BOWLS AND BOWLERS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 86, 13 April 1931, Page 14

BOWLS AND BOWLERS.

ECHOES FROM EASTER. FIRST YEAR PLAYERS. WIN FOR WAITEMATA. ' Bowlers were unlucky last Saturday, having again the exasperating experience of just missing, by 24 hours, one of the finest days of the whole season. However, it might have been far worse, for up till one o'clock very few could anticipate a game at all, whereas bright sunshine during a good part of the afternoon, coupled with a light breeze that had fortunately turned to the dry quarter, made the conditions fairly pleasant. It cleared up just in time to enable the curtain to be rung down on the Easter tournament, and congratulations are due to the Waitemata nnk for their comfortable win fn tho First-year Fours. It shows how hard it is to win in Auckland when it is recalled that the Waitemata Bovyjing Club was formed 31 years ago, and has always included a very fair sprinkling of good players in its membership roll, and yet this is the first Centre tournament that the club has ever won, although the Centre has been conducting five tournaments every season, and seven in recent years. There are still nearly a dozen clubs in . the Auckland Centre who have not yet wort a Centre tournament, but -this fine win for Waitemata will encourage them to realise that it is perseverance and careful preparation that counts, and that the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.

FIRST-YEAR PLAYERS.

The final of the Auckland Centre first-year players' champion fours was played on the Carlton green on Saturday, when Waitemata and Hillsboro' met. Waitemata won by 24 to 9. The teams were:—Waitemata: C. Headland, E. Hoyland, W. Rackett, C. Sampson. Hillsboro': H. Percy, T. Cornwell, A. Jackson, D. Drake.

CLUB GAMES.

WEST END GREEN. Percentage Fours. —Semi-finals: W. Collins, Parkinson, Worsfold, Pierce 24, v. Sands, Goldwater, Thomass, Hopwood 18; McNair, Harris, R. H. Scott, C. Hardley 21, v. Knox, Service, W. Hardley, Mantell 9. Smith, Appleyard, Bradshaw, Roberts 24, v. Rowe, McLeod, Lawrence, Thompson 23; Hume, Whaley, Negus, Phillip 20, v. R. Clark, Hopkins, Hirst, Price 18. PONSONBY GREEN. Ordinary Draw.—Oldham, Elleray, Johnson, Richardson 14, v. Lowes, Kretchmar, Gilmour, Sturgess 18; Mercer, Stanaway, Hunt, Butland 36, v. Watson, Moore, Conway, Fanch 31. ONEHUNGA GREEN. Vice-Presidents' Fours.—Third round : S. Brown, Bray, Allen, Munro 23, v. Phillips, Handlin, Vella, Coutts 20; Kirkwood, J. Skinner, A. Brown, Cross 20, v. Moore, Saker, Kerr, Harrison 18; Hickman, Petchell, Sutherland, H. Bray 24, v. Smith, Robb, Wright, Adams 22; Nutsford, Bell, .Robertson, O'Neill 21, v. Farnsworth, Keeling, A. R. Gatland, Fordham 20; O'Connell, Ireland, Green, Makune 20, v. Higgins. Neale. Macklow, Wigginton 16; Vazey, McMaster, Llndfcerg, Hosking 24, v. Richardson, C. Skinner,- Marks, Welham 18; Adams, Mcintosh, Cowell, Schnackenberg 21, v. Grace, Mann, Kenny, Ross 20. MOUNT EDEN GREEN. Ordinary Draw. —Rudd, Boyce, J. Smith, Union 24, v. Knight, Cordes, May, Fra6cr 13; Cave, Gray, Gribble, Surma n 20, v. Taylor, Jones, J. A. Sherriff, H. Walton 16; Carruth, Fogerty, McKenzie, Trayes 29, v. Rintoul, Darrach, T. Nairn, Gill 17. TAKAPUNA GREEN. Percentage Fours.—Peterson, Tidman, A, Hunt, Christie 21, v. Blackwell, Kenrick, Price, Waterman 16; White, Grimshaw, Smith, Mills 22, v. Carr, Jones, N. R. Fenton, T. A. Smith 15; O'Neill, E. Hunt, Henderson, R. P. Smith 23, v. Lisk, Elliott, Burt, Bennett 15; Kenrick, B. C. Fenton, Collins, Audley 13, v. Amodeo, Madden, Corfe, Murdock 20. • INTER-CLUB GAMES. EDENDALE V. STANLEY. At Edendale (Edendale names first). — H. Jones, J. Jones, Purdy, Addison 14, v. ■ Hawes, Hutt, Weller, Johnson 11; Harris, Johnson, C. Hill, McMahon 30, v. Clark, Wrigley, Bray,, Smith 20 ; Tombes, Conway, Bradshaw, Francis 9, v. Sainty, Cusworth, Lock, Jones 28. At Stanley (Stanley names first). —Whitley, Gallon, Bartlett, White 19, v. Leader, Brown, Edmunds, Hill 19; Darroch, Hooker, Ogllvie, Hall 12, v. Bowles, Bennett, Forshaw, Jackson 18; Ross, Kennedy, Chesney, McMaster 16, v. Beckerton, Roan, R. Smith, Brbwnett 18. WEST END V. ST. HELIBR'S. At West End (West End names first). — Brummell, Cole, Knaggs. Boyle 11, v. Wilmott, Laslett, Tyndall, Brookfield 22; Irving, Hardy, McCarthy, Horsley 23, v. Martin, Grace, Brewer. Lowe 20; W. Irwin, G. Hardley, Wise, Price 21, v. Hulse, Morgan, Hart, Dawson 14; Sandilands, C. Cox, Kirkham, Thomson 26, v. Stevens, Todd, S. Diamond, J. Diamond 18. At St. Heller's (West End names first). Skinner. Earle, Needham, Laird 16, v. Campbell, Cameron. Twiname, P.. White 21; Hutchinson. Tudehope, Clarke, Colthurst 21, v. F. Clarke, Reid, S. White, Norris 26; Collins, Jones, Noton, Cook 30, v. Crawshaw, Warren, Bradley, Wright 10. MANUREWA V. PAPAKURA. At Papakura (Manurewa names first). — ,F. Wood. Robinson. G. Gallaher, R. Frost 17, v. Kirton, Doull, Smith, Goddard 16; Fleming. Hunt, Cleave. Hughes 13, v. Paton, Quigley, Leighton, Whelan 24; Reeves, F. Whyte, C. Coxhead, J. Murray 12, v. McCall, Bartels, Palmer, Leitch 33; Finlay, Looker, D. McNaughton, C. Fawcett 23; Loundes, Boagey, Dickev, Bates 25; Ecclesfield, Bryham, P. Nield, E. Pegler 27, v. Melkle, O'Connell, Searle, Rice 11. Total points: Papakura 109, Manurewa 92.