BOWLING.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 3 January 1925, Page 4

BOWLING.

THE SYME SHIELD. PLAY-OFF TO-DAY. * \ Play in the competition was continued yesterday afternoon, and there was a "lot of good and interesting form shown by all teams. One particularly close contest was that between ‘Patea and Manaia, in which Patea scored a narrow win by one point. On the total, of the first three rinks Manaia had a lead of nine but Williams’ rink came to light and beat A. H. Christie by 10 points. This result left Hawera and Manaia level, two wins all, and made it necessary to play-off. This was arranged to take place to-day (Saturday) at 2 p.m. The result added a lot of interest to the competition. . In the course of his remarks before the tournament Mr Svme said that his original intention had been to limit competition to the four district clubs —• Hawera, Park, Manaia and Patea—but in view of the development in bowling and the possibility of a South Taranaki tournament on lines similar to other provinces, he suggested throwing it open to South Taranaki, and left the matter for future decision. In the event of such a tournament the shield competition could be run in conjunction. Results of yesterday’s play were as follow:

Second Round. Park v. Patea (Park players being mentioned first): Goodwin 15 v. Christensen 20. Grant 17' v. Williams 18. McGregor 25 v. Paterson 21. Quin 36 v. Elliott 11. Totals—Park 93, Patea 80. Manaia v. Hawera (Manaia players mentioned first) : / Hotter 15 v. Corlcill 18. A. H. Christie 25 v. R. Hicks 10. Andrews 19 v. Foy 12. ‘irmitage 16 v. O’Gorman 15. Totals—Manaia 75,’ Hawera 55. Third Round. Patea v. Manaia (Patea mentioned first): Paterson 16 -v. Ai-mitage 15. Elliott 22 v. Hotter 24. Christensen 16 v. Andrews 24. Williams 24 v. A. H. Christie 14. Totals— Patea 78, Manaia 77. Park v. Hawera (Hawera mentioned first): R. Hicks 21 v. Grant 10. Fov 26 v.'Quin* 15. O’Gorman 26 v. Goodwin 10. Corlrill 33 v. McGregor 13. Totals —Hawera 106,. Park 48.