BOWLING.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 22, 27 January 1928, Page 11

BOWLING.

FIXTURES FOR 10-MORROW.

Auckland.—Club Pours, sixth round. Avondale.—lnterclub v. Dominion Koad. ro »"' v ' *w««~ Edendale.—lnterclub v. Hillsboro'. Lllerslie. —Club competitions Epsom.—Club Fours. Glen Eden.—Ordinary draw Grey Lynn.—At Home. Henderson.—interclub v. Mount Eden. Hillsboro . —lnterclub v. Edendalo Mangere. Drawing, trailing and'driving Manurewa.—Club Fours. urging. Mount Albert.—Percentage Fours WnnllJ Eden.—lnterclub v. Henderson, Mount \\ ellington.—Ordinary draw Isew Lynn.—Percentage Fours. Onebunga.—President's At Home. Otahuhu.—Percentage Fours. Pnn«nnhv oe ~n lnterclub v D °minion Road. Ponsonby.—Percentage Fours. nn«^! ie T;. Vi K e " Presidonts ' i'ours. Rawhiti.—Club competitions. Remuera.—Ordinary draw. Rocky Nook.—Percentage Fours. St. Heliers.—Ordinary draw. Stanley.—Marine Pennant v. Takapuna. Takapuna.—Marine Pennant v. Stanley. Te lapapa.—Club singles and pairs. v\ aiteiuata. Club singles and pairs. AVest knd.—Percentage Fours. GROCERS ON THE GREEN. ANOTHER WIN FOR RETAIL. The retail grocers increased their lead OVe IiJ Is wholesale on Wednesday afternoon on the Epsom green, when they disposed of their opponents by 88 points to 68, in the third match of the season. This gives them an aggregate of 269 points to 200, or Si games to 3J, so the wholesale will have some difficulty in winning the "K" Cup which goes to the winners for the season, as there is. only one more match to play, and this will take place some time in February.. Wednesday's results were as follow (retail names mentioned first) :— xiUrm oo ard ' H ~ L " J olt - A ■ B Hart . S. E. McGill —. v. G. Heald, Bayley, Nixon, Roylance 21; H. F. Kent, C. A. Jackson r; o .f d V E -, K^lg^t 20 - v - Melville, Cottrell Koefoed, T. Dickson 13: J. Greacen, F Wilson, T. H. Stevens, J. Cornes 25, v. Diggle, Wright, Boyce, I. Clarke 13; A. W Page, T. E. Price, F. Preston, E. F. Jones - 1 - Newman, Diggins, Andrew, D. urattan 21. At the afternoon tea adjournment, which on this occasion was attended by all the local club members who were present, Mr A. W. Page proposed a vote of thanks to the officers and members of the Epsom Club, and this was gracefully accepted by the past president of the club, Mr. E F Jones. SOUTH AUCKLAND PLAYERS. DEFEAT NORTHERN WAIKATO. (By Telegraph—Own Correspondent.) HAMILTON, Thursday. The Northern Waikato sub-centre representatives returned a visit to the South Auckland Centre to-day. when ten rinks from the Pukekohe District played a series of Interesting games against the local players on the Hamilton greens, which were in splendid order. The South Auckland Centre won the ten games. «he aggregate being South Auckland 258; Northern Waikato, Details of the play were as follows, the South Auckland players being mentioned first.—Dunklev. Wilkes. Prickett, T Mcintosh22, v. Fulton, Turley, Fielder, Patton 19; J. Smith, A. Jones, Bell, jun.. Bell, sen., 23 v. Ingpen, Short, Moncrief, Keith 18; T. Newman, E. Newman, Clark. V .. A, '? m! ; on 28 - v. McPherson, Sncll, Koulston, Armstrong 18: Stevens, Felix Bowden, T. J. Mitchell, -4 v Hope. Darlington, Blake. Johns 18; Handley. Wallace. Donald, Branch 20, v. Barriban. Muir, A. M. Barriball. Neil 19; Cooper, Wallis, S. James, Pearce 29 • v Jamieson, O'Loughlan, Sumner, Hosking 16; D. Andrews, Land. Kemp, Going 30. v Fulton, Wright, Hewitt. Rae 19: North, Varney, Horton, Frost 23, v. Barnaby Higginson, Tollock, Raynes 18: Webster, Jordan. Spiers. Chapman 26, v. Smith, Arbuckle, Naysmith, Jack 12 ; T. B. Booth, Fenwick, Wycherley, Hlggott 23, v. Miller, Fawsett, Munro, Fitness 17. HARDING BUTTONS. WON BY HELENSVILLE. (By Telegraph—Own Correspondent.) DARGAVILLE, Thursday. .At the Dargavilla green to-dav Helensville Bowling Club defeated Dargaville Bowling Club (holders), in a challenge pairs match for the Harding Buttons. Results:— Coutts and Stanaway (Helensville) 17, v. Williams, and Nieolson (Dargnville) 17; Plummer and Strong (Helensville) 30, v. Da vies and Doxey (Dargaville) 17. PAPATOETOE. An open full rink tourney was held on the Papatoetoe green yesterday, 72 players participating. Five games each of 13 heads were played. The president, Mr. T. R. Smvtheman. extended a welcome to the visitors, and presented the trophies with congratulations to the winners, Messrs. Ridings, Macfarlane, Coe, and Russell, of the Remuera Club. The runners-up were teams skipped by W. Ball, of Carlton; W. WlUcox, of Papatoetoe; and H. Tanner, of Epsom, each with four wins and one loss. ST. HELIER S CLUB. s A CHAMPIONSHIP. • First Round.—Knight 25, v. Lawrence 11; Hart 30, v. S. White 10; Norris 20. v. Koefoed 16; Cahlll 22, v. Brookfield 9; Philips 22, v. P. White 13: Wright 21. v. Price 17: May 19. v. Moir 15; Smith 20, v. Bradshaw 13; Crawshaw 19, v. Keys 13; Watson 16. v. Porter 11; J. Diamond 21. v. Dawson 17. Second Round.—Philips 22. v. Mav 12Smith 26, v. Cahill 13; Crawshaw 26, v! •T. Diamond 9: Wright 18. v. Hart 16 • Watson 22, v. Knight 9; Norris 26, v P White 21; Dawson 18. v. Kevs 13; Brookfield 18. v. Price 16; S. White 20. v. Porter 14; Bradshaw 18, v. Lawrence 15; Koefoed 15, v. Moir 14. B. CHAMPIONSHIP. First Round.—Cottrell 19, v. Le Grice 18; Hnlse 20, v. Barry 13; Miller 20, v Hunt 7; Brewer 21. v. Hargreaves 11 ; Twiname 28, v. Stevens 13; Cameron 24. v. Tyndall 11; Gray 22, v. Roberts 17; Thompson 25. r. McLaren 16; Bloomfield 19, v. Bradley 15; Todd 20, v. Clark 15; Lovegrove a bye. Second Round. —Todd 19, v. Lovegrove 16; Gray 21, v. Hulse 12; Miller 26, v. Cottrell 14; Cameron 21, v. Brewer 8; Blom field 24, v. Twiname 18; Thompson 23> I; Clark 12 : Barry 22, v. Hargreaves 10; Roberts 23, v. Stevens 12; Tyndall 21, v. Hunt 7; McLaren and Bradley byes. PRESIDENT'S HANDICAP. First Round.—Smith beat Keys, P. White beat McDonald, Watson beat Twiname, Roberts beat J. Diamond, Dawson beat Cottrell, Wright beat Tyndall, McLaren beat McLeish, S. Diamond beat Stevens,

Brookfield beat Barry, Norris heat Gray, Bradshaw beat Moir, Chambers beat Brewer, llulse beat Miller, ilart beat Koefoed, May beat Hargreaves, Crawshaw beat Knight, Jackson beat Porter, Hunt beat Cameron, Price beat Le Grice, Blomfielil beat' S. White, Bradley beat Clark, Todd beat Lovegrove, Cory and Thompson won by default. AUCKLANDERS AT CAMBRIDGE. WIN FRIENDLY MATCH. (By Telegraph—Own Correspondent.) CAMBRIDGE, Thursday. Ten rinks representative of the Auckland Bowling Centre visited Cambridge to-day. In a friendly match against local team's, the visitors won on the aggregate by 207 points to 201. Prior to the commencement of play the visitors were accorded a hearty welcome by Mr. D. J. Lundon, president of the local club, and Mr. T. F. Richards, Mayor of Cambridge. Mr. .T. Pascoe responded on behalf of the Auckland Centre and Mr. Niblock (Stanley Bay), on behalf of the visiting players. The visitors left for Auckland this evening. Individual rink results were as follows, the visitors being mentioned first in each instance;—Harvie, Wilson. Hewetson, Warren, 22 v. Speight, Sands, Simpson, Harris 18 ; .1. B. Preston, Goldsworthv, Yeoman, Brown 21, v. Muller. Boyce. Boulton, Edgar James 29: Gill. Bach, Dimery. I'aterson 24. v. Hooker, Bryce, Skinner, Butler 23; Buchanan. Preston, McMasters. Chapman lfi. v. Ward, Andrew, It. Webber. Richards 19: Niblock. Reid. Barter, Pascoe v - Webber, Lundon, Towsey, Mclvor 23; Aitken, McMahon. Mclvor, Tonkin 2'i. v. A. Hill, Bourke, C. Clark, Hague 24 ; Stevenson, Lye, Cartine, Parsons 20. v. Davys, Edwards, D. Low, Dix 12 ; Andrews, Angrove, Wyatt. De Launa.v 14. v. J. Wilkinson, Hart, Hallidav, Montgomery 22 • Winter, Morrison, Mcintosh, Keigh'tlev 28. v. G. E. Clark. Gardiner, Nicoll. J. Low 10; Lamb, Lundon, Frost. Mcßobie 20 v Oliver, Blackburn, McCathie, N. Hill 15*. WHANGAREI CLUB. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WHANGAREI, Thursday. On the Whangarei green to-dav the results were :— Champion Pairs.—G. Marshall and Calmao beat V. Gray and P. Armstrong. -*0— l.i: Simmons and Orr beat Hopewell and Meikle, 2:i—l9; Parry and Chissell beat Eccles and Miller, IS—1,"?. on Ch ,o mi) ! on Singles.—Allan beat Hurle, -a—IS : Jounneaux beat Crane, 19—9. Handicap Singles. — Fraser beat Blaushard, 20— S.