BOWLING.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 15487, 14 January 1916, Page 11113

BOWLING.

DOMINION TOURNAMENT. RINK CHAIIFIONSHIP. TORRANCE AND LAUGHTON IN THE FINAL. Fine weather experienced yesterday for tho fourth day of the New Zealand Bow.ing Association's Patriotic C ampions ip Tournament, and though there wa« a fairly stiff b w2 e blowing, it was noi t |'°_ deceptive wind of the procerus a.-. n terest ccntrcd in tho inter-sectional play m the Rink Championship, which took place on the Christchurch Club's green, and was closely followed by a large number of interested spectators. Tho surpTiso of the day u play was the defeat of Roslyn (Fountain) by Newtown (Laughton) in the semi-final. In the first round Christchurch (Torrance) was fairly well matched against Newtown (Wylie), the visitors pnttine up a stubborn fight, but the home team emerged the winners by 19 points to 17. Otago (L/. it. Smith) was up against a strong combination in Ponsonby (M. Walker), who took charge early, and points rapidly "Up to tn 17th head, when the flcoro stood: Ponßonby 35 Otago 10. The southerners played an uphill fight gamely, and scored on all the remaining heads, but were seven down on tho final, tho ptuno Ponsonby -o, Otago 18. Kaikorai (W. Allmitt) wero outclaescd by Waimate (T. M. Laing), the l as '" mentioned winning with ease. Good and interesting pLav was witnewed iiv the United (I. Woolf) and Wellington (E. J. Hill) game, tho United skip showing fin© WeJlingrUm scored finally on the 16th head, tho remainder adding to United s score. The finish was:—United 23, Wellington 13 In the second round, tho Ghristchurch (Torranoe) and PonEonby (Walker) was an interesting one, both sides p-aying well. The home team, however, proved the more consistent, and won by 21 points to 16. Newtown (J. Laughton) had an easy win from Canterbury (J. A. Redpath), 20 8. Thero was a close in tho Waimate (Laing) and United (Woolf) game, the southern skip pulling off a win by a well-judged and played final shot. Waimate 15, United 1.1. Roslyn (Fountain) found little difficulty in defeating Canterbury (Borland) by 30 point's to 20. In the semi-final tlwjre was a good nght put u» bv Waimat© (Laing) against Christchurch (Torrance), but tho Christchurch team early established lead, and tho eoutherners were never able to get ahead, the g*m© finishing on tli© 20th head, tho scores being Christchurch 22, Waimato 12. CrTea.t interest centred in the Rosiyn (fountain) and Newtown (Laughton) game, dn© to t>h© fact that the South Island team had come through tho competition without a single Ices. Newtown had ecored 5 before Roslyn started. Both sides kept on gradually adding to tlioir score till, on tho 17th, they were 13 all. Afterwards all tho scoring waa done by Newtown, who won by 20 points to 13 - , „ Details of the day's play aro as follows:— RINK TOURNAMENT. SECTIONAL MATCHES. First Round. Christchurch: J. H. Seager, J. Caughley, W. S. Atkinson, R. Torrance (s) 19; Newtown: J. Kerr, S. Spiers, A. J. Pollock, W. Wylic (s) 17. Ponsonby: M. Oasey, E. Buckley, V. Casey, M. Walker (s) 25; Otago: W. Robson, J. Campbell, E. FaJconer, C. R. Smith (s) 18. Waimato: A. Inkster, C. E. Tor lease, W. Chapman, T. M. Laing (e) 17; Kaikorai; W. Hildreth, J. T. Pettigrew, W. J. Thompson, W. Allnutt (s) 9. United: F. M. Brown, J. Brown, junr., J. Brown, I. Woolf (s) 23; Wellington: W. Wyatt, Frost, Dixon, E. J. Hill (s) 13. CHRISTCHURCH v. JNEWTOWN. Up to the 11th head, play in this gam© waa pretty equal. Wylie ■ (Nowtown) .drew first blood, scoring' one, to which Torrance (Christchurch) replied with 3, Nowtown scoring a, similar figure on the third; on the 4 th, th© scores were equal. On the sth, Newtown added 3, Christchurch responding with a similar score, again equalising things. On the 11th, both aides wero equal again with 10 to their credit. The next fiood sent Christchurch to th© fore with a total of 15. The 13th put another on to. this tota'., but th© next , three heads wer© Newtown's,. on© on each head bringing up their score to IS. Th© 17 th and 18th increased th© Christchurch total to 19, and th© 19th saw Newtown's total up to 14. Tho two last heads resulted in ono for each going to Newtown, the final pcores being Christchurch 19, Newtown' 17.: PONSONBY'v. OTAGO. 'Walker (Ponsonby) made a. runaway match of it tip to the 7th head, when 15 stood to their credit, whilst Otago's score stood at.nil. On the Bth, Otago put 3 on the hoard, and followed on with a four: on th© 10th, Ponsonby stood at ,17, and th® next head brought Otago's total to 9. Tboy scored one on the next head, but.,Ponsonby on' the 13th put' on 2, and the 14th. 15th, 16th,- and 17th were also secured by Walker, th© score then standing—Ponsonby 35, Otago 10. The remaining heads all added to Otago's score;"'the 18th bringing their total to 11, tho 19th added another 1, the 20th added 2, and th© 21st 4.

"WAIMATE v. KAIKORAI. In tho early stages this a fairly evenly contested game, Kaikorai (A 1 limit) scoring on© on cach of the two first heads, the 3rd anrl ith making "Waimate s £COTO 3. The sth Teeuit-ed in tho ecorcs being equalled. VTalmat© (I-aing), playing ' consistently, reached a total of 3 on the Oth head, their opponents' standing etill 'at 3, hut addi in# 3 on the 10th head. To this "Waimate responded -with 3. On tho 12th, Ka&oral put on one. "Waimato responding with a similar score on the neit head. The 31th va« also Waimato's, one being added. The 15th went to Kaikorai, bringing their total to £. The 16th and 17th wero Waimato's, one each, and increased their eooro to 13. Tho 18th and 19th added one each to "Waitnate'e score, Kaikorai scoring one on the i 20th, aDd Waimate finiching winners with 2 ! on the final head. "UNITED v. WELLINGTON. United (Woolf) made hot work of thi3 Same light from the jump, scoring on oach head up to the 4th, when thev had 7 to their credit. "Wellington (E. J. Hill) drew first blood on the 3th, when 2 went to their credit, and was followed bv 3 on tho nest bead. United put on 3 on the 7th, the Bth brought Wellington's score to 6, and the Oth made "United 14; tho 10th and 11th »ell to Wellington, bringing their total to 10. The 12th toad ©nded in United's favour, and made them 15, and the next head £ avo them another one. The 11th and 15th y ,ero Wellington's, and increased their total *r; -Th® finish of tho 16th was somewhat Suited stood to add 3, and the skip (V\ oolp, with his last bowl, playing with considerable judgment, unfortunately carried the jack too far, and Wellington got the decision, and added one to their score, which stood at,l3. The 17th added on© to United's io?£ 6 ' , 20 heads were played, the 18th, jyth, and 20th going in United's favour with 1, U, and 2 for oach head respectively. i Second Rcrand. Christohnrch: J. H. Seager, J. CaughJey, W. S. Atkinson, B. Torranoe (s) 21; Ponsonby: M. Casey, E. Buckley, V. Casey, M. Wajker (b) 16. ' Jfcwtown: C. Daviea, A. Da vies, A. Thiff, J. Laughton (a) 20; Canterbury: W. Maynard, A. Lowry, D. Bonayne, J. A. Redpath j W O. Waimate: A. Inteber. C. E. Torlesse, W. Chapman, T. il. Laing (e) 15; United: F. M. Lrown, J. Brown, jun., J. Brown, I. Woolf (&) 13. ' Roslyn: Brown, A. Baraett, Day, K. Fountain (s) 30; Canterbury: T. Kirker, K. ilastie, E. Hoffman, B. Borland (s) 20. CHIUSTCHUKCH v. PONSONBY. Ponsonby (Walker) drew first blood, scormg 3 on tho Ist head; Cliristchurcli (Torrance) scored xmintemjptedly to the Gth when 10 stood to their credit. The 7th and Bth were Ponsonby's, each head add in o- i. On the 9th, Christchurch added 3, and on tho 11th Ponsonby put on 2—Christchurch 13, I oneonby 10. Christchurch, by consistent P. la y> c? n t ln ? ed to pile up the ecore, and on the 16th had 18 to credit, whilst Ponsonby's score w aa 13. On the 20th, Ponsonby had rea-chod a total of 16, and the next head Christchurch totalled 21, and won. XEWTOWJT v. CANTERBURY. Newtown (Laughton) had decidedly the best of tho .opening portion of the game, and had scored 9 on the Oth head. Canterbury scored one on the 3rd and 2 on the hton continued to score steadily, and on the 14th his total was 11, whilst Canterbury's tota l was 7, which waa compiled by nmglea on the, 10th, 11th, 12th, and !t+-i c Canterbury did not score again until the final head, when one was added. maJnivj their total 8. Newtown scored consistently, and finished with 20 to tbeir credit. WAIMATE v. UNITED. v "&? enl; T contcste,J e»mo at the opening, both aides being 3 all on tho 4th head The next two hcada added 2 to Waimate (Laine), •United scored 1 on the 7th, and Waimate a similar number on tho Bth. Play continu!d and the 13th the score* stood—Waimate 9, United 7. Waimate, playing very consistently, continued to add to its total until on tho 19th tho scores were— Waimate 14, United 13. The finish of the gamo was somewhat close and exciting. United had a total of 13 %nd was lying three Waimate being 14, when the Waimate skip with his last bowl drew the shot and won. ROSLYN v. CANTERBURY. Ko»lyn (Fountain) opened well, and on the 3th. head had 14 to credit, whilst Canterbury (Borland) scored 2 on the 3rd and 3 on the Bth. i Good play continued to characterise Roslyn's play, the loth added 1, tbo 13th 3, and tho 14th 6, the score on that head totalling 24.-' On tho 15th head Ca'nter'bury was 10' behind having only 14 to credit. On the 17th Canterbury's total was 20, and no addition was made to this figure. On the 20th head Roelyn'a total was 30, and the game was closed. Semi-final. Christchnrch.: J. H. Seeger, J". Caughley, W. S. Atkinson, R. Torranoe (s) 22; Waimate: A. Inkster, O. E. Torleeee, W. Chapman, T. M. Laing: (s) 12.' Newtown: C. Davies, A. Da vies, A. Duff, J. Laughton' (a) 20; Roslyn: Brown, A. Barnett," Day, E. Fountain (s) 13. CHRISTCHURCH v. WAIMATE. Waimate (Laing) found themselves up against it in their game with Christchurch (Torrance). The southerners scored a single on tho Ist head, and put on 5 additional on the 6th; singles were scored on tho 10th, 12th, 14th, and loth, and two on the 20th. Christchurch played consistently and well, the game ending—Christchurch 22, Waimate 12. •

; NEWTOWN v.' ROSLYN. ' . Up to the 17th head thia gum© was fairly evenly contested. Newtown (Lnughton) scored 2 on the Ist head, 1 on the 2nd, iind 2 on the 3rd. On tho 4th Eoslyn's first scorc was 2,. the. sth added 1. On tho 6th Newtown added a single, followed by Eoslyn scoring similarly on tho 7th. On the 17th both sides were equal with 13 to their credit. From this onwards Eoslyn failed:to score, and the game ended—Newtown 20, Eoslyn 13. • THE FINAL. The final between Christcliurch (Torranoe) and Newtown (Laughton) will bo played on the Christchurch green to-morrow, starting at 2.30 pim. TO-DAY'S PLAY. A start will bo mad© to-day with tho Pairs Championship, play starting on all greens at 9 a.m. The games will bo played on the following greens:—Linwood, Christchurch, Edgeware, St. Albans, United, Canterbury, Op&wa, Sydenham, n.nd\New Brighton. In the results of Wednesday's play on the Linwood green, in the ninth round of C Section. .in error in the scores, duo to_ mishearing orcr the telephone, credited Newtown (Wylie) with 30 to Christchurch (Macdougall) IS. Newtown's score should Lave been given as 20. NORTH V, SOUTH ISLAND. PRESIDENT'S AFTERNOON. On the Canterbury green yesterday afternoon, Ladies' .Day was observed, and a match North v. South IslancjSpl'aycd. There was a very large attendance of. bowlers, a.nd the general public. After tho National- Anthem had been sung, tho president' of the Council extended a hearty welcome to all, and' Colonel Collins ako gave a short jwldross. The following are tlie results: — . North Island: Bright,, Pollock, Wyatt, Prince (s) 22 v. South Island: Bingham, McCalhim, Chegwiu, W. Edwards (s) 'J'J. North Island: McEwan, Of-bo rue, Ber.ficld, Gordon (s) 23 v. Soutli Island: Harknees, McKay, Jtialdauo, J. E; llaldano (s) 18. North Island: E. Eoiiert?, lo.e, Jackman, Webb (s) 17 v. South Island: Morrison, Store}', Jacobsen, Thompson (si 10. North Island: Montgomery, Fowler, Crane, Norwood (s) 21 v. South ls:and: liershaw, Burson, Marker, Efford (s) 22. North Island: Mci'lic?, White, Fishor, Masson. (s) 25 v. South Island: Broad, Themson, Calder, W. Waddoll (a) 21. North Island: Gatlatid, Fairway, Frc-st, Sievwright. (a) 2C ■v. South Island: Pool,• Halliburton. Henderson, Golds'ono (s) It'. North Island: A. Wy.ie, Keith, Still, Magnus (s) 21 v. South islaud: Dcc, Blundell, Court, W. Dee (s)• 19. North Island: Duncftn, H. T. Skoglund, Duuoclt. •N. 'Gray (s,i 27 v. South Island: Gagliard, Grant, C. Porter, G. Shillito (3) 181 North Island: Foster, Atkinison, Lyndon, Cohen (si 2<J v. South Island: Wallace, Smithson, Paiiiham, E. Wylie (s) 9. North Island: Inncs, Ballinger, Ferguson, Crowley (s) !.2 v. Soutli Island: Gordon, W. T. Sincliic. W. McDonald, A. Smellie (s) 10. North Island: Schancr. Potter, Satherly, Porteous (s) 33 v. South Island: Hutcheson, Gregory, Neill, McLaren (s) 1.1. North Island: ICitto, Hendry, COIO6. Stephens (s) 21 v. South Island: Brass, Otley, Orchard, (.■=) 25. North I<!and: P. Skojrlund, W. Waddoll, Tasker. Nosh (s) 21 v. South Island: F.astral 0, English, Finjiigstn, G. S. White (s) 19. North Island: BaskerviUc, Eyrie. Hill, Osmond (?) 21 v. South Island: Hawcrth, Wilson, Fraser, Ariflftrong (ei 27. Grand totals: North Island, 339; South Island, 260. At the conclusion of the match president of the Council presented a flag,'given by 'he ladies of Christchurch, to Mr Bu&h, the North Island representative, and a piece of silver plate to Mts Co'lins, wife of Colonel Collins. Mr Bush and Colonel' Collins suitably replied. Bags of sweets, tastefully tied up ■ with ribbon were handed round to the . ladies, each packet containing the name of a bowler. A committee of ladies selected Mr J. P. Keith as being the most fascinating- bowlet on the green, and the lady whose bag contained Mr Keith's name—Mtb AII--t —was prison ted with a pieoo of silver plate as a m»men'o. Mr Allmitt returned thanks. Cheers for Mr and Mrs Baruett concluded a most interesting and successful function.