N.Z. RINKS CHAMPIONSHIP

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 19, 23 January 1924, Page 3

N.Z. RINKS CHAMPIONSHIP

NEWTOWN TEAM OUTCLASSED

A GAME OF PERFECT BOWLS.

After an exhibition of what is described as "perfect bowls," the West End rink, skipped by W. Bremner, defeated the Newtown rink, skipped by W. Wylie, by 29 points to 23, at the Dominion Bowling Tournament at Christchurcli yesterday. There wa3 a large attendance of spectators, and the players were frequently applauded for fine shots. Following were the teams :— West End, Auckland.—W. Ure H. Hill, 'C. G. Maher, W. Bremner (a). Newtown.-J. C. Brackenridge, J. Pollock, J. Brackenridge, sen., W. Wyke (s). Wylie had defeated Bremner in the semi-nnal, but as Bremiler had two lives the same teama met in the final in the afternoon. The St. Albans green was used, and a strong westerly wind was blowing. Wylie won the first two heads, but Bremner was successful on the third. ?u\ sustained' his lead until the seventh head, when the score was 5 all At the next end Bremner lay 2, and at the ninth it looked as if Bremner was going to secure a fairly S ubstaDtial lead The ■ Wf?* T EnJ? side h.*d four "counters" in until J. Brackenridge, sen., drew second shot, and as the skips failed to alter the position, the score stood Bremner 8, Wyhe 5. The tenth head started off short, but i £ x£° i- W^? trailed and left Wyhe -lying 2. ■ Bremner, however, secured nrst and second shot with his bowls and although Wylie made a splen- I Sit w&T he iust failed- Brem" Ure got on the jack with his first bowl at the eleventh end, but J. C. Brackenndge trailed the white. Hill went short, and Pollock drew a second. Maher was also short and J. Brackenwlif'i.* 60 -' - pu) in-another "counter." With his second bowl Maher essayed to smash the head, but went wide, and Brackenridge then put in a "block" half W/ y «P .th! sreea- This had the desired effect, for Bremner ran into it with his first and did not do any good with his second. Bremner 10, Wylie 8. A "POST MORTEM." FOR SIX. An "inquest" was held by Bremner before playing.his bowls'-at the twelfth head, and as a result of the "post-mor-tem he resolved to knock out Wylie's two shot bowls with.the idea of getting o. He played a beautiful shot, and was rewarded with 3. Bremner 13, Wylie SV Bremner got foor at the next fu '-KTWluch P ut him 9 P°£tlts ah?ad of the Newtown skip, but the Newtown man played with consummate coolness. ■At the fourteenth -head Wylie's lead Placed the bowl right on the jack, but Ure rested this out. Bremned's second Vny i -to ° strong» shifting the jack but still lying two. J. Brackenridge, 'sen., displaced these, and Bremner's third tailed to alter the position. Bremner massed a drive with his first bowl and Wyhe drew with his shot. Bremner's second drive also missed, Wylie drawing with his second, and gaining four points. Bremner 17, Wylie 12. Tta next was a full-length head. Wyhe s,second was right on the jack, trailing'it a foot or two with a fortunate wick. Bremner's No. 2 got the second shot, -while his third made a fine attempt to carry the jack to back bowls, but failed. Bremner .{.wice failed to w "3r !* c Jack back- Bremner 17, The game was now reaching the crucial stages, and, as it happened, fortune was with the Aucklanders. Bremner lay ' 2 at the conclusion of the sixteenth head, and at the seventeenth Wylie ran the jack on to one of the West End bowls, thus giving Bremner a point on the head. Bremner 20, Wylie 13. When the skips went down at the 18th head Bremner was lying 4, and the Auckland skip added another couple. Bremner 26, Wylie ,13. When J. Brackenridge, sen., had played his. last bowl on the 19th head, the Newtown rink was 3 up, but with 1 his second shot, Bremner wrested two |of the Newtown shots- out. Bremner S J^£i 4- Bremner scored a single at the 20th, and Wylie 3 at the 21st, making the score; Bremner 27 Wylie 17 Newtown now had a bit of rack and pulled Tip six points on the next two heads, but at the 24th West End scored again, this time getting a single. Wylie had attempted to drive the kitty into the ditch for 5, but missed. Bremner 28, Wylie 23. WYLIE'S ONLY HOPE. To win the championship Wylie had to score 6 points on the 25th head, and this proved to be an insuperable task. Certainly the Newtown rink had two counters when the skips went down, but Bremner was not making any mistakes; He shifted the jack slightly with his first bow], but drew the shot with his second. Wylie's sole chance now was to burn the head, and this he just failed to, do. Bremner 29, Wylie 23. At the conclusion of the game, Mr. J., Brown,, president of the Dominion Bowling Association, presented the rinks championship banner to Bremner's team. In a brief speech he congratulated the winners on their successful play and stated that the trophy was going back to Auckland, from whence it had come this season, having been won last year by A. Parson's rink, Ponsonby. Mr. Brown then called for cheers for both winners and losers. Messrs. Bremner and Wylie briefly responded. '