BOWLING TOURNAMENT AT WELLINGTON.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11869, 22 January 1902, Page 6

BOWLING TOURNAMENT AT WELLINGTON.

[BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] ( Wellington, Tuesday. The Bowling Tournament was continued today. The following are the results of the play: — Fourth Round: Wellington, 86, beat Pe- . -A tone, 21; Feilding, 40, beat New Plymouth, ; ; 32; Mount Eden, 60, heat Carterton, 44; Napier, 46, beat Auckland, 25; Newtown, 38, beat Bluff Hill, 32; Victoria, 42, beat Gisborne, 40; Waverley, 35, beat Masterton, I 34; Thorndon, 47, beat Ealmerston, 32; Newmarket, 41, beat Hastings,"3B; Remuera, -"*c 45, beat Ponsonby, 25. Fifth Round: Bluff Hill, 55, beat Carterton, 23; Mastorton, 48, beat New Plymouth, 42; Auckland, 39, beat Petone, 34; Mount Eden, 53, beat Napier, 34 Newtown, 62, beat Feilding, 22; Wellington, 41, beat Gisborne, 38; Victoria, 51, beat Waverley, 30; Palmerston. 38, beat R-emuera,''37; Hastings, . 40, beat Ponsonby, 31 Wanganui, 46, beat Thorndon, 28. Sixth Round: Wellington, 60, beat Waver- . , i ley, 26; Gisborne, 45, beat Auckland, 40; Remuera, 45, beat 1 msonby, 40; Wanganui, KH 41. beat Thorndon, 35; Newmarket, 41, beat . i Hastings, 33; Palmerston, 39, beat Remuera, 37; Thorndon, 33, beat Palmerston, 31; - Hastings, 40, - beat Ponsonby, 31; - Thorndon, - 52, beat Hastings, 32; Palmerston, 56, beat Mtejsi Wanganui, 32;; Newmarket, 49, beat Remuera, 37. The following are the results of the pairs match:— * , J Third Round: Geddis and Churchward, 19, . beat Allnutt and McLaren, 14. Fourth Round: Geddis and Churchward, 21, beat Humphries and Withy, 18; Findlay , and Smith, 21, beat Wakeham and Ransom, . 11. ■ . . ■ - : Final: , Geddis and Churchward, 24, beat . Findlay and Smith, 19. . _ The following are the results : of. the -I'.-'l singles: — Singles: Price, 21. beat A. Littler, 17; ; Hill, 21, beat Plimmer, 19; Eagleton, 23, beat Price, 12; Still, 27, beat Patterson, 9; Brightwell, 31, beat Swaney, 12; Still, 20, • j. 5 beat J. Reynolds. 9; Parata, 21, beat Levin, .. -I 16; Hill, 28, beat Fielder, 10; Demden, 19, "-fi beat Ransom, 16. „ ■■■■.'.■■ « NOTES ON THE PLAY. ® [BY TELEGRAPH. CORRESPONDENT.] ,'i! . _ WELLINGTON, Tuesday. -/• j For the second day of.the bowling tournament the weather was windy, with. rain, falling in the morning, but before nine o'clock ■ it had changed: to a glorious day, and play . wad resumed on keen drawing greens. Auckland met with varying success, and won two games out of the three played. In the morning they met I'etone and won by five points. Towsey won by five points, and there was a tie in the other riulc. . i In the match against Napier Auckland were badly beaten, Yates' team recording 29 points . ; to Towsey's eight, whilst Gulp an ' against Evans finished even, the score being 17 all. K5 Auckland's third match of the day, which . ,y>; was against Gisborne, attracted a great crowd • , { of spectators, and was without doubt the .. most keenly contested game so far of the tournament. Towsey, playing against Cole- . man, made two bad drives which cost his team six points, but towards the close of the - ■ game he gave a grand exhibition of his drawing abilities on a keen green. The score was -.jl 20 all on the 20th head, and each bowl played saw a change in the head. • Hie . Gisborne players drove with deadly effect, but were worn down by the Auckland skip, who drew a beautiful shot, and won the game in the one rink by a point, amidst tremendous cheers. Culpan, playing against Ponsford, was within two points of his opponents on •v| the last head. In this head Gisborne was lying four, and Culpan wasted both his bowls in his efforts to make a dead heat. Newmarket's star was in the ascendant today,' and they defeated Hastings and Eeinuera and also had a- bye in one round. In tho ■ match against Hastings T. Brooks' rink won ■?: by nine points, and Kilgour lost by seven. Against Remuera. there was a victory in both ; 'j; rinks, Brooks beating Laxon by five, and Ivil- _ gour beating Court by seven. . ' ' 1 -s Mount Eden had a good win over Carterton . by 60 points to 44. Hooper's rink made.36 J to Fisher's 19,. whilst Boss went down by a ? point to Ramsay.-: Some good play was wit- . nes3ed in the match Mount Eden v. Bluff Hill, |jg but the Northern team went down by & . points. ' Mount Eden played a very fine game Ma| against Napier. Boss and \ Hooper being in their best form. A victory was secured in each rink. Mount Eden having 53 to their op- - ponents' 34. , , " A meeting of bowlers was held at the Wellington Club's pavilion to-night, ■when a great many matters of interest to players were discussed, and 'a : number of -recommendations wer® made to the association. — ,