TAURANGA'S ANNUAL BOWLING TOURNAMENT

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume 49, Issue 7624, 18 February 1921, Page 3

TAURANGA'S ANNUAL BOWLING TOURNAMENT

s> - D OF SECTION I’LAY. ■„ i.riiav MW the completion of 75io«»l Pl>l. "‘“‘“S 11 11 tbe tote before the last S a|»® "? complete- Th ' S'T™ 1 % ’“ ..“eh Wr »>»<>= “» 8“”slower. . re the results of »an.h rmtudetEIGHTH KOUM>. SECTION A. Seccombe (Otorohanga) '' ■pH /Master! on) 18, Duschka M v' Palmer (Te Puke) 20 ; kv Nook) 27, v WatT f 24 Y Wilson (Hamilton) 22; Howell (Carleton) a bye. SECTION B. (ff hakauno) p. v Blm (Ot . Abertl Hi Bo«» 28, V fSt (Whitiera) <J; Cletneo.. /ponsonby) * bye. SECTION C. (Puk^oh 6 ) - ' ,4 ; Lewis (Cam V Hardley (Wool End) p l4 plkiagtwi (Hamilton) 27, v tdr^y- t<>okes{Ul ' leton) a byeSECTION 1). Mill, (Takapuna) 26 v Lauchlan t \ 95- J D. Morrison (Te, ftr, v'Coole.(W«ieku) 30; Arena) , 17 v q ;ul ner r ,d fr ? r” - iW'sanU (Franktoii) 12; ■ Neil (At.ckla.rf) »>>>'■ ninth ROUND. SECTION A. “"■( H riru ’Crowley (To Koaf’sft o llowell' OGaaleton) 17; ,^SSTi ’ ve ' A ,i 3! isni (Thames) 22, v I>o . ller lI' A H il (Vhhi:.-a) 8. V Blair 24, v Clemson (Ponsonby) I'D 41 ' sons (Onehunga) a bye. SECTION 0. Bull (Napier) 30, v Manson (Ro-tm-ua) 24; Lewis (Cambridge) 11, v .w (h W io, ,r» (Hamilum) 26, v Hardlcv (West , End) 20: Rinuner (Marama) H, ■ Fookes (Carleton) 10 ,; Armstrong (I’ukekohe) a bye. SECTION D. Coote (Waiuku) 17, v LauCblau ISaMa) 16; Gould (Ngaruac ..hi.) 16, v t. D. “™“. Aroha) 14; F. Smith (h ranktol.) 18, v Tanner (Epsom) 18 ; lo™‘“ (Taurauga) 12, v R a^ le (Auckland) 11; Mills (Takapuna) a \ n the eighth round in Section A Crowley and Wilson (Harm ton) ted a great fight. On the 9th head Wilson was? down, 14-but bad brought the score oven on the LU head. On the 17th Crowley led again 21-17, but 4 to Wilson tm the 18th evened the scores again. Crowley 2on the 19th head and Wilson one on the 20th left Crowley lup (23-22) and a bead to go. When tha skips went down on the •last head Crowley was lying. r son with his first ran the jack to the ditch and out of bounds. Repljying the head Crowley lay tre ’ shot when he went to the mat. Wilson tried to draw and failed and then endeavoured to run the sho off but again - failed, Crowley thus winning 24—22. The ninth .round made, a certainty of the likely winners in all the sections. The winners were Section Wins Losses A Crowley 7 ’ 1 (Te Koa) ■ B* Rowe 7 1 (Taurauga) C \ Pilkington 8 (Hamilton) fi Mills ■ 8 (Takapuna) ■ As Crowley and Rowe each w-on their sections with one loss, t is brought Bull (Napier), who had only one loss in Section C, also m o the semi-finals. The draw l as night resulted in Mills and Bull . e iug drawn to play each other, Rowe and Crowley, and Pilkington and Mills or Bull. . Mills and Bull commenced their game this morning at nine o eloc , on Rink 6. It was playing well and very keen. . , Bull opened with tv a and - 1 s responded with two 3’s and a one. To this he added a 3 and a 4 before Hull scored again with a 4- u secured another 4 and a single H' head 14-14, Mills came again and was three up on the Hth be.U j Bull responded 1,2 and 2, 19 - 1 on the 14th, He couiuutwl xoro adding two singles and a and was 7 up—24--17— with _ t° ur heads to go. Two more _sing, cs brought his score to 26 17 w) ' two heads to play. On the - 1 Mills, Irving to burn the head, serv the jack to the ditch 7 down aiK r head to play Bull lav 3 on the as head. Mills "endeavoured to it but his first went wide, and Bn effectually stopped the next with a beautiful block, the game ending 29—19. . .. Crowley and Rowe started t game shortly after ten. Ciow C* opened th? scoring with 2. ° ' teams were playing well, U stores-came slowly. Crowley 'w ajhi splendid form, and Rowe a- 0 was placing splendid howls. 11 tbe 13th head Crowtev was 4 up, 19-6, Rowe got the next, -ira on the 15th head ('n.wlev was down with a bowl in hand. A ma r ' nificent shot took the jack dean and