BOWLING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12853, 29 April 1905, Page 5 (Supplement)

BOWLING.

The Mount Eden and Auckland Clubs play an eight-rink inter-club match on the Mount Eden greer this afternoon. The semi-finals and final lor the Cailton Club championships were played 011 Saturday last. C. G. Laurie and .1. Kilgour were the pair to reach tlk: final, and after an interesting game Laurie won the title of cmli champion, beating his opponent by 18 to 10. The winner was ill quite his old form, and his drawing and running shots in the deciding game wore particularly good. Carlton and Rocky Nook Clubs plav an inter-club match on. the Rocky Nook green this afternoon, commencing at half-past two p.m. sharp. , ~ ~ The final of the club fours on Carlton green will be fought.out by the teams skipped by Wilson and Laurie. In the final for the first year players' championship on the Mount Eden green last Saturday Gill defeated ulo P. 21 to 14, and won the prize. Although the field this year was a small one. the two playej ,0 meet in the final had shown wonderfully good form for novices, and the play in.the final was creditable to both, (..ill confined himself to drawing throughout, and although Dunlop, who drives rrtni; J lkah ywe 1 for a beginner, frequently dislodged bis op ponent's shot bowl, GUI kept plugging •gg. and ultimately ran out a winner by / p<jiu s The following teams will ."presenit Lailtou i„ the inter-club match against Ro ky .00k this afternoon: —Kjall. Keir, L , Si. T •iiiiic t-l in)" Hari'snapc. lloron. >aiin, Lduuc (K.}), Hcald. Ronayne. Curteis (skip) • Howe, Otter U'e": '""'"l' V "" sll,n ' Owen, C Thi° AUkland Club players will be conveved to the- Mount Eden green this afternoon by drag, leaving the Grafton gicen . a-quarter to two p.m. -'» t the' Ron following players will represent !X UP °™ l '"-dS:OT VoL^y irreen- Brookes, Barr. Armstrong, and Mitchell '(skin): Dacre, Gasioigne, Mekoiu e, and Eagleton (skip), ijiason, T. - r. ro j. er I relic v re, and Harty (skin) ; .L M. Cl , ki)) ' R. McCallum, .Jones, -iiid Gardnoi (skip)On Devonport, green: Best, Coopei, A. 1 l.u vey, and Ralfe .(skip); .. I .' nt . r "'- a "'. Bennett, Broughton. and McNeill (.-kip), i.UI , CJrattan. Stewart, and D. Haivoy (skip). Eriekson, Montgomery, W • T. Uroshcr and Evre (skip). First-year players: Johnson, Eva. Reeve, and Wright (skip). V full-rink tournament, open to members of the Auckland and Devonport Clubs, was held on the Devonport groun on Saturday and Monday last. Six rounds were played, and the weather being fine and the green in perfect order, the tourmi.ment proved very to those competing. . A. Jri. Brookes' team proved to be the winnois of tho tournament, W. B. Eyres team taking second place. The following are the results : —Eriekson, Mackenzie. Broughton, A. H. Brookes (skip). 5 wins; Pluiuinor, I. -McCalhun, Armstrong'. I'.yre (skin), 0 wins and a draw: Mason, Greshani, D. Harvey. 1 or; rotfc (skin). '6 wins; Dacre, Cnchton, xiair>, Easton (skip), i wins; Lcscr, Littler. >.. it Brookes-. Mitchell (skip), 3 wins: (.rattan, <ias ( oigne. Stewart, Lelievre (skip), 3 wins; Coldicutt. W. Crosher. W. T. Crosher, Eagleton (skip). 5 wins. Thornes' team, consisting ,01 Reeve, Steele, J. M. Crosher, played J one drawn game, losing the other? J