BOWLS

Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 121, 16 February 1926, Page 8

BOWLS

CHAMPION RINKS TOURNEY FIRST DAY’S PLAY

By Telegraph.—PbSss Association. ----- Ham( | t()n ~ J? 0 ]j rUal .y jj’ - ’ The North Island champion rinks bowling tournament opened this morning, in glorious weather. Forty-five teams froln the Auckland, South Auckland. Wairarapa, and Wellington cfentres are competing : — Mr. D. G. Meredith, president of the South Auckland Centre, expressed regret at the absence of Taranaki and Manawatu rinks, and the small support given by the South Auckland clubs. Results . SECTION A. First Round.—Harvey (Whitiora), 15,

Parrish (Waitemata), 14; Clarke (Rocky Nook) 20, Walsh (Te Kuiti), 10; Wilson (To Awamutu) 26, Coombes (Hamilton) 18; Hill (Wellington) 29, Burrow (Whitiora) 26; Spiers (Hamilton East) a bye. Second Round.—Clarke 26, Spiers 11; Wilson 22, Parrish 13; Hill 26, Walsh 17; Harvey 23, Burrow 19; Coombes a bye. Third Round.—Wilson 24, Burrow 14; Hill 24, Spiers 23; Harvey 22, Walsh 15; Coombes 22, Parrish 18; Clarke a bye. SECTION B. First Round.—Feilding (Hataitai) 24, George H(untly) 14: Bell (Hamilton) 19, Whitten (Whitiora) 18; James (Cambridge) 28, Condon (Hamilton East) 23; Letham (Ponsonby) 22, Kilgour (Carlton) 17; Noonan (Te Awamutu) a bye. Second Round.—Bell 21, Noonan 18; Feilding 26, James 16; Letham 25, Whitten 15; Kilgour 21, George 7; Condon a bye. Third Round.—Kilgour 23, James 20; Letham 19, Noonan 16; George 24, Whitten 11; Feilding 31, Condon 17; Bell a bye. SECTION C. First Round.—Morgan (Devonport) 25, Mason (Frankton Railway) 20; Wright (Onehunga) 30, Pearce (Cambridge) 11; Pilkington (Hamilton) 22, Hawkins (Te Awamutu) 16; Clothier (Te Aroha) 22, Gould (Carlton) 12; Fruish (Frankton), a bye. Second Round.—Wright 26, Fruish 23; Hawkins 15, Morgan 21; Pearce 21, Clothier 18; Gould 24, Mason 15; Pilkington a bye. Third Round.—Hawkins 34, Gould 24; Fruish -25, Clothier 14; Pearce 23, Mason 11; Pilkington 26, Morgan 19; Wright, a bye.

SECTION D. • First Round—Bradley' (Seatoun) 18, Wright (Epsom) 15; Bayliss (Hastings) 21, Maxwell Walker (Auckland) 18; Sharp (Te Kuiti) 17, T. Mitchell (Hamilton) 11; Clavis (Ngaruawahia) 32, Anderson (Claudelands) 14; Jackson (Frankton). a bye. Second Round.—Jackson 26, Walker 21; Wright IS. Sharp 15; Anderson 17. Bayliss 14; Clavis 20, Bradley 14; Mitchell, [ a bye. Third Round.—Anderson 22. Jackson 14: Bradley 18. Bayliss 17; Wright 25, Mitchell 18; Walker, a bye. SUCTION E. i First Round. —Maher (Hastings) 22, Saunderson (Te Kuiti) 26; Chapman (Ponsonby) 23, Adamson (Thames) 17; Pavitt (Te Kuiti) 25, House (Hamilton) 8; Hosking (Carlton) 27, Heron (Ngaruawahia) 14; Burton (Frankton), a bye. Second Round.—Burton 26, Adamson 15; Pavitt 21, Saunderson 12; Chapman 28, Heron 12; Hosking 22, Maher 11. Third Round.—Hosking 25, Pavitt-18; Burton 24, Heron 11; Chapman 21, Maher 12; Saunderson v. House, unfinished; Adamson, a bye. VETERANS’ DAY TO-DAY. This afternoon, on the Wellington Bowling Club’s picturesque green, the anhual veterans’ day will be observed. The president of the centre (Mr. S. M. Stone has presented gold medals to the winners of a rink match, to be played only by bowlers of 70 years of age or over. Quite a large number of seasoned bowlers have entered (including a rink of Scottish-Britishers, members of the team from the Old Country). All bowlers and their lady friends were cordially invited to attend. The draw will be made on the green. CHAMPION SINGLES.

The champion singles of the Wellington Centre will be played on the Victoria Club’s green to-morrow, commencing at 9 a.m. The following is the draw for the first round.:—

Wellington v. Newtown. Upper Hutt v. Victoria. Hataitai v. Johnsonville. Island Bay v, Thorndon. Batons v. Lyall Bay. Karori v. Lower Hutt. Kelburn v. Central. Two rounds will be played in the morning and two in the afternoon.

GAMES ON SATURDAY. Further results of Saturday’s games are as follow:—

SENIOR PENNANTS. Seatoun v. Petone. Petone: Marman, Silbery, Ibell, Melhuish (s.), 23; Seatoun: Snelling, Williamson, Parry Stone (s.), 16. Petone: Powell, Bish, T. McArthur, Coles (s.), 23; Seatoun: Lyman, Webb, Bell, Jackson (s.), 15.

FRIENDLY GAMES. Seatoun v. Petone.

Petone: Thompson, Paul, Rennie, Nicholson (s.), 31; Seatoun: Hill, Blake, Hickson, Bennett (s.), 11.

The following will represent the Wellington Club in the annual match v. Combined Clubs on Saturday:—Houldsworth, Liddle, Warwick Burgess (s.); Davies, Bennie, Dixon, Dimock (s.); Salek, Manley, Hamilton, Fairway (s'.); W, Smith, Munt, Tasker, Finnegan (s.j; Simpson, G. Hill, L. Churchward, Frost (s,); Wylie,. Goldfinch, Allen, Goodells.); Moult, Redmond, Innes, E. T. Hill (s.>; Blundell, Longmore, Osborn, Magnus (s.): Parton, Martin, Bary, Mayer (s.); Hyams, Lulharn, Dempsey, McArthur (s.); Hunter, Veitch. A. Haldane, N. McLean (s.); Richards, Brinaden, Dawson, Perteous fs.); Muir, Capt. Holdsworth, Grenfell, Potter (s.); W. H, Bennett, Dr. McLean, Pethgrew, W. J. Thompson (s.); Lawson, Ramsay, Petersen, T. Churchward (s.). FORTHCOMING MATCHES. The following will represent Pctone at Wellington on Saturday:—Urwin, sen., Longman, Naughton, Walton (s.). CITY COUNCIL V. STAFF. Two City Council rinks and one'made up of ex-councillors, met three rinkfl from the staff on the Victoria green in glorious weather yesterday afternoon. The results were as follow:— Council—Thorpe (substitute for Councillor J. Burns), Councillors H. D. Bennett, F. Meadowcroft, and the Mayor, Mr. C. J. B. Norwood (s.), 13; Staff — Svenson, Herron, Lauchlan, McColl («.). 1G / Council—Councillors W. H. Bennett. Huggins, Burn. Thompson (s.), 28; Staff —Casey, Cole, Brown, Peterson <s.) 15. Ex-Councillors—Gaudin, Sir John Luke. Veitch, Shorland (s.). 12; StaffMcGillvray, Johnson, Butt, Halo (s.), 28. Totals—Council, 53; Staff, 59. 1 BRITISH BOWLERS V. KARORI. Two rinks of the British bowlers visited and played Karori Club on their own green yesterday afternoon. Following are particulars of the scores: British—W. Dean, A. Cettiiee, W. Minto. A. Malcolm (s.), 23; Karori— Lowe. Newcombe, ITemslov, W. Cooper (s.), IG. British—W. Hawkings, D. Morrison. Ex-Provost R. Watson, J. MacDougall (s.), S 4; Karori—Neilson. Brodnack, Lyall, Robert# (s.), 17.