BOWLING

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 9 December 1940, Page 9

BOWLING

NOBLE-ADAMS SHIELD NELSON RETAINS TROPHY The vagaries of the weather nearly upset the playing of the Noble Adams Snield match between the Nelson and Marlborough Bowling centres on Satur- ) day j At 8 o'clock the local headquarters ; decided that the match be postponed owing to the rain All distant clubs were advised by telephone, and a message sent through to Blenheim. However, at noon it was announced that Marlborough's twelve rinks had come j to Nelson A hasty arrangement was j then made that the match should be j played, and all on the Nelson green. I The distant clubs were again contactj eu and all succeeded in getting to Nel- | son except the Takaka rink, who had I returned after getting as far as Riwaka. Mr H E Stephens, vice-president of ! t e Nelson Club, welcomed the visitors j and hoped that Marlborough would be i successful in winning the Shield, which ! Nelson had successfully held for four • years. j Mr W. .1 Elvy. president of the Marl- | borough Centre, expressed his thanks ' and was glad that a successful arrangeI ment of the match had been made. I Cheers were exchanged between I teams ! Nelson won the matcn by a margin I of 97 points j The following were the results (Nelson names mentioned first > : Top Green N Rout. Patterson, A. C ltout, A. W j St. John <s). 25; Harman, Thompson. McArtney, Hillman (si, 30. A W. Tanner, W. G. Baker, R. W Smith, W. T. Grooby (s), 33; W. Waters. t- Renner. D. M. Wemyss, O'Neill (sL | 18. 1 B. Lemmer. N. Adamson. H. S. Claughton, F. Mitchell (s), 28; Fleming Gavin, Satherley. Reilly (s), 18. Jno, Vitetta, J. P. O’Gorman, Jos, Vitetta, V. Vitetta (s), 37; Nicholas, W Elvy. Oben, Grigg (s), 10. J. Hay, A. G. Stewart, H. G. Kings-

land, W. A Dee (s), 22; W. Ritchie, P. L Hall, E. Greig, Dr Noble-Adams (s»,j : 23 J. H. Webley. S. McArthur, W. J. S j ; Smith, A. T. Johnston (s), 22; J. Smith.' i P. Horgan. J. Nicholas, Mitchell (s), 23. j ! Totals: Nelson. 187; Marlborough. 122 ' Bottom Green • V j T. Dee, F. Pen-one. B. L. Leggat, E. s C. La Frentz (s>, 27; A. Mills. H. R. i Olson. F. T. Bull, D. Haswell (s), 17. J Hurrell, A. De Lorenzo, M. Forsyth, G. E. Piper (s), 39; Hutchinson. Climo • s Horton. Soppet (s>. 14. i i K Hunt, F. E. Shuttleworth, J. T. j s Eden, O. E. Eyles (s), 11; Poidevin. Tav- • - ! lor, Chapman, Watt (s). 3G - I H. Whitwell, 11. B. McGlashen, C. W. 1 11 Thorp. Jr G. Wilkinson (s), 30; Mills. 1 e | H Milt, Duckworth, Inder (s), 14. Sj E Jackson. L. A. Wakefield. J. A. j i? i Sliden, T A White (s>. 30; Cadogan, i. ! Gluyas. Beamsley. Stcckley <s), 11. ! E. Stonebanks, P. H. Kitchingman, A.| - j Persico, T. Cappiello (s), 25; Catto., 1. Lissaman, Townshend. Wyber (s>. 18 i. Totals: Nelson 162; Marlborough 110. f Grand totals: Nelson 329; Marlbors ough 232. e Nelson headed the aggregate points totals througnout the game, the position r at various stages being:— 51 n Nelson 69, Marlborough 38; 8»h end. Nelson 123, Marlborough 70; s 12th end, Nelson 158, Marlborough 110; i - 15th end, Nelson 208. Marlborough 132:' | 21st end. Nelson 262, Marlborough 182; i :i | 25th end. Nelson 329, Marlborough 232.' Very heavy totals were scored by [i several Nelson rinks. Piper’s rink scored 8 on the Bth end. \ At the conclusion of the game Mr 8., . L Leggat. president of the Maitai I club, remarked on the pleasant game, ' and regretted that Marlborough were >. (again unsuccessful. He suggested that 1 Nelson might take the Shield to Blen- i heim and play for it on their greens. j 5, Mr Elvy thanked the Nelson bowlers >, for their hospitality and goodwill. Whe-1 ther Nelson brought the Shield to Blen- ! >. heim or not. he hoped Marlborough. ;, would have the pleasure of a visit from ! the Nelson Centre. Cheers were again exchanged, and, r . als • given for the ladies. Mr A. J. Stringer did good service in ;- recording the aggregate scores.

I Fifteen matches have now been play ;ed for the Shield, of which Nelson ha: ; won eleven games. 1 Pleasure was expressed by Mi i

f- Stephens at the attendance of Dr. is ! Noble-Adams. Mr Stephens recalled that the doctor and he were in the Ir 1 same class at school.