BOWLING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 22892, 25 February 1938, Page 4

BOWLING NOTES

[By Draw.]

Club secretaries, or those in charge of the social activities of their clubs, are invited to seno along notices in rc* {erem> to any CTUb events. Inquiries relating (u the rules of the game will be welcomed. Correspondence addressed to *' Difw '* must reach this office not later than noon on Tuesday each week. Fixtures for the Season. February 28.—Final four-rink championship (Dunedin Centre). March s.—Otago v. Southland, interprovincial match, at Invercargill. March 10.—Otago v. Canterbury, interprovincial match, at Dunedin. March 12-14.—Champion of champions singles (Dunedin Centre). March 19-23.—Adess Shield (champion rinks competition). Leads and seconds tourney, for Dunedin "Centro players. April 2.—Club Day. April 14-20.—Dunedin Centre’s Easter tourney. Questions and Answers. “Jock.”—The amalgamation took place in 1913, but the first tournament under the Dominion of New Zealand Bowling Association was held in Dunedin during January, 1914. “Central Player.”—(l) The name mentioned by you does not appear in the winning list of the last 24 years. You are probably confused with , a name not unlike the one mentioned. (2) It is not usual for the writer to make up lists such as you mention, but if you are particularly interested 1 _ I will do my best to assist you by writing to you privately. _ Please state exactly what you require. “St. Clair.”—You are wrong in your contention, as the writer knows that the minute does not convey the meaning you are trying to make it give. Notes. (Bowlers should note that entries for the leads and seconds tourney close on Saturday, March 12, at noon. As the entries must be endorsed by the secretary of the club, it will therefore be necessary for those wishing to make an entry to do so in writing. _ ■» The posters for the Dunedin Centre Easter tourney are now out, and show that the singles will be played on Thursday, April 14, rinks on April 15, pairs on the Saturday, and postsectional play on Easter Monday. On the latter day a consolation rink competition will also take place. Posters are to hand from Fiji giving details of the Suva tournament, which is set down to start on July 16 and conclude on or about July 29. On the poster full details are given of entry fees and of the steamer sailing to and from Suva. To-morrow week Otago will play Southland at Invercargill. On the following ' Thursday, at Dunedin, Otago wiW meet the Canterbury interprovincial team. The latter contest will consist of two games—one in the morning and one in the afternoon, on green or greens yet to be chosen. On Monday the final of the Dunedin Centre’s four-rink championship will be played. St. Kilda and Leith Clubs are the two left in the final. St. Kilda won section A with the loss of one life and Leith accounted for section B, having during the season’s play lost two games, one against Taieri and the other against Caversham. St. Kilda met its single defeat at the hands of the Anderson’s Bay Club. Good weather should see a good “go” between the section winners.

Secretaries of clubs in this centre should note that entries for the champion of champions singles competition close with the secretary of the centre not later than noon on Thursday, March 10., and entries for the Adess Shield competition during the following week. Two brothers are in the champion of champions this year. S, Hutchison will represent Logan Park and Jack Hutchison is the winner of the Dunedin Club’s singles championship. “ Draw ” will bo pleased to hear from other clubs of the position of their championship games. Saturday Shield Matches. Again fine weather prevailed for the continuation of the Shield competition. Kaikorai, the leading club, was successful in winning all its three sections and now has a total of 92 points, while Taieri, which held second position on the ladder, failed in one of its two sections and consequently got only 6 points, leaving them 8 points behind

WWVWVWWVUVWWIAV the leaders. St. Kilda with' 80 points still has a chance, because if both Kaikorai and Taieri fail to score to-morrow and the Saints secure a full point win they would be in top position. The games to-morrow include, St. Kilda v. Kaikorai (three sections each), St. Kilda v. Otago (three sections), _ and Taieri v. Green Island (two sections). If Kaikorai wins one seclion and Taieri two these two would be level, but if Kaikorai succeeds in winning two of its three sections it must win the shield for 1937-38 season. However, the result of to-morrow’s play will be keenly watched by more than one club. If the day should be too wet for play Kaikorai being now at the top would win the competition, as no further Saturdays have been allotted to the shield games.

Honours List. Balmaceweh. —Nisbet 35-12, Telford 33-12, Morrison 29-16. North-east Valley.—M‘Donald 36-17, Dodd 28-14. Roslyn.—Tyrrell 29-12. Lindsay 32-13. Kaituna. —Scolan 27-10, Davis 25-11. Tainui.—Williams 35-13. Kaikorai.—Morrison 27-10, Devereux 36-8, M'Fadden 29-15. Green Island.—W. Smellie 28-9, Scott 25-11. Taieri.—Carswell 34-6. “ Draw ” heard of other scores made last Saturday, such as 40, but when the results appeared in print the games were fairly close. Skips should see that the correct results are sent in on their score cards. Results of Saturday Matches.

At the meeting of the Dunedin Centre there was no word of the Canadian bowlers who played in Australia visiting here, but on Tuesday morning at least four of the team arrived in Dunedin by the steamer Mnnnganui. Mr G. G. Adess, of the St. Kilda Club, with Mr T. Smith, president of the Dunedin Centre, arranged a motor run for them. In the afternoon the visitors played a game on the St. Kilda green against T. Smith, J. Thompson, J. Hutchison, and G. G. Adess. The last three members of the local rink met the Canadians about 10 years ago in Canada on their return to the Dominion from Great

Britain. The visitors intend spending about a month in the Dominion. North-east Valley Club. Great improvements have been made to the billiard room of this dub. The walls have been panelled and stained, and special heating has been added. Adjoining the billiard room a card room has, been added, and this affords those members who prefer a game of cards to enjoy their pastime and still be in touch with the billiard games. In order to assist the dub, which was under heavy expense in this undertaking, a band of enthusiasts set to work to raise funds to provide for extra furnishings, and its efforts were very successful. Private donations of lamp-shades and curtains were also received. The ladies’ section is to be commended for its assistance in the undertaking. Its efforts resulted in a substantial donation to the fund.

In order to show the dub’s appreciation of the Improvement Committee’s work a smoke social was tendered to the committee last Saturday evening at the dub’s pavilion, when the opportunity was taken to make a presentation of a bowl bag to Mr C. Fraser, who acted as secretary of the Special Committee, in appreciation of his good work. Musical items were given by Messrs Lumley, Wilhelmson, Jones, Hutton, and the club’s choir. Empire Games. The following notes by “ Trundler,” in the Auckland ‘ Star,’ are worth giving, as we in this part of the Dominion have had little news of the actual results of these games. In fact, some of the cables have been misleading and at times incorrect:— l

“ Auckland bowlers are not likely to forget the thrill of pride and satisfaction occasioned by the news cabled last week that our teams had won the rinks and pairs championships of the Empire, and : that we had second place in the. singles. The real position had not been disclosed by the cablegram until the very end, for although these showed what the New Zealand bowlers had done there was nothing to show how the other countries had got on, except when they happened to meet New Zealand, but after the first day there was a little more information from the inclusion of the Fiji results. “ Newspaper clippings show that in each event New Zealand had four wins and one loss, but the same result in the other events brought three entirely different results; in the pairs an outright win, in the rinks a tie for first place, and in the singles second place. “ Frank Livingstone’s solitary loss to Horace Harvey, the champion of South 1 Africa, left the latter unbeaten with five wins, as he had no trouble with the others. There was the full variety of results, the six countries getting o, 4,3, 2,1, 0 wins respectively. Jock Low (Australia), runner-up to Livingstone in the Australian singles, had three wins, losing to Harvey, and again to Livingstone. T. C. Hills (England) beat only Rhodesia and Ireland. W. Clarke (Ireland), who was in Auckland with the British party at New Year, beat only D. Bourne (Rhodesia), and the latter had five losses. “ It was expected all the time that the Auckland rink would have all its work cut out to get through the second day successfully, for it was to meet the rink which had just won the Australian championship, after playing together for several months in preparation for that event, and in the afternoon the South African rink of great - repute. The morning game was won with five points to spare, but we tied with South Africa, and they won the play-off by one point. Fortunately Australia had beaten them the previous afternoon, so one loss to each left us a tie with South Africa, and a full game was played, giving New Zealand the rink championship of the Empire by 19 to 16, and not the runaway match of 19 to 6 that was cabled. “Those who saw the play-off state that all Auckland fours were at the very top of their form, and they would need to he, for the South Africans had won the earlier game by sheer merit. The greatest praise is duo to W. Whittaker (Carlton), H. A. Robertson (Onehunga). E. Jury (Ponsonby) ; W. Bremner (West End), for combining so courageously to settle the tie with those who had beaten them the previous afternoon. , “ In the very first head a full bank of spectators got an inkling of what they were to expect. Walker had both of his bowls alongside the jack, touching each other, and Stevenson put one just in front, to complete the triangle. To Robertson’s great delight, Bremner simply pointed at them, and a few seconds later the whole three and his own were in the ditch, leaving Whittaker counting two shots, to which Alex promptly added a third, “ However, it was a case of Greek meeting Greek all the way, and -Whittaker saved the others a lot of trouble by playing no loose bowls all the way, so there was not much driving. Jury also played a superb game, his wide-* drawing bowls suiting the keen green, and he was equally successful in the

few runs required. Bremner was the perfect general, and had his usual success in recovering from most of the bad positions, besides inspiring confidence m all the others. He has well earned the gratitude and admiration of all the bowlers after such a triumph. “ The Canadian rink, which was here a month ago, unexpectedly defeated Australia in the fifth round, and as they had already beaten Fiji and England they tied with Australia with three wins each. As there are three prizes in each event they had to play off the tie, and this time Australia won easily. England had one win, against Fiji, and the latter lost all the other rounds also. c “ L. L. Macey (Remuera) and W. Denison (Balmoral) were like the rink in having their only loss after a tie, and that went to the credit of Fiji, who also beat Scotland. Even this loss still left the Empire championship to the Auckland pair, as Australia and South Africa tied for second place, with only three wins. Australia won by 13 to 12 when they played off the tie. Fiji also beat Scotland, so they tied with England for fourth place, and Scotland’s only win was against England.” “ Boomerang,” in the Sydney Referee,’ writes:—Even though the semifinal and final were not class games, it must bo freely admitted than Frank Livingstone’s accomplishment was more than an outstanding performance. He came here a stranger, had to accustom himself to oiir greens and conditions; play in good, bad, and indifferent weather —mostly bad and indifferent—and the winning of his way to the final stamped him as a worthy opponent for the best.

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