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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 82, 31 December 1928, Page 11

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WELLINGTON CENTRE TOURNAMENT NO PLAY ON SATURDAY Owing to the heavy and continuous rain during Friday night, which gave all local bowimg greens a thorough soaking, it was decided to cancel the rest of the section play in the centre’s tournament that was to have taken place on Saturday (three more rounds). Though the sky was overcast on Saturday morniug, there was practically no rain, and the afternoon was bright and warm. For those reasons there was comment in some quarters at the action of the executive of the centre in closing down on section play. It was thought that at least another two rounds could have been played between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. On its part, the centre had to consider the sodden state of the greens at 9 a.m., and the necessity of preserving them as far as possible for the big tournament of next week.

For the purposes of post-section play —to be commenced on the Karori green at 9 a.m. to-day—all those with three or more losses have been eliminated. The rest have all been included in the postsection rounds, which will be decided on the “sudden death" principle. Following are the skips of rinks who are concerned in to-day’s play :—

Lowry (Kelburn) with 6 wins. Fairway (Wellington) with 5 wins. Brighting (Hataitai) with 5 wins. Conder (Island BajJ with 5 wins. Hale (Island Bay) with 4 wins. Gardner (Kelburn) with 4 wins. Watts (Hataitai) wlith 4 wins. Duncan (Wellington) with 4 wins. Naylor (Thorndon) with 4 wins. Cooper (Karori) with 4 wins. Blake (Hataitai) with 4 wins. Reid (Lvall Bay) with 4 wins. Glendining (Wellington) with 4 wins. Beynon (Petone) with 4 wins. Young (Hutt) with 4 wins. , The following is the draw for to-day s P1 First Round—Watt (Hataitai) plays Hale (Island Bay) ; Duncan (Wellington) plays Young (Hutt) ; Gardner (Kelburn) plays Cooper (Karori) ; Blake (Hataitai) plays Naylor (Thorndon); Reid (Lyall Bay) plays Beynon (Petone) ; Glendinning (Wellington), a bye. Second 1 winner of the Watt and Hale plays the winner of Duncan and Young; the winner of Gardner and Cooper plays the winner of Blake and Naylor; the winner of Reid and beynon plays Glendinning, ami Conder (Island Bay) plays Fairway (Wellington), Brighting (Hataitni). a bye. Third Round—The winners meet and Brighting nlays Lowry (Kelburn) i Stephens (Kelburn), a bye. Fourth Round.—9 a.m. Tuesday. The winners meet and Steplmns plays the winner of Lowry and Brighting. The final will be played at 2 p.m. on Tuesday. HUTT VALLEY TOURNAMENT The Hutt Valley bowling tournament will commence this morning, weather permitting. - DOMINION TOURNAMENT THE RINKS FINE BOWLING TALENT The Rink Championship is really the blue riband event of the Dominion, Bowling Association’s tournament. Wellington bowlers have never been wildly enthusiastic about singles or pairs, and on more than one occasion the writer lias seen important games decided with only a very few spectators present; but with Wellington bowlers “the rinks game is the tiing.” With only two bowls to put up, a man has to take every care to get to the spot indicated by his skip, but with four bowls (as in singles and pairs) a bowler is always prone to believe that he need not bother so very much, as the next bowl “is bound to do the trick.” The rink tournament is be played on Wednesday. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. January 9, 10, 11 and. 12 (two games of 25 heads per day). The sectionary placing of the rinks is as follows: — SECTION A. ' Greens. — Wednesday. Eastbourne; Thursday, Thorndon; Friday, Khandallah: Saturday. Wellington Upper. Kelburn: Williams, Compton, Strickland, Gray (s.). Wellington: Davies, Parkhouse, Potter, Duncan (».). „ Petone: Silberry, Coles, McEwen, Beyn°Vlctoria: Martin, Pole, Bolton, Snaddoll U , Hataitai: Anderson, Dowling, Blake, Ward (s.). Dunedin: Gardner, Higgins, Smith, Hutchison (k.). , V.8.A.: Little, Cochrane, Burch, Wood (s.). Hastings: Parkinson, Koach, White, Bewley (s.). Tcniuka: Sinclair, Pierce, Dr. Mclnnes, Edwards (s.). Te Awamutu: Henderson, Preston, Gee, North (s.l. . , West End: C. Hardley, Clarke, Needham, Bremner (s.). Balniacewan: Kindle, Buchan, Bennie, Ferguson (s.). SECTION B.

Greens.— Wednesday. Wellington Upper; Thursday, Karori; Friday, Hutt; Saturday, Hataltai. Dunedin: Wilkinson, Neill, Pietersen, Bentley (s.). Kelburn: Forgle, Dempster, Lomas, Stephens (s.). . Victoria: Roberts, E. Fossette, Forsyth, J. W. Fossette (s.).

Lyall Bay: Marshall, O’Gorman, Hazelwood, Reid (s.). Wellington: Townsend, Dempsey, McArthur. Hodd (s.). Hataitai: Kershaw, Woolley, Dr. Shore, Ardell (s.). Hastings: Johnston, Thomiisou, Smart, Land (s.). V.8.A.: Marks, Richardson, Leslie, Pike (s.). Pahiatua: P. Bissett, F. Britland, A. Bissett. W. Britland (s.). Edgeware: Munn, Matson, West, Efford (s.). Te Karaka: Bridge, Doyle, Moore, Murray (s.). Wakefield: Ricketts, Laurie, Kingsland, Ching (s.). SECTION C. Greens.—Wednesday, Thorndon; Thursday, Petone; Friday, Island Bay; Saturday, Karori. Kelburn: Hay-Mackenzie, Marrls, Smith, Lowry (s.). Victoria: Jorry, Oakes, Clark, Stevens (s.). Lyall Bay: Sands, Smith, Ryan, Noad (s.). Woburu: Roundhill, Ellis, Berry, Johnson (s.). Wellington: Jeffrey, McKenzie, O’Donnel, Porteous (s.). St. John's: McMillan, Rowling, Wight, Benefield (s.). Levin: Monks. Bull, Bain, Suhan (s.). Hastings: Gardner, Esson, Kruse, King (s.). V.8.A.: Allatt, Blackwood, Beulke. Clarke (s.). Cliristeliurch: Sherris, Dey, Ainger, Woolf (s.). N.S.W.: , ——. , Doherty (s.). Mt. Albert: Hunt, Hawke, Thomas, Clark (s.). SECTION D.

Greens. —Wednesday, Karori; Thursday, Wellington Lower; Friday, Petone; Saturday, Eastbourne. Kelburn: Grabham, Reid, McColl, Gardner (s.), Lyall Bay: Topp, , Sherwood, Raven (s.). Victoria: Simmons, Robinson, Tucker, J. M. Brackenridge (s.). Newtown: Carman, Booth, Read, Priddle (s.). Hataitai: Wrigley, McCrea, Wells, Shepherd (s.). Ponsonby: J. W. Hardley, Somervell, Jones, Parsons (s.). N.S.W.: Smith, Spendilove, Langley, King (s.). Napier: Hunt, McGhee, Engebretsen. Bissell (s.). Cliristeliurch: Dickson, Lewis. Macdougall, Rennie (s.). V.8.A.: Gray, Glenister, Blair, Bleach (s.). Carterton: Tucker, Hart, Masson, Baskiville (s.). St. John’s: Broiniley, Goodey, Kirkwood, Sewell (s.). SECTION E. Greens.—Wednesday, Hataitai; Thursday, Hutt; Friday, Kelburn; Saturday. Khandallah. Newtown: Chcgwidden, Castle, Middlebrook, J. Pollock (s.). Khandallah: Swanger, R. Bringans, Nalder, J. Bringans (s.). . Thorndon: McCabe, Nelson, Smith, Casey (s.). Hataitai: Bennett, Snow, xMartln, Brighting (s.). Stratford: Amess, Lyons, Rowell, Skoglund (s.). Southland: Dykes, Meßobie, Strang, Thomson (s.).

W. Australia: Tatliam, Nairn, Holmes Rogerson (sj. Malta!: Dunphy, Logan, .McComish, Dee (s.). Edgeware: Firman, Burns, Beanland, Morgan (s.). N.S.W.: , ■ . Lowe (s.). Mt. Eden: Nairn, Stevenson, Jones, Bainbridge (s.). Fltzroy: Thorpe, Murray, Bennett, Price (s'). SECTION F.

Greens.—Wednesday, Petone; Thursday. Wellington Upper; Friday, Karori; Saturday, Kelburn. Eastbourne: Woolley, Low, Rendle, Munro (s.). . Thorndon: Osborn, White, Thomson, Naylor (s.). Seatoun: Thurston, Jones, Nicholson, B Via tai tai: Young, Moston, Hunter, Fielding Kelburn: , . > Ballinger (s.). Hamilton: Clarke, Smith, N. Bell, ,unr„ N. Bell (s.). N.S.W.: , , —. Gartrell (s.). Remuera: Kissling, Paterson, Daniels, Ryan (s.). Beckenham: , Leckie, Smith, Williams (s.). Queensland: Ward, Roberts, McMillan, Curran (s.). St. John's: Smithies, Harris, Lancaster, Galbraith (s.). Shannon: Butt, , Clayton, Roach <S SECTION G.

Greens. — Wednesday, Island Bay; Thursday, Hataitai; Friday, Eastbourne; Saturday, Wellington Lower. Karori: Grant, Neilson, Platt, Crawford (s.). Thorndon: Briggs, Cullen, de Tourettes, Lambert (s.). „ ),, Kelburn: A. N. Other, Petrie, Routley, Doherty (s.). Wellington: Roberts, Liddle, Dimock, Fairway ,(s.). Island Bay: Hart, Duncan, Edwards, Ferkins (s.). Carlton: A. R. Coltman, Gladding, W. Coltman, Hosking (s.). Queensland: Stevens, Brand .Stimpson, Gaydon (s.). , „ . , Hamilton: Andrews, Horton, Fruish, Pilkington (s.). Palmerston North: J. H. Nash, Tattersail, Jones, N. H. Nash (s.). N s.w : , , > Rofe < s -'- Nelson: Allen, Best, Thomson, Bartlett (s.). United: Ward, Stewart, Reese. Watson SECTION H.

Greens.— Wednesday, Hutt; Thursday, Kelburn; Friday, Hataltai; Saturday, Petone. , .. Kelburn: Watkln, Gannaway, Valentine, Wearne (s.). „ r . Island Bay: Fanthorpe, Restieaux, Jenkins, Conder (s.). Wellington: Marshall, Johnson, J. J. Roberts. E. J. Hill <s.). Hataltai: Emerson, Southwick, McCune, Halliday (s.). , Newtown: Hodgson, Claridge, Davis, A. J. Pollock (s.). Auckland: A. Nother, Duncan, de Launay, Walker (s.). Queensland: Hopgood, Mhitehead, hyper, Winter (s.). St. John’s: Herd, Jack, Green, Gordon (s ) Phoenix: Littlejohn, Grant, Mitchell, Slater (s.). N.S.W.: . • . Yates (s.), Suniner: Martin, Henley, Vance, Chambe> St. Leonard’s: Hawley, Schoefleld, Kummer, Maher (s.). SECTION I. Greens. — Wednesday, Khandallah; Thursday, Island Bay; Friday, Wellington lower; Saturday, Thorndou. Hataltai: Whitcombe, , Thirkell, Carrad (s.j. „ . Newtown: Cully, Barker, Mobster, LevC Seatoun: Star, Nichol, Jackson, Gilbert (s.).

Island Bay: Green, Hobbs, McLean, Munro (s.).

Waimate: Holmes, Akhurst, Parry, Inkster (s.).

Caledonian: Scott, Lndsay, Clarldge, Langley (s.). Auckland: Allan, Bourke, Harrison, Ure (s.). Masterton: Allan, Faulkner, Morton, Kerr (s.). Feilding: Moore, Wenham, Allen, Herdman (s.).

Hawera: Bull, Adamson, Maslin, Squire (s.). Linwood: Kinvig, A. N. Other, Burson, Benzie (s.). Wanganui: Boyd, Hedditch, Goldstone, Tilley (s.). SECTION J.

Greens.—Wednesday, Wellington lower; Thursday, Eastbourne; Friday, Thorndon; Saturday, Island Bay. Victoria: Marks. Keith, Luke, Norwood (s,). Hutt: Roper, Smith, Burgess, Kennington (s.), Wellington: Innes Jones. Dustin (s.). Newtowu: Hughes, Hunt, Bleukinsop, Smith (s.).

Hataitai: Josephson, Carswell, Wellings, McWliannell (s.).

Palmerston North: Kerslake, Matheson, Brown, .1. A. Nash (s.). New South Wales: Mack, Rossiter. Casey, Griffin (s.). Mount Eden: Delamore, Turner, Trayes, Findlay (s.j. Dunedin: Williams, Smith, Rigby, Hutchison (s.).

Blenheim: MacDonald, Smith, Thomson, Dr. Noble-Adams (s.).

Rangiora: Horrell, Bailey, Logan, Hargreaves (s.). Whitoria: Land, Wycherley, Jenkin. Higgott (s.). SECTION K.

Greens. —Wednesday, Kelburn; Thursday, Khandallah: Friday, Wellington upper; Saturday. Hutt. Hutt: Murphy, Campbell, Bailey, Slinn (s.). Pukekohe: Bilkey, Short, Munro, Armstrong (s.). Masterton: Perry, Wilkinson, Ewington, Franks (s.). Gisborne: Sutton, Bright, Stevenson, Hueston (s.). Canterbury: Robinson, Deiargey, Ives, Fox (s ). Woodville: Mackie, Horen, Arnott, Wardrop (s.). New South Wales: ~ , , Walters (s.). Carlton: Wilson, Baird, Frost, Gordon (s.). Caledonian: Elliott, Lloyd, Hamel, Wyatt (s.). Fltzroy: Verry, Pavitt, Mills, Smith, (s.). For tne purpose of the draw each rink is given a number, and a player knowing the numerical Identity of his own rink has merely to glance down the columns (in the proper round) to know which rink they have to meet. There can be no confusion if all competitors stick religiously to the book. ELABORATE PROGRAMME An admirable programme has been got out by the secretary of the Dominion Bowling Association (Mr. R. W. Shallcrass) for the tournament, which will commence on January 7, with the championship singles, and continue on until January 18. The programme not only sets out in well-ordered detail the events, entries, and draw, but gives the visitors a lot of helpful information about Wellington and its environs, A full page map is published, and on it is plainly indicated the situation of each bowling green to be used in the tournament. Information is also supplied as to how to get out to the various suburbs from the city, club teleiflione numbers, the general conditions, as to play, and the duties of umpires are also set out in the programme. which is supplied to all competitors free of charge. CIVIC RECEPTION Mr. W. H. Bennett (a member of the Wellington Bowling Club) will represent the Mayor and City Council at the civic reception to be accorded to the Australian bowlers, at the Town Hall, at 11.30 a.m., on Thursday next. The Hon. J. G. Cobbe will represent the Goverifiiient at the reception. VICTORIAN BOWLERS HERE FOR THE DOMINION TOURNAMENT. The following members of the Victorian bowling party arrived on Saturday morning by the Manuka via the south: Mr. and Mrs. A. Clarke, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Blackwood, Mr. and Mrs. E. Burch, Mr. and Sirs. H. Beulke, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Wood, and Messrs. A. Cochrane, F. W. Johnstone, G. Vial and F. Pike. Mr. S. J. Little will arrive by the Marama this week. The party was met by Mr. J. Kershaw, honorary treasurer Dominion Bowling Association; Mr. R. W. Shallcrass, honorary secretary, and Mr. J. C. Blair, of Melbourne, an advance member of the party. QUEENSLANDERS FOR WELLINGTON (Australian Press Association.) Sydney, December 28. The Queensland bowlers for the New Zealand bowling carnival, accompanied by Mr. W. A. Jolly, Mayor of Brisbane, arrived at Sydney to-day, and will embark on the Marama for Wellington tomorrow. AUSTRALIANS FOR NEW ZEALAND CARNIVAL

By Telegraph.—Press Association. (Itec. December 30, 5.5 p.m.) Sydney, December 30. The New South Wales and Queensland bowlers were given an enthusiastic sendoff on board the Marama yesterday. All are looking forward to a pleasant holiday in New Zealand. Mr. John Scott, president of the New South Wales Bowling Association, and the Mayor of Brisbane, Mr W A. Jolly, both outstanding figures in commercial life in their respective States, are members of the teams.