BOWLING

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 3 February 1931, Page 9

BOWLING

WAKEFIELD TOURNAMENT 81 PLAYERS ENGAGED WIN FOR TUNNICLIFFE’S RINK This fixture was, as usual, a great success, no less than 84 players being engaged. This necessitated 5 ltyes in each round. It was a very animated scene to see this number of bowlers, the majority of whom were wearing their club colours. The club supplied a bountiful supply of refreshments including morning and afternoon tea and lunch. This entailed a large amount of work for the ladies. There were four time limit games played, the results being as follows, skips names only being mentioned, as some of the cards were not filled in with the names of players:— Ist round :—Lewis (Wakefield) 16, boat Neave (Mapua) 4; Vitetta (Nelson) 24 heat Cross Richmond) 7; Newport (Richmond) 17 beat 11. Tunniclifio (Wakefield) 70; Kingsland (Wakefield) 20 beat Brundcll (Maitai) 5; Fowler (Mailai) 13 beat Field (Nelson) 8; Kelly (Richmond) 16 heat Newton (Nelson) 11; Norris (Richmond) 14 beat Johnson (Maitai) 11; Slovens (Maitai) G 3 heat Davcy (Mapua) 6. 2nd round.—l. Tunnieliffo (Maitai) 20 beat 11. T,caper (Nelson) 6; Bartlett (Nelson) 13 beat Vitetta (Nelson) 10 • 11. Tunnieliffo (Wakefield) 19 beat. Neave (Mapua) 9; Brundcll (Maitai) 20 beat Wadsworth (Wakefield) 4; Newport (Richmond) 21 beat Field (Nelson) 6; Kingsland (Wakefield) 15 beat Kelly (Richmond) 8; Fowler (Maitai) 20 beat Stevens (Maitai) 6; Newton (Nelson.) 15 beat La Front/. (Maitai) 9. 3rd round. —Bartlett 19 boat Cross 3; Johnson 16 beat Newlon 12; La I rent/, 25 beat Davey 11; Brundcll 13 beat Leapor 11; Field 14 boat Neave 13; Fowler 10 beat Wadsworth 8 ; Lewis 13 beat Norris 11; I. Tunnieliffo 25 beat Kingsland 5. 4th round—Lewis 17 beat Newport 10; Norris 21. beat Davcy 7; T. Tunniclil'fo 19 beat Bartlett 18 ; La Front/. 16 beat Field 5; Johnson 18 beat Vitetta 12; Kelly 16 beat Slovens 12; Tamper 14 beat Wadsworth 10; 11. Tunnieliffo 19 beat Cross 13. There were three rinks left in with 4 wins each. Wakefield rink, Poole, Reader, Ricketts, Lewis (s) and two Maitai rinks, Wright, Kitchinginan, Hurrell, Fowler (s); Cay, Kecch, Stringer, I. Tunnieliffo (s). Lewis and Fowler played off, Fowler winning 12 to nil. Tunnieliffo then played Fowler in the finals, 7 heads, Tunnieliffo-win-ning 12 to nil. r At the conclusion of the games, Mi Wadsworth, president of the Wakefield Club, thanked the players of the different clubs for turning out m such numbers and presented the prizes to the winners and runners up. Cheers were exchanged, and T. Tunnieliffo, an ex..resident of the Wakefield dub, responded on behalf of the visiting bowlers.