BOWLING.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16406, 28 December 1918, Page 10

BOWLING.

TIMARU TOURNAMENT.

(special to "the press.")

TIMARU, December 2". The Christmas Bowling Tournament in Timara was concluded to-day, and it can only be written up as an unqualified success. The weather was perfect, as also were the arrangements, and the latter worked out with such accuracy aa to prevent the oossibility of a jarring note. The Tieitorg expressed their warm appreciation of all that was done for them, and intimated their intention to take part in next year's tournament at Timaru. All the play to-day took place on tho Timaru gTeen, the day being devoted to finals. Play was started at 8.30 a.m., and ended a few minutes after 6 p.m. ■J e f' Thorean, secretary, was most assiduous in his attention to his multifarious duties, which he carried out most successtuily, to the pleasure and complete satisfaction of all concerned. _ '{'o close of the tournament tho president (Mr E. D. Bust) presented the certificates to the winners, making . a happy speech of congratulation as he did so. Mr Galbraith (Mayor- of Ashburton) replied on behalf of the • visitors. He thanked the vi U Canterbury Centre , for the pleasureable time it .had given them, and called for cheerß for tho Timaru bowlers. These were very heartily given, and the compliment was returned by cheers for the visitors and the ladies.

The following are-results:— SOUTH CANTERBURY RINK MATCH.

Spiiler" 14 beat Porter 11. Burson 14 beat Templeton 11. , ] T, in ?i : , s P\ Uer ( B > Wilson, Mitchell, Turnbull (Sydenham) 24 beat Burson (s), Snell, Snell, Kingaland (Linwood). 16, Sydenham went off with a strong lead, and on the ninth head the score stood IS—B. On the twelfth head, Sydenham had a two to one lead. Except for a S scored by Linwood on the fourth head, the play was altogether in favour of Sydenham, who never lost their lead, and by careful playing only permitted Linwood to score 5 singles, the game ending 24 —16. _ As Boon as the teams settled down to their work, the issue was scarcely in doubt. The _ Sydenham team played with fine combination, while Linwood, in comparison with their showing ,on Christmas Day, seemed to have lost form. Sydenham well deserved their win. TIMARU RINK MATCH. Clare 19 beat Coull 11. Boyoe 17 boat Bradley 11. Final: Boyce (s), Miller, Hawker, Worsley (Park) beat Clare (s), Provan, Smallridge, Fyfe (West End). Clare started' off with one on the first head, but did not score again till the sixth' head. In the meantime Boyco • had scored seven. Up to this time play had been all in favour of the Park team, but from this on to the tenth head "West End recovered their lost ground, with the exception of one point, the score standing 9—B. It waa a game of small scores, and from the tenth head to the end the teams scored singles almost turn about, with the exception of two couples made by Park. It was a quiet, though keenly contested, game, and the final score 19—14 gave an indication of the quality of the two teams. Each played very steadily. SOUTH CANTERBURY PAIRS. First Round. Borland 18 beat Laing 14. Second Round. Chapman 14 beat Templeton 12. Moyes 16 beat O'Hagan 11. Borland 21 beat Fraeer 19. Miller 17 beat Gale 9.. Semi-final. Chapman 17 beat Moyes 15. Borland 11 - beat Miller 10. Final.

I Chapman and Healey (Waimate) 17 beat Borland and Benzie (Canterbury). 16. Waimate opened up with a strong lead, scoring 2, 1, 1, on the first three heads, and on the fifth head the scores stood s—l5 —1 in favour of the southern team. Play became more even, and on the eleventh head the score stood B—4; On the twelfth head, Canterbury added a quartette to their total, making the scores even. A keen contest then ensued, excop t for two 3'a Bcored by Waimate on the 16th and 18th heads respectively, all the Scoring was done by singles. Both skips jiiade full use of their driving powers, and the game created plenty .of _ excitement. Right u& to the last moment it was very difficult to say what tho result would be. The 21st head opened with Waimate one down, but they scored a single, and an, extra head had to be played. won the play-off after-a wily first-class pairs game, one of the best seen on the green for some time. '

TISIAKU PAIBS. First Round. Fountaine 19 beat Smith 18.' Second Bound. Courtis 12 beat Holmes 11. Higgins 19 beat Backer 13. Angus 13 beat Wilson 10. Pemington 14 beat Fountains 13. • . Semi-final. Courtis 11 beat Higgins 10. Angus 21 beat Penlington S. Final. Angus and fralbraith (Ashburton) 26 beat Courtia and Lane (Timaru) 21. This was % very keen and evenly-con tee ted game. Each' side opehed with one point on the first and second heads respectively, and while at the fifth head the score was 3—2 in favour of Timaru, at the ninth head Ashburton wiis three up. At the eleventh head Timaru got a 6, making tho scores': Timaru 11, Ashburton 8. The play from this 'out became very interesting indeed. The Ashburton skip's driving was very clean and true, and was the means of changing several heads and awakening great interest in the game, which 'did not Jack excitement. At the fourteenth head Ashburton scored 5, making the totals at this atage: Ashburton 20, Timaru 11. From this to the eighteenth head Ashburton scored three singles and Timaru scored one. Then Timaru added another five, making the totals 22—17. The play now became 'most exciting, and on the nineteenth head, with one bowl to go, Timaru were lying 5, but tho Ashburton skip-played a beautiful running shot, takmg the kitty back for 2 and making the ecotes 24—17. At the twentieth head Timaru scored a single, and _ Ashburton scored 2 on the lost head, making the final scores 26—31. Throughout this game the leads played very cleverly, and ■neither was at any .time far from the jack. The Tima.ru skip played one of his best drawing games, though he had an uphill fight against Ashburton's drawing. It was a gaibe of big scores and lightning changes, and the play was extremely creditable to both sides.

[ DUNEDIN TOURNAMENT. (PRESS -ASSOCIATION TZLSRRAM.) DUNEDIN, December 27. At the Christinas • bowling tournament, Summerfield arid Bentley won the Provincial Doubles againsit Rawlinson and S-tewart, the relative scores being 28 to 16. In the City Doubles Proctor and Amtmann bea-t Oman-i and "Wright in the final by 16 points to 13. UNITED CLUB. Progressive doubles were played on the United green on Boxing Day, 28.playens taking part. Six - rounds were played. The leading skips were I. Woolf and H. Roberts with five wine each, Woolf winning on tho highest aggregate of points. G. Neugeachwender and T. Chisnall each .scored five wins for the leads prize, and cs their aggregates wero also «iual, seven heads were played, Xeugeschwender winning.