BOWLING

Greymouth Evening Star, 12 January 1928, Page 9

BOWLING

DOMINION TOURNAMENT. (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, January 11. Tlwbowling tournament was continued to-day, in dull windy weather. After the completion of ten rounds in the singles championship, those remaining in are: —Mustom (Ponsonby) 2 lives, 5 wins; Edwards (Temuka) 2 lives, 4 wins; Reid (Lyall Bay) 2 lives, 4 wins; Ferguson (Balmacewan) 1 life, 4 wins, 1 loss; Lomas (Kelburn) 1 life, 3 wins, 1 loss; Scott (Caledonian) 1 life, 3 wins; Woolier (Remuera) 1 life, 4 wins, 1 loss; Clarke (Carlton) 1 life, 3 wins, 1 loss. COASTERS DEFEATED. (Special to "Star.") CHRISTCHURCrf, January 11. Whibley and Mercer lost all their games to-day, and both were eliminated from the singles championship. Results: T. Ferguson (Balmacewan) 19, v Whibley 9; Munroe (Thorndon) 15, v Whibley 13. Maxwell (Ponsonby) 24, v Mercer 11; A. Smellie (Green Island) 21, v Mercer 9. RINKS RESULTS. (Special to "Star.") CHRISTCHURCH, January 12. The fortunes of the West Coast rinks in the Bowling tournament today were as follow: — W. A. Dee (Maitai) 24, v D. McKay (Greymouth) 16. J. D. Renton (St. Albans) 21, v Rev. J. W. Hayward (Hokitika) 15. H. C. Wilson (Linwood) 16, v FI. Murison (Runanga) 15. F. D. Whibley (Greymouth) ( —) v G. S. Gordon (Wanganui) 10. T. McNeil (Fitzroy) 26, v. J. Steer (Greymouth) 15.

OTHER MATCHES. (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, January 12. Play .in the Rinks championship was begun to-day. Results: — Henley (Sumner) 19, Porteous (Wellington) IS. West (Edgeware) 25, Woolier (Remuera) *7. Taylor (Sydenham) 21, Dobbs (Imperial) 20. Smith (Dunedin) 27, Watson (United) 14. Pollock (Newton) 21, Ainger (Christchurch) 16. Morrison (Cashmere) 21, Haworth (Canterbury) 10. Stewart (Southland) 27, Kershaw (Linwood) 21. Gilbert (Seatoun) 19, Harraway (Dunedin) 18. Kruse (Hastings) 23, Bartlett (Nelson) 13. Tyrell (Rosyln) 26, Johnson (Sumner) 12. Gray (Kelburn) 21, Reid (Lyall Bay) 20. Ward (Sydenham) 18, Edwards (Temuka) 16. Benefield (St. Johns) 23, Muirson (New Brighton) 21. Noble Adams (Blenheim) 20, Bull (Hawera) 8. Aitchison (Caledonian) 20, S,teans (Opawa) 18. Atkinson (United) 22, Colville (Edgeware) 18. Raphael (Canterbury) 20, Priddle (Newton) 14. Lomas (Kelburn) 25, Coltman (Carlton) 13.

Williams (Beckenham) 27, Menzies (Ashbury) 25. Clarke (Carlton) 25, McCurdy (St. Kilda) 23. Whiting (Maitai) 19, Fielding (Hataitai) 13. Monk (Kaiapoi) 30, Dobbs (Christchurch) 10. Bain (North End, Invercargill) 20, Johnston (Edgeware) 10. ■ Hutchison (Dunedin) 30, Reese (United) 14. Moyes (Timaru) 21, Maynard (Canterbury) 18. Foster (Caledonian) 19, Hayman (Edgeware) 14. Naylor (Thorndon) 24, Ramsay (Shirley) 17. Doherty (Kelburn) 20, .Wilson (Carlton) 14. Manning (Ashbury) 19. Trayes (Mt. Eden) 15. Slater (Phoenix) 24, Norwood (Victoria) 15. Reynolds East) 16, Torrance (Thorndon) 15. Haworth (Linwood) 25, Fastier (St. Clair) 18. Beaconsell (Sydenham) 25, Noad (Lyall Bay) 12. Bainbridge (Mt. Eden) 22, Craw (Canterbury) 13. Ferguson (Balmacewan) 25, Morgan (Heathcote) 11. AUCKLAND CQMEDY. (Special to “Star.’’) AUCKLAND, January 11. During the Auckland Bowling Christmas tourney, a somewhat ludicrous predicament arose. It occurred in this way. Armstrong’s Pukekohe -team was playing Warren’s Charlton team on the St. Heller’s green. Elliott, No 2 for the latter, had silver disced bowls, and so had Walker, who was playing next door. On the one Head, Carlton was apparently shot with Elliott’s bowls, and the respective third men Tonkin and Keith were just about to declare in favour of Carlton, when Dr Hardie Neil, who was searching for Walker’s lost bowl, happened along and calmly picked the shot bowl up and took it away. Needless to say, consternation was writ largely on the faces of the Carlton men, when it was found that Pukekohe had four shots inside their nearest bowl. Considering that Armstrong won by only one point and just qualified for inter-section play, and Warren was just one game short of qualifying, it vzas a mixture of good and bad luck for the two parties. The mysterious part of the affair is as to how the foreign bowl came to get into the head. No one seemed to know and the conclusion arrived at was that the onus rested on Warren for not observing the intrusion, for such must have occurred when he was at the head.