PENNANT BOWLS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 22, 27 January 1936, Page 14

PENNANT BOWLS.

FOURTH ROUND PLAYED. SOME DRASTIC CHANGES. ROTORUA TOURNEY NEXT WEEK. (By TRtJNDLER.) Glorious weather for bowling was experienced on Saturday, but the popular counter-attraction at Ellerslie interfered with the attendance to a considerable extent, increasing the difficulty of the selectors in finding substitutes for the absentees. This was particularly awkward where selected players stayed away without giving early notice, even though their names had been published 011 Thursday, and on some greens it was well after two o'clock before the pennant matches were started, all through players failing to notify their intention of not filling their appointment. The results of the fourth round confirm the earlier impression that the section winners will be West End and Ponsonby, thereby assuring a splendid final between two well-matched clubs, with a good sprinkling of Dominion champions 111 each. There seems to be no question about the position of West End with a lead of V2Vs per cent over Carlton and the rest too far away to be dangerous, for West End ought to get as big a percentage of wins from Otuhuhu and Mount Eden as Carlton can set from Epsom, Pukekohe and New Lynn. A startling change, however, has come over section B, for two wins to Buckland's Beach and three to Helensville have lifted both of these small clubs to 62.5 per cent, which is well within striking distance of Pon-. eon by. They only have to repeat Saturday's performance a month later and Buckland's Beach will be on 70 per cent, which will probably win the section, for Ponsonby will need to get thirteen wins out of sixteen to boat it, while the latter club will need to get at least nine wins to beat Helensville. This shows how evenly the clubs are running, the bottom club in the section having well over half the percentage of the. top one, a very satisfactory position when it is recalled that the clubs virtually do their own handicapping by nominating the number' of rinks they 'would like to play. The centre executive. nc ,T er alters the numbers except when, necessary to make the six groups in- each section of equal size, and then only to the extent of two rinks up or do#n. The even position in, section B is not unprecedented, for at this stage last season the relative positions in section A were almost identical with this, but it seems rather ironical that on that occasion Carlton was a fairly comfortable first, whereas West End was at the very bottom, carrying a quota that was evidently from the first jump far beyond the capacity of its limited membership. However, most features regarding the progress this season will be gathered from the table hereunder, showing the number of rinks fielded by each club, 'the wins and losses last Saturday and the percentage of wins in the four rounds combined, while readers can see by the remaining columns how each club has gone up or down, for they show the percentage at the end of each round inclusive, omitting decimals: — SECTION A. Rounds. R. W. 1,. P.c. S. 2. 1. West End .. 12 8 4 75.00 77 75 75 Cartton 30 16} 13} 62.50 65 66 76 Rawhiti 8 4} 3} 57.81 58 62 62 New Lynn .. 4 3 1 56.25 50 31 25 Otahuhu .... 8 4} 3} 51.56 50 43 37 Mount Albert 16 9} 6} 50.78 47 60 59 Pukekohe ... 8 4 4 50,00 50 50 37 St. Helier's -.10 6 4 50.00 46 33 40 Stanley 6 5' 1 50.00 38 50 50 Mount Eden .18 11 7 48.61 44 44 44 Onehunga ... 18 6 12 46.53 50 47 55 Epsom 20 4} 15} 41.03 47 53 40 Avondale .... 6 3 3 40.91 37 33 DO Devonport ... 16 6} 9} 39.06 39 37 18 Ho wick 2 2 0 37.50 16 25 50 Manure wa ... 6 1 5 25.00 27 8 16 Transport ... 4.1' 3 15.62 12 18 37 SECTION B. Rounds. R. W. L. P.c. 3. 2. 1. Ponsonby ... 16 10 6 67.97 69 59 62 Buckland's -.2 2 0 62.50 50 50 50 Helensville .. 4 3 1 62.50 58 62 75 Hillsboro' ... 4 2 2 59.37 62 56 62 Te Papapa .6 3 3 58.33 61 58 66 Glen Eden ..4 3 1 56.25 50 37 37 Rocky Nook . 10 6 .4 . 56.25 55 50 30 Auckland .... 24 15 9 51.56 47 47 45 Takapuna ... 10 5 5 51.25 51 62 60 Edendale .... 6 2 4 50.00 55 50 66 Mangere ..... 4 3 1 50.00 41 50 75 'Waitemata .. 10 3 7 50.00 56 72 70 Grey Lynn .. 14 5 9 48.22 52 57 57 Papatoetoe .. lO 4 6 47.50 50 40 30 Henderson .. 6 3.3 43.54 44 58 50 H. Johnstone 6 3} 3i 41.67 36 37 58 Ellerslie 10 3} 6i 41.25 43 40 30 Balmoral 14 5 9 39.29 40 26 21 Remuera 20 9 11 38.75 36 46 52 ; This will be a big week in bowls, after i leaving Tuesday morning free for she : national observance of respectful homage to the memory of His Late Majesty King George V. Already the bowlers in a body

have paid a tribute to hie memory, carrying out on Saturday afternoon with due solemnity the thoughtful suggestion of the president of the centre, Mr. A. E. Written, that before the pennant matches started the players assembled on every green should observe a short period of silence. On Wednesday the bowlers of Auckland city and province will; celebrate in the usual fashion the ninety-sixth anniversary of the official proclamation of this country as a British possession and there will be about a dozen tournaments in the city and suburbs. On Saturday there will be the annual trek to Rotorua, to start on Monday the big Hot Lakes tournament, for which the usual 55 rinks have entered, and a fortnight-later the annual pairs tournament will commence. It is wonderful how easily the Rotorua tournaments are filled up, but this can be readily understood by those who have once played there, for there is no other place in the world where 200 men can play bowls in sight of each other and in sight of; natural jets_ of steam, while only a few. yards away is boiling .mud wjiicn has apparently been in the same state for centuries. The rink entries show the usual preponderance of Auckland players, but there is again a fair proportion of visitors from Poverty Bay. Hawke's Bay, Taranaki, Wanganui and Wellington. It seems unfortunate, therefore, that it has not been considered feasible to hold' the additional tournament which was instituted in. 1919 a little earlier each alternate year, so that when the Dominion tournament is held in Auckland or Wellington some of the South Island competitors thereat might be encouraged 'to stay an extra week for Rotorua, for I < cannot recall a single instance when a rink has been prepared to spend * in the North Island the two or three weeks which always intervene between the Dominion tournament and the Rotorua. PENNANT GAMES. ] HILI/SBORO' V. EDENDALE. At Hillsboro' (Hillsboro* names first). — Thompson 28, v. James 18; Buckle 27, v. Brcnvnott 3. ' £s dale (Etlendale names first). — ' Stringer 17. V " Holklws 20; Edmunds 10, v. , I . . BALMORAL V. AUCKLAND. 1 Bush 15^° r TOnA Ball SS ral nnmes first). — I 11; Denison" ; Kelly 23, v. Till 22 v TJrp i !: i> Mack y 26; W. C. Franks Goodall23 T HriS 1 ? 2 ' v " GiUes 25; Goldsmith 3 !?!" v e S n S° a 11: H " R - M A Wlke!f v\ ( "ch C appen 18 oT 3 v. Cannon 18 J pC'i 2 SI ?? nd , 21 • J 17; Hardle Neil 21 v V'J! laylaiHi 5 - 17, v. Gifford 14; II ' iIS w - Smith 15; McThail 20, V. Gibsot 22. * V " Barber , . • EPJSOM v. otahuhu. sas i NEW LYNN V. OTAHUHU. *r Otahuhu (New Lynn names first) ~2i. V " Downey 15 : Wltham 19, At Epsom (Bpsom names first! —Nnih 12. v. Morton 36; Ramsey 21,%/ Murdoch

f PONSONBY V. WAITEMATA. I At Ponsonby (Ponsonby names first). — ' McLeod 22, v. Bilkey 17; Richardson 19, v. McKinstry 13 ; Bryant 27, v. Osborne 20: Buchan 18, v. Potter 17; Bridges 17, v McGill 20. MOUNT EDEN V. PUKEKOHE. At Mount Eden (Mount Eden names first). —Joll 36, v. W. Blake 6; Findlaj 10, v. Moncrief 24; Dignan 8, v. Bish 25; Vivian 15, v. Burrows 17. MOUNT EDEN V. EPSOM. At Mount Eden (Mount Eden names first). —Shirriffs 19, v. Richmond 23; Gatenby 25, v. George 3 9 ; Taylor 26, v, i Mingins 18 ; C. Baker 24, v. Kissling 14; . Julian 14, v. Foubister 25. At Epsom (£}psom names first). —Mcl Cowan 11, v. J. Wilson 33; Lewis 14, v. J. , Smith 27: Wallace 20. v. A. W. Jones 25; Tanner 12, v. J. H. Baker 18; Bruce 31, s v. Hull 12. [ MOUNT ALBERT V. DEVONPORT At Devonport (Mount Albert names first I —Patters'ou 14, v. Doherty 19 ; T. Max--1 well 20, v. Trevithick 12; Holdsworth 23, v. 1 Rowell 23 ; l'oole 12, v. Lowe 21 ; It. Thomas ! 23, v. Gray 14; Wallett 15, v. Rees-George i 25; Blair 14, v. Anderson 19; Townley 23, v. ■ Layzell 13, ST. HELIER'S V. WEST END. At St. Helier's (St. Helier's names first). P. White 15. v. Brcmner 15 ; Russell 18, v. Irvine 18; Wright 17, v. Cooke 18. ST. HELIER'S V. TRANSPORT. At. St. Helier's (St. Helier's names first). Norn's 27, v. Sims 16; Brunette 14, v. Taplin 17. At Transport (Transport names lirst). — Wakefield 17, v. McMahon 22; Nash 20, v. Price 21. ROCKY NOOK V. REMUERA. At Rocky Nook (Rocky Nook names first). B. Kayes 28. v. Smith 16;. Hill 24, v. Sheath 15; Roylance 24, v. Harvey .lt>, Pret-ton 22, v. Bell 23 ; Loram 14, v. Duncan 28. „ .. ... \t Remuera (Remuera names first). — McMillan 20, v. Kcatley 31; Norton 23, v. Randall 13; Newton 21, v. W. J. Pearce _>0: Beatson 18, v. Anderson 21; Shrott Id, v. Cliffc 25. TAKAPUNA V. REMUERA. At Takapuna (Takapuna names first).— Collins 21, v. Burclier 11; Millis 13, v. Daniels-27; Waterman 13, v. Wallace -1, Christey 19, v. Barnett 20; Butler 13, v. Coe 215. At Remuera (Rcnvuera names first).—-Mac-farlane 17, v. Audley 26; Macey 15, v. Hunt 20; East 13, v. Hooper 27; Mellars 13, v. Hanna 39; Kissling 28, v. Cameron 22. WAITEMATA V. PONSONBY. At Waitemata (Waitemata names first).—Robertson 20. v. Jury 10 ; Corrln 5. v. Hunt 21 : Blaekwell 18, v. Cox 21; Hillam 34, v. Somervell 19; Copeland 19, v. Colebrook 23. HALLYBURTON JOHNSTONE V. ELLERSLIE. At Hallyburtou Johnstone (Hallyburton Johnstone names first). —Jackson 26, v. Buekrell 19: Breckon 25, v. Johnston 10; Haughton 16, v. Dickson 26. CARLTON V. ONEHUNGA. At Onehunga (Onehunga names first). — Vella 16, v. Laird 15; Macklow 19, v. Higgot 14; Livingstone 23, v. H. Clarke 13; Harrison 14, v. Little 24; Marks 19, v. Jones 24; A. Gatland 16, v. Turner 27; Kerr 17, v. de Launay 29; Bassett 17, v. Baskiville 24. At Carlton (Carlton names first). — Ritchie 20, v. Sutherland 20 ; Kent 19, v. Cross 24; G. Pollard 24, v. Kenny 24; H. B. Jenkin 33, v. Kerns 13; Perry 23, v. Schnackenberg 18; Hodd 25, v. Robertson 20; ltowe 26, v. Wright 20 ; Hosking 13, v. E. Gatland 19. CARLTON V. AVONDALE. « At Carlton (Carlton names first). —Gordon 22, v. Somervell 23; Must.on 19, v. Johnson 24 ; D. Fraser 17, v. Myers 18. At Avondale (Avondale names first). — Darrach 13, v. Fookes 23; Porritt 18, v. Torrance 24; Tomlinson 13, v. Lamb 28. CARLTON V. RAWHITI. At Carlton (Carlton names first). — Sinclair 16, v. Brown 21; Moir 26, v. Oldham 8; Coltman 26, v. Morrow 14; G. Cutler 21. v. McKinlay 29. At Rawhiti (Rawhiti names first). — Cliiplin 14, v. Lancaster 14 ; Macpherson 22, v. Truscott 25; N. Thomson 20, v. S. Jenkin 15 ; Kirk 24, v. Wrlghtson 20. WEST END V. MANUREWA. At West End (West End names first). — Faire 28, v. Graham 9; Needliam 25, v. Forbes 12; Wynyard 18. v. Watson 29. At West End (West End names first).— Hopwood 21, v. Brookfield 22 ; Whitten 18, v. Tyndall 24 ; Thomson 20, v. Dawson 19. At Manurewa (West End names first). — Brookes 20, v. Whltton 16; Colthurst 19, v. W. Smith 17 ; C. E. Hardley 21, v. Nieid 13. At Manurewa (West End first). —Watson 20, v. Chadwln 15. WEST END V. ST. HELIER'S. At West End (West End names first). — Hopwood 21, v. Brookfield 22, Whitten 19, v. Tyndall 24; Thomson 20, v. Dawson 19. AUCKLAND V. PAPATOETOE. At. Auckland (Auckland names first).— Bennet 24, v. Hosking 21; Jones 21, v. Civil 14; Codd 27, v. Mclvor 21; Woolley 22. v. Smytheman 23; Keys 13, v.. ParkerHill 18. ; MANGERE V. GREY LYNN. At- Hn /Afonfrorn nnmOC fi r«SM

At Mangere (Mangere names first). — Aldred 18. v. Newton 25; Connor 27, v. Dougan 18. At Grey Lynn (Grey Lynn names first).— Curtis 11, v. Prangley 21; Walker 10, v. McLaren 26. EDENDALE V. BUCKLAND'S BEACH. At Edendale (Edendale names first). — Addison 16, v. Brooke 26. At Buckland's Beach (Buckland's names ■ first). —Walton 23, v. Greenwood 20. GREY LYNN V. HELEXSVILLE. 1 At Grey Lynn (Grey Lynn names first). — Baildon 15, v. McAllister 26; French 11, v. , Smith 23. GREY LYNN V. PONSONBY. At Grey Lynn (Grey Lynn names first). — Cronin 20, v. Griffiths 19: J. Preston 25, v. Crowe 18; Puddle 15, v. Best 28. At Ponsonby (Ponsonby names first). — Parsons 17, v. Whittle 12; Rowbottom 20, v. McMurchy 27; Letham 27, v. Buckley 15. ONEHUNGA V. HOWICK. At Howick (Onehunga names first). — Goslind 16, v. Beckctt 23. At Onehunga (Onehunga names first). — T. George 17, v. Burton 18. INTER-CLUB GAMES. EDENDALE V. HILLSBORO'. At Hillsboro' (Hillsboro' names first). — Sheppard 25, v. Annison 11. HILLSBORO' V. GREY LYNN. At Grey Lynn (Hillsboro' first-year names first). —Gunner, Aitken, Stewart, Wood 24, v. Mudd. Gebbie, Simpson, Morgan 27. WEST END V. MANUREWA. At West End (West End names first).— J. W. Hardy 29, v. Webber 14. MOUNT EDEN V. DEVONPORT. At Mount Eden (Mount Eden names Ifirst). —First year players: South, Locking- ! ton, Lockhead, Lea 21, v. Egan, Saussey, Townsend, Buckley 13. EPSOM V. STANLEY BAY. At Epsom (Epsom names first). —F. Wilson 14, v. McMaster 23 : Ross 21, v. Smith 14; McDougall 14, v. Hitclieii 26. At Epsom (Epsom names first!.—First year players: Dunningham, Cerutty, Bennett, Jackson 11, v. Harper, Brookes, Crawford, Blenham 38. At Stanley (Epsom names first).—Stephens 19, v. Brookes 28; Leach 18, v. Cusworth 22; Furnell 14, v. MacGregor 22. HALLYBURTON JOHNSTONE V. GREY LYNN. First Year Players.—S. Blinco, Callander, B. Blinco, P. Stubbings (Haliyburton Johnstone) 14, v. Mickelborough, Gillam, Somers, Martin (Grey Lynn) 24.