BOWLING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 21315, 20 January 1933, Page 4

BOWLING NOTES

[By Measured]

COMING EVENTS. February 11.—Elderly Howlers' Day. February 11.—South Otago Centre rink tournament. Entries February 7. February 25.—Dimedin v. Southland, at Dimedin. March 4.—Final of four-rink championship; Dimedin v. South Otago, at Balclutha. March 11, 13.—Champion of champions. March 18, 23.—Adess Shield. March 25. —Sullivan Day. April I.—Dunedin v. North Otago, at Dunedin. The intorclub matches will resume tomorrow after the holiday recess, with, the position of the top clubs as fol-

The third round of Saturday interchib matches-was not played on account of wet weather, and the regulation provides that if any one of the first nine rounds is postponed through bad weather such postponed round or rounds shall be played before rounds 10, 11,' or 12. The effect of these alterations will be that round 3 will be played on January 28 and round 10 on February 18. The playing of rounds 11 and 12 was left in the hands of the Match Committee to arrange. At the monthly meeting of the Centro Executive on Monday evening a request was received from the Otago Cricket Association that the matches set down for February 4 be postponed in view of the interprovincial cricket match Canterbury v. Otago being played on that date. After some discussion a motion to fall into accord with the request of the Cricket Association was carried unanimously. The annual interprovincial match against Southland is to bo played on the Kaikorai green on Saturday, February 25, and llic various club sclcctois are asked to forward to Mr Hanning on or bofoi’o IWonduy, I*cbnuiry 20, ibo names of players who will be available for this game. The small Dunedin contingent at the Wellington tournament did not succeed in reaching the final rounds in any of the three 'sections, but nevertheless made u creditable showing. U was hoped that the Dunedin Club s rink (skipped by Hutchison), who had to win the last four games (and did so) to qualify for post-section play, would again bring home the honour, hut it was not to’lic. Those players who have returned home report glorious weather and most enjoyable games. The Scacliff. Club is always ready to welcome a visit from other clubs, and tho Dunedin Centre is taking steps to travel there with three rinks. A good time is assured, as the Cavcrsliam play-

ers who tt'ent up last Saturday can testify. A most enjoyable game resulted, the greon being in first-class condition, and although the visitors lost in every rink they arc keen to make a return trip. Last Saturday afternoon four rinks from Port Chalmers paid a visit to Port Havensbourne, and after a most oniovablo game the West Harbour players finished 12 up. Mr Ashcr welcomed the visitors, and .Mr W. Love, in replving, invited West Harbour to return the visit some evening in the near future —while, the light is good. Elderlv Bowlers' Day is again within sight, aiid Secretary Black has issued invitations to all clubs to forward the names of eligible players able to take advantage of the cordial invitation of the Duiiedin Clifb to have a roll np and a- "crack" about the early days of the sport in this district. During the recess the Caversham Club ran a couple of doubles tournaments. Entries each day were good, though on the first occasion the weather Was not' kind. The winners wore: First tourney, Burns (lead), Edlin (skip); second tourney, Scott (lead), Melville (skip). The Valley Club lias lost a sterling member by the death of Mr T. Sneeston, and regret is felt by his club mates and all bowlers. " Tom " was ono of the cheery kind, and besides being a good player was a fine sport.

TOURNAMENT ITEMS, A remarkable incident occurred in the singles 'match between Jlamsay (Christchurch) and Brighting (Hataita'i). The last-named player drove with his last and both kitty and the bowl were Leading for the ditch, when Bromnor (West End), playing in the next, rink, also drove and picked up kitty. The two jacks collided and the respective heads were rendered abortive. Such a happening has never occurred previously in the memory of several oldtimers who witnessed the incident. In the second round of the singles, something of a sensational score was put up "by Scolon (Victoria) against Grant (North-east Valley). Grant was l(j to 1 on the twelfth head, but Scolon scored 20 on five heads. The question of permission to bring in members of outside clubs to make up rinks for tournaments was discussed at the half-yearly meeting of tho N.Z.B.A. the other day, and it was loft to the annua! meeting. While it was stated that a great number of entries Jiad been lost to the tournament because of the present rules, a fear that easier rules might lend to " stacked " rinks was expressed. In a pairs game the position was that after tho leads had finished, the jack was in the ditch with one bowl ]sin from it, and the opposing toucher was 2in away. lb was impossible for either side to alter tho position, and tho head was "declared," the remaining eight, bowls not being sent down. Beneficld (Wanganui) met M'Whannell (Hataitai) in a record game on the Wellington preen. In each of the first four heads the head was killed and replayed. Boncfield had the better of the exchanges, and scored 5-1. The score stood in the thirteenth head. The dour qualities of the Scotsman came (o light, and he began to fight every inch. At the fifteenth head he put a stranglehold on Beneficld, and

from then on until the twenty-third head TCeneficld did not score n point. M'WhanneH's men, playing for their lives, made an amazing recovery, and with two heads to so, were only 1 down. On the last two heads M'Whannell continued and made a record for the tournament of scoring on eleven heads in succession, making 17 points in all to win. Benefield scored a single. on the fifteenth head, and never scored again, M'Wliamicll gaining a thrilling viotorv hy <) points, the score being 21-19." Tt was not long before the shortened time limit allowed for the three-bowl pairs (two hours) was found to be too short. The three-bowl game was introduced for the purpose of saving time,, and it was thought that a time limit of two hours would suffice. However, :t was found that quite a number of games could not be finished in that tinie, and for all section games after the second round an extra quarter of mi hour had to be granted. The conditions provided for the post-section games Jwiug of twenty-one heads, with :i time limit of tu'o and three-quarter hours, and as the section games were also of twenty-one heads; it would appear that it was expecting'too much to expect any of these games to be finished within two hours,

lows: — W. L. rts. Tl. Kaikorai 2 1 s CO Dimotlin ... 5 1 10 CO St, Kilda ... ... 2 2 6 54 Green island ... .3 — 12 52 N.E. Valley - 1 2 4 52 Otago ... I 2 4 52 Caledonian ... 4 1 91 51b