MITCHELL OF SYDENHAM HEADS THE PAIRS

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 20, 24 January 1924, Page 16

MITCHELL OF SYDENHAM HEADS THE PAIRS

THW. QAMEB DESCRIBED,

(II llUaillPH.—Mill AHOCUTIOX.)

CHRISTCHURCH, 23rd Jan.; The Dominion bowling tournament kras continued this afternoon, rain presenting play in the morning. The conditions were miserable, rain falling at inlervak, and the -wind being bleak. Revolts :— s~ SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP. Final.—Taieri (W. Carswell), 19 v. SVest End, Auckland (W. Bremner), 14., Carswell v. Bremner.—The Taieri play«r went into the lead right from the start, and at the conclusion of the thirteenth head the score stood Carswell 14, Bremner 8. Up till this stage, Bremner had scored on seven heads, and Carswell ; on six. By this time the rain had ceased, and the green had much improved. Bremner was awarded,a single on the fourteenth head after a measure ©f about 30 feet, which was the longest/measure of the tournament. Cars-,-weU 14, Bremner 9. At the fifteenth head Bremner threw the kitty for an exceptionally short head, which was found to be two feet short of the requisite. 22 yards. Carswell then threw up the jack just a foot short of the full length. Bremner scored on the next two heads, and at the eighteenth Carsveil tried to trail the jack with his last bowl, but took his. own 6hot out, leaving Bremner lying 3. Carswell 16, Bremner 13. A single went to Bremner at the next end, making the total Carswell 16, Bremner 14. "With 19 heads ■ played, Bremner had scored on 11 and Carswell on 8. Carswell got 2. at the 20th head, and at the 21st Bremner required 4 to win, and drew the shot with his first. Carswell. played for position and sent down his fowls in such a manner as to prevent Bremner getting a ' When Bremner played his last bowl Carswell was lying second.- Brem-, v lier tried to trim the head with his last bowl—a heavy drive—^but took,out his own shot bowl instead. Carswell won by 19 to 14. PAIES COMPETITION. First round.—United (D. M'Kenzie and..Dr.. J. D. Marks) 23, v. Kewtown (J. Brackenridge, senior, and W. Wylie) ,22: ' • " ■ -■.■■;■.. Second round. —Sydenham (T. A. I Cherry and J. Mitchell) 22 v. United (D. Mackenzie and Dr. Marks) 13. Dr. Marks v. Wylie.—Wylie opened .with a four on the first head, but his opponent replied with a five atHhe sec-, end. The third head twelfth ,and thirteenth went to Marks equalled on the best with a four and a three. On 'the sixth and seventh heads respectively, Marks obtained a lead of six, but on the eighth and ninth Wylie scored two and ■ a single,' halving his' opponent's, lead. Marks again scored three on the tenth, Wylie replying with four on' the , next. The twelfth and thirteenth went to Marks with singles, while Wylie scored two on the fourteenth, the scores being now 18-16 in favour of Marks. The fifteenth and sixteenth, with singles, . were won. by Marks, Wylie getting a single on the seventeenth. Marks, with two, won the eighteenth head, Wylie scoring three on the nineteenth, making his' score 20,' to Marks's 22. A wellplayed two by Wylie on the-twentieth' made the scores equal. . Keen interest was now showri in the twenty-first, .which proved the best of > the game. Brackenridge, Wylie's lead, sent his first bowl down a little wide, and Mackenzie, with a beautiful first shot, placed his wood directly behind the jack. Mackenzie's second ball got the shot, Brackenridge trying to eliminate,. but going through, and Mackenzie with his third displaced his oWn shot bowl. Marks was one up when the skips went down. Wylie's first displaced the shot bowl, and his ■ bowl lay the shot. Marks's first bowl wa3 a trifle wide. Wylie with his second played for position, and placed his bowl well behind the head. Marks with his second overran the head, and .Wylie made a good attempt to trail the jack to a more secure position. He missed, however, by a narrow margin, and Marks with his third knocked his own bowl on to the shot. Both skips' last bowls failed to alter, the position, the head ending one upl'in favour of Marks, who won by 23-22. Mitchell v. Marks.—Mitchell opened the scoring with a single, and Marks made the scores even in tha "second • head. Two to Marks on the third head put him in the lead for the only time in the game. A single to Mitchell on tha fourth head was followed by 4 and 3on the next two heads. Marks answered with 3 on the seventh, making the scores 9-6 in favour of Mitchell. The following four heads were all won by Mitchell with three singles and a 2. „ Marks won the twelfth with 2, and at this stage had won four heads to his ■opponent's eight. Three to Mitchell on the thirteenth game gave him an excel- . lent lead, which he maintained to the end. Marks won the' fourteenth head ' with a single, but Mitchell won the next two,- scoring a single on each. , The scores: were 19-9 in favour of Mitchell. Marks reduced his opponent's lead by scoring 3 on the nineteenth, but Mitchell's position had already been made secure with 2 on the eighteenth. A single to Mitchell on the twentieth head left Dr. Marks in a hopeless position, and the game was abandoned in favour o£. Mitchell. Mitchell's '■ win was very - largely Jdiie to Cherry's fine leading.