CHAMPION BOWLS

Evening Star, Issue 21623, 19 January 1934, Page 12

CHAMPION BOWLS

FINAL ROUND BEING PLAYED COMPETITIONS NEARING COMPLETION E. HARRAWAY'S RINK SEAT LINWOOD The final stages of the championship tournament of the New Zealand Bowling Association were entered upon on the Dunedin Bowling Green this morning in perfect weather, the green running freely. Great interest attached to all games, play taking place in the rinks in which three teams were left in—H. Wilson (Linwood, two lives), E. Harraway (Dunedin), And Healey (Waimate), the last-named having the bye in the first of the semi-finals. The second part, of the third round of post-section play in the pairs was decided, and also the semi-final of the singles between 'J. Yeitch (West Harbour) and S. Nicolson (Dunedin)'. Results: RINKS FIRST SEMI-FINAL. A. E. Harra-way, Doolan, Best, and E. Harraway (Dunedin, one life) 23, Dickson, Redpath, Gibson, and H. Wilson (Linwood, two lives) 21. Sinclair, Collett, Parry, and Healey (Waimate, one life), a bye. ■ Harraway goes into the final, and Wilson meets ( Healey in the second semi-final. PAIRS SECOND ROUND. Nicolson and Deare (Dunedin) 22, Scott and Aitchison (Caledonian) 15. Dee and, M'Comish (Maitai, Nelson) 17. Edwards' and Foster (Caledonian) 13. ■ , THIRD ROUND. M'Pherson and Veitch (West Harbour) 20, Gregory and Gardiner (Dunedin) 16. SINGLES SEMI-FINAL. S. Nicolson (Dunedin) 18, J. Veitch (West Harbour) 16. NOTES ON PLAY. THE RINKS. The interest of " the large crowd of spectators centred principally on the game between E. Harraway’s Dunedin rink and the- Linwood combination, skipped by H. Wilson. Wilson was left with two lives, Harraway and Healey (Waimate), who had the bye in the first semi-final round, each having one life. E. Harraway started in almost irresistible fashion in his match against Wilson, and. a 5 on the second was folTowed by a'pair oh' the third and another 5, Harraway leading 12-1 on the 'fourth. Two singles to Linwood and a pair to Harraway ; made the score 14-3 ■ in Dunedin’s favour on the seventh,' ,

At this stage the Dunedin men were outplaying their. opponents, and the drawing-of 'A. E. .Harraway, who'was ably Supported by Best, was a feature of the game, while Linwood’s third (Gibson) did not have the best of luck with his drives. A 2 to Harraway on the eighth, and Dunedin led 16-3. On the ninth the Linwood men came to light, but Best drew in and got, shot with a beauty. Gibson displaced’with a well-judged run shot, and Linwood obtained a single, making the score 16-4 against Wilson. Harraway was lying a couple on, the tenth, and Gibson cam© up with the drive and caught them both, leaving Linwood one up. _ Dunedin drew well and'lay 1, obtainining the single which left them 17-4 after ten heads had been played. Linwood picked up by a .couple of pairs, and on the twelfth head the score was 17-8 against Linwood, for whom Gibson, the third, t was playing some good saving shots. Wilson obtained another pair on,the thirteenth, and with ■eight heads to go was 7 down. Dunedin were lying two good shots on the fourteenth, but Wilson played an excellent trail and lay shot, which stayed there, the score with seven ends to go being: Harraway 17, Wilson 11. The fifteenth head was laid for Harraway, and he obtained 2 from the head, Wilson failing to save the position. Harraway then led 19-11, and improved his position on a nicely-laid sixteenth to take a pair, the score being 21-11 in Harraway’s favour. A single to- Wilson on the: seventeenth made the score 21-12 against the Linwood man. Wilson’s team came to light and obtained, a nice 4 on the eighteenth, Harraway failing to retrieve the position. This left Wilson 5 down with three heads to go. Harraway responded with a pair on the nineteenth, Wilson being 7 down with two 'heads to go. On the twentieth .Wilson played a great shot when his opponents were lying 2, with a measure for 3; but Linwood could only get 1 from the head, which at that stage was not much use to him, making the score: Harraway 23, Wilson 17. Wilson’s men were fighting hard, Gibson’s play being especially worthy of mention. _ Heeding 6 to tie, Wilson in a fine fighting finish obtained a 4, and the game ended in Harraway’s favour by 23 to 21. THE PAIRS. In the second round of pairs,, played between M'Comish (Maitai, Nelson) and Foster (Caledonian), the scoring was even up to the third head, when Foster was in the lead 5-3. M'Comish then came to light with some brilliant play, scoring on five ends to run up 6 points, but Foster made up the deficiency in the scores by obtaining a 3 and a single to make the score 9-8 in the Nelson pair’s favour. Two singles to Nelson and two pairs to Caledonian, followed by a 3 to Nelson made the score on the eighteenth head 14-12 in M'Comish’a favour. A single, followed by a brace, put the Nelson pair well ahead 1 , and on the twentieth they had a lead of 5. Foster then obtained a single, and the game finished 17-13, M'Comish running out- the winner of an interesting game.

In the other second round’ game Deare (Dunedin) opened the scoring with two pairs and a brace, followed by a single, Aitchison (Caledonian) retaliating with a pair and two singles, the score on the seventh head being 7-4 in favour of the Dunedin pair. A pair to Aitchison and two singles and two jjairs to Deare gave Dunedin a substantial lead up to the twelfth head, when the score was 13-6. Good play on the part of Deare put the issue beyond doubt, and at the fifteenth the score w r as 21-6. Three 3’s to Aitchison against a single by Deare, and Deare ran out the winner 22-15.

In the third round of the pairs Veitch (West Harbour) met Gardiner (Dunedin), Veitch getting away well and scoring a 5 on the third, led 8-1 on the fourth. Three more singles to a pair by Gardiner, and he led 11-3 on the eighth. Two more singles to Veitch and one to Gardiner, and yet another to Veitch, and the West Harbour men led 14-4 on the twelfth. Gardiner scored a pair on the thirteenth,; and a single,

Veitch retaliating with two brace. Gardiner scored a couple on, the seventeenth ■ and Veitch led, 18-9. Veitch scored singles on the next two heads, but Gardiner came to light with a 3 and a 4 on the_ last, two ends, and the game ended in Veitch’s favour by 20 to 16. THE SINGLES. On a rather open head Veitch (West Harbour) obtained a single on the first end of his match _ with Nicolson (Dunedin) in the semi-final of the singles. Nicolson won the next head with a single, and on the third the Dunedin man started to fit the green a bit better, and he lay 2. Veitch, with a nice trail with his last, laid the shot, the score being 2-1 in favour of Veitch. On a rather open head for the fourth. Nicolson got one shot and levelled the score to 2 all. Nicolson was right on kitty on the fifth and stayed there, and he was 1 up after five ends. Nicolson was now playing well, and obtaining two shots on the sixth, he led Veitch, 5-2. On the seventh Veitch drew a beauty on to the jack, and with his two bowls drew two more, getting 3 on the head and levelling the scores. Nicolson went ahead on the next end, getting a pair by nice play. Veitch obtained a single on the ninth, leaving the score 7-6 in favour of Nicolson. On the eleventh head Veitch had equalised the scores, which were then 8 all. Even scoring for the next two ends followed, and then Veitch, with two pairs, made the score 13-9 in his favour at the finish of the fourteenth head. On the sixteenth Nicolson ‘ gained a nicely drawn 3, which put him ahead, 14-13. Both men were well up at_ the seventeenth, with Nicolson on kitty. Veitch with his last shot touched the shot bowl, but failed to • displace it, Nicolson sustaining his lead, 15-13. Veitch drew the shot with his second bowl, and then another on the eighteenth to level the scores—ls all. With only three heads to go and both men level, there was great excitement. One to Nicolson on the nineteenth gave him the lead, and on the twentieth with his last shot he displaced kitty, his toucher going into the ditch and lying shot. Veitch, having ample room, drew the shot, thus again levelling the score. Both men were now 16 all, and on the last head Nicolson drew one and then faced Veitch’s nearest bowl, emerging the winner of a great tussle, 18-16,