EASTER BOWLING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 82, 8 April 1931, Page 4

EASTER BOWLING.

EXECUTIVE FINAL

CENTRE QUARTER RESULTS.

RESULTS OF TO-DAY'S PLAY.

Post-eection play in the Easter Fours and the Executive Fours, interrupted early yesterday afternoon by an inopportune break in the weather, was resumed on the Carlton green this morning, the competitors being eight of the ten rinks who qualified in the section play of the Easter Fours (the preliminary round having eliminated two rinks yesterday morning), and also the two section winners in the Executive Fours, the official representatives of Rocky Nook and St. Helier's.

Play had only progressed for about an hour yesterday afternoon when heavy rain set in, and the games were resumed this morning as from *he positions held when play stopped. The results were as follow:—

Executive Fours (Final). J. C. Yeo, W. H. Tongue, W. A. Loram, W. H. Keatley (Rocky Nook) 19, v. A. Twiname, H. J. Smith, T. Price, W. Philip (St. Helier's) 14.

Rocky Nook started this morning with the score 8 to 1 from yesterday's play, and they .maintained the substantial lead throughout. Both sides played excellent bowls. At the conclusion of the match the Kohn Cup was presented to the winning skip by the president of the centre, Mr. J. F. Thompson. Mr. Keatley passed over the cup to the president of the Rocky Nook Club, Mr. W. H. Tongue, who responded on behalf of the team.

Easter Fours. Short, Hill, Macfarlane, Russell (Remuera) 18, v. Cave, Hull, Gatenby, Miller (Mount Eden) 15; Israel, Fletcher, Ure, Kummer (Auckland) 24, v. Percy, Donald, Jones, Gifford (Dominion Road) 14; Wilson, Campbell, Parker, Walker (Auckland) 23, v. Lyell, Schmoll, Moir, Muston (Auckland) 13; R. Reid, S. Reid, Johnson, McMaster (Stanley) 24, v. Duncan, Williams, Maher, Woolley (Auckland) 14.

Miller was leading Eussell when play was interrupted yesterday, but the latter scored 5 on the first head this morning, and maintained the lead throughout. Kummer started this morning with a lead of 8 to 1, but steady play made the score 11 all on the 13th head, after which the Auckland team again took command and won rather easily. Walker led Muston all the way, the latter being unable to support his team with the consistent play he usually shows. McMaster started the morning with the score 8 to 1 in his favour on the fifth head, and led fairly easily all the way. The last head was rather peculiar, Maher and Woolley each missing two drives in attempts to burn the head. In each case they struck the guarding bowl which their players had put in front of the jack. Semi-finals. —Russell 16, v. Kummer 14; Walker 20, v. McMaster 19. HAMILTON PAIRS TOURNEY. SEMI-FINALS REACHED. HAMILTON, Tuesday. Post-section play took place to-day in the Hamilton Bowling Club's pairs tournament. The final was not reached, owing to rain causing an interruption.

Evans and Carswell (Whitiora) 25, beat Leak and Robinson (Hamilton) 20; Coombes and Garvey, who acted as substitute for Harper (Frankton) 24, beat Stubbs and Wycherley (Whitiora) 10; Lambie and Bell, sen. (Hamilton) 23, beat Lewis and Woodhall (Whitiora)' 14; Hitchcock and Chapman (Hamilton East), a bye.

Semi-finals.—Lainbie and Bell 26, beat Evans and Carswell (Whltiora) S; Coombes and Garvey 20, beat Hitchcock and Chapman 17.

The final will be played on Saturday.

CAMBRIDGE TOURNEY.

CAMBRIDGE, Tuesday

Play in the Cambridge Bowling Club's tournament was continued to-day. The results of the ninth round are as iollow i— -

Section A.—Lewis 21, v. Little 16; Cox 23, v. Low 18; Wilkinson 12, v. l'ilkington 13; Wallwork 14, v. Hare 20; Rogers 14. v. Breniner 21; Anderson 14, v. Munroe 15. Section B. — Frater 11, v. Kriskovitch 28; James 1.0, y, McFarlane 20; ParkerHill 21, v. McXainara IS; Dix 25, v. Corder 10; Lewis 17, v. Sloane 20; Morriss 10, v. Connor 21.

Section C—McMillan 15, v. Layland 21: Trayes 22, v. Loan 11; Harris 20, v. Seath 16; Blackburn 10, v. Harris 20; Coombes 24, v. Hosking 17 ; James 18, v. Jordan 10.

Section D.—Lowe 11, v. Hill If; Vincent 22, v. White 15; Findlay 27, v. Hollard 10; Stewart 20, v. Alexander 1C; Montgomery 7, v. N. McFarlane 22.

The following qualified for post-sectional play:—Section A: Bremner (West End), l> wins, 0 losses; S. Lewis (Cambridge), 7 wins, 2 losses. Section B: Kriskovitch (Te Aroha), 8 wins, 1 loss; K. McFarlane (Xgaruawahia), 7 wins, 2 losses. Section O: Trayes (Mount Eden), 8 wins, 1 loss; K. Coombes (Hamilton), 1 wins, 2 losses. Section D: Findlay (Mount Eden), 7 wins, 2 losses; N. Hill (Cambridge), 7 wins, 2 losses. •

The results of post-sectional play to-day are : —First round : McFarlane (Xgaruawahia) 13, v. Ooombes (Hamilton) 12; Findlay (Mount Eden) 23, v. Lewis (Cambridge) 16; Trayes (Mount Eden) 19, v. Breniner (West End) 12; Kriskovitch (To Aroha) 27, v. N. Hill (Cambridge) 12. Second round: Findlay 22, v. McFarlane 13; Bremner 28, v. N. Hill 17.

The pairs competition commenced this morning. Results:—

First Round.—Section A: Bolton and Francis 14, v. Entwistle and Hicks 12; Andrews and Anderson 25, v. Shaw and Harris 13; Wilkinson and Edwards 20, v. Bagley and Carter 8; I'liairn and Montgomery 15, v. Mclvor and Easter 14. ■ Section B: Morrison and Frost 17, v. Uren and Wooller 14; Dix and S. James 18, v. Sullivan and Lowe 12; Fulljames and Auld 15, v. Flynn and McCullougli 14; Speight and Hollard 16, v. McXamara and Halliday 13; Preston and McGuinness 13, v. Burrows and Munroe 20; Pomeroy and Sands 18, v. Ilulme and Wooldridge 15; White and Richards 15, v. Whitehorn and Horwood 8; Fricker and Layland 16, v. Broughton and Chalmers 11; Tod and Hay 15, v. Fricker and Low 11. Second Round. —Section A : Carter 22, v. Francis 9; Montgomery 15, v. Edwards 11; Anderson 27, v. Hicks 8; Harris 19, v. Mclvor 13. Section B : Halliday 17, v. Auld 10; Hollard 15, v. Lowe 10; Frost 13, v. McCullough 11; Wooller 19, v. S. James 18. Section C: Layland 15, v. Lowe 14; Munroe 18, v. Richards 15 ; Hay 22, v. Chalmers 9; Wooldridge 24, v. Horwood 20: Land 14, v. Mclnnes 12. THAMES TOURNEY FINAL. THAMES, Tuesday. In the final of the Thames bowling tournament Adamson (Thames) defeated Clevely (Claudelands), by 27 points to 14. CRANE MEMORIAL CUP. WHANGAREI, Tuesday. The executive of the North Auckland Bowling Centre has decided that the Crane Memorial Cup, presented by the Whangarei Bowling Club, shall be allotted for competition among the five clubs north of Hikurangi. The cup will be a challenge trophy to be competed for by three j)airs or more, as arranged by the clubs. Kawakawa Club was successful In the draw for the first holder of the cup. 1