BOWLING

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 31, 5 August 1930, Page 4

BOWLING

THE SUVA TOURNAMENT

XEW ZEALAND'S SUCCESS

(By Telegraph.)

(Special to "The Evenlno Post.")

AUCKLAND, This Day.

The New Zealand bowlers who attended the Pacific tournament at Suva returned by the Tofua yesterday. Tho party numbered 31, and 2(5 were bowlers. Invercargill supplied 14 players, Christchurch four, Feilding four, and Auckland four.

Tho New Zealandcrs won the Pacific Pennant, beating Australia by two games to niJ, and Suva by two games to nil.

Mr. J. A. 1-1. Nash (Epsom) won the Pacific singles, with C. J. Wood, of the Balclutha Clulj, runner-up.

The Pacific pairs was won by Messrs. A. Broad and G. Stevens.

The rinks tournament was won by the luvoreargill Club, with H. Hay, .T. Thompson, ]?. Stevenson, and D. H. Thompson as the team.

"There was no doubt about us cleaning up the Pacific this time," said a member of the team, "and the tournament was a huge success. New South Wales was the weakest rink there. Australia has promised to send a larger contingent to next year's tournament, however, and it is quite likely that a greater number of bowlers will be seen there from New Zealand. The island people gave us an exceptionally good time, and despite the fact that the main playing green at Suva had only been top-dressed last February, on the whole good games resulted. Eain prevented play for two days only. When the tournament ended the Suva people entertained us right royally. There was a five-day trip, which embraced the Bewa River district, Levuka, Lautoka, and the island of Ba, where wo witnessed an exhibition of fire-walking by the natives. There were several ladies in the party, and they, too, had a good time."