BOWLING

Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 43, 18 January 1935, Page 8

BOWLING

RINKS MATCHES ADVANCED. PALMERSTON NORTH RINK BEATEN. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Jan. 17. The Dominion bowling tournament was continued to-day, when iurtlier games in the post-section rounds ot the full rink championship and intersection rounds of the pairs championship were played. The day was extremely hot, and the contestants; having completed a full week’s play in the rink championship, showed signs ol tiredness. The pace of the games was fast. T. Buxton, Dr P. Moir, H C. Clarke, and S. Jenkin, of the Carlton Club, remain undefeated in the rniK championship, gaining the distinction of being the only team to survive the fourteen successive rounds. Jenkin lias also the record of playing m 24 successive games in the Dominion without defeat. . . . Play will be resumed in the rinks, pairs and singles championships to-mor-row The following teams retain their two lives in the rink competition:— Buxton, Moil-, Clarke. Jenkin (Carlton! ; Mine-lien. Donaldson, Liverndge, Whittle (Grey Lynn). The one-lifers are as follow: —Paget, Blood. Wilson, Mingins (Epsom) ; Stephens, Maeklow, Livingstone, Robertson (Onenunga). The following survive in the pairs competition, in which further post-sec-tion games were played to-day : Bull and Murrav (Hawera) ; Harris and Harris (St.* Johns) ; "Wakefield and Beer (Napier) ; Logan and McCarthy (Port Aliuriri) ; Loveridge and Pilkington (Hamilton) ; Casey and Lobb (West End, New Plymouth) ; Wellmgs and MoWhannell (Hataitai' • Owing to players being required for rinks and pairs to-day, no further play was held in the singles competition. Eleven players still remain in. Those with two lives are:-—Bourke (Hawera), Engebretsen (Napier), Russell (St. Heliers). One-lifers are: Routlev (Ivelbourn), Somervell (Ponsonby), Coburn (Ponsonby), Keatley (Rock Nook), Luscombe (Most End, New Plymouth), Livingstone (Oneliunga), Wcllings (Hataitai), Richards (Devonport). The sixth round played to-day saw the elmination from the competition of the strong Napier rink headed by Engebretsen in the game against Jenkin, of Carlton. The team made a great impression with the bowlers of Auckland in its conduct of play. There was a marked tendency to build slack heads by lack of placing position shots. Nevertheless, the brilliance of Engebretsen in pulling his team out of tight corners was one of the thrills of all the games played by the Napier rink. Probably it was the' certainty of the remarkable accuracy of this skip that prompted the opportunity of taking frequent chances to the advantage of Carlton. It was soon evident that the front rank of the Carlton team was much stronger. The Napier No. 3 was a sound and reliable bowler, but was outplayed by Clark, who was in a brilliant mood. Carlton had the run of play. Some excellent shots were staged by Engebretsen when three down on the last head requiring five to tie, the Napier skip was faced with a complete lack of position on the head, and had to admit defeat, although playing both his bowls, making an obviously vain attempt to obtain the count. The slump in form was specially noticeable in the third round of the day. McWhannell (Hataitai), in a previous round, gave a brilliant display of bowling, raking his game out of the fire in magnificent style by a delicately drawn shot to the jack, resting on the very edge of the ditch. It was difficult to believe that the same team could be beaten by the big margin of 22 to 8 in the concluding round in the game against Robertson (Oneliunga). The weariness of the players was the reason for the complete reversal of form. Similarly, Walker (Mt. Albert) utterly fell to the sound bowling of Mingins (Epsom). LUCK OF THE DRAM’. Tt was exceedingly unfortunate for the Carlton Club that the automatic draw for games brought two teams of that club, Lancaster and Grahame, together. More unlucky still was the fact that the winner of the Lancaster and Grahame tussle was drawn to play Jenkin, another Carlton team. Moreover, while the first-mentioned game was played Roberts’s team was defeated. Thus, four Carlton teams which have performed so admirably were reduced to one. In the first two rounds to-day between Lancaster and Grahame there was steady play of excellent bowls. The character of the play indicated that there was little to pick between the strength of the respective teams, one of whom had to be eliminated from the further rounds of championship play. The other game between Roberts (Carlton) and Brackenridge (Lyall Bay) was very one-sided. Roberts was outclassed in form on the game, and shook hands with Bralcenridge at the close of the nineteenth head, the score being 23—11. Stone (St. John’s) met Bremner (M’est End. Auckland). The game was a one-sided tussle, and ended 25—12 in favour of the visitors. Stone was’a powerful factor in the game. It was unfortunate again that two teams from the "Waikato, Gee (Te Awamutu) and Pilkington (Hamilton), were drawn to play against each other when each had only one life. However, the circumstances can only be accounted for by the luck of the automatic draw, which has proved the only satisfactory method. Pilkington snatched victory from his friends by drawing an absolute shot oil the white with his last howl, thus takings the game out of the fire on the final bowl. INTERESTING FEATURES. The game between Thomas (Wairere) nnd T. Walker (Mt. Albert) had some interesting features, and also much sound bowling. The score read B—B on the ninth, but Mt. Albert ran up a total of 20—15 by the twentieth head. M’airere came again and piled on six counters. On the concluding head, however, "Walker was not to be denied, and he drew a third shot with his last bowl, and ran out the winner by three points. The M’airere team has provided sound play of a high order throughout the section and post-section rounds, j lie Napier team, in all divisions of team work, greatly impressed. At the same time as the Wairere team were meeting with defeat, Logan and McCarthy, of the Port Aliuriri Club, Napier, put up a great stand against Higginson ; and Hosking, of Grey Lynn, in the pairs c l, *u- <> The Napier pair put on 9—o on the board before their opponents opened their score, and ran out easy winners bv 22—11.

Mingins (Epsom) met Stone (Wanganui). The game showed the complete collapse of the Wanganui rink. At no stage of the game did the visitors look like winners, the total score being 26—17. Results are ns follow: KINKS CHAMPIONSHIP. FOURTH ROUND. TWO-LIFERS. Robertson (Onebunga) 18 heat F. A. Hosking (Pukekolie) 16. Whittle (Grey Lynn) 16 beat McWhannell (Hataitai) 15. 8. Jenkin (Carlton), a bye. ONE-LIFERS. Lancaster (Carlton) 17 beat Gra-

ham (Carlton) 15 Brackenridge (Lyall Bay) 23 beat Roberts (Carlton) 11. Engebretsen (Napier) 21 beat Bright. ing (Hataitai) 16. Stone (St. John’s, Wanganui) 25 beat Bremner (M’est End, Auckland) 15. Mingins (Epsom) beat Arnott (Palmerston North) 15. Pilkington (Hamilton) 20 beat Gee (Te Awamutu) 16. Theo. M’alker (Mt. Albsrt)_ 20 beat Thomas ("Wairere, Napier) 17. The following were eliminated m this round : Graham, Brigliting, Bremner, Arnott, Gee, Thomas and Roberts. FIFTH ROUND. M’hittle 19 beat Robertson IS. Jenkin 29 beat Lancaster 19. Engebretsen 17 beat Brackenridge 12. Mingins 26 beat Stone 17. Walker 24 beat Pilkington 12. McWhannell 19 beat Hosking 18. The following were eliminated in the fifth round :—Lancaster, Brackenridge, Stone, Pilkington, and Hosking. SIXTH ROUND. Jenkin 17 beat Engebretson 13. Mingins 26 beat T. M’alker 11. Robertson 22 beat McWhannell 8. Whittle, a bye. The following were eliminated in the sixth round :—-Engebretson, T. M’alker, and McWhannell. Play in the rinks competition will be continued to-morrow. Following is the draw :—Jenkin (Carlton) v. M’hittle (Grey Lynn); Mingins (Epsom; v. Robertson (Onehunga). Results of play in the pairs competition are:—Third round: Logan and McCarthy (Port Aliuriri) 22 bent Higginson and Hosking (Grey Lynn) 10 ; Harris and Harris (St. Johns) 20 beat Oughton and Lornm (Rocky Nook) 19. Play in the pairs competition will also be continued to-morrow. Following is the draw:—McWhannell (Hataitai) v. Murray (Hawera); Beer (Napier) v. Pilkington (Hamilton); Harris • (St. Johns) v. Lobb (M’est End, New Plymouth). Two of the two-lifers left in the singles competition, Engebretson (Napier) and Russell (St. Heliers), will meet tomorrow. Other games in the singles competition will be played at the completion of the above-mentioned matches. TERRACE END CLUB. ELECTRIC LIGHT TOURNEY. Sixteen rinks from all parts of the district competed in the first electric light tournament of the season held by the Terrace End Club, last evening, considerable enthusiasm being shown. Conditions were beautifully calm. Four games, each of seven heads, were played, and three rinks survived this series .without loss. They were as follow: Tnwliai, Howe, Hepner, Roore, skip (Foxt.oii); A. Wilson, Johnson, Mochan, Anderson, skip (Palmerston North); Andrews, Wills, Pearce. O’Shea, skip (Terrace End). In the play-off Anderson drew a. bye. Roore beat O’Shea, 4—3, and then Anderson, 4 —3, to win the tournament. It is intended to hold similar fixtures for the remainder of the season on Thursday evenings, at fortnightly intervals.