WINTER BOWLING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 201, 25 August 1937, Page 21

WINTER BOWLING.

CAPITAL CONDITIONS.

CHAMPION JOURNALISTS.

VETERAN PLATER PASSES ON.

(By TRUNDLER.)

Another perfect afternoon for bowling was enjoyed on Saturday, so both of the two-day tournaments were completed. The Hillsboro tournament was won outright by J. H. Baker's Mount Eden rink, J. P. Mason as skip, with five wins, the next beet being that of R. Ecclesfield (Otahuhu). At Balmoral there was a tie between two local rinks, H. R. Goldsmith and J. W. Barber, and ae the former is engaged in the Denison Pins next Saturday the nnal i p postponed until his rink is released therefrom. The Balmoral tournament announced for September 4 and H is cancelled,- but the Mount Eden tournament for September 18 and October 2 holds good, with a full entry already received. An all-day tournament has been arranged on the Auckland g f C 'r n Saturday and a similar one at ie Papapa on September 11. Challenge Trophies Retained. The Edwin Stars resulted in another win tor the crack Rocky Nook rink. They secured four on the first head, the Auckl^L Sreen . S^ n ? them admirably, heieas most of their opponents had been playing very, little since the close of the summer season. Consequently the 1933' champion of champions had'an impossible proposition, as the head was too often against him when he. went to the mat, a j Yno- n *i Wa ® in llis favour the 1922 and 1930 champion of champions was usuettly equal to the task of recovering: W. E- Oughton, J._C, Yeo, W. A. Loram, ™ V xx tley ( R °<&y Nook), holders, TT'n ' « N or «-oss, A. F. Massey, L. (Hendtf**), Next, Saturday the game will be played at Rocky Nook, the challengers being E. East, R Griffiths, L. L. Macey, G. McMillan (Remuera), followed bv J Dick (Poneonby), J. H. Colthurst (West End)and H. E. Welham (Onehunga). Thj Denison Pins were aiso retained by the holders, but the winners claim that they were very fortunate, as the visitors allowed them to get four on the last head, although it was so scattered that they expected each Transport bowl to save enough to win: A. Hammond, W. Wannan, H. L. .Toll. E. Maud (Ellei*lie), holders. 19, v. E. Greenland. W. Horscroft G Greenland. V. Harding (Transport), challengers, 18.. Next Saturday's challenger is H. R Goldsmith (Balmoral), followed by C. J Moon (Mount Eden), P. W. Oates (Ponsonby) and J. A. Robertson (Waitemata). Soldiers On the Green. The returned soldiers had a fine game for the Diggers' Badges on the Devonport green, which they found in excellent order. The contest was much more interesting than the score would suggest, and both sides enjoyed meeting old comrades under such pleasant conditions: L. Wilson, A. Mason, W. E. Minchain, J. C. Preston (Grey Lynn), challengers, 23, v. W Harper, W. Rudkins, T. Mason, R. Worthington (Stanley), holders, 13. Mincham played a specially sound game for the winners, producing the form that has so materially helped other skips in big events.

The next challenger is S. Yella (Onehunga), followed by a Waitemata rink, whose skip is not yet named, and then comes W. A. Cadwallader (Edendale). The Jordan Pine gave a runaway win to ' Ellerslie, the club consequently having- the most unusual experience • of winning two challenge matches on three Sat- j urdays in succession. It is doubtful if such a thinf»~„has ever happened before, but the losers in thie match attribute their downfall -to the uncanny accuracy* of 'Gollan and-Wood, the seorebeinc: W. GSffan. R. G. Hay (Ellerslie), holders, 32, v. L. Rule, C. Loffley. A. J. Carson, S. E. Harper (Otahuhu), challengers, 13. The next challenger is L. Jones (Te Papapa). Wintering in Australia. Mr. George Redmond writes from Brisbane that there are 26 New Zealand boilers in that city, including W. A. Dee's party, of 13 from Nelson, and that two more were on their way from Sydney at titrje of 'Writing. ; He remarks on the pojjulanfcy of" Queensland in winter, and mentions that on the previous Thursday there were playing atithe New Farm green Visitors _ from New Zealand, Hongkong, Tasmania, New South Wales, "Victoria and West Australia. *•/

The final in the Queensland Metropolitan pairs had' just been played, between two Graeeville teams, when Albert N. Falk and "Barney" W. Cook defeated Percy J. King and Charles H. Boldery by 21 to 10. These names will probably be better known to Auckland bowlers after next January, for the three Boldery brothers are among the most successful players in Queensland, and they are bound to be in the A.B.C. Carnival in Sydney, probably with their usual skip, W. L. Currey, who recently succeeded Mr. M. R. Hornibrook, of bridgebuilding fame, as president of the Q.B.A. Falk is most prominent in Brisbane bowling as chairman of the pennant committee, and is widely known as editor of the "Queensland Bowler," a monthly 48page journal started eighteen months ago. It is a coincidence that he should win the Queensland pairs in the same year as the New South Wales pairs championship was won by R. T. Harrison, "Boomerang" of the "Sydney Referee." The latter also shares the Australian pairs championship, which he won last year for the first time, so he will be virtually defending two titles next January, when he meets the Auckland champions, and will be doing his best to win the championship of the world, in. the Empire Games. ,j <

The Oldest Auckland Bowler.: It would come as a .shock to all the older bowlers of Auckland" when they learned last week of the death of'JVlr. H. C. Cfibyce (Remuera). The reunion of veteran bowlers' .last March wos the only one lie had missed for over ten years'; and, in his absence through indisposition, the honour of deliveringthe first jack was deputed to Mr. John;Rehdell,ohlyone year his junior, arid nowVithe-oktest active bowler in Auck-' land. I.Tliere-waR ptesent for an hour or two the . oldest of alii Captain J. CorbettScott, ; but for. the last few years he has been a spectator only. Besides active m"embei"ship?*'i6f Remuera, Mr. Ghoyce joined the Auckland Bowling Club in 1903, and he took an active part in the club's jubilee celebrations in 1911, and also the diamond jubilee in 1921, although confining his competitive play to Remuera. ,