BOWLING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13730, 22 April 1908, Page 4

BOWLING.

THE EASTER TOURNAMENT. THE final game for the Invitation Pairs, which was left in an incomplete state on Monday, Was finished yesterday afternoon. With 15 heads played McFarlane's team had an advantage of seven points. The game was resumed and concluded in the same state, honours being easy over the last six heads, Pearson and McFarlane (skip). Eotorua. 24. beating Braithwaite and Surman {skip*. Mount Eden, 17, and winning the Invitation Pairs match. The final for the Champion Shield 'will be played on the Auckland green to-morrow afternoon, at three- o'clock. DEVON PORT CLUB. The, Devonport Bowling (Tub are playing a six-rink match with the "touring team" that visited New South Wales in January last. Play will commence at 2.15 p.m.. and the following rinks will represent Devonport:—.Mason Reeve. Lelievre, Ralfe (skip); King, Johnson, Crattah. Harvey (skip): Cooper, Webster. Warren. Miller (skip); Butts, Gobson, Stewart, Brought on (skip): Fogerty, O'Loughlan. Harty. R. Mitchell (skip): Erickson, Brookes. Burnside, Armstrong (skip). The ordinary " draw" will also be made at 2.15. AT WAIUKU GREEN. The. "Cock o" the Walk" and "Boss Rooster feathers" were contested for oh Friday, resulting as Follows:— "Cock o' the Walk": J. K. Bennett and S; T. llossiter (skip). .'6, v. Dr. Monk and A. M. Barriball (skip), 8. "Boss Rooster": J. McDonald, 9, v. G. Stone, 8. RAEROA TOURNAMENT. S [liV TELEGRAPH.OWN COB RESPONDENT;.] PAKROA, Tuesday. Owing to the showery weather ou Monday I the pairs - tournament held by the Paeroa ! Bowling Club could not be completed. In the B section two teams are on level terms, and in the A section one round has yet to be' played. The games will probably ho completed as soon'as the weather improve?. CRICKET. HOWICK V. EDEN. A match was played at Eden Park on; Easter Monday, between teams from the j Howick and Eden Clubs, and resulted in a j win for Eden by an innings and 97 runs. Howick batted first for 57 runs, of which J. B. Kyd compiled 11. Kden made 235 in their first, Alexander 41, Williams 55 (retired), Horspool 32 (retired). Brown 50. M. Gray 22 (retired), Clark 20, Nisbet 19 (not out), and Hamilton 12, batting well. Howick. in their second venture, made 101 Andrews 25. W. Cooper 19. Kyd 13. and Johnson 10. being the chief contributors. Howling for Eden. Nisbet. took five wickets for nine runs, and Williams six for 21. For Howick, Kyd, three for 77. and Couldrey, two for 38. bowled best. NORTHERN WAIROA V. WAIUKU. The cricket match between a team from Northern Wairoa and the Waiuku City team, played on Saturday, resulted in a win for the former, the scores being: Northern Wairoa. 130 runs; City. 75. For the visitors, the principal scores were: L. Neild 54, E. Wyness '24. P. Lewis 19, J. Doyle 11. The most successful batsmen for Waiuku were H. Fenwink (18). M. Aldred (14), R. Harris (9), and J. MakgiH (not out 10), the three former being all run out, owing to the smart fielding of the visiting team. The most successful bowlers were Childs and Lewis, three wickets each, and Harris four wickets, and Fen wick three wickets for Northern. Wairoa and Waiuku respectively. i 5;. , THE TAUMARUNUI CLUB'S TOUR. The Taumarunui touring team arrived here by Thursday's express, leaving the same night for Matakana, where they met and defeated the local eleven by 20 runs, alter a match brimful of interest from start to finish. Matakana. winning the toss, elected to bat on an asphalt wicket covered with .matting, which, though not conducive to tall scoring, played very fast, the ball kicking dangerously at times. Matakana cornpaled 52. Knaggs (14) being the only-one to top double figures. Taumarunui replied with 58, A. Lobb playing a nice innings for 20. In their second innings both teams fared much better, Matakana scoring 72, McKenzie (16) .arid Mason (26) being the chief contributors... Requiring 85 to win. Taumarunui succeeded in accomplishing this for the lost of four wickets, but playing" the game right out only won by 20 runs, scoring 105, Smith (38, retired) and Sarah (21) playing well. The feature of this match was the splendid fielding shown by both teams. After being hospitably entertained at dinner and a dance, the victors left for Auckland at two a.m.. arriving here at seven a.m., and meeting a local team at the Domain at 10.30 a.m. on Good Friday.

The visitors, though starting badly, were not disposed of till 114 were on the board, Reynolds (30). Graham (17). A. Lobb (15). Bell (14) and J. Lobb (14, 'not out) being the double-figure scorers, aI! batting well. The local team succeeded in putting together 160, Greville (51) and Kavanagh (41) being mainly responsible. On. resuming, Taumaninui were all disposed of for 75, Mason's curly ones doing the damage, he getting seven wickets for 25 runs. Requiring 52 to rin, the local eleven lost one wicket, in doing so, thus winning by nine wickets. Talimarunui showed goad form all round in this match, though the constant travelling must have affected their play to a certain extent, besides being unfortunate in losing the services of Graham, one of their best bowlers.

On Easter Monday they .journeyed to North Shore to meet an eleven of the marine suburb, and, winning the toss, elected to bat on a slow wicket, occasioned by Sunday's rain. Sarah and Bell, going in first, put on 7?. before the latter was run out, after a fine innings of 34. both batsmen's batting and running being of a high order. As is usual in big' partnerships. Sarah followed I he outgoing batsman with an exceedingly fine display of 39, which included several boundaries. The rest of the side were not, disposed of till 182 appeared on the board, the whole team batting most consistently. North Slime responded with 102. the howling of the visitors being very deafllv. Reynolds being the most destructive. North Shore bad to,, follow on, but. fared much worse than in their first, innings, only putting together ''■?. Taumarunni thus winning by an inni*. and 38 runs. AUCKLAND LEAGUE V. THAMES. The match between Auckland League and Thames was played at Parawai on Saturday, resulting in it win for Thames by two wickets and three runs. Only one innings was played, heavy rain coming en dining the afternoon. For League Mclloy (15), Oassin ill, not out), Barr-Brown. (9), Hunt (8), and Smith (?) were the cHef contributors in a score of 65. Cordon. . wling for Thames, secured si* wickets for 20 runs, performing the "hat" trick. Fred Billing (14) and Coot© (10) were the only double-figure scorers for the local team. S'nedden and Holler were most successful with the toll for the Auckland league, the former taking live wickets for 12 run*. PONSONBY V. BOMBAY. The Ponsonby touring team met and de- ! feated the Bombay Olub team at Bombay j on Good Friday, after a most exciting finish, ! bv live runs. Ponsonby batted first, making 92, of which Woods (31), Corner (17), and Young (14) were the principal scorers. Bombay's first essay produced 57, A- Evans contributing a careful 12 of the total. In Ponsonby's second attempt the bowlers had their own way, dismissing the side for the small score of 30- Clark bowled a perfect length, and tcok six wickets for eight runs, while J. Evans also did well. Bombay in their second innings compiled 60. the last men : being considerably hampered by the failing I light. Of the Ponsonby trundlers, in the j first innings. Robinson (five wickets for 29) : and Woods (three for 8) were most successful. In the second innings Gavin (five for 29) and White (three for 5.) did best for sonbyOn Easter Saturday the team played a match with Maungatawhii-i Club on the latter club's ground, winning somewhat easily on the first innings by 116 runs. Maungatawhiri won the toss, and scored 54, C. Lyons l>eing top scorer with a well-compiled 15. Ponsonby made 170. of which McClelland contributed 48 by lively hitting. Gavin (39), Woods (34). and White (24) added materially to the score, six wickets being down for 170, when the innings was declared closed. Maungatawhiri lost four wickets for 42. runs, the Lyons Brothers making 17 and 13, both not out. The game was marred by several showers, giving the visitors a decided advantage. The most prominent bowlers for Maungatawhiri were Fitness (who took two wickets for 41 runs) and Senn (one for 6). For Ponsonby. in the first innings six bowlers were tried, and all took wickets, the best averages being: White, two wickets for 1 run; Woods, three for 7; and Corner, one for 3- " Tn the second innings Corner took l, wo wickets for 9 runs, and Robinson two for W. EDEN team: AT GISBORNE. [FKOM OUR SPECIAL COHKESrONDKKT.] Gisborne, Tuesday. The Eden touring cricketers played the third match of their tour on Easter Monday. The weather being unfavourable, the game did not start, until two o'clock. Eden, won the toss, and Sonierville and Mills, opened. The former did not stay long, and Gordon followed, but soon succumbed to the bowling of Wack. Mills and Taylor batted in tine style the former securing 61. and the. latter 17. P. Brown batted nicely for 12. not out, and Hobson rattled up 11 in quick time. With a failing light the Edenites closed their innings with five wickete for 104 runs. The Gisbornc team, captained by B. C. Baxter, an old Edenite, had 90 nips for five

wickets when time was called. ..Miller and Bowmaft malting 4s, not oat, a "' l - 30 tmtm* tire!.-. The light was very barf, ami towards the "close it was almost impossible to follow the ball. The match ended in a draw. The visitors met, a mixed Gisborae eleven to-day, but the weather condition* being similar to Monday the game was awain left in an unfinished state. Eden again won the toss, and elected to bat. Chiefly owing to the efforts of Brown (23), Somerville (29, not out), Murdoch <20">. Mills (retired, 19*. Oliii 119), Taylor >14). ami Ho bison (14), » total « 153 was reached. Very little time was left to the Oisbomeites to set the runs, and time was allied with the score at *0 for two wicket* , The fixtures hare now Wen concluded, and the team return by the MoitoWai to-morrow.