BOWLING
PUBLIC SERVICE TOURNEY
,':. The semi-finals: and: finals-of ..tfie Publi* ■< Service .. bowling tournament ■■ werejplayied on the Thorndon green yesterday ,aft«r- ---: noon.under perfect conditions.- TKeSswhifinals went ■■rather ■easily':';tb: ; JTdu<!atibn (Porteous), and Public Works ■■; (Bennett) ~- but the!, final was a closely"s'contested match. , ■. ' .':■'. . '••''"■'■" ■'"•".':>;. ';• r The, semi-final results, were.:—. ; '~,•■!.■ Education (Lambourne, Croxtonj, Crawford, Porteous), 21. beat Xands:''(Smith, Ewe'n,'.•'Fleming, Macintosh), -Vl2i•'■.;^; L: )\: I Public Works (M'Kiiy, ArthtnyPawell. I Bennett), 24, beat RailwaysV ; (Batten, |,Bourke, Loe, Munro), 8.. \'-''. , ":f.'■;''.?• '. As the skip of the Education rink-., ijd. to leave immediately after, the 'Bemj-fiplal tor Kotorua, whefe he will'-take.-i^t'ih the. tournament on Monday, '■ his place was taken by Crawford,-Cresswell'"playing No. 3. In the semi-final- between Public Works and Railways, the • P..'VV.D.i.riiik "were well ahead; of tlieir opponent*,-,and when Bennett scored five oii the eighteenth had, making the score 23*8 in "his fayoiii', the issue was almost beyond ,doubt. . H« had' scored in nine successive ' heads. Another point was added on the • wneteenth head, when thelosers "threw;;in'-'t!i» ' towel." ' ' ■' .' . .-■ '', '.!i '/'":■ ''• \:':'■.■ . In the final, the Public Works 'rink played most consistently, maintaining the t'orm they had shown _throughoutl..the.'., tournament, winning the match by 19 points -to Is. v ..', -■ '■■.•• - :' ----v ...;.-■■'- -...'.'..:;,■.-..■■. The badges were presented .to,; the .yiii-nei-s by the president. ■' ilr'. r'"Hv',.Roic. Clieers Ayere given the champions) and'aleo the-secretary;, Mr.- J. S; Rutter,--and-l'the umpires, Messrs. A. E.; Pearson-and1 Gr. Heu'dry. - '-' ■' '-.•.- ''■'..'■:■■ '"■'' ..:
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 33, 8 February 1930, Page 7
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219BOWLING Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 33, 8 February 1930, Page 7
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