BOWLS

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21685, 20 January 1936, Page 15

BOWLS

N.Z. CHAMPIONSHIP I TOURNAMENT CANTERBURY WINS PAIRS AUCKLANDERS MEET IN SINGLES FINAL Two excellent final matches, closely contested, and productive of splendid bowling, made the last day of the New

Zealand Bowling Association’s championship tournament the most interesting of all. The north-west wind, which had marred the final of he rinks championship on Friday had abated by Saturday, and the greens at St. Albans were in perfect order. R. Haworth and J. Turpin, members of the Canterbury Club rink which won the final of the rinks championship on Friday, added again to their success by winning the pairs cham-. pionship, after an exciting battle against J. Higginson and H. Whittle (Grey Lynn). F. Livingstone (Onehunga) won the singles title, beating C. E. Hardley, of the West End Club, Auckland, after

a magnificent game, in which both men drew perfectly. The .win of the Canterbury men in the pairs was the more meritorious because it was their third win of the day. Their play in the rinks matches had delayed the pairs final rounds, and on Saturday morning they had .two other opponents to meet’ and beat before meeting the Grey Lynn pair, which some days before had fought its way to the final. In all the games on Saturday there was excellent drawing—so good that there was frequent applause from the

many present on the green. Both the leads in the pairs final were drawing with remarkable . accuracy, and the skips were often faced with difficult positions. Higginson and Whittle, although fresher than their opponents, did not maintain the standard right through the final game. THE SINGLES FINAL EXCEPTIONAL DRAWING Winning his singles title 16-12 from C. E. Hardley, P. Livingstone gave the best exhibition of drawing seen in any singles game in the tournament. Hardley was little behind him in accuracy,

and the game was a thrilling climax to exciting post-sectional play. A brilliant start gained Livingstone an early after five heads had been played, Livingstone in those first four heads was drawing shot after shot, but Hardley was saving with excellently judged raking bowls that took Livingstone from the jack. Hardley made up much leeway by good drawing in the sixth head, and finished two up, leaving the score 4-3 against him. Hardley equalised on the next head with another well-drawn single. The ninth head was Livingstone’s, by perfect drawing. He laid four shots, and Hardley was unable to shift them. On the tenth Livingstone added another to his tally when be gently restedout Hardley, lying shot, with his last bowl. A well-placed two to Hardley made the game more even, with Livingstone B °thmen were drawing splendidly, and the many bowlers in a PP la «se of the e xniDiti°n both men were giving. %OTj*eei ah&a/J by exceptionaJ drawing, and after the fourteenth heads, was M ai J\ Hu&P * y im l- Hardley reduced this to two when he took the ?je*t- ea .4 with, two drawn shots, but « w was -Livingstone’s, bowl again cut Hardley ou t of snot Position. the two heads both men s J n ii e to their totkls, and elter the eighteenth Livingstone was

three up, with three heads to be played. Livingstone added another single on the twentieth, after Hardley had taken the nineteenth. Livingstone added another on the second last head. This left Hardley to get three to tie on the last head. Though lying one shot, Hardley burned the head with his second bowl. It did not avail him, because Living* stone s third bowl went within inches of kitty, and Hardley, with his last two bowls, could not shift it. Trophies Presented _ AftCT the game the president of the New Zeaand Bowling Association* Mr F. J. Good, presented both men with trophy orders. Returning thanks. Livingstone said tha. he had tried for years to win a singles title. That he had won it from a .player as good as Hardley was cause for even more pride.,

PAIRS FINAL WIN FOR CANTERBURY

Whittle was lying shot early in the first i head in the pairs final, and attempts to draw inside it by Haworth fell short. Whittle’s attempts; at drawing to add to the score given him by his lead, Higginson, also failed, but the head went to the Grey Lynn pair, who began the second one up. In the second head the Grey Lynn lead, Higginson, again started well, with a beauti-fully-drawn shot just behind the kitty. A well-judged draw by Haworth with his last bowl let Higginson’e bowl still live, although it was within a few

inches of beating It, leaving the score after two heads, Grey Lynn 2, Canter* bury, 0. Higginson drew again with a beautiful bowl in the third head. Both of Turpin’s first attempts were narrow, and it appeared that Higginson was lying two. The northern lead’s third shot struck his first, but made it certain that his side lay two. Whittle’s first bowl struck one of Haworth’s and appeared to give the Canterbury man second shot, and Haworth’s first, after Striking kitty, went away. With his last bowl Whittle put in a very effective block, and Haworth's drive went

astray. The head ended with Grey Lynn again lying, one up, making the score 3—o in its favour. Higginson’s lead in the next head was a beautiful shot, ending about six inches behind kitty. TUrpin’s lead had perfect length, but was a little wide. Higginson’s second was as good as his first, almost in the same place, and his performance drew much applause. Higginson’s third was almost as good, and left him lying three up—a splendid performance. Turpin’s last bowl just missed kitty, going a little narrow, but saved one shot. Whittle put Grey Lynn again three up, but a good drive by Haworth saved one. with the score two against him, Haworth

tried,to save in his last shot but could not, and left the score after the fourth head, Grey Lynn 4, Canterbury 0. Haworth Spores Good drawing by the Canterbury men, both Turpin and Haworth showing better form, gave them their first head of the match, and they finished the head two up. Whittle drew beautifully with the last bowl of the sixth head to beat Haworth for the shot, gaming one, and making the ' score

On tiie next head Haworth was lying one shot when it was the skips’ turn to play, and a good attempt by-Whittle ; 0 .. s klft the kitty to his own advantage failed when his bowl struck and was stopped by a short bowl in front: Haworth won the hefed with a single, making the score 6—3 v against him. The eighth head again was remarkable for good drawing by Higginson, who lett urey Lynn temporarily up, Haworth was left two down, but drew the shot with a wonderful draw. Whittle drove, missed Haworth’s bowl, struck ptty, and trailed it to gain two shots, leaving Grey Lynn in the lead, B—3, Haworth was lying one on the next head, and a drive by Whittle missed, for Canterbury to win another single, and make the score after the ninth B—4 m favour of the northerners.

._~~? ee r e was good leading, from both heads in the tenth head, Turpin drawH?iL^ re *t beautiful shots which re- 1 mained throughout. making the score . Turpin was leading much better at this stage. On the next head both leads again went well, and a shot laid by Higouison remained through to give fbe northern pair another single. mak» JS? sc ? r . e ®t7* Grey Lynn won the »ext head In. similar fashion.to make tha ficoro. uwjl Jbut the next went, tn

Haworth with a well-drawn shot, leaving the score then 10—6. From the fourteenth head Canterbury went into the lead. Haworth was lying three shots and Whittle tried to save with a draw, but he went astray, and the three remained. The score after that was Canterbury 11, Grey ' Lynn 10. After the leads had finished Canterbury was one up on the next head, the fifteenth, whittle drew will In attempting to retrieve and gained second shot about three inches behind the kitty. Haworth’s last fell short, but' Whittle’s drive was well astray, and left Canterbury another, single in the lead. 12—10. Haworth was one up on the six- - teeenth and then drew another shot. Whittle was left plenty of room, but failed with his second last Haworth drew again with his third and Whittle missed again, Haworth ended four up, taking a commanding lead, 16-10. Grey Lynn Beaten With five heads to go and a lead of six, Canterbury furthef increased its lead by two, Whittle falling to dear the position, once with a draw and once with a drive. Haworth put a bowl in front of Higginson’s to lay right on kitty, and Whittle failed to remove the shot and left* his side another down; ‘ Higginson drew a nice head, but Haworth’s first bowl came close. Haworth drove with his last bowl, but only succeeded in removing one of his own bowls, which had been in a handy position. The position was then hope*' less,' with Canterbury 11 up and five game ended 21-10 in favour of Haworth and Turpin. 1 Pairs Matches ■ Because of their success in rinks games* which took precedence 1 Ip % the final rounds, Haworth and Turpin, the Canterbury Club pair, had bemTsome rounds behind in the pairs, and they had to play three games yesterday. _The first, against Temuka, J. B. * Davis (lead) and A. S. MclnnestekipL was won by the Canterbury pair. 1913, in a game in which the winders had a slight advantage Turpin, lead for Canterbury, gavelm * excellent exhibition of drawing right from the beginning. Temuka took the Apt head, and, then Haworth went ahead with singles, a pair, and a per-fectly-drawn three pn the sixth hwwV Temuka drew three on the next head, to make tne score 5-3 in Canterbury's Kn+S U K’ t^ien on fine drawing both by Turpin and Haworth brought Kf bu ?: s , t0 ta a few heads, while Temuka had not added to its score. Temuka reduced the leeway in three successive heads, with fine drawing by both men, but was still six down on the seventeenth head. Canterbury went ahead in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth heads, and although Temuka gained a single on the last head, Canterbury was still six un. to lake the match 19-13, and go <m to meet Law and Morris (New South Wales) in the semi-final, Semi-Final In its semi-final pairs game, Canterbury had a second and easier win, 21-11, over the New South Wales pair. R. Law and S. Morris (skip). The visitors did not show the form that had taken them so far in post-sectional play, and when Canterbury took the lead after the third head. Law and Morris did not once look like beating the Canterbury men, Turpin’s leading did much to win the game for Canterbury. On every head, be left a difficult position for Morris to retrieve. Canterbury led 10*6 after half the game was gone, and when the score . was *2l-11 on the twentieth head, the visitors retired. The New South Wales men had mwto an excellent two on the fifteenth, but even before that stage of the gurrw it was obvious that they would not beat Haworth and Turpin, Results on Saturday were:— SINGLES .Final ■ (Onehunga) 16, C. E. Hardley (West End, Auckland) 12. " 'PAIRS " ■ ' . Third Round ,3' Turpin and R. Haworth, skin Canterbury) 19, J. a. Davis anlT S. Mclnnea (Temuka) 13. Semi-Final Haworth (Canterbury) beat R. Law |nd S. Morris (New South Wales). 21Finaj Haworth' 21, Higginson. and Whtitie (Grey Lywi), - .