BOWLING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 46, 23 February 1934, Page 14

BOWLING.

ROTORUA PAIRS TOURNEY. SECTON PLAY COMPLETED. FAKES AND HARPER ELIMINATED. Section play in the Rotorua Bowling Club's annual pairs tournament was completed yesterday, and.two rounds o£ intersection matches also decided. Results: — SECTION A. Tenth Round.—Nash (Epsom) 24, v. Sanderson (Henderson) 10; Thompson (St. Helier's) 20, v. Harper (Otahuhu) 12; W. Hardley (West End) 20, v. Corbett (Rotorua) 19; Kelly (Rotorua) 22, v. Larcomb (Palnierston North) 10; M. Walker (Auckland) 22, v. Fowkes (Rotorua) 22. Eleventh Round. —Walker 22, v. Kelly J7: Harper 25, v. Nash (J: Thompscnn 26, v. Firth 11; Fowkes 2.1, v. W. Hardley 38; Sanderson 20, v. J,arcomb 10. SECTION B. Ton Hi Round.—Aitken (Oroua) 23. v. Banks (Rotorua) 11; Higginbotham (Henderscn) 23, v. Queeuin (Rotorua) 17; Neilson (Karori) 23, v. Fiddes (Frankton Railway) 17 ; Goldwater (Ponsonby) 20, v. Hacket (Auckland) 1!); C. E. Hardley (West End) 2S, v. Butt (Rotorua) 10. Eleventh Round.—Higginbotham 23, v. Banks 10; Neilson 21, v. Hacket 10; C. E. Hardley 20, v. Queenin 18; Aitken 24, v. Fiddes 13 ; Moxon 10, v. Goldwater 17. SECTION C. Tenth Round.—Wyatt (Seatoun) 25, v. Blackburn (Poverty BavJ 17; Manson (Rotorua) 31, v. Wilkinson (Fellding) 0; Clark (Mount Albert) 10, v. Pakes (Rotorua) 10; .Tones (Rotorua) 21, v. Letliam (I'onsonoy) 14 ; Needham (West End) 10, v. Budd (Rotorua) 15. Eleventh Round.—Needham 17 v. Pakes 15: W.vatt 2?, v. Letliam 20; Gordon 35, v. Blackburn 22; Clark 21, v. Manson 10 ; Jones 14, v. Wilkinson 12. •' HOW THEY FINISHED. The positions of the teams at the end of section play :— Section A. —Walker, 9 wins, 1 loss ; Harper, B—2; Fowkes, 7—3; Kelly, o—4;0 —4; Corbett and Thompson, 5—5 ; Nash, 4—6; W. F. Hardley, Firth and Larcomb, 3 —7 ; Sanders, 2- —S. Section B.—Butt and Higginbotham, S wins, 2 losses; C. E. Hardley, 7—3 ; Neilson, o—4 ; Banks and Hacket, 5—5 ; Queenin, Aitken and Fiddes, 4—o; Moxon, 3—7 ; Goldwater, I—9. Section C.—Needham, 9 wins, 1 loss; Pakes, B—2; Jones, F. Letham and Clark, 7 —3 : Wyatt. 5 —5 : Gordon. 4—o ; Budd and Blackburn, 5—7; Manson, 2—B; Wilkinson, o—lo. POST-SECTION PLAY. First Round.-*—Walker 25, v. Pakes U; Butt 19, v. Higginbotham 12; Needham IS, v. Harper 13. Second Round.—Needham 28, v. Pakes 9 ; Higginbotham 20, v. Harper 14 ; Walker 22, v. Butt 21. Harper and Pakes were eliminated. VETERANS' ASSOCIATION. GAMES AT AUCKLAND GREEN.

After two* postponements caused by wet weather, the veteran bowlers were favoured with perfect conditions yesterday afternoon, when they assembled at the Auckland Bowling Club's pavilion. The greens were in beautiful order, conducing to a good deal of excellent play, and in one match there wer«* two drawn heads, a most unusual occurrdlice. In another the opposing rinks tied four times, and nearly all were just as closely contested as the scores indicate.

Wlieter by accident or design, the two oldest members of the association, Messrs. H. 0. Choyce and J. Kendell, were drawn in opposing rinks, and as the well-known Queen Street veteran is senior by a few months to his Karangaliape Road friend, he was called upon to deliver the iirst jack, and the iirst bowl, the members gathering in an alley formation in his honour. The four senior teams competed as under, their respective ages being given in brackets :—- •T. Kendell (94), F. Bluck (89), R. G. Ncwbegin (SS), A. Selby (88) 24, v. M. Moon (87), l'\ Bennett (88), 11. C. Choyce (94), J. V. Dingle (8li), 13; J. A. Adams (87), K. Stevenson (82), F. Clark (S3), T. J. Mclvor (88) 20, v. E. Morrison (83), E. F. Cooksey (85), G. N. Baggott (84), C. Little (82), 18. It was afterwards found that some of the other rinks had a few players older than some of these, but the avertige was brought down by Ihe presence of a fair number who have not reached the age of 70 years, but qualified through having played the game for 21 years or more. The combined ages of the 92 players .came to 0801 years, an average of 74.5. This compares with an average of 75 nt the last gathering of the veteran bowlers of Wellington. where the oldest player was Mr. A. Mills, of .7ohnsonvilie, aged 91, but four years ago in Dunedin the average age was 70.5 years, and the players included two who were 94 years old. The veterans were welcomed by the president of the association, Mr. M. M. McCallum, and by the president of the Auckland Centre, Mr. Raymond Sheath, the latter remarking that the presidency of the Veterans' Association might be said to represent the "crowning glory" in the bowling career of Mr. McCallum, for he had alreadv held every high office that was in the gift of the bowling community. These were the presidency of the Remuera Bowling Club, the Auckland Centre, and the New Zealand Bowling Association. The other ten games resulted as follows :—• >

\V. H. Lamb, A. S. Reid. W. R. Lawrence, M. jr. MeCallum 17, v. G. J. Richardson, G. 10. Rend, N. Heatli, T. C. Schnackenberg 1(1. W. Dodd, .T. Davles, A. B.vgrave, H. Kent 18, V. .T. A. Vincent, J. Hendry, R. Ilewit son, 11. H. Campbell 11. \V. Sutherland, J. Wilson, W. R. Knight, T. N. Peck 21, v. W. J. Angove, A. E. Potts, J. Veale, R. Eagleton 18. W. Coath, J. C. Burrow, W. Hill, G. ,T. Mackay 23, v. R. Dnrlow, W. R. Goudie, J. IC. Harty, H. W. Brookes 20. F. -Ma n(lev, T. Woodhead, T. Weir, J. W. Barker 27, v. T. Freeman, M. Reid, R. H. MeCallum, W. Dimery 21. C. W. Egerton, H. Cadness, W. Bo.vne 20, v. P. Bolton. M. Leser, A. Brown 19. J. McLeod, G. F. Campbell. W. R. Fletcher 21, v. E. H. Willmot, J. M. Davies, S. H. While 15. E. 0. Chivcrs, F. Cossey, C. H. Culpan, ,T. R. McPhail 26, v. C. .T. Shaw. A. French, E. J. Goldsmith, \V. R. T. Leighton 21. G. 11. Mincliin, W. Woodliam, E. Howell, A. Coutts 27, v. W. Richardson, H. Miller, A. Marshall Laing, J. Potter 24. M. Bawden-Harris, K. Service. B. Codd, W. Willcox 20, v. W. King, A. Morton, R. G. Cox, F. L. Armitage 14. PONSONBY CLUB. The ISth night tourney of the Ponsonby Bowling Club was held last evening. Results :— First Round.—N. Donaldson, L. Donaldson, Maud, McConnell (Mount Albert> 7, v. Fanch, Peters, Richardson, Griffiths (Ponsonby) 4; McMurchy, E. Caddy, Mincham, Liversidge (Grey Lynn) 9, v. Sampson, Oswald, Robertson, Ritchie (Carlton) 5; Waterworth, Colebrook, Mcßeath, Sturgess (Ponsonby) 7, v. Somers, White, Conway, Boyle (West End) 5; Hawke, Paterson, Allely, H. Dawson (Mount Albert) 7, v. Fraser, McKinstry, Chapman, Lincoln 0. Second Round. —Liversidge 10, v. Lincoln 8; Dawson 8, v. Ritchie (J; McConnellV 5, v. Sturgess 4 ; Boyle 10, v. Griffiths 8. Third Round. —Boyle C, v. Dawson 5; Ritchie 5, v. Richardson 5; McConnell 7, v. Liversidge 0; Lincoln 4, v. Sturgess 4. Totals. —McConnell, 3 wins; Liversidge, Dawson, Boyle, 2 wins; Sturgess, li wins; Griffiths, Ritchie, Lincoln, J win. Leaders for the aggregate trophy:— Edendale 24 points, West End 23, Grey Lynn 22i. EDENDALE TEAMS. ORDINARY INTER-CLUB. At Mt. Eden.—Florey, Conway, Bayliss, Chapman (junior team) ; Durant, Pollock, Greenwood. Roan; Grant, Noad, East, Jackson. At Edendale. —Feilding, Bluck, C. Hill, R. Smith; Ball, Bleakley, Foreman, Brownett; Credin, Sakey, Mayhill, Maud. WALLIS WINS AX CAMBRIDGE. The linal of the Cambridge Bowling Club's singles championship was played between E. C. Wallis and M. J. McNamara. The former won on the 20th head by 20 points to 14. The club's champion rink team to play Hamilton in the Howden Shield competition is G. James. E. Westlake, E. C. Wallis and. H. N. Freeman. ROTORUA COUNTRY CUP. Teams from the Matamata and Hinuera Clubs met at Hinuera on Wednesday for the Rotorua Country Cup. A keen game resulted in a draw, 17—17. The rinks were: Matamata, H. Buckley. F. Banks, J. W. Simpson, W. Crabb; Hinuera, H. Conder, \V. Oates, G. Collins, W. Hollis.