BOWLING

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 35, 25 January 1932, Page 4

BOWLING

WEEK-END PLAY THE NAPIER CLUB. UNPLEASANT CONDITIONS. Saturday afternoon was exceedingly hot, and as play commenced the wind rose to almost gale force. With the green very keen conditions for play were very difficult, and very scattered heads were the rule, many bowls which looked to bo good shots being carried by the wind into adjoining rinks. The games provided interest as several rinks, after being well down early in their games, made good recoveries before play finished. The games played were a further round of the Saturday rinks. Scores:— Watters, Campbell, Rcnouf, Faulkuor (s) 26; Hewson, Burrow's, Hawke, Wakefield (s) 19. Steed, Buckley, Lydford, Galbraith (s) 23; Wood, Dykes,-Williamson. McGhee (s) 13. Elmes, McMurray, Belcher, McGregor (s) 21; Swectapplc, Sands, Gladstone, Gilberd (s) 13. Oliver, Withers, senr., Wright, Bear (s) 27; G Piric, Shearer, Bryant, Daily (s) 15. Withers, junr., Jones, Shelley, A. Pirie (s) 19; Cooke, Jones, Ogilvie, Bissell (s) 13. THE BLUFF HILL CLUB was a very good attendance on Saturday afternoon and ideal weather prevailed at the start of play. A furious wind, however, sprang up and conditions were most unpleasant until after 4 p.m., when the wind calmed down and the heat, which had been most oppressive, gave place to a more bearable temperature. The results of play were as follow:— Triggs, Christie, Cunningham, McLennan (s) 26; Stewart, Bcstall, Thorne-George, Newton (S-) 20. Somerset Smith, Dunlop, Steele, MeLeay (s) 29; Spence, Benjamin, J. A. Smith, Barlow (s) 15. 11. J. Russell, Dean, Napier, Robertson (s) 27; J. W. H. Wood, Stacker. McGlashan, Hill (s) 16. Harvey, Douglas, Holt (s) 23; Dunsford, McClurg, Boland (s) 12. Hurston, Bedford, W. J. Russell (s) 20; La Roche, Cornford, Letham (s) 12. Fntlier ehib competition results are: Champion ■ singles Boland 25 v Steele 11. Hill 25 v Triggs 13.

McClurg 16 v Hill 10. Handicap Singles Robertson 22 v J. A. Smith 13. Barlow 17 v Triggs 16. McClurg 22 v Harvey 20. Harvey 20 v Benjamin 15. Handicap Doubles Napier and McGlashan 20 v Dunsford and Letham 7. Christie and Steele 17 v Stewart and Hill 16. Harvey and Somerset Smith 14 v Triggs and McClurg 12. Next Saturday afternoon two riuks from the centre will visit Bluff Hill for the purpose of presenting the District Shield. The following will represent Bluff Hill in the champion fours, commencing at Wpipukurau on Monday, February 1:— Somerset Smith,, Newton, McLennan, Bull (s). ST. LEONARDS VISIT WAIRERE. Five teams of Saturday half-holiday players paid a visit to the Wairere Bowling Club from St. Leonards, Hastings, when an enjoyable afternoon was spent. The games on the aggregate resulted in favour of Wairere by 123 points to St. Leonards 88. On Thursday afternoon next Wairere will be the guests of St. Leonards at Hastings. The following arc tho results of the games played, St. Leonards names being given first: — Ferguson, Hayes, Anderson, Collinge (s) 19; Bayliffc, Smith, .Saunders, Thomas (s) 21. Douthwaite, Mcßride, Hawley, Keith (s) 10; Carter, Sheppard, McGregor, Benton (s) 33. Usherwood, Prior, Blake, Sutherland (s) 25; Ayling, F. Lee, Thompson, Forsythe (s) 19. Low, Morgan, Schofield (s) 14; Amyes, Laing, Joll, Newbegin (s) 26. Ward, Mitchell, Carrell, Godber (s) 20; Wacher, Sinclair, Bryan, Venables (s) 24. Ordinary Wairere games resulted:— Stevens, Munro, Runciman, Ayling 15; Williams Elliott, Dadson, Fitzhenry (s) 16. Thompson, Miller, A’Bear fs) 15; Turnbull, Bayford, Pallet (s) 13. OMARUNUI DEFEATS KIA TOA. On Saturday four rinks from Kia Toa paid a visit to the Omarunui club and played a friendly match, which resulted in a win for Omarunui on the aggregate by one point. Next Saturday Omarunui will return the visit, to tire Kia Toa green. Results of games are as follow, Kia Toa names being mentioned first:— Stockham, Hart, Hill, Sykes (s) 16; Wells, Holmes, Ellis, Kelly 18. Simpson, Cassidy, Aiteheson, Burge (s) 27; Anderson, Brown, Badlcy, Stevens 17.

Laredo, Paul, Williams, Evans 26; Williamson, Smith, Williams, Oliver (s) 19. Hobson, Hard, Wallace, Parkhill (s) 17; Pollock, Cawston, Jarvis, Danverg 21. Other games played by Omarunui players resulted:— Wilson and Drew (s) 21 v. Butler and Widcrstrom (b) 15. THE HASTINGS OLUB. Thursday Games. Toßiwill, Frude, Nowton McKee, 17; Davies, W. Wilson, Cohr, Crichton, 28. Taylor, Fowler, Ash, Tonkin, 11; Beutson, Russell, Smith, Thompson, 35. Knight, Rose, Garland, Wrighton, 23; Claughton, Egliutcu, Aitken, Kruse. 13. Saturday. McLeod, Beatsou, IV. Wilson, Parkinson, 22. Gichard, Claughton, A. Wilson, O Burge, 19. Bridgman, Eglintou. Harwood, King, 17; Davis, Turner, Cohr, Thompson, 30. Christie, Russell, Newton, Gardner, 23; Nicoll, Rose, Bark, Kruse, 15. Richardson. Frude, O’Neill, McKee, 28; B King, Sutherland, Pickering, Ton win. 22. Aitken, A. Gunderson, Crichton, Kitchen, 24; Taylor, O. Gunderson, Johnston. Sissons. 10. Diamond. Giorgi, Smith, Wurren, 27; fosswill, Fowler, Garland, Wrightson. 17. DOMINION PAIRS TITLE AUCKLANDERS SUCCESSFUL Christchurch, Jan. 24. The New Zealand Bowling Association’s annual tourney concluded to-day, when the pairs championship was decided. A nor’-west gale blowing made good bowling impossible, the bowls refusing to maintain their bias. On many occasions a likely looking king bowl was brought to a stop some distance from the head . Post-sectional play resulted:— Hardley 19, Shaw 15; Deare 22, Wilson 1. Semi-finals.—Hawarth 22, Deare 8; Hardley 20, Martin 19. Final.—W. Bremner and C. Hardley (West End, Auckland) 25; W. G. Ives mid R. Hawarth (Canterbury) 9. Conditions in the final game between Hardley and Hawarth were such as to spoil any attempt to give a good exposition of the game. However, both skips and leads made the most cf their opportunities. The Aucklanders pluycd steadily and scored constantly, while the Canterbury men missed many shots that could have been to their advantage. The actual scores, 25 to 9 in Auckland’s favour, did not reflect the powers of the players of either team, but that the win was a well merited <>a* was beyond question.