WINTER BOWLS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 138, 14 June 1938, Page 18

WINTER BOWLS.

GAMES POSTPONED.

JORDAN PINS RETAINED. TWO TOURNAMENTS NEXT SATURDAY. (By TRL'XDLKR.) Conditions l'or bowling were decide-11 \ unpleasant on Saturday, and only a i..-w ;.l.i\ers hravt-l tin; c'eincnts. llard.ly any * : ii iii -1 up si the Balmoral preen, uln-iv tin- si eond day's jday in the two-Salnrd-i\ tournament nan c.tiled oil' and postponed :'ur a Wei k. At llill.-lioro. where the soil is smli 111 a t tin- i ecu is always pla\a I>ll ■ unless it is aetu-illy raining, plaveiv iu.ina-_'ed to tiet their frames wi-Ji-mt niueii im otn enieiK e. The posi poiiemeut a! Balmoral is unfot tunate. tor now the second da.\"s play will clash with the opening rounds in a similar toii-namcnt at 11 i 1 Islioro. Aii.\ who are in both will save iiiiamvenience t.i the othi-i lompetitois it they !_'i\'e pioinpt iml'm: to til-' unless tliey eau i-aih-stitiltes to till the bieaih. it is expe.ted that thole will not lie so many of these winter tournaments as usual this year, owin-r to so many preens having been recently t-ipili ess- 11. but tin- position ,viil probably- be easier towards Aupusi. It was intended to re-open the preen at Mount. Albert, a'ter Ik inp topilress-. d. i>\ {lie weeHy paine lor the Kdwin Stais. but this wart called olf. and next Saturday \V. ( opeland will take a Wail" niata rink then , as an an_-' d for la-t ueek. The two names at Ko-kv Nook will also stand postponed till next Saturday. I). ('. I"" i user (< 'a I 11" 11 I to play \V. Jf. Ki-atley for the Deiiis-m Pins, and }1. A. Kobcitson i < hieh iin.'-i i to play J. t_". co for the Dinners B.nines. A Challenge Repulsed. The Transpoit ( iub's winter preen w.i> -eieiieil tor the weekly ehii!--n-je inr th- 1 • lonian i'ins. which their link had captured iroin ()nehunp.i the lueviruis week. The preen was naturally very heavy, after all the rain, but during the play a few lipht showers only forced two or three short adjournments to the l-avilion. The Te l'apapa visitors did not seem to be troubled by the heavy '.oeoii, and they secured four on the first head, all drawn, but Transport responded with two twos and a sinple, and then kept ahead, althouph To l'apapa nainel a live oil the seventeenth head, to leave them only one down at 17 to 18. Transpoit thin pot two. To l'apapa one, and Transport one, to start the last head 3 up. The Te l'apapa skip made a pleat attempt to put the jack in the ditch with his last bowl i'or and |x>ssibly 4 for i win. but the jack went over the boundaiv dead, and on the replay the local rink scored

'•a..: K. J. Muldoon. 1". T. Billing, AV Jl. .1 si-roft.. \ . .1. Harding (Transport I holders 23, v. W. Stone, F. Taw. •' Davenport, W. Allcock (Te J'apapai challennera. 18.

The leads were well matched, and both played an exceptionally tine game. Mulilonn learned the ;i 1 t at <iisborne. and specialised as a lead, a policy that iiahelpcd many another to he relied upon to lay the foundation of a pood head, lint Stone was usually capable of dealing with him. Billinps was probably a 1 i'tb-»t*oi than Tapp <»' the day, and Horseroft's

experience gave him a plight advantage over Davenport. so Allcock had his work rut out to recover from awkward posilions. On tlie otjier hand Harding did not have much to do. and in the whole _'.ime lie onlv drove once. Ihe next , hailenger is J. S. Hardwicke l Kllerslie >.

The 1 tv'iett,il)le death of Richardson will remove a familiar and [•njjii!ar limine from the Reniuera l>ov\ 1:ii_' Club's gieen. He will be still more at the annual tournaments ot tne returned soldietv. where his company was aiw.ivs appreciated and his eheeitu heard with special pleasure by the old brigade, who thought so highly ol ihcir former chicf.