EASTER BOWLING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 91, 19 April 1933, Page 12

EASTER BOWLING.

CENTRE TOURNAMENTS.

TWO CONTESTS FINISHED

OTHER FINALS NEXT SATURDAY.

Post-section play was continued yesterI day afternoon in the four separate J tournaments that had been running during the holidays, and the finals were reached in the executive fours and the first-year fours, in each of which only two rounds had to. be played. In the Easter fours and junior fours, however, a fairly common result followed from the green being exceptionally keen, in that by the time two rc-ands were played it was calculated that it would 'be impossible to complete a - third 'round before dark. Accordingly the tournament committee met the competitors concerned, there being the usual reluctance to facing the necessity for dividing the games and playing the last few heads' next day. After a full discussion it was decided to abandon the original .intention of playing the final of the Blaster fours to-day, and to postpone the semi-finals till 10 o'clock next Satuiday commencing the final at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The final in the junior fours will also be played on Saturday afternoon. The executive fours provided a very close final, but eventually Auckland defeated Rocky Nook by one point, the scores being:—W. M. Matheson, W. J. Campbell, G. J. Mackay, K. S. Macky 19, v. J. Kayes, W. Williams, W. Bain, W. J. Pearce 18. The game was exactly the opposite of the one in the morning, when Rocky Nook defeated Mount Albert by 29 to 18, for in the morning Rocky Nook had scored only 3 to Mount Albert's 15 by the seventh head, whereas in the afternoon Rocky Nook led off with a great start. Apparently their misfortune was in being the first >to reach 13, for they got there 'by the tenth head, when Auckland were only 7, but the latter then scored on the next five heads, and succeeded in warding off a strong attack from Pearce and his men during the latter part of the game. In presenting the cup and the trophies the president of the centre, Mr. Raymond Sheath, specially congratulated Dr. Mackv and Mr. Matheson on their success, for they had_ only taken to the game in 1926, the same year as he himself had started, and now they had won an important championship, whereas he was still struggling to win a tournament. It was only two years since Rocky Nook had won this event, but it was a great triumph for the parent club to win, as they had not competed- for many years. As a matter of fact the last time Auckland entered a rink was in 1926, the team being J. E. Dicketts, 8. Coldicutt, C. Muston and T. Kirk, but they got . only 5 wins in the 12 rounds played that year. The final of the first-yeax fours resulted in almost a runaway for Kaukapakapa, who left Edendale 12 down with two heads to play. The latter got, only two, the final .score being, with one head unplayed:—W. Drinnan, J. Hooper, L. Dnnnan, C. Earle 22, v. P. Durrant, F. Noad, E. Kimber, J. Credin 12. In presenting the challenge shield and the trophies. Mr. Sheath remarked that although he did not wish Edendale any harm, he thought everybody was pleased to see the victory going to. the youngest club in the centre, and the most distant in the north. He was astonished _to see such'a young man as skip of a winning rink in a big tournament, and_ still more surprised when he met his wife for the first time that afternoon, but he had come to the conclusionLthat he had brought his young bride to the city for their honeymoon, so, he hoped they would regard the tournament as a good omen. The second round in the Easter fours resulted as follows: —H. Grocott, J. P. Mason, H. C; Clarke, G. Hv Carter (Carlton) 22, v. Hardio Neil, R. L. Wilson, GI H. Woolley, M. Walker (Auckland) 13; Taylor, McGregor, S. Jenkin, A. M.. Elliott (Carlton) 19, v. Higginson, Donaldson, R. C. Caady, E. S E. Buckley (Grey Lynn), 14; J. H. Wyatt< S. Bish, W. J. Short, P. A. Hoeking (Pukekohe). 23, v. H. Tattersall, W. Lloyd, C. Clews, W.. D. Kelly (Balmoral) 22; D. Sampson, ■J. C.' Duncan, R. Higgott, C. H. de Launay (Carlton) 26, v. W. J. Skinner, W. F. Hardley, F. McCarthy, I. Clarke (West End) 15. . _ In the semi-finals on Saturday morning Carter will meet, Elliott, and Hosking will meet de Launay, the presence of three Carlton skips" attracting a good deal of attention yesterday, as another indication of the strength of this popular clifb. Another Carlton rink will figure in the final; of the junior ..fours next Saturday afternoon, as the second round yesterday resulted as follows:—Duncan,"" Brownlee, Little, H. V. Johnston (Carlton) 23, v. Walsh, Rackett, Holland, C. Sampson : "VVaitemata) 12; Flinn, Koefoed, Hessey, R. Ellisdon (Devonport) 33, v. Walsham, , Morelahd, Revell, H. Burrows (Pukekohe) 5 11. In presenting the prizes for the , other competitions the president ;:j of the' . centre also made a ibrief reference to the t junior fours, remarking" that the; good L entries and t the evident'.enjoyment. of. the competitors must be taken' as aii 'indication that this, new experimental tournament tried this year had come to stay.

CAMBRIDGE CONTESTS. •The Cambridge Bowling Club's tournament. was continued yesterday with the first sectional play • In; the rinks -tournament and: the opening rounds of the pairs competition.' Results of post-section play in the rinks competition were:—First round: Hollard 18, v. James 14; North 15, v. Coombes 14; McMillan 20, v. Forbes 15; Pilkington 21, v. Lott 14. Second round: Hollard 18, v. North 15; James 22, v. Coombes 12; Lobb 24, v. Forbes 14; Pilkington 21, v. McMillan 11. , . When the rinks tournament. was continued to-day in fine weather the third round of post-sectional matches resulted:— Pilkington 19, v. Hollard 15; Lobb 23, v. James 16; McMillan'22, v. Hawkins'l2. In the Pilkington-Hollard, game the former staged a great recovery. When the,game was resumed this morning the scores were 13—4 in favour of Hollard, who still retains one life. v PAIRS COMPETITION. ' In the pairs'.the results were:— • SECTION A. - First Round.—Boyce and Lewis 15, v. Alleiy and Teasey 14; Clayton and Seath 26, v. Dignan and-Trayes 8; Wallis and Bayliss 17, v. Bray find McAllister 6; Carter and Fruish 15, v. Dix and Easter 9; V. Boulton and T. Boulton 19, v. Marcroft and Julian 13; Blewden and Rogers 15, v. Garrard and Lundon 13. - Second ■ Round.—Fruish 12, v. Trayes 9; Teasey 16, v. McAllister 19; Rogers 15, v. Easter 7; Boulton 15, v. Seath 14; Bayliss 16, v. Lewis 13; Lundon 14, v. Julian 11. Third Round.—McAllister 19, v. Seath 13; Fruish IG, v. Boulton 4; Bayliss 11, v. Easter 10; Rogers 18, v. Trayes 13; Julian 9, vi Lewis 17; Teasey 10, v. Lundon 18. SECTION B. First Round.—McFarlane and McFarlane 15, v. Griffiths and Mingins 14; Halliday and Hulme 23, v. Whitehorn and Horwood 13; Valle and Mclntyre 18, v. Wooldridge and Pearce 10 • Harland and Baker 13, v. McCrone and McNamara 7; Talt and Tyack 12, v. Hikaka and Edwards 11; Hickey and Wilson 12, v. Zainey and Mclvor 10. Second Round.—Mclntyre 8, v. McNamara 17; Tyack 15, v. Hulme 12; Wilson 16, v. McFarlane 13; Edwards 16, v. Pearce 15; Baker 20, v. Hurwood 9; Mingins 19, v. Zainey 10. Third Round. —Wilson 15, v. McNamara 16; Mingins 18, v. Hurwood 10; McFarlane 17, v. Edwards 12; Baker 14, v. Tyack 9; Hulme 7, v. Pearce 16; Zainey 13, v. Mclntyre 12. McGONAGAL WINS AT PAEROA At the end of sectional play in the Paeroa Bowling Club's full rink Easter tourney, the Waihi team skipped by McGonagal, and a Paeroa team skipped by W. Taylor, had each suffered one loss. The final resulted in a win for McGonagal's team by 22 to 17. . A progressive pairs competition was played at the conclusion of the full rink tournament, 30 players taking part. The winning lead was G. Yowles, who won every . game. For the skips, five tied, each having ; two losses. The skips still to play off are V. Marsh, E. H. Henderson, McGonagal, I W. Taylor, and C. Paacoe.

HAMILTON PAIRS. The Hamilton Bowling Club's Easter pairs tournament terminated In fine weather yesterday, and was won by T. Kriskovich and H. E. Rosenfeldt (Te Aroha). i In the post-section play G. A. Plummer ; and N. Bell (Hamilton) beat C. Stevenson and J. Smith (Hamilton) by 29 points to 12, and Kriskovich and Rosenfeldt beat A. Wheeler and T. A. Lucas (Frankton) by 26 points to 16. In the final Kriskovich and Rosenfeldt beat Plummer and Bell by 18 points to 16. MORRINSVILLE CLOT. The annual progressive pairs tournament played on the Morrinsvllle bowling green on Easter Monday was won by F. S. Donald (skips) with 4 wins, no losses, and D. Dendy (leads) with 4 wins and no losses. TAURANGA SOUTH CLUB. I In the final of the Tauranga South Bowling Club's championship singles Newsham defeated Trundle by 17 points to 16. Newsham retains the cup. In the championship pairs Mason and Ward 23, defeated Bell and Clemson 15.