Two more losses in bowls matches

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32788, 13 December 1971, Page 19

Two more losses in bowls matches

The Christchurch Bowling i Centro's trophy cabinet wos i further emptied on Saturday ' when it lost the Barnett Tiki i to North Otago and unsuccess- 1 fully challenged West Coast for the Lindley-Neill Cup. I With these two losses to go with the two the week before, Christchurch finished with the 1 dismal record of losses in all its ’ four annual pre-Christmas fix- i tures. < The match against West Coast: was played at Dallington and I after the morning round the 1 scales ■ were evenly balanced at four games each, although: Christchurch was comfortably : clear—by 170 to 143—0 n aggre- : gate points. However, in the afternoon i West Coast managed five game : wins to Christchurch’s three to ' make sure of holding on to the Lindley-Neill Cup. It was of little satisfaction to Christchurch to know it had kept its aggre- i gate points lead, 313-303. . At Oamaru, the Christchurch . team had some early difficulties : coming to grips with the light- ! nlng fast Awamoa green and won only one of the morning’s eight games, although drawing two. At This stage North Otago was ahead 194-129 on aggregate points. In the afternoon round the I North Otago bowlers maintained their control and with five more wins finished with a total of 10 wins and two draws. Christ-

church won three afternoon games to give it a total of four wins and two draws. The final aggregate points count favoured North Otago 376-272. Results (Christchurch names first):— LINDLEY-NEILL CUP Morning round.—R. Pirrie 18, F. GoodaU 19; A. Caldwell 22, E. Warnes 19; D. Finnic 17, A. Geddes 24; A. N. Reid 18, K. Clark 19; R. L. Ward 18, G. Batty 23; D. P. White 26, P. Hurren 12; C. H. Thompson 22, F. Sadler 14; P. L. Remi 29, R. Negri 13. Afternoon round.—R. Iveglia 28, Sadler 21; J. A. Gibb 16, Negri 19; V. V. Gallagher 18, GoodaU 26; R. C. Lamb 17, Geddes 19; J. B. Rennie 19, Clark 16; A. Charteris 16, Batty 12; M. Ritchie 13, Hurren 23; T. Round 16, Warner 24. BARNETT TIKI Morning round.—F. W. Larcombe 13, W. G. Smith 34; A. Johnstone 16, W. J. Hanger 28; J. Thompson 21, F. A. Leadley 20; N. H. Gibbons 15, J. M. Tosh 25; K. Jones 11, E, Cleland 22; W. J. Hanger 22, J. P. Bain 22; W. Bowden 14, J. Parsons 26, K. W. McFarlane 17, R. Anderson 17. Afternoon round.—Johnstone 12, R. C. Anderson 25; Jones 17, K. Aitchison 27; McFarlane 14, Wisnesky 23; Gibbons 27, J. [ Nelson 16; Hanger 9, J. B. Collins > 25; Bowden 21, R. Keen 16; I Thompson 24, M. McAra 23; Lar* ■ combe 19, L. J. Larcombe 26.