TO FINISH TO-DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 19, 23 January 1926, Page 13

TO FINISH TO-DAY

DOMINION BOWLING (TOURNEY

RINKS CHAMPIONSHIP DECIDED

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DUNEDIN, 22nd January.

The Dominion of New Zealand Bowling Association's annual tournament is now nearly completed, only three games in the championship pairs having to be played. The weather wai very warm to-day, but a boisterous wind made it almost impossible to send up two shots alike. About 3.30 p.m. rain set in, but it did not prevent the final of the championship rinks, which was then in progress/ from being completed. It did, however/ lead officials to decide to postpone play in the championship pairs until 9 o'clock this morning. ; " In the semi-final of. the ehamplonship rinks Thomson took the load against Gray at the fourth head, and after tie ninth he scored freely for a while, quickly assuring a strong position. The game ended on the twentieth' head, the Southerners then leading by 26 points to 11. . " ' 'JIZI

THE BIKES IWAL.

The final wu started at 1.80 ftfi., in the presence of a large number of interested spectator!. The wind was very troublesome for the greater part of the game; and players were pu«zled most of the time to know how to; send up their bowls. When about twothirds of the game had been played rain set in, but it was not heavy] enough to interfere with play, though. it made the green considerably easier, than it had been earlier in the day. Donedin started with a single in the first head, and Best opened the second head with a splendid toucher, watch' lay alongside the kitty. Siedeberg made two shots with his first, but the head was a very open one. Harraway, got six out of the head, giving'him the lead by teven points to nil. On the third head Southland got four, and thisjeft the scores 9-4 in favour, of Harraway with four heads played. Southland kept up steadily, and at tho conclusion, of the seventh head, which yielded 3 to Southland, the motor were 10-9 in favour of Dunedin. On «the eighth head Dunedin gc£2, but & 8 to Southland on the tenth made the " scores 12 all. On the next head Southland was lying two shots behind thsj kitty, but Hatraway cut them both out with a splendid drive and teored 5. Southland responded with a nice 4 on the twelfth, and a single to each' in turn was followed by a 2 to Bar* raway in the next head. The sixteenth] was disastrous to the Dunedin> rink, the Southlanders notching 6 and lead* ing for the first time, 23-22. The seventeenth yielded a single to Thorn* son, securing him 2 np with four head* to play. Dunedin got singles on the eighteenth and nineteenth, making the scores 24 all with two heads to go. The bowls were well scattered on the twentieth head when Stewart eamo to play. Dunedin had the shot, but the Sonthlander out out the: best bowl and left his own side with 2. Harraway drew two splendid shots, but Thomson eu.t one of them out. This left Harraway 1 up with one head to go. : ■■■'.■•.... • .- __ On the filial head Beit got In a very nice one for a start, but Parker beat it with his second. M'Culloch trailed the kitty with one of the best shots seen during the game, and made the position very difficult for the visitors. Both Stewart and Thomson failed to cut out the shot bowl, and Hairawaj; thus won by 26 points to 24. ._ : pairs cottPßTmtnr. -** Harraway (Dunedin) having drawn a bye in the rinks competition, wan. available this morning for the pairs, and met and defeated Sanders (Kaituna) in the first round of the postsection play. The Dunedin pair had - much the better of the game, winning rather easily from the Hill pur.. When six heads had been played, Sanders was 7 to Harraway'a 4, buf after eleven heads the honours werfi even—ll all. Harraway then tool?]' charge and notching 1, 1, 2, 4, 2, 4« on the next six heads had a lead of 14 points" with four heada to play,. Sanders scored a brace on each of the ■ next two heads, which were tlm last, as time was called, leaving Harrawaj victorious by 10 points. '

Pilkington (Hamilton) m«t A«eti (St. Hilda) in the fint semi-final and won rather easily. Although the winning margin is large it does not givo a fair indication of the play, U the St. Kilda pair were playing really, well, but Pilkington and M'lntyrn;, were playing right at the top of their, l form, and had a day out Pilkington' ( opened well, icoring 3, 1, 8 on th* first three heads. Adesi got ft lingta on the next, but Pilkington unt to light with a 4 on the fifth. On the sixth Adess notched 6, cutting Pilkington's lead down to 5. After font*; teen heads the Hamilton pair by, very fine bowling had increased their j lead to 9 and maintained their post | tion to the eighteenth head, whcij time was called. I

To-morrow morning Huraway! (Dunedin) will meet Cooper (Karon). in the second round of the pain. Th« winner of this game will meet Tarn?, blyn ( Auckland) in the second ■emifinal in the afternoon, and the ■■wiß* ncr of the second semi-final will meet Pilkington (Hamilton) in"ttt« final" later in the day. * __ tii ' The following are the" reanlt|i-*-j| Championship Rlnlct.: Semi-final: Thomson 26, beat Gra^ (Kelburn) 15; Harraway, a by*. Gray; was in this round. Final: Best, Siedeberg, M'Onlloafhj Harraway ■ (Dunedin) 20, beat/ M'Robie, Parker, Stewart, Thornton (Southland) 24. ' Championship Pairs—Post Seetioo Play. / •■ . ...■■'... First Bound:" Best and Harraway/ (Dunedin) 25, beat Halligan and T. Sanders (Kaituna) 15; semi-finnl, M'lntyre and Pilkington (Hamilton) 22, beat Brackenridge and Adess (St. Kilda) 13.