BOWLING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15822, 20 January 1915, Page 4

BOWLING.

DOMINION tournament- 1 SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP. WON BY M. WALKER. '"M ' "fl A SUCCESSFUL GATHERING. The annual tournament of the DorahnW Bowling Association was brought to a con. elusion at R-jmuera green yesterday, vriSen -16 the singles championship match M 5? SI cided. The section winners met at Jw'JIJ green, and by the " sudden death" system -0, the winner. M. Walker, of Pon-mby; "»?*■.*;- 1 found. The prize winners In the mate? "' '■-: j were : — ' mau * |fc M- Walker. Ponsonby ... j .;'£§ Stokes, Grey Lynn . . ... o 11 G. B Osmond. Auckland ... 3 yff I The. tournament just concluded «va? 0M ':*£ lof the most successful yet held i n «v, fft; I Dominion. The careful arrangements made : by tho council and embodied in 'he printed 81 I riogramme lid not permit a hitch to occur '~M ! find therefore the gathering proceeded I; I automatic precision Much of the credit 31 for the success is due to th.? secretary B*= 1 Mr. A. M. Bryden. while the umpires and H I greenkeepers also deserve a word of praise. S The details of play id the singles chara- '*& I pionship arc as follows: — -£; ELIMINATING BOUND. M Neill (Dunedin), 20, v. Buchanan itjr.,,, fM I Island), 16. £ INTER-SECTION PLAY. 1 M. Walker 1 Ponsonby 1, 2i. v. Jury ;g. M ! ransrahaket. 11 , ;. Walker was always well ahead in -f' I game. He scored fctd on the first three %'i , reads and led 17— 1 a-, the eleventh head. j Walker led 23 1 at the fourteenth, but Jury ;? scored on all toe remaining heads and the ." I game ended -3—ll in Walker's favour. I Hill (Te Hiwi', 23, v Harra-i-ay i'Dunedi»l -** 20. "a* ThL game was closely contested all (} ae -li ! way, the greatest margin between the men $| lat any stage being three points. The game. ->§ ! ended 20 all. Hill scored three on the ssl I twentv-second head. i Stokes (Grey Lynn), 17. v Neil] i|| I edin 1 , 15 ?JS j There was never much between the men St jin this game, which was 12 all at the «? j seventeenth head. Stokes scored 1, 3, J and 31 led 17—12 with one head to go. out of which J? j Neill got thieo. "S; ! Osmond ! Auckland'. IS. v. CrowKimt £- i (Auckland), 16. iM Osmond mae'e a great dash at the, start l 'M I and at the thirteenth he.' !«d. 15—6. 3f I Crownurst, however, made a grea*. recovery *§1 1 and She game at the nineteenth head was ctll jl3 all. Each player got a. single out of the : ?M succeeding heads and the game ended 20 all Mj The deciding heal, tho twenty-? -fras %: won by Osmond. i-9j THE SEMI-FINALS. M Walker. 20.. v. Hill. 12. v 'f§ The score gives no indication o: the Quality lH of play in this match. Hill was drawing *S ; beautifully, but Walker was alv-ays a little Ws better than his opponent- The game vras :" '• three all at the fifth head, and then Walker gat a run on the next four heads, and led '?* 93. At the thirteenth head the Ponsonby ; S man led —5. and at the nineteenth it waa ll 20—6 in his favour. £gt Stokes. 23. v Osmond. 17. - xjg Stokes started well, and the game was : —2 in his favour at the fourth head The H Grey Lynn player -was 14—7 at the tenth *S head, but Osmond recovered his form and'"v reduced the lead to one point at the thir- - teenth. when the game was 14—13 in Stokes's - ;; favour. The game was 18—13 at the six- ' *.v teenth head, and then three on the" »i6it ; save Osmond another chance, the scores" #1 being 16—16 in Stokes's favour. A single ■''i to Osmond was neutralised by a similar ■' y £~' score by Stokes. A four to Stokes on the *&£ twentieln head ended the game. Osmond ■' lost the game through hesitancy to play v,i firm shots, with which he is usually so"' '" successful. J; THE FINAL. J3 M. Walker (Ponsonby. 16, v Siokei 7 (Grey Lynn), 8. This game opened promisingly with both men drawing beautifully. The game was f ' '-■ three all at the fifth head, and 5-4 in ■■ 'M Stokes s favour at the seventh head--* Walker then got a run of 1. 2, » 1 and ' : ed oPT S at Q* eleventh head. Two single* R to Stoles reduced the margin, but Walker •>• went off again -with 2, 2, 1. and led ll—7 at tne sixteenth head. A single, each wig i 1 gained, and th« fame given up at the con- Wk elusion of the eighteenth head. Maxwell. Sg Waiter thus became the second Dorninion- "? cfaampKm. the. first.. J. Kiigour. another IS Aucklander, haying been defeated in the i- : section play. Walker has for years beta ■-< looked upon M on* of the strongest playei : • m New Zealand. He has played Mo prominent positions at most imtjortanFAßfe-'i 7: "- namenta in recent years. Stokes, the"%».' >* ner-up. surprised most Aucklanders. Ho took part in th* tournament as substitute '" for another member of the Grey Lynn Chi. • To South Islanders he is well known as " a member of the Kaituna (Danedin) Clat. He nas now taken up his residence in Auckland. ,;.%:-1" CONTEST FOE THIRD PLACE. ~£- 3- Osmond (Auckland). 20. v. E. J. - ' Hifl (T» Hwi), 14. Osmond led from the start, the scoring in his favour being €— at the sixth head,' 3m S— i at the tenth head. 12— at the thir- ! ?i%: teenth head, 18—'» at the seventeenth head, it and 20—10 at tin twentieth head. •» :V fe