Bowling Notes

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 28, 3 February 1938, Page 25

Bowling Notes

PENNANT MATCHES

POSITION OF CLUBS

* NOTES FROM THE GREENS

r.'. ". „ :(By "J«ck."

' Points held by clubs after last week's pennant matches are as follows:— T«-*^'.\,' ''.''Senior... .- Section-A;—Kelburn 9, Khandallah b, Hafaitai 7. Hutt 6, Seatoun, Wellington, Newtown, and Island Bay 5 each* Central and 'Johnsonville-Porlrua 4 each; Victoria 2, Woburn 0. Section B.—Karori 9. Hataitai and Petone ■* each,''Lyall Bay and Victoria 6 each, Thorndon and Wellington 5 each, Kelburn 'and Island Bay 4 each, Woburn 3, Eastbourne 2, Newtown 0. Section C—Khandallah and Hutt 9 each; Thorndon and Karori 6 each, Lyall Bay's, Island Bay, Kelburn, and Seatoun 4 each, Wellington 2, Porirua 1, Section'D.—Hutt 9, Hataitai 8, Central 7, Thorndon 6, P.etone 5, Karori and Eastbourne 4 each, Lyall Bay 3, Kelburn and Victoria 2 each. Junior. Section A.—Victoria and Seatoun 10, Wellington,-- Woburn, and Newtown 6 each, Eastbourne and Hutt 5 each, Lyall Bay 4, island. Bay and Central 3 each, Karori 2, Porirua 0. ; Section B.—Petona. 10, Khandallah 8, Woburn, Victoria, and Wellington ,6 . each", Eastbourne, Island Bay, and Kelburn 4 etch, Newtown 2, Island Bay 6. There is only one more round of section play. ' i The R.S:h. tournament has been'set down for February 24 on the Hutt and Central greens. Entries close with the secretary of the Wellington Centre on February 21. -''~, -Secretaries of clubs 'are reminded that entries for the centre's champion of champion matches close on Saturday. The next big event locally will be the centre's Easter'rinks-tournament, to be played on April 15, 16, and 18. Karori Club. Although numerous changes were necessary In nnKs for last Saturday's pennant competitions,, the Karori Club enjoyed good measure of success. All four,rinks nr section B had wins, and the club is placed in a commanding position'i n the lead. Honours were divided with opposing rinks in sections C and D. All told, the club had eight wins and four losses. ' ."__ _ It is expected that -the club's champion rink will be found very shortly. TheT?inFs~3mpetitiQn has reached the semi-final stage.'-' , / > In-the champion pairs and also tn the' champion• And 'handicap singles competitions '".there Jjave -been some very'exciting games of late.. These competition's 'We well advanced, several rounds7baving-been completed in each „sebtioii; - In/the "flrst-life" section oi * the^jchanfpion pairs the second found'results7were:—Dyett beat Tullet^Adawi^beai'^Robjerts.on-,' -Field beat Neilson? vNeedham beat" Spiers, Thompson i beat T*aylor, Dunbar beat Christensen, Holden beat Parsons, and To^msley beat "Hamilton. Thompson and -Townsley,1 - fay defeating Dunbar and Holden - respectively, enter' the fourth'rpund. In the "second-life" section second-round games resulted;— Ncedham beat Moffltt, Thompson beat Dunbar, Neilson beat Taylor, Dyett beat ;'Goodall, Cooper beat Johnson, Tulleit beat .Crawford, .Robertson beat Adam's;" and. Field beat Burrow. In the1 third1 round Thompson beat Needham awT Field beat Robertson. Shaw; "and Townsley entered the fifth round-"of the pairs by defeating Thomson and -Thompson, who were previously unbeaten in either section. Thompson jinet.JDunbar twice in the pairs, and on each** occasion the playing of an extra „ead'was'necessary. It was a stroke of vba'd "luck; for Dunbar that he and his partner should lose their "life" In each, section after a tie on the last heads!' , ' ■ Still in the champion singles are the following: With two "lives," Needham, Gilbert (who ;was extended by Leadbeater in a game this week), Tullett, and Thorn; with one "life," Field, Meehan, Parsons, Shaw, and Adams. In fourth round games Field beat Dempster, Needham beat Townsley, and Gilbert beat I<eadbeater. There-are.still from twelve to fifteen players in the running for the handicap,singles. :'> "" Bowler Farewplled. „ , Avery large attendance of members of the Khandallah, Bowling Club at the pavilion last week' was evidence of the popularity of the guest of the evening,- Mr. A. H: Bath, who was about to leave on an 'extended trip to England. The president, Mr.,Lynneberg, and. the several other speakers, emphasised the club's indebtedness'-to Mr. ,Bath for his outstanding services in the executive position of treasurer over the last ten years^ Mention was also made of the. leading" part taken by both Mr. and Mrs. Bath in social services in the district. Presentations were made to Mr. and Mrs. Bath and best wishes .expressed for an enjoyable stay in the Old Land. The main purpose of the trip is to visit a ''married daughter residing at Westward Ho and as^Mr. Bath is a most enthusiastic bowler, he is looking forward to games on the famed Ply; mouth Hoe with the "men of Devon." Wellington Club. !.'■'. T. Skoglund, by a close margin (20-18) deprived D. J. O'Neill of one life in the fifth round of the Wellington Club's champion ( singles -competition. Skoglund led 7-1. O'Neill made it 6-7 on the fifth end and evened up 10-all on the eleventh head, and went on to be 14-10.on the thirteenth. It ' was 15-all, on the seventeenth head. Skoglund- moved -to the: front, being IS^lo .on-the';:eighteenth -head, and fihallyVwirininn by two points. A wellplayed «game; -■■- *••-,•■' > ■■.-■■. ..- .Ti'y'.T.VSkoglund became section B singl&*''winner' by beating E. Walker by/23-17? Iti'was'ea very,' interesting match, .both players being • in ; good form/but Skoglund proved himself to be tj>e7b_tter''-man'oh the day. Walker le&.iOff'. With 7 tw.673's.*f Skoglund. responded with ik 3 and a 1. On the sixth-Head Walker led by 8-4, Skoglund then-began to overhaul him and eventually-passed •-him, being successively 13^8, 16-14, 21-15 on the nineteenth head and 23-17 in the final end; Skoglund is now in the final arid awaits the winner between D, J. O'Neill and O. Cox. In the fourth round of the club's champion pairs H. Bishop and D. .^nristie (s) -beat A. Ballinger and R. •wHtfrie *s) in unmistakable fashion, ■jjfpA then went on to account for L. vrOnin and A. G. Warwick (s) by a *"*>stantial margin. A* battle, royal .in pitch darkness marked "the: champion pairs game, four,tn''. round,; won by J. Ross and F. Ross~('s) against T. A. Nicoll and G. S. Hill (s) by 18-17 on Friday evening last. Before the game ended matches were struck and the clubhouse electric lights switched on to throw some light on the scene. Hillwas 17-16 when the last head began.- Ross was 5 when Hill killed. On the replay Hill got 1 shot by knocking out Ross's two counters. Ross replaced and held 'them. Both skips played in spirited

and clever, fashion in the last two heads in strange conditions. • In the president and vice-president's rink tournament, J. Harper, D. A. Sturrock, J. Brown, P. Skoglund (s) will meet Coutts, G. Redmond, F. W. Penlington, F. Edwards (s) in the final. Skpglund beat the other rink left in '<E.'Walker's) by.23-19. Sturrock gave valued support. - / 7/ ' Lyall Bay. . Blind man's buff rather sthan bowls was played on a recent evening at the Lyall Bay Bowling Club when a match between pairs skipped -by Jack Reid arid; Charlie Moutray was1 decided. It was dark, with' still four heads to play, but the/skips.-decided':to continue, so white ,caps,*.." white ': handkerchiefs, matches, torches, and.motor-car headlights were brought into use., On the twentieth head they were' all square and on the twenty-first Moutray's lead placed one within,a<foot of kitty, an* despite the .effortsof Reid' to, remove it ■it still; remained, and amid the plaudits of a gallery of onlookers in the dark Moutray emerged the winner. The club's championships... are now drawing to finality. King, Sherwood, Brackenridge, and Bradley are, sfill left in- the .singles, and pairs skipped by Hazlewood, Conder, and 'Moutray are still, left in the, champion pairs. The last round of the champion rinks is to be played on Saturday. Otaki Railway. , A rinkfrom the Otaki,Railway^ Club took part in a tournament, at Island Bay .on Sunday and put up a most creditable performance; taking into consideration that two of the players were practically- new to the game. The rink was skipped by A. D. Webster, a fine player, '< whose running shots,, were the feature of ? the day.. His lead, Whare Gray,(a champion golf player), .was perfectly at- hoWe 'on. the keen green .and played- well/,: '; :-: 77: ■•',: -' , , At the weekend the Railway Club will hpld a ; -tournament, and;a dozen Wellington Clubsv'*_e likely to be represented.1 Manawatu and; Wairarapa will also sen*:rinks.'; ; :? v ;}.;■ __ ; : Arink from the Otaki Club—Wilson, Gillespie, McGill, Watford (s) made the Journey, to Taihape- at, the weekend tuitf.had <an enjoyable day- -. < ■ .-.* Plimmerton and Otaki played.for*the country pennant on Saturday,'-when eachTside scored a win. Otaki led by seven-mi "points., '~"y'"'~': ;■-;--■—-• : A7R«^oii.'7,v)777fj77 '7-y7i^-7 ,'.\ There was a happy reunion: oh Mon-' day last between' Mr... F. C. ("Buller")j Ker, ;of Childers, Queensland, and some of the many friends whom he, made while in New Zealand a year | ago as manager of the Queensland Tourist Bowlers' team which had a wonderfully'successful tour through the Dominion. Mr. Ker was a passenger1 by the P. and O. liner Strathhaver and he entertained his friends to lunch on board. Everyone was particularly pleased to see. present Sir Charles Norwood, a Queehslander by birth, who is steadily- convalescing from a serious operation. J- Mr. A. H. Crawley, president, Nelson 7 Bowling, Centre and the Nelson BowliogyClub,7speciaJly.., came by plane that mbrhingftp attend 'the gathering, and, Mr? Arthjxr ; ;.j|Wiihsett, honorary secretary, Manawatit Bowling Centre, made the train journey-" from Palmerston North for the same purpose, so much do they think of their Queenslandvfriend; 'One thing-that .the party was very glad: to hear from Ker was that he hoped.to pilot another bowling .team through. New Zealand, next year, these visits do Jmucby, to improve • the ?opd. relations between the two countries, especially when a team is in the hands of such a tactful, genial, and businesslike man' as "Buller" Ker. Australian Champion. . In winning .the Australian singles championship at Sydney on Saturday last, F. Livingstone,'. of the Onehunga Club, put up a great performance, and is to be heartily congratulated on his feat. He won the Dominion singles title at phristchurch, two- years ago, and he has many club and Auckland and other bowling centres' honours. ■ ■ The only- other New Zealander •to win an Australian single-handed championship, was the late Mr. W., McLaren, of Dunedin, who, at Melbourne, on November 11,1906, gained this hohbur.by 21 to 20, the runner-up being F. Hardliam (City, Melbourne). There were 109 competitors.' The competition was; conducted by the Melbourne Cricket Club under the patronage of the Victorian Bowling Association, j 1 A. H. Robertson (Onehunga), Livingstone's skip,in the rink which took part in the Sydney bowling carnival, was runner-up to F. Dobbie (Melbourne) in the Australian1 singles championship at Brisbane in 1931. It was a hard fight, Dobbie winning by 31-30. L. L. Macey (Rehiuera) and W. Denison (Balmoral) put lip an excellent performance in surviving, the fourth post-sectional round of, the pairs in the Australian championship tourney, winning 20-15. They were then closely oeaten, 16-15,' in .the "_ua'rterrflnals. -„_-■,;_,.- .-,y .-;..,.;.•■-:- -?;-. -•: ■>' Personal.'.. 7157 ;> • ■'■:.' The president of the - Seatoun Bowling - Club; :,Mr., H. Oldfleld, and some thirty members: paid their last respects during last :week, to their- late fellowmember, Mr. A. H. Wright. As one of the original-members, the late Mr. Wright was closely connected with the activities of .the club for over 25 years, but, because' of' his official position, he wa's-unable to accept the office of president which was offered to him on more ihan7 one-occasion. He was on the green up to a day or two prior to his death,, and, his- genial presence will be missed by all players both young and old. . He. was a worthy bowler and one of Nature's gentlemen. The club extends,its sympathy to the relatives and, in Particular, to one of the sons, Mr. P. J. Wright, who is sole selector and himself one of the foundation members ■of the Seatoun Club. If is with'regret that the death is recorded of Mr. George Stewart, while on a holiday visit to Auckland. "George" joined.the club in 1934, and immediately , won, the esteem of the members :by; his genial manner and pleasing personality. The Wellington, Bowling^'Club has had quite a number of overseas visitors during the past week in the persons of Messrs. F. C. Ker (Isis Club), Childers (Queensland), A. Swansori (Lautoka Club, Lautoka, Fiji), S. R. Russell (New Farm Club, Brisbane), J. F. Cripps and D. Morgan (Killara Club, Sydney), and A. Kinnear (South Park Club, Adelaide). Mr. Kinnear was a member of the Wellington Club up to the time of" his leaving for Adelaide 15 years ago.' ;7 7 Lawn Bowling in U.S.A. ; Lawn bowling inNthe United States of America is- making steady headway, and ;there,are now 49 clubs in ■ the Eastern States and 27 on the Pacific Coast. The American newspaper Presp too, is giving much more space to accounts of. tournaments, etc.. At the tournament in California, recently there were-record • attendances, entries far sxceeding expectations. Fifty-six teams entered for the open rink championship, - including three' from Vancouver, 69 teams played in the championship open doubles, and there were 104 entrants in the singles. A Highland Park team won the California State trophy, and a group photograph shows these players Dareheaded, all neatly attired in white silk shirts, cream flannels, with white belts, and wearing white shoes. Their club name is displayed in a circular monogram fastened to the shirt front. No blazer was worn. Their, example might well be emulated in Wellington by that minority who in tournament play seem disinclined to display their identifying club colours or to dress the part.