BOWLING.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19214, 21 January 1928, Page 17

BOWLING.

DOMINION TOURNAMENT.

PAIRS AND RINKS CHAMPIONSHIPS.

° SINGLES FINAL TO-DAY. The -New Zealand Bowling Association's Dominion tournament lias now readied its final stages, and to-day will see the last matches played. The good weather that ushered in the tournament has continued without a break, yesterday's play being again favoured with pleasant conditions, which were appreciated by the competitors and spectators. The sun, which had not been particularly strong in the morning, came out brilliantly after midday, and as a result the green played trickily, this accounting for the general falling-off in the standard of play. All the matches were played on the St. Albans green. The day's play resulted in the completion of the rinks and pairs championships, the Maitai pair (D. Dunphy and G. Logan) winning the former, and the Caledonian team (F. Kettle, V. Langley, D. Hutchison, and W. Poster) the latter. To-day the final of the singles championship will be fonght out on the St. Albans green. After the conclusion of the rinks championship final Mr A. J. Benzie, president of the New Zealand Bowling Association, presented the championship shield to "W. Foster, skip of the Caledonian team. On congratulating the Dunedin team on winning the coveted trophy, he said it seemed other cities got a loan of it only occasionally, as it had gone to the southern city on more than one occasion. Two yeai-3 ago it had been won by the Dunedin Club, and now it was the Caledonian Club's turn. They appreciated the very fine bowls of the winning rink, which had given them a lesson as to how bowls should be played. The losers, though beaten, were not disgraced.

"I hand over the shield to you for a year, and ask you to bring it to Wellington next year," said Mr Benzie, "as I shaU be taking a rink there myself." At his request cheers were given for the winners and the losers, and for Maitai and Hataitai, who fought out the final of the pairs competition. Mr Foster thanked the Association and those present for the way they received the winner. "Ours has been a mixed rink," he said. "It has been said that our lead has never won a first prize, but we stuck to him and made him our mascot. We havo had good games. I enjoy bowls and only wish I could get my living out of them. I am proud to take the shield back to my club." Mr V. Langley, who is vice-president of the Caledonian Club, said that he felt very proud, after fighting since nine in the morning. "I consider the true game, of bowls is the two-bowl game," he said. "Any team which can win the Dominion rinks championship' has put up a most creditable performance." His rink had come from the G- section, which was a very strong one in which three teams had tied for top place. "We put our backs to the wall," he said, "and wo stood together as a team. Our post-sectional games were very strenuous, but we had a fifth man with us all the time." His club was the second oldest in Duuedin. The winning of the shield would give bowling an impetus in the south, which would probably send more rink teams to the next Dominion championships. He would like to see it a little lighter for the bowlers at the tournaments. Three games, with only a scratch luneh, was a very strenuous day, especially for the older men. They were indebted to the Council for the arrangements. Tho greens had played well. St. Alban3 had been well prepared, but had been hard to play on during the day owing to the wind.

Yesterday-'s play resulted as follows:

RINKS. . Caledonian, Dunedin (F. Kettle, V. Langley, D. Hutchison, W. Foster) 17 v. Auckland (F. E. Marriott, J. L. Keys, 0. Huston, M. Walker) 16. Caledonian (W. Foster) 19.v. Temuka (J. Gourley, L. Hunt, W. ilcCallum, T. Edwards) 14. ■Final. Caledonian 19 v. Temuka 15. ; PAIRS. * (Umpire; M. F. Barnett.) Third Round. St. Albans (J. N. Du Feu, E. A. Smith) 18 v. Ashbury (A. Cullen, D. Menzies) 15. Maitai (D. Dunphy, G. Logan) 17 v. Hataitai (A. Woolley, H. L. Brighting) 12. , Hataitai (J. Kershaw, W. Fielding) 26 v. Carlton (A. Coutts, H. Clarke) 20. Fourth Bound. Logan 26 v. Smith 12. Fielding 22 v. Chambers 15. Final. Logan 26 r. Fielding 9. SINGLES. Twelfth Round. J. Scott (Caledonian) 24 v. J. B. Keid (Lyall Bay) 8. T. Fergus (Balmacewan) 20 v. C. Muston (Auckland) 15.

RINKS.

CALEDONIAN V. AUCKLAND. In what was undoubtedly the most interesting and exciting struggle in the tournament, Auckland lost their life, and with it the North Island's chance of winning the rinks championship for 1928, when they went down to Caledonian in the first game of the morning. Even if Foster had been beaten his rink would still have had a life left. It was a game of lost opportunities for Auckland, and characterised by a sterling, uphill struggle which gradually wore the northerners down, and gave Dunedin a well-deserved victory. On all of the critical heads in the second half of the game they undoubtedly played superior bowls, and man for mail were in tha ascendancy. It is safe to state that a good proportion of the large crowd who clustered round the result board and watched the game from all angles of the green had never imagined that so much excitement could be infused into what is generally regarded as the most placid of pastimes. Dealing with the players individually, North Islanders will admit that Kettle, the southern lead, had Marriott beaten all the way, and when the second men started to bowl the advantage nearly always lay with Foster. Langley (Caledonian) was undoubtedly playing the best bowls in the game. His opponent, Keys, made few mistakes, and was very consistent, but he was meeting a man who had judged the pace of the green to a nicetv. Time after time Langley's bowls were" almost touchers, and. the way iu which his draw shots curled round through the other timber demonstrated to what a science bowling has been developed. On some of the heads Muston was unsurpassed, but he seemed to lose his confidence with variations in the length of the heads, and failed at the critical time. Like Foster, Hutchison was exceedingly steady and consistent, Natu?i y * to« his meu beaten individu?i y, v I. r alwa >'6 found that he had the lion s share of work for his two bowls, and on the last head he was faced with a ™.fk well-nigh impossible. It was a head which could not be burnt, and when Foster saw that Auckland were out to trail the i I' J lB not on 'y sent down some good back stuff but spread his bowls all over the head, so that no matter where the jack went to, ms _ r , lnk could not possibly lose three. Caledonian started off with a three on the opening head, and Walker replied with a simi- *"• , Foster then increased to four on the third, Walker adding a pair to his total, Cale-,

donian climbed to five, but «ifh <u the sixth the northerner, „ • 5 three on which they increased to tw o a Uad - Foster drawing level with »»S th ° * eveQth . Once more Walker tvp„l two on the nextwhich was thobe^n^^ 1111 a "l" 6 ' put them ««/ahead." on the "lSh W t h i, ich scored a s ngle. and twn 1 e 10th the y next two hefds. The ££ !" ° a . me on tha o£ their fortunes, and was * ? dec M M of the game. The unlucW nuVh' mnß f P ? 1 ? t had a real significance for ?hf \ r , c f rto ' nl y for Foster starteda wn «« d»tu. k "n" 8 ' pajrtoown in which™*

i T ! le 1 1 i th was ,. a Ehort head. After Lan~ ley had drawn shot, Kev* with » ™ i \ s paced bowl which' riJlYe'd the kithup the head. Hutchison bowled shot and ?he iack FostTv 5f f , one *«' behind and out'Vne'lf i drive Tho p.i„°j • 01 His own with -.V, i ?- lhe , Cal edoman skip was narrow with his second, and Walker made the same mistake, bowlmg short when no damagl coutf have resulted from a full length ball This left Foster still with one. The ear v bowk '?£ ' he 15' h head were poor. Muston d™w third shot, Foster lying two, and Hutchison ran over with his last. Then Foster secured the shot with a beauty, and Walker's first had insufficient green. In au attempted drive 1 oster cannoned a bowl into one of his own shots. Walker s last was a poor one, running into timber, and Foster took two on the head, making him only two behind ill of the first four balls on the 16th' head were near the jack, it being a measure, for shot. Keys and Langley were both thin with the. first bowls, but with his second Kevs cut out the shot ball, making his rink lie two. Hutchison retaliated by cutting out the shot so that Walker lay one. It was Huston's turn to bowl shot, and Hutchison took it out with a drive. With his second Huston went across the head. With 12 balls gone Hutchison asked his skip for fireworks He wanted the shot bowl shifted, but instead roster bowled a perfect draw which curled m and lay next to the jack, and Walker trailed in just behind it. The southern skip was short with his second, and Walker's last was timbered, leaving Foster one up still, and only one behind on the game. A rather short head, the 17th was opened by Kettle bowling the shot jack high, and with eight bowls gone Walker was four down. Muston ran over, and Hutchison knocked in a Calodonian bowl nicely. Then Muston drew second shot, and Foster was too fast with his opening bowl. Walker's followed in its track. With his final bowl Foster secured the shot amid applause, and Walker missed the jack by inches iu an attempt to drive, leaving his rink one down and the- score 14-all. The 18th head was a very short one. Caledonian lay shot, and Keys came in with a better one on the other wing. Langley circled inside it with a toucher, and Keys went through tho port with attempts on both hands. With his first Hutchison was timbered, and Muston played too hard. Hutchison did nothing with his second, and Muston ran in for second shot. Playing to the left hand, Foster ran through, and Walker was very narrow. The Dunedin skip's last bowl had no legs, and Walker failed with a drive at the shot -which, if it had succeeded, would have given him four. It was less than an inch away. Foster was now in front, 14-13. Laugloy bowled shot just behind the jack on the next head, and Keys, though a trifle narrow, sent down a third ball. Hutchison went wide, and Muston took insufficient green. Hutchison again did nothing with his last, and Muston ran just inside Langley's -with a perfect shot from the left. The southern skip ran across with his first bowl, and Walker was close to the kitty. Muston's shot still held, and Walker played safety, leaving the score 14-all, with two heads to go. Langley and Muston were playing superbly. The 20th was a short hoad, and after the leads had finished Foster lay one. Langley was wide with his first, and Keys answered with a shot bowl. With his second Langley was thin. Muston knocked Keys in to within a foot with his first bowl, and Hutchison essayed a drive, missing. Then Muston sent down another pretty one, second shot, and Foster took the only way out, burning the head. Marriott made it a little longer the second time, and his last bowl was a good one. Keys rolled in to second position, and Langley curled in with almost a toucher, lying shot. Muston did nothing with his first, and Hutchison went over. The green appeared to be playing too fust for Auckland's third man, and ho was too strong again. Walker ran right through with his first and Foster drew applause with a perfect bowl which ran into the shot position. His last was also very close, and Caledonian lay three on tho head after a measure, and three up on the game. The final head was one of the shortest of the game, and Kettle bowled nearly a toucher with his first. His second was just as good, but Marriott ran into shot. There was too much weight in Langley s first, aud Keys was wide. But with his last Langley glanced in off the front bowl, touched the jack, and lay shot. Keys attempted to trail the kittv, but missed. "Put tho kitty into the ditch" was the instruction to Muston, but be failed also. Then Hutchison drew in a beautiful back bowl. The Auckland third's last bowl was too strong, making it harder than ever for his Tiuk. Foster s tactics were now to scatter them, and lie took his own through nearly to the ditch. Walker cut one of his own out, and without a measure it was announced that I oster lav four. He used the green at the back of the kitty again, and with the final bowl of the match Walker drove hard, smashed out two Caledonian bowls, and left his rink lying two. Foster thus won, 1 1 -16. CALEDONIAN, V. TEMUKA. The green was rolled at the luncheon adjournment, and, alter the strong sunshine of mid-clay, was much more tncKy and difficult Kot nearly the same interest was taken in the second game ot the rink* championship between Caledonian (W. i oster) and Teniuka. (T. Edwards), as in tho game between I'oster and Walker, it being' generally anticipated that the Dunedin rink would win. Moreover, both of thesw rinks still had two lives. If anything Lav/aids was playing a better game than 1« oster, but the same could not be said for the Teniuka skip's other threo men. His third, Hunt, was decidedly weak and no match fo- Hutchison, while Langley, although not quite eo good as in the previous match, was a hard nut for the Temuka men to crack. In the early stages of the game, Edwards scored a four whicn Foster reduced in singles. The latter first had the lead with a three on tho fourth, added a single on the fifth, and led 6-5 on the nest head. Edwards drew equal on the 7th and the two rinks were on even terms again on the ninth. Foster secured a. pair on the tenth. Edwards a single on the 11th and 1< oster another pair on* the 12th, while the Temuka. v:nk got within one, 10-11. on the 13tU. The latter then failed to score for three successive heads, and with two pairs Caledorian established a margin of live. iho 16th was a short head and ihe leads were a long way off the kitty. Langley was narrow and McCallum came in with a toucher. Still 4ft short, Langley's second was a much better bowl than his first. Hutchison was close but he crossed the head, but Hurt ran into wood. Huchison went behind _ itt and Hunt closed the port. Playing into the ruck, Foster left Temuka stiU lying one and 'Edwards went past. The" Fosterplaying to draw, got hooked, and Edwards played safety, giving Temuka one on the head. A Caledonian bowl was dumped in fcy Gourley and lay shot on the 17th head. On his fiist, Edwards just drew past and Foster ran to the right wing. Then Edwards touched the kitty and pwjjf/ ™"| towards a Temuka bowl. F° st . er rS? short and a measure gave Teniuka a point on the head. On the 18th th ° fi ' s * r X* were well.away and failed to improve it. VKth nw »«. also Langley was fairly wide .^ d C ? Q with his next, bumped a bowl, "> *»» pairs game on fte negh bo«"g r ink.^.At anytMnT HutSuoutran in nicely for Zand' Hunt, who was right off hie game, crossed tlSheVl. With his second bowl HuteHson did the same thing, onlyworse and then Hunt ran into a fair posibon with his last. Foster's to handy Pf ft ltl °\ e^rß fofahot. The Calelooked like » ""»™£ t opportunity to make ng thin, Edwards responding wil another good one. He scored TSi'si the **-*.» ftj , aiawnßh ,,art rTard w?t! to fiwt.but circled ey ran pas a yard mi in close ™ l Vl J Hutchison was short, over the head and Hut**" t Hunt d The TLangey's and Hutchison's seca second to Lang oy » A f ond bowl was also , a «££ tterß no better shot by Bd^ taking a lot ot for his nnk and With his final green sent a slow o bowl Edwards made a por* came through S ow had a poor U , 15 ° n e J& The 20th head was only chance of ™ n * g V;,« len-th of the green, about two-thirds tee l en^ fl but % OUT . b^led 3 P oo|y. Sending ley and al "™ Hutchison brought his down a good one, -p- Hunt ou{ . ouJ . rink Hutchison opened it up. Then, one and to ,^ so ° tra iAt ball, Hunt burnt with a o nL first good shots th \ h ! ad , in the game. Gourley played hehadplajwi m the.= ked a littlo the m in very close also closer. McCallum «. L, an gley curved making Teniuka be Mvm r I„ through in for second shlot. -u he j { aR d Hutchison traJed the a j taking shot P°f* o £ ostor - all j„ very close failed t°, com f H o"- an a Edwards bowled what to second PO"*""?™ his ball, but he looked like a measure wun , nT t Couriers first on th/final out i oi 't. one was a beauty and stopped head, a long one. _ W K ule went we yi pasl or- 1 ? % f0 Ws *e'cond was another good and Fa°mn" to So enough green, Kettle one. IT 111111 " 0 g „ith his second and Mcwas a l° n * ™ y °i y to the diteh. Langley Galium «»* McCallum then ran in also went P^ 3 Lang i ey bowled clean for 3 np. » tOO heavy and landed through and third itio ia -,w bowi a trifle too strong. The last mii \ % „ TTunt took hardly any green. bowl fe«»JKEL,b<ml, Hutchison drew S itt drove, leaving the the shot ana ftnd Uy ££<> head one «i"

ond, and Edwards missed altogether with another drive. He had to be contented TUtn one on the head, and his first life was gone.

THE FINAL. CALEDONIAN (W. FOSTEK) 19 t. TEMUKA (1. EDWARDS) 1». When the final of the rinks began, loster had two lives and Edwards one. lho J.emuka. rink opened with a score ot two, ! Caledonian replying in the next head with one in a game which was characterised dv many heads ' being killed. Edwards added another in the third head from a tignwy drawn position, but in the next Foster went to four, making him one up at the « n< f OI the fourth head. In each of the next two, Edwards gained a point, but be did not score in the seventh or eighth. The skips supports were plaving some strikingly good shots, with the result that both skips found themselves faced with difficulties in making a great margin in ths score. The ninth head was a particularly good one for tne Temuka rink, in which they added four points, giving them a margin of that num. her. Edwards added another in the lUtli head, in which the play was not so accurate as in that preceding The 11th head added another two points to Foster, "P to which time no fewer than four heads Had been burned. The southern skip tried a drive with his last bowl in the 12th, leaving Temuira with one up. The leaders on the 13th heat! were well astray. McCallum, who was plaving well, secured the shot and Teniuka. were- lving three when Hutchison cut out two with a drive and curled in prettily for. second shot. Foster got a singlo out of this head. Again McCaUum drew shot on the 14th, but Hutchison drew light up to the kitty. Later on in the head Temuka lay two and Foster, with » perfect draw, trailed the jack slowly through and lay shot. He got one up on the head. The green was slower and the bowling better than eariier than in the afternoon, the leads particularly being much improved in their play. McCallum was right on his game for Temuka. He once more got shot on the 15th head, but the opposing skip with his last bowl reversed the head in favour of his rink. Hutchison knocked in ft Temuka bowl and gave them shot on tho 16th, and did the same thing with another ball. Both of the skips were well astray and Temuka held the advantage. With three heads to go, Temuka were still two up. Of the first eight bowls on the 19th. head, Kettle's was the closest and Temuka were three down. Hutchison drew in to shot position with a- beauty, and Foster ran in for second. Then Fester _ sent in another counter and Caledonian gained four on the head. Edwards was lying one on the 20th when Hutchison ran across with his second,' touching kitty and making Caledonian lie two. With hi 3 last Hunt sent tho jack to the edge of the ditch from a, cannoned bowl. Foster drew to within two feet of it but did nothing with his second bowl, while Edwards put one of his in tho ditch, leaving Foster one up. The final head was exciting. Kettle lay a bowl two feet away. McCaUum failed badly with rToth of his. nunt tried to trail the kitty but left it near a bowl of Hutchison's, and Edwards failed with his first attempt to drive, touching nothing. 7«fe> was cheered when he burnt tho head with a fast and true drive. Shadows were now falling across the green. Langlcy now ran in for shot and McCaUum knocked him a, hit closer Hunt was narrow. With his first bowl Foster took tho shot position. Edwards once again tried to burn the head but missed. Foster's last bowl disturbed the head a little but still left him lying one and the Temuka skip did not succeed in a. final attempt to smash np the head Foster took a point and won tho game by four. .

PAIRS. ST. ALBANS V. ASHBURY. In the match St. Albans (J. K. Da Fen, 35. A. Smith) v. Ashbury (A. Oullen, D. Henaies) tho local players showed the greater consistency and to this owed their success. Smith lost the first head, but won the next two, and at the tenth had a lead of tour points, increasing this to 9 at the 16th. Menzies then took the 17th, 18th, and 19th, reducing his deficit to three points. Smith took.the 20th head by n point, leaving Monzies four down when the 20th head was commenced. Considerable excitement prevailed at this stage as Meuzie had an opportunity of drawing level. He attempted to trail kitty so as to lie four, but his shot, although a good one, was unsuccessful, and found the ditch without touchiug any bowl. MAITAI V. HATAITAI. The two leads iu tho game, Maitai v. Hataitai. played in the morning, gave an exceptionally fine oxhibition of bowling. Up to the 17th head the scores were very even, indicating excellont play. Logan, the Maitai skip, was using bowls with an unusually heavy bias, and evon so handicapped his game was clover and effective. Brighting, the Hataitai skip, also provided interesting play, his drives failing at times, but his 'tween play shots seldom missing their objective. Up to the 11th head Maitai was leading by three points, the scores iu the interim finding little difference between them. On the 11th head the umpire was called in to decide a shot, and ha gave it as a tie. This ended the head, and the score went on the same as the previous head. Hataitai were lying one when Haitai drove out and lay the shot. On the 13th head Maitai were lying two shots. Brighting tried to save with his first, but failed, and Logan, with his second, drew a beautiful shot. Brighting drove and took out the 4ying shot, leaving Maitai 3. Logan then drew a toucher. Brighting tried to save, but played a narrow bowl. Logan drew another shot and Brighting, in endeavouring to draw, knocked a short bowl of his own into second place, Maitai scoring one. On the 14th head the leading bowls were fairly wide on a short head, and when the skips went down Hataitai wero lying two. The Maitai skip altered the position with his first bowl, drawing the shot, and Brighting failed to alter. With his second Brighting played a running shot. This knocked Logan's first bowl on to the jack. This bowl continued on with the jack and still lay. Logan drew tho second shot with his next, and Brighting drove, getting both and leaving the Hataitai leader laying the shot which Logan failed to rest. A measure finished tho head, the scores being 11 —10. With his first shot on a long head Brighting drew within sis inches of tho jack. Dunphy overran the shot, but in his next drew the shot. The position was unaltered when the skips changed over. Brighting's first went short and Logan's bowl followed suit. Logan then tried to rest his opponent's bowl lying behind the jack, but just failed. With his last the Hataitai skip rested Maitai's shot bowl, and lay 2. Logan failed to alter, making the score 12 —11 in Hataitai's favour.

Hataitai opened the 17th head, throwing a long kitty, Wooller drawing within three inches. The Maitai leader just failed to move it. Wooller drew another, and Dunphy's bowl was a ditcher. Wooller played a toucher and lay 3. Then Dunphy let go a beauty, resting on his opponent's bowl, lying the shot two inches from the jack. The position was the same when the Bkips went up to play. Brighting failed to alter, and Logan went a shade narrow. Iu his second Brighting narrowly missed shifting the kitty. Logan drew well behind. Brighting failed the draw in the next shot and Logan was content to keep wide. After holding an inquest on the head Brighting failed to alter, and Logan continued to keep wide. The score was then 12 all. At the 18th head Dunphy threw the jack to the shortest possible distance, and drew his first within two feet. Wooller was a yard over. Dunphy, with his second, drew behind the jack and Wooller was a toucher, failing to remove the jack. Dunphy played the next a yard short, and Wooller followed with a narrow one. The Maitai lead did not alter, and Wooller .again failed to shift the position, Maitai lying -. Logan's first rested Wooller's bowl and lay 3. Brighting, resting Logan's shot, left Maitai lying one. Logan and Brighting both sent wides, and then the former carried the kitty, laying a beautiful shot - which the Hataitai skip failed to alter. Logan's next shot tipped another of his own, and Brighting tried a run, bumping one of his own «P *° the second shot. On the 18th head Dunphy again threw the jack a short head. The head was uninteresting, and when the skips went to play Logan's first was short and Brighting pushed up into second shot. Brighting elected to drive with his last shot and removed one, the Bcores being 14—12 in favour of Maitai, with two heads to go. The 20th was a short head also, and both leads overran, Maitai lying one when the skips changed. Maitai's first was short, and Brighting drove with the third shot which ran through the head, removing one of Logan's. The shot was left in doubt. Maitai's last pushed up one of their own, leaving them lying 2. Brighting missed wtih a run, and the score was Maitai 16, Hataitai 12. Dunphy threw another short kitty for the last head, overrunning with his first, .and Wooller drew within a foot of the jack. Dunphy next failed to get up, as also did Wooller. Dunphy's third was a trifle heavy, and Wooller was short. With his last Dunphy drew very close to the jack and Wooller drove and missed. Playing for P os '' tion, Logan went well behind the head. Brighting drove and missed, and Logan, with his second, drew a toucher and lay 2. Brighting drove again and again failed, and Logan drew another. A third time Brighting failed with his drive, his intention being to burn the head. The last shot left Maitai the winners 17 to 12.

HATAITAI V. CARLTON. Playing against Hataitai (Fielding), Carlton (Clarke) opened well, but the Wellington pair pulled themselves together after the fifth head, and from this stage did not let up. In the eighth head they had three shots handy to the jack when the skips went down, Fielding then bowling two beautiful shots. Clarke played wide in an endeavour to save, but failed; Clarke drove the jack into the ditch in the thirteenth head, and lay shot a yard off, Fielding driving and picking off the shot bowl. At the finish of the head the score was: Fielding 19, Clarke IPFielding drew six shots in the fourteenth head, and, in ths following head was lying

I four up, but a mis-shot robbed him of three. Kershaw secured a couple of shots in the seventh head, but Clarke got second. In the eighteenth head Fielding got a single, and in the nineteenth Clarke scored two. The latter player was successful in the twentieth. Kershaw got the shot, but it was displaced by Coutts. With his second Fielding got a short trail and lay the shot. Clarko w ' t ? "is last getting the jack and lying two , j . Comm encing the last head Clarke needed five to secure a tie, but settled his chances by sending the jack into the ditch when attempting to burn the head. Fielding was left with the shot, and as Clarke was unable to effect a save, Fielding got a single, the match ending in a win for Hataitai by 26 points to 20.' ST. ALBANS V. MAITAI. ,„ between Logan and Smith resulted in an easy win for Logan, who held the advantage throughout, except at the first, sixth, and seventh heads, improving as the game progressed, while his opponent failed completely to show the form which characterised his play in the morning. The first head went to Smith by a point, Logan takJ"?™ second. At the conclusion of the third head Logan had a lead of three points, but at the sixth the score was: Smith 6, Logan 4. The seventh head saw the score 6-alI, and at the ninth Logan was ahead to the extent of three points. At the twelfth head Logan with a beautiful shot trailed Kitty and won the head. He did equally as well in the next head, being now eight points to the good. Logan continued to draw ahead, playing his shots with a precision that proved disconcerting to Smith. He trailed kitty at the fifteenth head and put his following shot close beside it, being now 10 points in the lead. Two heads later the score was 17 to 10 in his favour. At the eighteenth head Smith's first bowl was a pretty one, but his second left a clear green to kitty, Logan lying four up. Smith played badly at this stage, and Logan ran out the winner by five up, the score being now 22-10, which Logan increased in the next head by four points. Smith played better in the next head, reducing the deficit to the extent of two points, but the match was now won and lost, although the twenty-first head was commenced. It had not progressed far, however, before Smith burnt the head, the game then finishing. SUMNER V. HATAITAI. Sumner (T. F. Chambers) v. Hataitai CW. Fioldiug). The game opened with Sumner scoring three points, but Hataitai scored in the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth heads, at the end of which the score was 8-5 in their favour. Sumner added one in the next, but the next two heads brought Hataitai up to 15. On tho twelfth Chambers added two, but saw Hataitai go to 18 in the following two hjads. Both sides were playing excellent 'd.wls, hut tho Hataitai pair were tho steadier. At the seventeenth head Chambers was lying the shot at the change-over, and mado another, Fielding's last two bowls being just too wide out to touch Chambers out. Both openers were short on the eighteenth, the first four linwN !v>" ■ >, lino over a yard in front of kitty. Hataitai then drew the shot, but the lead dropped his last ball and it fell far short. Chambers fell Bhort also, knocking Hataitai up a little. Fielding played too firmly and Chambers was again narrow. Fielding's next loft a widely-spread head, and he made a fine shot with his last, ending two up on the, head. With three heads to go, Hataitai went into a good position, Sumner falling short. Hataitai's lead's second bowl went further behind and rather wide, and the Sumner lead placed his next just in front of the jack. Hataitai played rather strongly, as did the Sumner lead for the change-over. Fielding drew to a good position, but Chambers trailed the kitty a few inches with his next. Fielding just missed wicking off the front bowl, and Chambers's next was too strong. Fielding ran through a narrow port, Chambers following a shade wide, leaving him three down, at which the head ended, 21-14. The twentieth head was a short one. Tho Hataitai lead went wide, while his opponent fell short, and when the skips changed ends a very open head was left, no bowl being within three feet of the jack. With his first Fielding ran just behind kitty, and Chambers's first bowl had not enough legs, though it was a good length. Fielding could not get through the front timber, and Chambers then burnt the head cleanly. The re-play was on a head of average length. Hataitai's lead fell a yard short, while Sumner b lead was too strong by two yards. Hataitai almost touched the jack with his next, and Sumner drew just inside him. Hataitai s lead was very wide and strong with his next bowl, and Martin also put in too much weight. Both were short on their fourth essays. The Hataitai skip played his first with the exact weight, but Chambers was too wide and strong. Fielding's next was nicely placed just behind kitty, while Chambers s was a shade narrow, a wick making no alteration, and Chambers was still one up. A puff of wind stopped his next, and with his last he tried to kill the head, which was of no use to him with Buch a margin at thi3 stage of tho game. The final head was a long one. Sumner's Jead went a foot behind while his opponent was a similar distance in front of the jack. Sumner was a"ain a shade to strong, and Hataitai drew the shots shade short. The Sumner lead wont back to his other two bowls, and Hataitai also ran behind. After the changeover Fielding was lying the shot._ Chambers struck the front timber and Fielding drew in to the rear. In trying to take the shot bowl away Chambers fell a little short and the game ended: Hataitai 22, Sumner Ib. THE FINAL.

Hataitai (J. Kershaw, W. Fielding) v. Maitoi (D. Dunphy, G. Logan).—The final opened with a very short head, punphys first being a trifle short and running Wide, while Kershaw gained a good position by a gust of wind stopping his first bowl. Kershaw ran almost to kitty, and Dunphy lay close in behind with his next,, the position at the change-over being Hataitai lying two. Logan drew into second shot, but Viewing went one better, his bowl being a toucher. Fielding was lying 3 up when he also ran behind closely packed timber Logan drew a beautiful shot, touching Pie ding out, and lying the shot in an interesting head. A hard drive by the Hataitai skip did not succeed. Logan 1, Fielding 0. _ . The second head was a short one. Dunphy opened wide and hard, while Kershaw played short, the result being that at the changeovor Maitai were lying two. Logan played, rather strongly, but drew a useful Position and Melding did not have enough weight. Logan's next went close to the scoring bowls which were then driven out by the Hataitai skip Fielding's next was to the right, but jack' high, and at the end, on a measure, Yielding was shown to be one up. Logan 1, Kersnaw' opened with a beautiful bowl to the jack, Dunphy running wide in front. He drew, however, just in front of the kitty with the next, and Dunphy wicked from the front 'ball almost into shot. Dunphy'a last was also a fine shot, again touching the front timber and lying the shot. Fielding altered the position from a wick which left him 2 up, and Logan tried to shift hjm but failed, and Fielding again almost reached the kitty. Another drive took one out, but at the end of the head Maitai were still one down. Logan 1, Feilding 2. . . The fourth was a short head m which Kershaw went to a useful position behind kitty, though Dunphy drew closer in still. With his last bowl the Maitai lead touched Kershaw's foremost bowl a trifle in. Fielding played his first two strongly, and Logan did likewise. The Hataitai skip touched the jack away with a fine shot through a port. Logan drew the shot wtih his next bowl, Fielding running a trifle over. Logan bowled a scorer with his last. Logan a, Fielding 2. . , , , , ~ -., When the leads had finished m the Gth head after both had shown fairly accurate play, the bowls were closely heaped around the kitty. Logan's first lacked strength and Fielding played a good one, but Maitai were still 2 or 3 up. Fielding's next took 2 out, and Logan tried, on the back hand, hut did not succeed in getting through. A stTong bowl by Fielding was followed by a very narrow one from Logan. Fielding then took the jack through to a bunch, but was unlucky in not getting the shot. Logan 4, Fl The nS sixth head was again a short one. Dunphy opened with a good length bal.while Kershaw fell a shade short. With his next he almost trailed the jack, but ran tooi far through. He fell short with his third, leaving Maitai 1 up. Dunphy just missed kitty with his next, and the Hataitai lead ran wide before the skips changed ends. Logan lay close in with his first, the Hataitai skip getting the front wood and wickmg ott, leaving him 2 down. Logan ™ s .just » shade too fast, and Welding failed in on attempt to drive the shot bowls out. Logans last fell short, and another drive by Fielding did not affect the position. Logan 6, .fcieia 1 A rising breeze affected the first few bowls, but Dunphy drew near with his third, *.ershaw wanting a gallop. Dunphy topped his third nearer, but again Kershaw tell very short. With his second bowl Logan just grazed the shot bowl without altering tne position, and Fielding lacked strongth. lhe head was very spread with the last bowls to be played. Logan went very close, ana Fielding played well into second position. Logan 7, Fielding 2. To open the Bth head Dunphy Placed » good ball not far behind kitty, but Kershaw drew in nearly a foot closer. The Maitai lead was jack high with his next, while his opponent ran behind with a strong shot. Before the change-over Dunphy played a toucher, while Kershaw's last was too narrow and had too much running, though the leads left their skips an interesting head. Both skips first bowls were well placed, and though Fielding trailed kitty with his last, Logan replied with an excellent draw which got the shot. Logan 8, Fielding 2. Dunphy's first bowl in the 9th head was close to kitty and jack high, but Kershaw bettered with a toucher. The Maitai lead was two feet behind with his second, and Kershaw fell short. Dunphy went very near with his last, Kershaw runing short in two good attempts to trail the JBck away. Logan moved the timber with his first, but was still one down and the Hataitai skip almost made a two of it from a wick. Both skips were playing splendidly, both as regards strength and length. Logan then almost drew the shot with a beautiful bowl —a hard chance —but his bowl rolled. Logan 8, Fielding 3. The 10th head was a very short one. Kershaw opened with a toucher, Dunphy reaching n good position behind kitty. Kershaw made cnother good one, and at the change-over Maitai were two down. The head was burnt soon aiter by .On, resuming, Ker-

Shaw was jack-high, but » bit wide, though he Trent closer in than Dunphy with his second. Neither leads were playing aa well at this stage, and the head was an open one when the skips went to the other end. Fielding placed his first bowl well, but, with a firm drive, Logan took kitty away, being lucky not to get the ditch. A splendid attempt by Fielding just missed, and Logan wicked for a toucher, leaving Maitai one up. Fielding was not quite up with his next, and his , subsequent bowl fell a shade short, while Logan, although touching kitty with a firm shot, left him only one up. Logan 9, Fielding S. In the 11th head, when the leads had finished, the Sfaitai skip was left lying two down. Fielding was short, and a drive by Logan had little effect on the head, Fielding following up close and scoring a point. Logan ran between a narrow port in a good draw at kitty, and Fielding drew closer in still, making Hataitai three up. Logan 9, Fielding 6. In the 12th head Kershaw's third made the shot, kitty just being missed, and although Dunphy trailed kitty he did not lie the shot. Fielding placed a nice bowl, and with a strong drive Logan moved several bowls. Fielding played almost on to the jack, Logan replying by burning the head, taking kitty cleanly away without altering the bowls. In the Teplay for the twelfth head Logan was one down "when the skips sent up their bowls. Fielding's first went about eighteen inches behind the jack, Logan's lying bandy. Fielding's second shot was also Bhort, while Logan's shifted the jack clear. Fielding continued to play short, the head being Logan s —1 up, the score then being: Logan 18, Fielding 6. Logan, who W3S driving most accurately, burnt the 13th head wiith his first drive, and on resumption of play Logan with his first fell just short, Fielding faring slightly better. With his second shot Logan overran the jack. Fielding's second did not improve matters for him, nor did his third. Logan drove and just managed to miss the jack, Fielding's final bowl leaving Logan 2 down. Logan 13, Fielding 8. Logan was as steady as a rock, while Fielding was playing well below form. In the 16th head, following a good lead, Logan sent his first bowl a little too far, Fielding lying close beside the jack. Logan sent down two drives, drawing his final shot, and Fielding with a nice wick got into a handy position. A measure gave the head to Logan by a singlo point. Logan 16, Fielding 8. The Hataitai skip did no better in the next head owing to Logan's imperturbability. The latter's first bowl lay one, Logan displacing him with a drive, his next putting Fielding 2 down. The North Island man placed_ a bowl nicely in front of the jack, Logan with another characteristic drive removing it and drawing his next shot. Fielding drove ineffectively, finishing the head 1 down. Logan 17, Fielding S. After the first two shots in the 17th Logan was 1 down, lub third not altering the position. In his final shot Logan drove with a view to removing shot ball, but on this occasion was not accurate, although he failed only by a fraction. He finished the head 1 down. Logan 17, Fielding 9. The westering sun was troubling the bowlers considerably when they commenced the next head, in wheih Logan again showed to advantage, increasing his lead by another two points and finishing a further two points to the good, making the score: Logan 19, Fielding 9, with only three heads to play. Fielding was now in a bad position, but try as he might he could make no impression on the Maitai man, whose last bowl left him 1 up, leaving him ahead by 20 points to 9. Taking no chances of losing the game, Logan burnt the 20th head, which, on being replayed, placed him in a commanding position, Fielding failing wiih his final bowl to burn the head, the match thus ending in a win for Logan by 26 points to 9.

THE SINGLES.

AUCKLAND V. BALMACEWAN. In his game with Auckland (C. Huston), T. Ferguson, who represents Balinacewan, won a keen contest by five points. His lead commenced on the 3rd head, when the score was 8-1. Huston was ahead for a very short while, but lost his position when Ferguson scored a four on the 6th. The southern player went ahead with three singles, a pair, and then two mora singles, making his margin nine at the 13th head. ■ With a pair and a three, Huston cut it down to four, although he could not hold Ferguson, who came to light with a pair on the 16th. Huston responded with the same score on tho 17th head. On the 18th head he drew the shot, and on the nest head Ferguson drew a beauty right on the jack. Huston played a good shot but was a little thin, and Ferguson drew another paying one, lying 2. Huston's drive shifted the head but he failed to get the shot, Ferguson still lying. Ferguson drew another good ono, Huston requiring four to win. Ferguson's first was well behind and Muston was not up, and the only way out was to burn the head. He drove off one of his opponent's bowls. Again Huston drove and he missed Ferguson's bowl, being well behind the jack. Forguson won with one shot, tho final scores being 20-15. CALEDONIAN V. LYALL BAY. Contrary to expectations, the game between J. Scott (Caledonian) and J. B. Reid (Lyall Bay) was very one-sided, the Wellington man being in the rear on every head after the Sth. Keid led 5-3 on the 6th, and Scott drew level on the 7th. With a four, followed by a run of four pairs, Scott made his advantage 11 points by the 13th head, while his opponent did not score on seven successive heads. The Dunedin man secured a single and a three on the 16th, after which his total ran to 24, while the Lyall Bay player remained stationary at 8. TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME. The championship singles will be proceeded with on the St. Albans green at 9 o'clock this morning. The following is the draw: — T. Edwards (Temuka), 2 lives, t. C. Huoton (Auckland), 1 life. At 11 a.m. H. Clarke (Carlton), 1 life, plays Edwards. After the completion. oE these two rounds a further draw will bo made of those left in.