BOWLING

Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 111, 7 April 1930, Page 4

BOWLING

CENTRE RJNKS FINAL. TERRACE END, SUCCESSFUL. The final of the rinks championship the Manawatu Bowling Centre was iplayed at the Palmerston North Club’s /green on Saturday afternoon, when [Terrace End (Christiansen, Smith, Grant, Johnson, skip) met Takaro (Newth, Needham, Morgan, Tantrum, ( *kip) both having emerged successfully •from the semi-finals on the previous 'Saturday, when time had precluded ftHe playing of the final. The game rej suited in a comfortable win for the 'Terrace End rink by a margin, of six I'points. , Terrace End opened their account Lgrith a single on the first head, but PTakaro took the second in similar [fashion. Each rink scored two altertnately and Terrace End added another [couple on the fifth head. Two succesf sive singles to Takaro, however, brought the rinks on equal terms at •the seventh head. Takaro then suffered (jfc series of reverses and Terrace End ■won the next seven heads, adding thirteen points to their tally to lead 15 —8. {At this stage the odds were overwhelmingly against Takaro, the Terrace End ■rink having played, very steadily. The 'drawing of their lead, Christiansen, [iwae consistently good. When the fifjieenth head was reached Takaro had {burned four heads at various stages in efforts to retrieve their position. On Ifthe fifteenth, Takaro lay three when Grant drew the shot with his first bowl. Morgan, however, took him out to lie one. Tantrum added another, but the opposing skip, Johnson, trailed kitty -to take the' head with a single. Christiansen got two in on the sixteenth head tor Terrace End, and Grant added another, but Morgan trailed the kitty to lio one. Johnson failed to take out the shot bowl, while Tantrum did not improve matters for his rink, and Takaro won the head with a single, making the score 16—9 against them. Leading well, Christiansen drew shot on the seventeenth head, but Morgan reversed the positions. Johnson, however, “wicked’’ off his opponent’s bowl to secure a “toucher” and add another point to his tally. Takaro secured two on the next head. Terrace End were four up on . the nineteenth when it was “killed” by [Tantrum. Replayed,. the head yielded two to Terrace End. Takaro took the twentieth head with a eingle, making the score 19—12, and still leaving them with an almost impossible task on the final head, they secured only a eingle, and .Terrace End won 19 —13. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS PAIRS. WON BY WOODVILLE. Remarkably fine bowling was seen bn the Terrace End green on Saturday when Pickering and Mules (Woodyille) beat Hook and Whibley (Shannon) in the final of the Manawatu Centre’s champion of champions pairs competition. There was not a single loose head and not a poor bowl in an exciting match which was won by the marrow margin of 16 points to 11. On (no head was more than a brace scored, amd on 15 heads the scoring was confined to singles. There was little to

pick between the two pairs. • The green was very fast and required great judgment in sending down the bowls, but the standard of play was undeuiably high. Shannon opened badly, failing to score on the first four heads, Mules getting two two’s ‘ and two singles. Shannon got a brace on the fourth head and following Woodville getting two took three heads in succession with singles. Woodville got another brace on the tenth. Shannon securing two singles to be only 7 —lo down when the'adjournment was made for afternoon tea. Shannon were unlucky on the thirteenth head when Whibley, lying two, accidentally promoted one of his opponents’ bowls to give them another single. Mules was two up on the next head, but Whibley “burnt” it and in the replay drew kitty away for a single. There was some good bowling on the sixteenth head, Mules drawing a nice one when two down. A measure gave him the shot, and he drew a “toucher” on the next head to lead 13—9. The Woodville skip “wicked” in to take another single on the eighteenths The nineteenth was an . interesting head. AVhen the skips went down, Woodville were lying three. Whibley drove in an attempt to “burn” the head, but the jack bounced back from a bowl to give him two. Mules, however, was not to be outdone and drew the shot to lead 15—9. Mules was lying three on the twentieth head, when Whibley “burnt” it. On the replay Shannon got two and went to the final head requiring four to draw. Thev were lying one, but this was no good to Whibley-who drove to make another dead heat. Woodville secured a single on the’ replay. Whibley being unable to disturb the head with his last two bowls. MANSON AND BARR CUP. WON BY PALMERSTON NORTH CLUB. After having been in the possession of the Levin Bowling Club for six weeks, the Manson and Barr Cup came to Palmerston North Club on Saturday. Ideal weather prevailed for the match. Levin—Walker Pyke, Brown, Monks (skip)—took the first head by three points, but Palmerston North—Mowlem, J. H. Nash, Fraser. N. H. Nash (skip)—scored five on the next. On the fifth the totals were even, but Palmerston North got five on the next head and led 11—6. Levin reduced the deficit by four, but on the ninth head the challengers got another five, three in eight heads. On the tenth head, at the afternoon tea adjournment, Palmerston North led by 16 points to. 13. On the resumption they scored on three successive heads to lead by 26 points to 13. Levin then took a hand in the scoring for four, heads, getting one, three, one and one points respectively, the challenging skip playing excellent shots to save two fives in succession. Palmerston North increased their score to 30 points and Levin took the last two heads, the £ame ending: Palmerston North 30, evin 22. OTHER MATCHES. TERRACE END BEAT NORTHERN. An inter-club match was played between Northern and T errace End. Three -rinks from each club played away and three at home, Terrace End winning on each green. At Northern the margin was narrow, the visitors winning by only two points on the aggregate. _ Scores were as follow, Terrace End rinks being first men-

tioned:—Baldwin, Gordon, Sparrow, Allen, (skip) 19 v. Kensington, Newton, Stiles, Young (skip) 17; Wearne, Stewart, Christenson, Wood (skip) 17 v. Andrew, Beattie, Parlces, Rennett (skip) .15; Evans, Waes. Munro, Cope (skip) 1 13 v. Hall, Davies, Lynch, Thornley (skip) 15. At Terrace End, however, the home team won in the aggregate by 89 points to 42. Details are as follow, Terrace End rinks being first mentioned: —Litchfield, Andrews, Rennett, Moffatt (skip) 24 v. Stewart,-Killick, Thirtle, Robinson (skip) 16; Kendall, Toogood, Childs, Davidson (skip) 38 v. Parlces, Ballantyne, Saunders, Kirk (skip) 14; Weekes, Simpson, Snell, Anderson (skip) 27 v. W. Stallard, Mills, Rumble, R. Stallard /skip) 12. WOODVILLE RINKS AT PALMERSTON NORTH. - Six Woodville rinks visited the Palmerston North bowling green and played an enjoyable match. ‘Although only one rink was successful, and they were beaten by 147 to 92, the contest was an exceedingly pleasant one. Results were as follow, Palmerston North rinks being mentioned first in each instance: —Dustin, Plank, Morris, Bary (skip) 30 v. Cotter, Galbraith, Lyon/ Bly (skip) 16; Usmar, Mouldey, Griggs, Arnott (skip) 26 v. Bibby,,Vilo, Elder, Hayes (skip) 16; Croucher, Wimsett, G. Wilson, W. W. Jones (skip) 22 v. Croad, Goldfinch, Curry, Aim (skip) 11; Hogg, Stone, Eglinton, Kerslake (skip) 26 v. Funke, Mulish, Steele, Grinlinton (skip) 17; A. Wilson, Proctor, Gallichan, Skoglund (sluj>) 16 v. Nelson, Bowman, Wardrop, James (skip) 20; Wonden, Schioler, Tapp,Spencer (skip) 27 v. Henderson, McCormack, Norman, Pearson (skip) 12.. Subsequently, Woodville intimated that they would probably be entering three or four rinks for the Easter bowling tournament. HARRIS STARS. In a match for the Harris Stars, Palmerston North Club rink beat a Takaro rink by 32 points to 9. The rinks were: Palmerston North. —W. Child, Broodie, L. Giorgi, Ross (skip), Takaro. —Ridley, H. R. Green, R. Tanner, Littlejohn (skip). FLETCHER SHIELD. Northern Club sent four rinks to Manawatu’ to play for the Fletcher Shield. The *match resulted in a win for the holders of the shield. The rinks and scores were:—H. Stallard, Parsons, Teale, Stuart (skip) drew with Karton, Kennedy, Preece, Corbridge (skip) 15 —15; Moxon, Moore, Pilcher, Fenwick (skip) lost to Bates, Morris, Radford, Kershaif (skip) 10—32; Dickel, McKee, Larcomb, Stevens (skip) beat Oxenham, Brown, Gerrand, Spooner (skip) 33 —16; Dale, Eliott, Snarman, Bryan (skip) lost to Shand, Catton, Olney, Barnes (skip) 11 —22. Totals: Northern, 69; Manawatu, 85.