NOTES ON THE PLAY

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 10, 12 January 1929, Page 7

NOTES ON THE PLAY

Harrison (V.8.A.), who had won four games, met D. Munro (Island Bay) in tho fifth round. Munro-had won one game previously. Tho match, was most interesting, full of exciting play. Harrison was up against it from Hie.start, and he had to drivo many times, Munro, too, proved that lie knew more than a little about forceful play. Harrison scored 2 on the first end, and, at that, ho stayed, until the eighth, when the score was Munro 13, Harrison (3. flay iv tho tenth end was full of change. Glen (Island Bay), who led well throughout, got two shots in. Munro's. No. 2, Hobbs, got a toucher, and Bouike, Harrison's No. 2, got third shot. Ure, Harrison's No. 3, drove and missed twice. Munro cut out two ■back bowls, to .prevent Harrison scoring should his expected drive carry kitty there. Harrison took off one lying shot, making him one down on the head. On the eleventh end, when Harrison was lying 4, TJre was unlucky enough to hit an opposition bowl lying in front into shot. On the thirteenth ■end; Johnstone (Elsternwick, Melbourne) drew the shot ten inches off the jack. M'Lean (Munro's No. 3) took of! Johnstone's shot and lay one. Tiro's drive went through. M'Lean then got another in front, and Muni;o lay two. Harrison's first bowl niade it a measure for shot, three feet at the back, Harrison took off Munro's bowl, and got one. Munro 10, Harrison 7. On the fourteenth end, Johnstone got a toucher right oti the jack. Bourkc.got the second/shot, about three feet at,

Tiack. Harrison lying two. Harrison tried to pick off M'Lean's bowl, in. an endeavour to get four, but failed. On the fifteenth end tho score was 20 to S in Munro's favour, with Harrison fighting hard all tho time to score. On tho 17th end Harrison's lead and No. 2's two shots were not disturbed. On tho 18th end, Johnstonc, Harrison's lead, put a fine shot on the jack. When Harrison was lying four, Muuro, with a nice bowl,' drew the shot. Harrison tried, to kill, but Ms shot, running wide, struck a bowl at tho side and went off. On the nineteenth end, Green drew two' shots, close to kitty. Bourko's bowl got tho jack and carried it three feet, but Munro still was lying two shots. Bourke's toucher went into tho ditch/ .Ur© pushed Johnstone's bowl, lying third, into the ditch, and took its place. Ure's second bowl knocked an opposition bowl in, Munro lying throe but the bowls lying as nice target. Harrison clipped off two bowls, but, Munro- still lay one shot. Munro 21, Harrison 14. On tho twentieth end, a scattered head, Hobbs's bowl running into tho teeth of a high wind, straightened up, and lay shot. Harrison tried to kill tho-head, as ono shot was of no use to. him. ' In the twenty-first end, Bourke'drew the shot, Hobbs's bowl took its place. Ure's first bowl was wide, but he drew'second shot with his second. Harrison killed the head. In the replayed head Harrison carried the jack into tho ditch and got three. Munro 21, Harrison 18. Harrison played splendidly, and was supported oy his lead and No. 2. Ure, the No. 3, was off his. game. Glen and Hobbs played well for Munro and the skip did well.There were at least ten dead ends.

In section X, Hueston (Gisborne), an ex-member of the Victoria Club, Wellington, has five wins to his credit. He won these games with large scores in each case. Armstrong (Pukekohe) beat him in. .tho sixth round by 21 to 14. Hueston was skip of the Dominion pairs championship in 1919, when he created a mild sensation by winning it with the aid of a novice, J.B. Boscinon. A one-sided game was that of Bentley (Dunedin) against Efford (Edgeware) in the fifth round, Bentlcy winning by 26 to B._ Kerr (Masterton), with three wins, met Gilbert (Seatoun), who had not .won a game, and went down by 20 to 17. Kerr was Bto3 on the eighth end. While Kerr subsequently put on 9 Gilbert scored 17 more," and ran out as winner by 20 to 17. Gilbert's men, as a whole, supported him well. Lett played a fine game as lead for Kerr. Gilbert (Seatoun), after getting his first win in the tourney against Kerr (Masterton). in the fifth round, then had a-hard tussle with Harrison (V.B.A.)' and lost by one point on an extra head being played. On the seventh end the score was 9 all. On the eleventh end the position was: Harrison 16, Gilbert 9. On the twelfth end, when 5 down, Harrison played two very narrow and short bowls. Harrison 16, Gilbert 14. On the seventeenth end tho score was 18 all. Harrison's rink then with good play got 1, 2, 1, making them 22 to IS on the twentieth end. On the twentyfirst head, with Harrison 's bowl lying the shot, Jackson, Gilbert's No. 3, carried the jack with a running shot just outside the north boundary of rink. At first Harrison thought the kitty was in play, but finally the head was replayed. Jackson clipped off Harrison's lying shot and lay the shot itself. ' Jackson got a second shot with a wick, and Gilbert drew a third, Gilbert lying 3, with his second shot to go. Harrison drew the shot. Gilbert, with a beautifully played bowl, picked off tho lying shot and got a valuable 4, making a tie, 22 all. In the extra head thorc were a-number of short or widely scattered bowls, on a fairly long end, with a gusty wind blowing. Nichol, Gilbert V No.-'2, got the 1 shot. Johnstonc, Harrison's No. 3, failed with botli bowls;, Harrison clipped oft' the.lying bowl, and apparently there was a measure for shot. Gilbert got the shot nearly three feet in front. Harrison, with a wide backhand bowl, drew the winning shot about a foot from the kitty. Harrison 23, Gilbert 22. Gilbert and his rink played well, Jackson, the No. 3, being prominent. Harrison's No. 2, J?,. Bourke, was very steady right through.

Of the Australian visitors, Harrison (V.8.A.) has five wins, A. Clarke (V.8.A.) and T. Griffin (N.S.W.) four wins, and Thomson (N.S.W.), Wood (V.8.A.), and Eogerson (W.A.) three wins each. Only two skips started in the last day's play with six wins, viz., Doherty--(Kelburn), whose total included a bye, and Noble-Adams (Blenheim), who played'out the six games. Nineteen skips have five wins, including Walker (Auckland), Parsons (Ponsonby), 13. J. Hill (Wellington), M'Whannell (Hataitai), Ardoll (Hataitai), Lowry (Kelburn), and N. Bell, senr. (Hamilton). Bell lost his game in tho fifth' round to Galbraith (St. John's).

There was a sensational finish to the game in the fifth round between Pilkington (Hamilton) and Lambert (Thorndon). Lambert was 18 to 1 at one stage, and 20 to*2'on the eleventh head.- On the twentieth head the score read: Lambert 21, Pilkington 15. Pilkington, requiring 6 to tie or 7 to win, got the full 8, but had to burn two ends before ho realised his ambition. Lambert 's men failed in the fatal head. When the skips crossed over, Pilkington was lying 6. Pilkington drew another with his first bowl, making him 7 up. Lambert made a good attempt to draw the shot, but his bowl ran a little too far. Pilkington drew another, and lay 8. Lambert's second bowl ran a little narrow and just missed the head. Fresh from winning against Wearne (Petone) by one point gained on the final end in the fifth round, Tom Yates, the genial manager of the New South Wales party, had to meet Max Walker, who had had five wins. If Yates had been told beforehand that he was going to beat Walker he would have thanked his informant for the compli,ment paid his rink, but he would have had his doubts about ,tho matter. Things started off badly for Yates, who was down ;2 to 1 on the third end. On the fourth end Walker got 5, by driving off Yates's bowl lying in second place. Yates was 7to Walker's 17 on the eleventh end, a. big deficiency in the middle of the game to make up. Between the eleventh and eighteenth end Walker added 2 to his score, whilst Yates's men secured 10. On the sixteenth cud Walker was lying 2. Yatos drove, split tho pair, and, carrying the kitty a little "way, got 3. Then Yatos got 2 and 1, making the score on the eighteenth end: Walker 19, Yates 17. Walker was 21 on the nineteenth cud. On the twentieth end Yates was lying 3. Walker drove and took one lying shot out, touching tho kitty on the side, and left Yatos lying 2. Yates tried to protect his first lying bowl, but failed. Walker again ..drove and went through a passage. Yatos with his next, bowl drew another. On the twentieth end Walker was 21 and Yates 20. On the twenty-first end, when the skips crossed over, Yates was lying 2. Yates then drew another just behind the kitty, Yates lying 3 and the game. Walker had no open draw for his first bowl, as both hands were blocked, and Yates had all the position should Walker drive. The latter with his last bowl tried to make a dead end, but failed. All of Yates's rink (Maekic, Jasprizza, H. Mayer, Wellington) played well, and they can justly claim to have outgeneralled Walker in the latter part of the game, and they wero heartily congratulated by the many spectators on their fine performance.