NOTES ON THE PLAY

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 12, 15 January 1929, Page 4

NOTES ON THE PLAY

The game in the firat round between Glenister and Blair (V.8.A.) aud Forgie and Lomas (Kelburn) on the Hataitai Green was full of '.-stirring incidents, both pairs making things lively. The score on the fifth end was 6 all, 12 all on the thirteenth end, 18 all on the nineteenth end, and 19 all on the twenty-first end. In the playroff, Blair got one shot and won by 20 to 19. In winning, Blair turned

the tublea on Lomas, ■who liad beaten him in the first round of the singles, but Blair had to strain every nerve to do so. Lomas was unlucky with three drives. Glenister played a sterling game. Hueston (Gisborne), who finished the day with three wins, had a seven scored against him in one end when playing Mnmby (Upper Hutt). Hueston was four down and drove, the result being that jUumby got seven. Hueston, however, won by 28 to 22.

In the Harrison (V.IJ.A.)-Nayloi- (Thorndon) game, in the first round, on Wellington uppen green, there were no , fewer than 12 dead ends.

The game in the second round between Ward and Watson (United) and "W. Osboni and E. Naylor (Thorndon) was a highly . interesting one. . On the seventeenth end the score was 1(3 all. On the eighteenth end Nuylor got two, making him two up. in the next end, Watson got four: Naylor IS, Watson 20. On- the twentieth end, Naylor got-three and led 21 to' 20. On the twenty-first end Watson's lead signified that Watson lay two and the game. The skips shook hands, but the measure showed that Watson had one shot only, making it a tie —21 all. The first extra head was full of changes. .Ward drew a beautiful shot. t Osborn carried the kitty on a long end, and secured the shot. Ward got second shot. 'Osboru's next, bowl went to the ditch. Ward was narrow. Osborn then got third shot— Naylor one up. Watson played firmly, and in running through got the shot with a wick. Naylor's bowl- went past, also Watson's next bowl. Naylor played firmly' on to a front bowl and came on to the kitty. Naylor one up. Watson took Naylor's bowl out and lay two. Naylor's firm bowl just missed the kitty. Watson tried to put the kitty into the ditch to make sure of keeping the two shots, which were lying well back. His bowl hit the jack and killed the head. On the twenty-third end Osborn lay shot. Ward's bowl slipped past. Osborn's next bowl struck a player standing just inside the border line of the next rink, and it had to be replayed. Osborn secured a good second at the.back. Ward drew second shot. Naylor one up. Watson's first bowl went behind. Naylor tried to block, but failed. Watson's two bowls went past. Naylor drew another shot and lay two up. Watson killed the head. On the twenty-fourth end Ward got the shot. Osborn captured the position, but Ward lay a good second. Watson's first bowl was jack high, four teet away, and did not affect the position. Naylor blocked, but Watson's fast shot came past.and pushed Osborn's lying bowl off. VVatson one up, which he kept and won. VVatson 22, Naylor 21. . .

Esson and King (Hastings) alsoj had a stern fight against Osborn and Naylor in the third round, and only, won it after three extra heads had been played. Essdn skipped and King led. On the second end the score was two all. On the ninth end, Naylor was 16 to 4. ;■ Frequently Esson's lying shots had been driven off by Naylor. From the tenth head Esson began to pull, up, in spite of determined op-

position, and finally got in front for the first time on the eighteenth end, when the score read: Esaon 19, Naylor 18. On the nineteenth end the score was 21 all. On the'next end Esson, got one. On the twenty-first end the score was 22 all. Each side then fought hard to get the required winning point, which Esson finally secured, with two more added, after twentyfour heads had been played—King 25, Naylor 22. The scoring card showed that from the ninth end, whilst Naylor added' 6to liis score, Esson put on 21. King, though playing lead, won the game by his own fine play and his sound, firm directions.

Eight shots, all drawn, were got in one head—the twelfth—in the game between P. Bourke and W. Ure (Auckland) and Delargey and - Ives (Canterbury), in the third round. Ives drove three times unsuccessfully, and failed in trying to draw with his last bowl. Ure 25, Ives 12.

Thomson (Blenheim) put up the big score of. 30 to 4 against Hawke (Mount Albert) in the second round. There are three cases of fathers and sons who will be playing together in the post-sectional stages of the rink competition''instead of two, as already stated. The third instance is that of the two Skoglunds, of Stratford, who have also been -partners m the pairs. In the pairs, also, are Alt' Dickson and his son, from Christclmreh.