CENTRE BOWLING

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 280, 27 November 1939, Page 10

CENTRE BOWLING

Visitors From Hawke’s Bay MANAWATU CENTRA SOUNDLY BEATEN Bowlers from the Napier Centre descended on Palmerston North on Saturday in the first of the inter-centre matches of the season on this side of the range. In the morning friendly inter-club games were played to allow the visitors the chance of gauging the greens, and then in the afternoon the real tussle commenced to end in Manawatu being badly beaten to the tune of 323 to 245. Details were as follows: On Manawatu Green Ileretaunga: Hownsell, Hiekinott, Evison, Collinge (s) 17 v. Terraco End: Kells, Reav, Mills Davidson (s) 18. Hastings: Johnston, Hampton, Bennett, Duff (s) 17 v. Manawatu: W. Whitehead, Billens, Hopewell, Beatson (s) 12. Napier: Spriggs, Campbell, Bear, Nuttall (s) 20 v. NVoodville: Vowel!, Jamieson, Aim, Bly (s) 12. Ileretaunga: Lily, Robinson, Price, McArthur (s) 29 v. Hokowhitu: Body, Voitre, Woodroofe, Houston (s) 14. Bluff Hill; E. H. Dunn, W. Dunn, Burnley, Newton (s) 13 v. Manawatu: Pcnkcth, Blake, Velvin, H. G. Mills (s) 19. Port Ahuriri: Cuff, Perrott, Kalin, McCarthy (s) 29 v. l’ahiatua: Macrae, Gregory, Lett, Britland (s) 10.

Port Ahuriri: Kavauagh, fiibson Mackay, Popplewcll (s) 20 v. Wood' ville: McKinlay, Offwood, Young Horne (s) 17.

Omarunui: Wiseman, "Williamson, Simpkin, Brown (s) 24 v. Palmerston North: Evans, West, Wilson, McEwen (s) 22. Havelock North: Paul, Baillie, Tucker, Anderson (s) 27 v. Takaro: Buchanan, E. Aruott, Hughes, Littlejohn (s) 12. On Northern Green Wairerc: White, Wood, Clark and Mcllor (skip) 15 v. Takaro: .Fisher, Waugh, Henderson and A. Smith (skip) 22. Port Ahuriri: Marcroft., Dykes, Logan and Johnson (skip) 28 v. Northern: Hoare, Thompson, Young and Wood (skip) 15. Bluff Hill: Scheele, Forster, WardellJohnson and Bull (skip) 24 v. Palmerston North: Cowling, Douglas, Childs and J. A. Nash (skip) 22. Kia Toa, Hastings: Ross, Wall, Rixon and Sykes (skip) 25 v. Feilding: Saywell, Duncan, Burn© and Moore (skip) 13. Hcretauuga: Robinson, Powdcrell, Giles and Maher (skip) 9 v. Palmerston North: Kilpatrick, Wimsett, Tremaine and J. Croucher (skip) 20. Port Ahuriri: O’Leary, Howell, Crawford and Briasco (skip) 16 v. Dannevirke: Potts, Fairbrother, Nicholson and Hicks (skip) 17. Morning Games The following are the details of the morning games, which were also played on the Manawatu and Northern greens, the local rinks scoring a little better than they did in the afternoon:— Takaro: Evans, West, Wilson, McEwen (s) 20 v. Kia Toa: Sykes, Wall, Rixon, Ross (s) 18. Takaro: Buchanan, E. Arnott, Hughes, Littlejohn (s) 11 v. Port Ahuriri: Marcroft, Dykes, Logan, Johnson (s) 24. Manawatu: Coupe, Todd, Bates, Corbridge (8) 26 v. Bluff Hill: Scheele, Forster, Wardell-Johnson, Bull (s) 11. Wood ville: McKinlay, Offwood, Young,- Horne (s) 12 v. Omarunui: Wiseman, Williamson, Simpkin, Brown (s) 25. Wood ville: Vo well, Jamieson, Aim, Bly (s) 23 v. Wairere: White, "Wood, Clark, Mellor (s) 16. Manawatu: W. Whitehead, Bilious, Hopewell, Beatson (s) 21 v. Port Ahuriri: Cuff, Perrott* Kalin, McCarthy (s) 19. Pahiatua: Macrae, Gregory, Britland, Lett (s) 20 v. Port Ahuriri: O’Leary, Howell, Crawford, Briasco (s) 20. Manawatu; Turner, R. B. Robertson, Blake, H. G. Mills (s) 17 v. Herctaunga: Robinson, Popercll, Giles, Maher (s) 18. Northern: Hoare, Thompson, Young, Wood (skip) IS v. Havelock North: Paul, Baillie, Tucker, Anderson (skip) IS. Hastings: Johnston, Hampton, Barnett, Duff (skip) 18 v. Palmerston North: Cowling, Douglas, Childs, J. A. Nash (skip) 19. Hcretauuga: Ilounsell, Hickmott, Evison, Collinge (skip) 9 v. Feilding: Saywell, Duncan, Burne, Moore (skip) 20. Napier: Spriggs, Campbell, Bear, Nuttall (skip) 17 v. Takaro: Fisher, Waugh, Henderson, Smith (skip) 22. Bluff Hill; T. Dunn, W. L. Duuu, Burnley, Newton (skip) 20 v. Dannevirke: Price, Moxon, Robinson, Johnson (skip) 20. Ahuriri: Kavanagh, Gibson, Mackay, Popple well (skip) 18 v. Palmerston North: Kilpatrick, Wimsett, Tremaine, J. M. Croucher (skip) 18. Mr. J. A. Nash, president of the Manawatu Centre, extended a welcome to the Hawke’s Bay players, and intimated that the Manawatu Centre would definitely be returning the visit in February next. He outlined the arrangements for play and presented Mr. H. J. Price, president of the Hawke's Bay Centre, with a Manawatu Centre badge, expressing the hope that all would have an enjoyable day after the dismal weather they had left in Napier. Mr. Price responded, saying that the visit would further cement the cordial relations existing between the two centres. He stated that unavoidable circumstances had prevented the Hawke’s Bay Centre from making a visit to Manawatu last year. Cheers were exchanged and the players then proceeded to the greens. PENNANTS MATCHES PALMERSTON NOKTII BEAT NORTHERN Palmerston North beat Northern in the A grade pennants competition by four matches to nil and in the B grade by three matches to oae. Results were as follow, Palmerston

North rinks being mentioned first in each instance:— A Grade Thorburn, Northover, Mochau and Bary (skip) 24 v. T. Smith, Bowie, Stuart and McDonald (skip) 14. Rosvall, Butler, Jones and Baton (skip) 20 v. Kenning, Amies, Brice and Lynch (skip) 13. G. Brown, Bayliss, Mowlem and Arnott (skip) 20 v. Lees, Mills, Binns and Von Sturmer (skip) 13. Ingham, Afoxon, Kerslake and Ramsay (skip) 27 v. Andrew, W. T. Penny, A. J. Elliott and Leo (skip) 11. B Grade Seator, Hogg, Wort and Sparrow (skip) 18 v. Bennett, Roulston, King and Parsons (skip) 11. Ball, L. Lovelock, Simmons and 1.. T. Brown (skip) 18 v. Svrinbourn, Puklow’ski, Bycroft and Robinson (skip) 21. Kettle, Fanning, Stablelord and Crump (skip) 29 v. Rainforth, Fairey, M. A. Eliott and J. A. Smith (skip) 19. Edwards, Morgan, D. J. Lovelock and Johnson (skip) 20 v. Stewart, McKcehnie, Teale and Me Murray (skip) 12. TERRACE END y. HOKOWHITU Hokowhitu bowlers are mentioned first in the following results:— A grade.—Thomson, lleatley, Home, Cater (s) 29 beat Cogswell, Christie, Howe, Childs (s) 22; Sweetman, Drury, Gillian, Stubbs (s) 27 beat Clinton, Bradley, Bee, Anderson (») 26; Knowles, G. Hancock, W. Hancock, Shouler (s) 14 lost to Young, King, Bringezu, Dixon (s) 17; Russell, Hood, Richardson, Bailey (s) 19 lost to Reeves, Locke, Ellis, Gordon (s) 25. B grade.—Palmer, Burnett, Gardiner, Todd (s) 19 beat Baldwin, Pitcher, Andrews, A. E. Allen (s) 14; Andrew, McPhail, Bennett, Rae (s) 27 beat Pearce, Cunninghame, Skinner, Claughton (s) 13. Colts.—Gillies, Brooks, Rogers, Spinley (s) 13 lost to Brown, Morgan, White, Ferguson (a) 18. DIXON CUP MATCH Northern successfully withstood a challenge for the Dixon Cup on Saturday, defeating Eketahuna by 30 to 13. The rinks were: Northern (Connor, Lareomb, Kershaw and Skogluod, skip) and Eketahuna (Ramsay, Green, Ammunson and Hooper, skip). Skog lund jumped into the lead at the start and was not thereafter threatened.