BOWLING

Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 18, 22 January 1913, Page 4

BOWLING

1 i ♦ NEW ZEALAND TOURNAMENT. A PROTEST. (B* TELEGBArtt— FftIiSS ASSOCIATION.) CHRISTCHURCH. 21st Jan. At the New Zealand Bowling Association's tournament the fifth round resulted :— Newtown (Kerr) a bye. Leeston (Johnston) 18, Wellington (Porteous) 17. Newtown (Prince) 26, Kaitangata (Carson) 8. The Canterbury green final will be played between North End (Ham) and Wellington (Porteous). Taieri (M'Laughlin) 24 beat Newtown (Prince) 21, and won the green final. On the Christchurch green^ at the conclusion of the Edgeware-Hastiiigs match in the fourth round, a protest was made by A. Dicksoh (skip of Edgewarc rink) against a pair 'of bowls played by the Rev. P.. C. Ramsay, second player in the Hastings team. The committee met and considered the protest, and decided that bowls being loaded with lead was a violation of Hie rules* and that the protest must be upheld. The Hastings rink, who Up io this time were standing ail excellent chance as winners of Section B, having four wins to their credit, were consequently disqualified, and did not play in the fifth round Much sympathy has been expressed on behalf of the Hastings team, it being understood that the fault was committed quite apart from any advantage to be obtained by the player. The lead, which was Vj be quite clearly seen, no attempt having been made to conceal it, was inserted in the disc on .the bias side, thus giving the bowl a much greater draw, and making it jmOre difficult to play. Mr. Ramsay states that he has^had the bowls' over five years, and that they were in the same condition, when given to him. He has'played frequently" with them in variottsr tournaments, and this is the first occasion on which/they have been objected to. ' At the conclusion of the fifth round of Section A, on> the Christchurch green, a discussion ansued as to the position of teams as regards the sectional winner. It is father a peculiar position. On Monday afternoon, in the third round, Phoenix and Christchurch met. Some delay was caused in the start of the game, and the skips (Mollison and'Barnett) decided. between themselves that, seeing no further games were to be played, they would play out the full 21 heads. However, before doing so, the bell rahg for time. At this period Christchurch was 18 to Phoenix's 14. It was explained to the umpire that it had been decided that the game should be played out, which the players stated he had agreed to, but when the final head was played, about 7 p.m., the score was : Phoenix 23, Christchurch 21. The position is now that the umpire has decided that the game was finished when the bell rang, and has given the win to Christchurch. By doing this Phoenix is only given three wins, but if credit is given against Christchurch, then, with four wins, they score a tie with Opawa, and claim their right to play off the sectional tie. The umpire, however) has decided against this, and declared Opawa the sectional winner. AORANGI TEAM IN AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND, 21st January. The Aorangi bowlers played a return match against Auckland to-day, and were again defeated. The points were^: —Auckland, 157; Aorangi, 143 i :,. i The following players' wflV represent !jTe Hiwi Club on Saturday, against Wellington ior, the. Edwin.'Feathersf^W.ilson, M'Clintock, Wiggins, Lock (skip). I The following will play for Kelbuma at the opening of the Seatoun green on Saturday i — H. Gannaway, Marquis, M'Coll, E. Garinaway.