THE BOWLING TOURNAMENT

New Zealand Mail, 22 January 1902, Page 37

THE BOWLING TOURNAMENT

The Northern Bowling Association nneiied its tournament in fine, but breezy weather on Monday. An imposing collection of bowlers assembled on th e Wellington green at 8.45 a.m., when the tournament was declared open by Mr D. J. Nathan, vice-president of the Northern Bowling Association. It " S aid Mr Nathan, his proud privilege to welcome them and to express the hope that they would have a most pleasant time, interesting games, and a full ueek of thorough enjoyment—that this week would always live in their’memories as one of the most perfect they ever spent He was sure that everything possible would be done to make their stay here enjoyable. Of Mr Mcntinlav the lion secretary of the associa- I fion’ they had already experience, and the amount of work and energy he would cut into the arrangements would be an excellent guarantee of the tournament being carried out in a satisfactory nianiit/r. (Hear, hear.) Mr Nathan went on to apologise for the absence of the president of the association, Mr G. Matthewson, of Gisborne, who was prevented from attending by urgent public business, and lie also regretted that it had been found impossible to arrange for the match North Island v. South Island, owing to the South Island haying been unable to provide the requisite number of teams. They were led to bclievo that one had to go down South to see bowls played properly, and they would have liked to have the South Island men on the Wellington greens to see whether that was so or not. He declared the tournament open amidst applause. The following are the results cf the first round

WELLINGTON GREEN. Bluff Hill v. Retnuera. —Bluff Hill— Webber, Radley, Buttle, Kennedy (s), 24 ; llemuera — C. Court, W. McLean, Herman, G. Court (s), 17. Bluff Hill— Houlighan, Blythe, Newton, Crowley (s), cU; Remuera —Caldwell, Stevenson, Coutts, Laxon (s), 19. Totals —Bluff Hill, 54; Remuera, 30. Mount Eden v. Ponsonby.—Mount Eden—Rankin, Hodgson, Brown, Ross (s), 18; Ponsonby—Swales, Munro, Montague, Newell (s), 10. Mount Eden Walton, Garland, Hudson, Hooper, (s), 22: Ponsonby—Robinson, Usslier, Easton. Sticlibury (s), 17. Totals —Mount Eden, 40; Ponsonby, 27. Newtown v. Napier.—Newtown —Nancarrow, J. McLean, Astill, Undcmpod [ (s), 24; Napier—Swan, Busty, Smith, Yates (s), 21. Newtown —Lambert, Aipe, Price, Bary (s), 25; Napier—Bull, Thomson, Lucas, Evans (s), 13. Totals Newtown, 49; Napier -34. Tliorndon v Petone. Tliorndon— Hickson, Gould, Flanagan, McKerrow (s), 21; Petone —Horne, Laurie, Kirk, Austin (s), 18. Thorndon —Kilgour, Sievwriglit, Webb, Rose (s), 25; Petone —Henry, Fraser, Reid, Johnston (s), 18. Totals —Thorndon, 46; Petone, 36. Masterton v. Auckland. —Masterton- — CressWbil, Townshend, Lambic, Whittaker (s), 22 ;Auckland—Cameron, Prime, Petrett, Towscy (s), 18. Auckland— Meimic, Brown, McCalhim, Culpan (s), 29; Masterton—W. Pragnall, Jackson, 0. Pragnall, Elliott (s), 11. Totals— Auckland, 47 ; Masterton 33. Wellington v. Victoria. —Wellington —Drummond, Gray, Lockio, N. McLean (s), 20; Victoria—Snaddon, Scott, Mack, . Goodes (s), 16. Victoria—MacMorran, j Avery, Brackenridge. junr., Brackenridge. soar. (s). 22 ; Wellington—Veitch, Bell, Sample, 'Ballinger (s), 16. Totals —Victoria, 38; Wellington 36. Carterton v. New Plymouth.—New Plymouth—W. Rundle. Goldwater, S. Bundle, Hall (s), 19; Carterton—Bisli, Booth, Baillie, Fislier (s), 15. New Plymouth—Harrison, Dempsey, Ward, Paul (s), 28; Carterton—Nix, Whyte, Downard, Ramsay (s), 10. Totals —New Plymouth. 47; Carterton. 25. VICTORIA GREEN. Wanganui v. Feilding.—Wanganui— Kibblewhite, Coller, Armstrong, Monet (s), 25; Feilding—Curtis, B. Crabb, Sandersley, Johnston (s), 15. Wanganui —Landers, McCarthy, Dixon, Rodwell (s), 22 ; Feilding—Thompson, Valentine, Bartholomew, Saywell (s), 11. Totals— Wanganui, 47 ; Feilding 26. Yv avoid ey v. Hastings.—Waverley— Anderson, Thornton, Thurston, McGovery (s), 20; Hastings—Collingo, Martin, Maddison, Beatsou (s), 15. Waverley—lliley, Davis, Taylor, Muir (s), 22 • Hastings O’Reilly, Field, Loughlin, Ilassard (s), 21. Totals—Waverley, 42: Hastings, 36. ’ ’ Palmerston v. Newmarket.— Palmerston Copple, Cunningham, Tasker, Bunting (s), 27; Newmarket—Cahill. 1 letcher Wilton, Kilgour (s), 18. Palmerston—Bmck, McPhee, Nash, MowRm (s), 18; Newmarket—Rowe, Haselden, Lawry, Brooks (s), 25. Totals— I ahnerston, 45; Newmarket, 43.

SECOND ROUND. WELLINGTON GREEN. J A? m T Cr ? Thorndon.-Remuera- • - . Lax ton, 24; Tliorndon— Rose 14 • SSIHw Per, 22; Now Plymouth, W, 3T.‘ Hall,

26. Totals—Mount Eden. 47 • New Plymouth, 48. Carterton v. Newtown.—Carterton— Fisher, 19; Newtown—Bary, 21. Carterton —Ramsay, 25; Newtown— Underwood, 19. Totals—Carterton, 44; Newtown, 40. Masterton v. Petone.—Masterton— J. P. Elliott, 22; Petone—Austin, 31. Masterton—Whittaker, 41; Petone—Johnston, 17. Totals—Masterton, 63; Petone, 48. Wellington v. Napier.—Wellington— Ballinger, 23; Napier—YTites, 17; Wellington—McLean, 14; Napier—Evans, 31. Totals—Wellington, 37; Napier, 48. Victoria v. Auckland.—Victoria — Mack, 23; Auckland—Towsey, 17. Victoria—S. Brackenridge, 23; Auckland— Cal pan, 13’. Totals—Victoria, 46; Auckland, 30.

THIRD ROUND. WELLINGTON GREEN. Ponsonby v. Tliorndon.—Ponsonby— J. Newall, 9; Thorndon—Rose, 26. Ponsonby Sticlibury, 12 ; Tliorndon—MeKcrrow, 21. Totals—Ponsonby, 21»; Thorndon, 47. Bluff Hill v. New Plymouth.—Bluff Hill—Crawley, 13 ; New Plymouth— Paul, 25. Bluff Hill—Kennedy, 14; New Plymouth—W. F. Hall, 25. Totals—Bluff Hill, 27 ; New Plymouth, 50. Mount Eden v. Newtown.—Mount Eden —Hooper, 10; Newtown, C. Bary, 29. Mount Eden —R. R. Ross, 22; Newtown—-H. J. Underwood, 19. Totals—Mount Eden, 32; Newtown, 48. Carterton v. Napier—Carterton— Ramsay, 15 : Napier—Evans, 28. Carterton —Fisher, 15; Napier—W. C. Yates, 25. Totals—-Carterton, 30; Napier, 53.

Wellington v. Auckland. —Wellington —McLean, 12; Auckland —Culpan, 31. Wellington—Ballinger, 17; Auckland — Towsey, 16. Totals —Wellington, 29; Auckland, 47. Victoria v. Petone.—Victoria—Brackenridge, 26; Petone—Johnston, 15. Victoria—Gooder, 19 ; Petone—Austin, 21. Totals—Victoria, 45; Petone, 36.

Masterton v. Remuera.—Masterton — Eliott, 26; Remuera—G. Court, 18. Masterton—Whittaker, 19; Remuera —J. M. Laxon, 26. Totals—Masterton, 45; Remuera, 44.

PAIRS MATCHES. Below are the results of the first round cf the Pairs Competition, played on the Thorndon green:— Brunskill and Lawson, 30; Lindsay and Wilson, 5. Humphreys and Withy, 25; G’reenslade and Collins, 18. Geddis and Churchward, 37; Reid and Cooper, 12. Paterson and Keesing, 17 ; Corliss and Ellis, 27. Still and McGlashan, 19; Collett and Shearer, 20. Findlay and Russell, a bye. Rickards and Fielder, a bye. SECOND ROUND. Parata and Reich, 17; Geddis and Churchward, 21. Waddell and Plimmer, 10; J. Findlay and A. E. Smith. 25. Findlay and Russell, 14; Humphreys and Withy, 16. Corliss and Ellis, 18 : Wakeman and Rawson, 24. D’Emden and Brightwell, 24; Hendry and Porteous, 11. Ricketts and Fielder, 13; Brunskill and Lawson, 19. Shearer and Pollock, 14; Exley and Barry, 26.

THIRD ROUND. Humphreys and Withy, 21; Brunskill and Lawson, 15. Wake ham and Ransom, 24: Exley and Barry, 10. Findlay and A. E. Smith, 24; D’Emden and Brightwell, 20. , NEWTOWN GREEN. Allnutt and McLaren, 22; Nathan and Eagleton, 16. Jeffrey and Kcast, a bye. SECOND ROUND. Allnutt and McLaren, 20; Jeffrey and Iveast, 18. [lf the above scores are incomplete, or, indeed, incorrect, we can accept no responsibility, as owing to the method of score-keeping employed, it is »vith the utmost difficulty that anything like accurate information is obtainable.]