WINTER BOWLING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 139, 14 June 1932, Page 11

WINTER BOWLING.

MATCHES LAST SATURDAY. UNEMPLOYMENT TOURNAMENT. COMBINED EFFORT NEXT WEEK. (By TRUNDLER.) After tln-eo clays of perfect weather it was unfortunate that a very promising morning on Saturday should .turn to misty showers in the afternoon. However, there was nothing sufficiently serious to interrupt the usual matches, and most of them were finished before darkness intervened, the sun setting at 4.41. The winter solstice makes it set at exactly the same time next Saturday, after which the evenings will gradually begin to lengthen out, although very slowly at first. The Denison Pins did not give a very good match, as the holders were well ahead all the way, although the final score was rather close: —W. R. Kerns, R. Cross, T. A. George, F. Livingstone (Onehunga) 23, v. A. Macxihcrson, T. Ormerod, L. N. Thomson, W. Chiplin (Rawhiti) 21. The next challengers are T. Pilkiiigton (le Paj)apa), C. Lynch (Ellerslie) and H. Whittle (Grey Lynn). The late Captain Edwin's famous "Stars" seem to be safely anchored at their old home, Remuera, for the holders shook off a strong challenge from Mount Eden, even though their was away, doing his best to win the final of the King's Birthday tournament at Onehunga. The score will be seen in .another column, but it hardly shows what a narrow shave the holders had. Remuera started well, the skip being the president-elect of the Auckland Centre, who was promoted from i third during the absence of Mingins, and | his place as third was taken by H. J. Bray. They reached 14 to 4 by the tea adjournment, but by the 20th head Mount Eden had reduced the deficit to 2. The challengers were far too solid on the last head and were actually lying live, when Bray got into the bundle and rested the shot bowl. Sheath made it still safer by putting in a second counter, and as it was almost impossible for Dignan to save the position, it left Remuera the winners by four points. The next challengers arc Stewart, Williamson, Blackledge, Blackwell (Waitemata), followed by H. A. Robertson (Onehunga) and I. Clarke (West End). The Remuera team who went to Onehunga to play in the final of the King's Birthday tournament were not so fortunate, as in their case it was the opposing skip who saved the game, the score being: E. Buchanan, P. Koefoed, J. Miller, J. R. Lundon (Devonport) 20, v. C. Burcher, G. McMillan, A. R. Graham, J. H. Mingins (Remuera) 19. Devonport had the breeze with them, and started off by scoring 10, but at the end Lundon had to get into the head when Remuera were lying 3 for a tie, and. a measure for 4 for a win. The Jordan Pins provided a splendid match, resulting in a narrow victory for the holders by three points. Doherty, Edwards, Harper, Lippiatt (Otahuhu) 23, v. Richards, Hodges, Granger, Prangley (Mangere) 20. This is the seventh successive win for Otahuhu since they captured the trophies from Onehunga last August, and next Saturday they will meet another challenge from the same club, the team being J. H. Harlock, R. Sutherland, W. Flowerday, C. A. Lindberg. On the following Saturday the challenger is R. T. Sheppard (Hillsboro'). The Nomads spent an enjoyable afternoon at Rawhiti, where they were well received and officially welcomed by Mr. P. B. Thomson, past president of the club, Mr. J. Whitehouse replying for the visitors. The Nomads did very well on this occasion, their four rinks securing two wins, a tie and a loss. While there they saw the final of the Rawhiti rink tournament of King's Birthday, J. Hill (St. Helier's) defeating S. Bish (Pukekolie) by 25 to 18. Ellerslie will conduct an open rink tournament to-day. Competitors are reminded that entries close on Wednesday with the centre secretary for the combined tournament a week later, June 22. The proceeds are for the relief of unemployment distress, and as the various clubs who are giving the use of their greens are standing the whole of the expenses, the entry fees will be preserved intact for the relief funds. It seems that New Zealand is to bo again represented in Australia this winter, for Mr. H. Grocott (Auckland) is already in.Brisbane, enjoying the wonderful winter climate of that city, and next week Messrs. A. Binns (Auckland) and H. B. Jenkin (Carlton) will be going across, probably spending a week or two in Sydney before going on to Queensland. It is very unlikely that these are the only bowlers who propose to spend the winter in Australia, and it might be possible to make up a couple of rinks if any others who have been thinking about it would care to send in their names. So far as the more distant future is concerned, the most important project which they can advance is to secure a strong party of Australian bowlers to visit Dunedin in January, 1934, when the next series of I Test matchcs arc to be played during the j Dominion tournament in that city. Doubtless the touring party will also be able to make plans for the next Australian bowling carnival. This is planned for Easter, 1934, but if this proposal is carried out it would surely wreck the Test matches in Dunedin, only a few months earlier in the same season, and there is a move to get the Adelaide fixture run off during Easter of next year, to avoid clashing.