BOWLS

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 83, 6 January 1928, Page 6

BOWLS

MANAWATU new year TOURNEY •‘VICTORY FOR FRASER’S RINK ( Palmerston North, January 5: ■fi The weather was ideal, and condilibns almost perfect, for the comi’meiicemeiit of the post-sectional play of the Manawatu Bowling Centre’s ■New Year tournament, which Fraser’s rink won this morning. At the conclusion of the sectional play yesterday the following rinks were eligible for further play:—Pickering (Woodville), Crump (Palmerston North), Herdman '(Feilding), Mosris (Palmerston North), Johnson (Terrace End), Eckersley ■(Manawatu), Rendle (Eastbourne), [Drew (Bulls), and Fraser (Palmerston •North). Drew, owing to business ■pressure, was compelled to withdraw, and this simplified the draw for the first round of the post-sectional play. Shortly after the luncheon adjournment the four games of post-sectional •play were played, and they resulted as follow:— Terrace End (Christensen,'. ©’Grady, Grant, and Johnson, S.), 26, v.- Mana,watu (Holdoway, Davies, Williams, and .Eckersley, s.), 16. The last head was ■not played. ■, Feilding (Wehan, Neilson, Moore, •and Herdman, s.), 16, v. Palmerston North (Griggs, McGregor, Bayliss, and -Morris, s.), 15. Palmerston North (Howley, Ennis, J Kerslake, and Crump, s.), 24, v. Woodville (James, Steele, Pearson, and Pickering, s.), 19. Palmerston North (J. H. Nash, W. W. Jones, Faire, Fraser, s.), 23, . v. (Eastbourne (Currie* Nicholas, Johns, 'Rendle, s.), 15,. • . SEMI-FINALS. ~ Tn the semi-finals Crump went un'ifler to Fraser, and Herdman to John'son, Fraser and Johnson contesting |the final, which resulted in a decisive .victory for Fraser, 21--12, the game being concluded at the 20th head. ;■ The semi-final betwen Fraser and 'Crump was won by the former, 23— •20. Crump took the first head, Fraser '.taking the second. Play continued lin this strain until the fifth head, When Crump, led, 5—2. At the twelfth head Fraser, however, .had put.'on a. lead of 14— a 1. ’ but Crump drew level nt the next head. .Fraser..won the .three following heads, leading 17—-1," at ’the sixteenth, but three more 1 Heads saw Crump once more in the lead, 22 ■ —l9, Crump made Hie score 20—22 lat the twentieth head, but on the last, (head Fraser ran out the winner of a 'closely-contested match, 23—20. In the match between Herdman and Johnson, the latter won 20—17. Heads were won by eacjh ri,nk in turn until the fifth, when Herdman won two in succession and lead up. From' this” Johnson had a succession of wins, and at the eleventh head was leading 10—5, ■when Herdman pulled up, and at the thirteenth head was one in the lead. At the seventeenth head Johnson had secured a lead by 16—12, but the next two heads in ..succession'went to Herd-, man, who was then leading by one. point. This was his last effort, as the final three heads were won by Johnson, who ran out the winner of another close mid interesting match by 20—17, THE FINAL. Na : sh;., Faire, Jones, Fraser (s.), of Palmerston Club, carried too many guns for Christiansen, O’Grady, Grant, Johnson (s.), of Terrace End, whom they defeated in the /fatal 21—12, the game terminating, at, tfie 20th head. btajjgj vthe. first head and addeci two more' , shot's to Nash’s

two to have an advantage of six at the conclusion of the 2nd head. Grant 'had the shot in the third head, but Fraser displaced him and took the shot himself. Palmerston, 7; Terrace End, 0. Nash drew the shot in the fourth head, only to be displaced by O’Grady. Fraser 'then held the advantage, only to be displaced- in turn by Johnson, who opened his account with a single. Terrace End, 1; Palmerston, 7. " Faire and Jones were lying first and second shots. Grant moved Faire’s bowl away, and when the skips went down Fraser held the shot. Johnson altered positions, leaving O’Grady the shot. Terrace End, 2; Palmerston, 7. Fraser at one stage had four shots, and this he increased to 5. Palmerston, 12; Terrace End, 2. Christiansen drew a pretty shot in the seventh head, O’Gr'adv following with a second shot. The skips failed to alter the position. Terrace End, 4; Palmerston, 12. The eighth head was a long one, leaders and scorers playing short bowls. Nash drew the shot. Palmerston, 13; Terrace End. 4. In the ninth head Grant, who was bowling with remarkable accuracy, wrested the second shot from Jones, leaving Fraser 1 up when he went down with Johnson. The Terrace End skip carried the jack without altering the . score. His second bowl gave Fraser another shot. Palmerston, 15; Terrace End, 4. Nash took the shot in the tenth head. Palmerston, 16; Terrace End, 4. Good bowling by O’Grady in the next head gave him the first and second shots, _ but Jones wrested the shot for his skip. Johnson, however, turned the tables, and got the shot himself. Terrace End, 5; Palmerston, 16. Johnson knocked Faire’s bowl into the shot position. His second bowl took Faire’s shot bowl away, and he had three shots when Fraser’s last bowl took the shot. Palmerston, 17; Terrace End, 5. ■ In the thirteenth head, Grant took the shot. Terrace End, 6; Palmerston, 17. Nash displaced Christiansen’s shot bowl in the fourteenth head, and had the shot when Grant carried the jack to lay 2 up, but Jones nullified this by getting the shot. Palmerston, 18; Terrace End, 6. Christiansen got first and second shots, Grant a third, and Faire pushed an opponent’s bowl on to give Terrace End an advantage of 4. Fraser, however, took the second shot, and Johnson had to be content with a single. Terrace End, 7; Palmerston, 18. Fraser stood 4 up when the skips went down, Johnson, by getting second shot, reduced his deficiency to 1. P(dmerston, 19; Terrace End,. .7. In the 'seventeenth head Grant and Johnson each got a shot. Terrace End, 9; Palmerston, 19. Johnson stood 3up when the skips went down, but this was reduced by Fraser to 2. Terrace End, 11; Palmerston, 19. Terrace End were lying 2 up, but Fraser reversed the position. Palmerston, 21; Terrace End, 14. The twentieth head was last played. Terrace End were-. 4 down when Grant carried the jack into the ditch, Johnson taking the shot. The final score read: Palmerston, 21; Terrace End, 12.