NOTES ON THE PLAY

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 12, 15 January 1929, Page 11

NOTES ON THE PLAY

In the game between Snow and Brighting (Hataitai), and Proctor and A. A. Smith (N.S.W.), in the fourth round, Brighting was 19 to 8 on the fourteenth end. In the nineteenth end Brighting elected. to drive when he had only one bowl on the green, and Smith was lying the shot. . The result was that Smith got 5. The score then read: Brightiug 20, Smith 16. Brighting eventually' won by 22 to 18.

The S. Knight and Thompson (Skipping in place of M'Kee) pair from Hastings met Burch and Cochrane (V.8.A.) in the fourth round. This was a good game, the hardest fight which Thompson has had during the competition, and he was fortunate to win by one point on an extra end being ■ played. ■On the eighth end the score was 5-all, 12-all on the 16th, and 18-all on the 21st end. Thompson has won his four games. ■ •

Frost and Gordon (Cariton) won against Duncan and Ferkins "(Island Bay) by 18 to 16 in the fourth round. On the twentieth end the score was 16-all. When the final end was being played, Gordon lay one shot. Ferkins drove and took out his bowl, which was lying second shot, and Gordon got 2, winning by 18 to 16.

The Marris and Lowry (Kelburn) game against E. JwSnuth and F. Smith

(Kaituna) in the fourth round, had an exciting finish. On the 20th end, the score was 16-all. On the 21st end Smith had a toucher right on the jack. Lowry drove twice and missed, but with his next bowl he killed the head. In the replayed end, Marris, with his second bowl, got a touchor, which stayed on the jack, and his first played bowl also counted. Lowry, 2. Smith's lead drove without result. Lowry put in a block, which Smith removed with his fir/ bowl. Lowry blocked and Smith went through. Lowry played the best back bowl, and Smith hit Lowry's lying bowl and the jack ran to another of Lowry's.bowls which became the shot. Lowry put in another good back bowl. Smith's last bowl tipped the lying shot still closer to the jack. Lowry, 17; Smith, 16. Marris played well for the first ten ends, then went off, but camo to light again towards the end. Both of the Smiths played good bowls.