HUTT VALLEY CONTEST

Evening Post, Issue 86, 11 April 1936, Page 15

HUTT VALLEY CONTEST

MCARTHUR & HENRY SHIELD

Play commenced yesterday on the Central and Woburn greens in the annual competition for the McArthur and Henry Shield. The total number of rinks entered was 22, comprising six each from Woburn, Central, and Lower Hutt, and two each from Petone and Upper Hutt.

Ideal bowling • conditions prevailed, and the greens were in first-class order. Several closely-contested games resulted, some good bowling being witnessed. It was noteworthy that as the result of yesterday's play no one rink secured three wins. The post-section play will take place on Monday on the •Central green.

A summary of yesterday's play is as follows:—

Section A.—Hadwin, Black, Brown, Bell, Witcher, Baker,,and Webley, two wins, one loss; Jones, Melhuish, Burgess, and Wyatt, one win, two losses; Parker, no wins, three losses.

Section B.—Tamblyn, Urwin, Ronan, Parsons, Shearer, and Judd, two wins, one loss; Fisher, Cole, Johnson, one xvin, two losses; Greig, no wins, three losses.

Results of yesterday's play were as follows, the following abbreviations being used; Hutt, H.; Woburn, W.; Upper Hutt, U.H.; Central, C; Petone, P.:— ■" SECTION A, CENTRAL GREEN. First Round. • Taylor, Ball, Fraser, Hadwin (s) (H.), 21; Cooper, Forsyth, Rowley, Black (s), (W.), 11. Lynch, Dalton, Brown, Goodwin (s) (U.H.), 24; McVean, Lumsden, Dodds, Parker (s) (C), 17. Moore, Murphy, Hodgins, Witcher (s) (H.), 20; Devine, Wilson, Radcliffe, Bell (s) (C), 15. Doran, de Clifford, Duncan, Jones' (s) (W.), 22; Fisher, Frame, Bush, Melhuish (s) (P.), 12. Webster, Roundhill, Piper, Baker (s) (HJ, 18; Peck, Whiteroan, Martin, Wyatt (s)' (W.), 8. Lockett, Fletcher, Capes, Burgess (s) (H.), 16; Elvines, Caley, Warner, Webley (s), (C), 15, Second Round. Hadwin (s), 16; Baker (s), 20. Black (s), 16; Burgess (s), 14. Parker (si, 20; Melhuish (s), 27. Brown (s), 14; Bell (s), 24. Witcher (s), 21; Wyatt (s), 12. Jones (s), 12; Webley (s), 18. Third Round. Hadwin (s), 18; Parker (s), 9. Black (s), 21; Melhuish (s), 14. Brown (s), 12; Baker (s), 11. Bell (s), 21; Burgess (s), 16. Witcher (s), 14; Webley (s), 15. Jones (s), 16; Wyatt (s), 20. SECTION B, WOBURN GREEN. First Round.—Scott, Ferguson, Stonehouse, Shearer (s) (H.), 18; Overend, Lawless, Mclntosh, Judd (s) (W.), 15. Hancock, Hicks, Churchill, Urwin (s) (C), 22; Hodson, Boyes, Roberts, T&nblyn (s) (W.), 8. Rose, Watkinson, Waddington, Fisher (s) (C), 16; Biggs, Davis, Mumby, Greig (s) (U.H.), 15. Woods, Morris, J. Johnson, T. Johnson (s) (P.), 14; Camm, Ridley, Lightowler, Ronan (s) (C), 25. Muter, Hawthorn, Mainland, Cole (s) (H.), 17; Leydon, Charlesworth, Robinson, Parsons (s) (W..), 15. Second Round.—Tamblyn (s), 24; Fisher (s), 23. Urwin (s), 16; Cole (s), 15. Greig (s), 19; Parsons (s), 20. Ronan (3), If; Judd (s), 19. Johnson (s), 26; Shearer (s), 17. Third Round.—Tamblyn (s), 19; Greig (s), 15. Urwin (s), 14; Parsons (s), 18. Fisher (s), 7; Shearer (s), 33. Ronan (s), 21; Cole (s), 18. Johnson (s), 17; Judd (s), 24. TODAY'S PLAY. Play was resumed today under ideal conditions. The results of the round finished this morning were as follows:— SECTION A, WOBURN GREEN. Fourth Round.—Witcher (s), H., 19; Brown (s), U.H., 10. Melhuish (s), P., 27; Burgess (s), H., 9. Hadwin (s), H., 24; Webley (s), C, 7. Parker (s), C, 14; Baker (s), H., 12. Black (s), W., 16; Wyatt (s), W., 14. Jones (s), W., 17; Bell (s), C, 14. SECTION B, CENTRAL GREEN. Fourth Round.—Judd (s), W., 17; Urwin (s), C, 14. Tamblyn (s), W., 26; Shearer (s), H., 14. Cole (s), H., 26; Johnson (s), P., 10. Ronan (s), C, 18; Greig (s), U.H., 13. Fisher (s), C, 20; Parsons (s). W., 11.