THE BOWLING TOURNAMENT. CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue 24, 29 January 1904, Page 2

THE BOWLING TOURNAMENT. CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINAL.

NEWTOWN DEFEATS OAM ARU. Inr TKLEonAJ'H— own ronnKsroxDK.NT.j DUNEDIN, 28th January. Indications point to Newtown (Wellington) with a. mnglo rink doing wbnl AUuult, under like circumstances, accomplished at Auckland recent.)* — nnmely, go right through and provide tho winners of tho championship. The Nowtowniles won their semi-final in capital style, and, though they have a formidablo team to meet in Kaituna (Sneddon'y rink), 1 shall not bo surprised to iind tfiem come out on top. Prince had to meet Martin (Oanmru) in the semi-final. Oamuni, losing tho toss, led, and, with Princo lying with the "kitty" exposed, Martin came up strongly, aud just missed carrying tho white. Nowtown w«» lying on tha jack "at the next end, and Princo played to say« in tho ovent of <ho jack trailing, tho head rosulting in 2 for Oumaru after good play on tho part of Martin. Tho third Lend saw Nowtown with five bowls nearest the jack whon the skips went down, but Martin managed to rob them of 3, and Iho head finished 2 in favour of Nowtown. Martin had tho advantage in tho next few heads, and the score at the tenth was — Oam a rn 9, Newtown 5. But at the fourteenth head tho gamo was 10 all, and the excitement ran high. Two heads later tho scoro-sheot showed— Oamaru 12, Nowtown 11 ; tho latter were lying 3, when Martin took the shot away from his opponents, Prince failing to rub tho winning shot out. Tho next was a very poor one — nothing within four feet until Novtrtown's third iput, in ;t Bhofc with his last. bowl. Prince played a rattling bowl and mado 2, the head resulting — Ounroru 14, Nowtown 13. Harruway,piit both b^owls up to the jack, but tho Onmnru men were now playing only a modern (e gamo. , Princo improved and a 4 resulted— l 7 —-14 and two heads to go. Princo played his first bowl right on to "kitty, tho rest of tho bowls being all ut the back. Martin drove, but foiled to shift Prince's bawl. The latter endeavoured to draw again, but the strong wind caught his bowl. Martin tried another drive and punched out the Newtown skipper's bowl, but the North Island back boAvls wevo nearest on a tally, and tho result was 3 for Nowtown — 20 to 14 — and tho last head to go, in which Newtown scored a single — Nowtown 21, Oamaru 14. Tho other semi-final was marred to somo extent by the Mind, and tho result was never in doubt, Sneddon having a. comfortable lead from tho start.