ONE RINK UNBEATEN

Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 22 April 1935, Page 5

ONE RINK UNBEATEN

SUCCESS OF PARK SKIP PLAY IN EASTER TOURNEY SIX ROUNDS COMPLETED.

O'nly one rink, that skipped by’ A. C. Smith (Park) remained unbeaten at the end of the sixth round of section play r in the South Taranaki Easter bowling tournament on Saturday. Smith had a stroke of luck in the last game when he played P. Douglass (West End). Time was called and the score was 19-all. An extra head was played and Smart’s men quickly held the shot, two being clustered round kitty when the skips, after a good deal of deliberation, went down t° play. Douglass, playing first, drove hard and picked oil one bowl, narrowly missing kitty. Smith drew the shot, without enough green, and. Douglass went all out to draw to kitty r . lie failed and the game was over. A feature of the game was that T. Sheehy, third for West End, played a beautiful drawing shot which completely missed all the bowls round the jack, going through between kitty and the shot with a bare quarter-inch of clearance. Had he touched the result might have ,heen different. Rinks with five wins each were those skipped by r N. H. Murray (Hawera) and E. Espiner (Manaia), W. W. Thomas (Park), C. Shealian (Patea), Andrews (Manaia) and J. Foy (Hawera) and L. J. Bull (Hawera). Murray had a great tussle with F. Brett (Park) and with about three heads to go the score was even. Then, in one of those changes which make the game so interesting, Murray’s men put them all round the jack. Brett elected to drive, and with a great effort which just missed kitty lie picked off one bowl. Murray scored seven on that head and the complexion of the game was changed completely. Thomas, though once sending a howl on the wrong bias, went through the day without a-loss, the third man, .T. M. Nielson, howling particularly well towards the end of the day. Sheahan scored a big win over Douglass. Foy had one verv close game. . The Hawera greens, Park, Manaia and Hawera, played better, if anything, than the day before, and the absence of wind made the games interesting if only because of the scientific accuracy required. Results in addition to those published in Saturday’s late edition of the “Hawera Star” were as follow: SECTION A—MANAIA GREEN.

Sixth Round. Espiner 19 heat Brett. 10. Col man 15 beat Harvey 14. Murray 21 heat Stewart 14. Mason 10 beat Marter 12. Harris 29 beat Tiplady 14. Summary. Wins Losses

SECTION B—PARK GREEN,

Sixth Round

Thomas 23 beat Canning 10. Sheahan 22 beat Keys 15. Weston 30 beat Chadwick 12. Andrews 21 "bent Antrinovio 11 Jones 26 beat Brown 11. Drabble 20 beat Herbert 17. Smith’2o beat Douglass 19.

SECTION C—HAWERA GREEN.

Sixth Round

Lambie 17 beat Ansley 16, Bull 19 beat Spurdle 18. Giiligan 18 beat Adams 12. Hartley 24 beat Goodwin 13. Gooding 25 beat Maslin 14. Smith 18 beat Gower 16. Foy 19 beat Smart 15. Summary.

' 5 1 .... 5 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 ... 3 3 ... 3 3 ... 9 4 2 4 • 1 5

Summary. Wins G Losses 0 5 1 5 1 5 „ 1 i\IllU c » »> 4 2 . .. 4 2 3 3 Antunovic 3 ... 3 3 3 2 4 Canning Chadwick .. 1 5 ... 1 5 . 0 6 0 6

Bull Wins 5 Losses 1 Foy 1 Maslin 4 2 'Lambie 4 2 Goodwin 4 2 Hartley 3 3 Smart 3 3 3 Gilligan 3 C. A. Smith 2 4 Gooding 05 4 A.nslev 2 4 Adams 1 5 Gower .... 0 ' 6