Pendant Bowls

Hutt News, Volume 11, Issue 41, 23 March 1938, Page 5

Pendant Bowls

HUTT BEATS KBLBU-RN IN FINAL THREE GAMES TO ONE Hull defeated Kelburn in the final of the Wellington Bowling Centre's pennant competition on Saturday, by three games to one. It is the first time Hutt .has taken the pennant. Play was interesting and the. scores fairly even, there being a difference of only 14 in the aggregates, but there was little to arouse excitement, for it 'became clear .before! the last few heruTs were played that Hutt would win. Tlu first game to conclude was won by Hutt, Baker defeating McAneny, 2715. The scores were 12-12 on the twentieth head and thereafter Hutt drew ahead. • The game that finished next came to a more interesting conclusion. Henry "(Hutt) defeating Smith (Kelburn), i2l-20. Kelburn had been up 14-2 at the ninth head, but Hutt got a six on the thirteenth, and thereafter drew even arid finitlly passed Kelburn by winning the twenty-firsf. Two games having been won iby Hutt, a draw was the most Kelburn could hope to secure. However, they were seriously down in one c? the 'remaining .games. Eoutley ( velburn) beat Hendry (Hutt), 19-16. This was the oifly game Kelburn w:n, They made a good recovery from being 14-6 down at 'the fourteenth end, r.nd gave the coup de grace with a three on .the last. Hewer (Hutt) and Gray (Kelburn) played the remaining game, to its conclusion, even though it could not affect the result. Hutt won, 25-21. The sides were even at the thirteenth head, but Hutt got a four and then a three, and afterward Kelburn was unable to wipe out 'the deficit. Before play started Mr. G. H. Noad, president of the Lyall Bay club, welcomed the players to the green and at the conclusion congratulated the winners and introduced Mr. A. F. Spiller, secretary of the. centre. Mr. Spiller apologised for the. absence of the president of (the centre, Mr. M. J. Casey, who was playing an important match on his own green, Thorndon. He congratulated Hutt, pointing out that the* club- had done so well in. the section play that it had won two sections, and congratulated the runncrs-up. He. thanked the club for the use of its green. Results in detail are as follows, the Hutt rink being mentioned first in each instance: — .Parker, Marshall, Piper, Baker (s.), 27; Fargie, Macdonald, Hicks, McAneny (s.), 15. Taylor, Whit'eher, Roper, Henry (s.), 21; Spence, Lawn, Hay-Mackenzie, J. R. Smith («.), 20. Guineas, Bremner, Davidson, Hendry (s.), 16; G. C. Smith, J. Mc Dermott, Morgan, Eoutley (s.), If- , Muter, Mainland, Littlejohn, Hewer (s.), 25; 8. Gray, Hunter, Marris, T. Gray (s.), 21. The following is 'the results of Banner games played by the Hutt Club on Saturday. v. Petone.—Shearer 15, Johnson .'iO; Player 20, Bush 20; McKenzie 17, Sil,bery 23; Norris 19, Bevon 20. Hutt 3 losses, 1 tie. v. Wclburn. —Tamblyn 20, Forsyth 22; Teagle 19, Hansen 23; Frascr 23, Robinson 18; Slinn 16, ■ Rowley 20. Hutt, 1 win, 3 losses. v. Central. —Watkins 18, Parker 1"; Young 12, Campbell 21, Burgess 11, Webley 29; iScott 29, Hicks 13. Hutt, 2 wins, 3 losses.

PLACING- THE MAT It is not generally recognised l),v bowlers that there is a right and wrong way of placing the mat on the bank after finishing the head. This was exemplified on Saturday in the pennants .match when Hutt played Melburn a:t LyaTl Bay. On the last head Hewer (Hutt) was six up on Gray (Kolburn). The Hutt numlbcr three, Little, jolm, drove and in doing so his bowl bounced at the ditch and struck the mat which was overhanging. Although the incident was only noticed .by a bystander, Gray claimed' a head head, which was awarded by the umpire in terms of rule 71 which states that if a ball strikes a foreign object it shall be dead.