdain, R. Laurie, W. J. North. S. W. McMillan ; J. W. Civil, A. White, A. C. Cruickshank, R. Ross ; •T. Cocker, A. Christie. S. H. Dunkley, R. Metcalfe; Foubister, A. A. Reese, W. U. Wood, T. Mclnnes^ The Cambridge teams arc :— At Te Awamutu.—W. Wilkinson. Edwin James, Edwards, A. Pearce; U, Speight, lioulton, N. Hill, Mclvor; Miller, G. Simpson, Halliday, J. Lowe, D. Lundon, Skinner, U. Webber, Edgar James. At Cambridge.—Sands, Easter, McNamara, S. R. James; Hill, Gibson, Wallis, S. Lewis; Bourke, McCathie, N. McFarlane, Hague.

First-year players: McGuinness, Headison, Miller, J. Wilkinson.

WHANGAREf COMPETITIONS. Matches played on Thursday by members of the Whangarei Bowling Club resulted: — Club Fours.—McMalion, llurle, Sotliern, Coburn 28, v. Keene, Marshall, Simmons, Orr 15; Hopewell, Eccles, Miller, Allan 23, v. Fraser, Evans, Parry, Chlssell 18; Muldoon, Meikle, Knglund, Almao 24, Birch, (Jray, Armstrong, Haigh 22. Champion Pairs.—Eccles, Miller, 25, v. liurle, Coburn, 19,

THAMES TOURNAMENT. Arrangements for ihe Thames Bowling Club's annual tournament were made at the meeting of the committee last night. The tournament opens on Tuesday morning with eighteen teams, including eight from Auckland, two from Hikutaia, one each from Matamata and Hamilton East, and sis local teams. Among those taking part are some of Auckland's leading skips, including Ball (Carlton), De Launey (Epsom), Uosking (West End), Fraser (Mount Eden). Mr. J. W. Hardley, late president of the Dominion Bowling Association, will be a player. Since the tournament was inaugurated some years ago De Launey (Epsom) has won it on two different occasions, while Cameron (Thames) and Hosking (West End)' have a win each to their credit

The following are the names of those taking part in the tournament:—

West End.—Young, Hardley, Kirk, Hopwood ; J. Hardley, Needham, C. Hardley, J. Hosking.

Carlton.—Millar, Gordon. O'Sullivan, H. Clarke; Kilgour, Casey ✓ Mitchell, Ball. Hamilton East.—Cole, Hitchcock, Lynburn, Horton.

r Epsom-—Lewis. A, Clarke, Smith, Wright; Lamb, Hill, Wilkinson, De Launey; Duke, Hayes, Gosling, Inglis. , Gordon, Alexander, P™,' Fos 'er, E. Newman, T. Newman, Cameron, Gooder, Scanlon, Whitehead I- mer, T Shand ' Pedro »i. Cordes; IrX^aU^stlth. 118 ' MUliDgtoll; Dalton '