BOWLING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 238, 7 October 1937, Page 22

BOWLING.

RINKS FOR EMPIRE GAMES, j STRONG AUCKLAND PARTY. (By TRUNDLER.) Seven rinks for Sydney were arranged last night at a meeting of intending competitors in the Australian bowling carnival, to commence in Sydney on January 17, and there were still sufficient in the room, or accounted for, to make up two more, so it is expected that these will be completed before the entries close. The rinks arranged are:—E. Leach, A. Coutts, W. P. Rankin, W. Ure (Auckland); VV. Whittaker, W. E. Hunt, H. C. Clarke, G. A. Deare (Carlton); W. Pomeroy, S. R. Hawken, J. Anchor, G. B. Evans (Hamilton); A. H. Chambers, E. J. Gatiand, K. J. Layzell, W. A. Davis (Mount Eden); J. W. T. Macklow, S. Vella, F. Livingstone, H. A. Robertson (Onehunga); another, J. I. Griffiths, R. S. Somervell, E. Jury (l'onsonby); W. J. Skinner, J. Proud, A. Blank, G. R. Hosking (CariI ton).

Consultations are now going on between those not yet placed and the discussions suggest that there will be a rink from West End as soon as Mr. Breinner returns from England and a ninth, consisting chiefly of Remuera members, while there is every possibility of another rink from South Auckland.

Most of these are also competing in the singles and pairs, but only a few of the partnerships have been so far arranged. This constitutes by far the largest party of bowlers who have ever gone overseas from Auckland, and the entries will be given to Mr. Gladding to go forward through the council executive in Dunedin. N'o advices are yet to hand regarding players competing from the South Island.

Most of the above will leave Auckland for Sydney by the Aorangi on January 11. but a few are taking the opportunity to make a preliminary tour in Australia, and will leave Auckland a week or two earlier. All will be eligible to play in the Empire Games, commencing on February 6,»«nd the council of the New Zealand Bowling Association decided, at its annual meeting on July 7, that the selection of the team of seven players would be made after the carnival, in the same way aa the Australian council is doing.

Mr. A. E. Whitten, past president of the Auckland Centre, presided last nignt at the meeting held in the Carlton pavilion and explained the details of the competitions, but there are still quite a number of decisions to he made by the tourists themselves, so another meeting will be held later on, probably early in November.

The order of play will be:--Rink«. aingles. pairs. -There will be six rounds of section play in the rinks and pair.-*, with po«f-section play on the sudden-death principle, but the singles will be sudden death throughout, following the usual custom in Australia. Play will be under the Australians laws of the game.

In the Empire Games, however, play will be conducted under the laws of the International Bowling Board. Everybodv will play everybody, the championship of the British Empire "to be decided in each of the three events by the number of wins. Ten countries competed in London in 1934. no everybody had nine games, and the only tie was in the rinks, in which England and Ireland each had eight wins and one loss. England winning the playoff by 21 to 16. South Africa tied with Scotland with six wins and New Zealand van fifth. England also won the pairs with eight wins, Canada coming second with six wins, and Wales tied with Hongkong for third place, each getting five wins. Scotland won the singles outright without a loss and Canada tied with South Africa with seven wins and two losses.

Further information on this great event will appear in the Sports Edition on Saturday, so that competitors will be well prepared for the conditions, and as til programme is by far the best that has ever been held out as an inducement to bowlers it is quite possible that further players will decide to compete.