BOWLING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 5804, 23 January 1906, Page 5

BOWLING.

TOURNAMENT AT DUNEDIN. OPENING DAY’S PLAY. I'lllWS ASSOCIATION. DUNEDIN. January 23. Tim New Zealand Rowling Association'* tournament opened this morning on tin* different preens in and about tho city. T!io weather was threatening in tho rooming, but, barring a shower or two, it bold'up satisfactorily. On the Dun- .. lin green, general interest centred in the game Lock v. lirnckenridpe. and both skip! gave early sipnß of being in good jorro tho former "pickingaup” tho groon at once, and getting in a ample and a 2. Then Urackonridpo pot a turn, hut Lock was doing sxdendid work, and his drawing especially was a treat to too. At the ninth be >.i lioek had registered 7 to Bracken ridge’s 2. For the next halfdonun head.) it: was a give and taka gaum, and at the twelfth bead tho Wellington men were 10 up—ll—lo. Lock got a 2- and a single, and. though Bracken ridgo rondo valiant efforts to hold Invercargill, iho younger man man-ngia-1 to win by a couple of point® Wellington (Moult! made short work of Invercargill (It. Taylor), although tho Utter had a substantial load at tho thirteenth head, when they coilapm'd. When Essen's team (Stirling) stepped on to Urn green to meet Prince and Mb “invincibles,” everyone thought tho Stirling men had mot a “snag," bat fiioh n game fight did thev make of ft that it was on|v during the last three ends that (he winner of the association',) rink championship shook off the country clnb. Following are The riwilts of game* played by Wellington rinlTo:— Section A.—F : r> 4 round—Southland (Lc-.-etr) IS be:- Wellington (Hell) M. Port TTh.ilmers fCnrmlwll) boat Victoria, tttonddon) VI. ScpoihJ ronnd—WellinKtoii £> TAft C;vf».*t!nrisnn Kb Victoria 15 boat Dnnuclin U. Third round—AVcUiiuftoa [\7 boat Kaihma fCoUmnn) 11, Kaitima (Dn.n> boat Victoria 6. Fourth round—\Vo*TTii”lon U beat North Knd (Smith) 11. Caledonian 111 beat Victoria 10. Section I!.—First round—Southland (Tudor) 17 bent Wellington (Moult) 16; Nr.c~i End (Xewlc) bent Victoria (Brack•rnriligcl 12. Second i-mntd—Wellington 17 beat Caledonian (Collins) 11, Green island (Young) 10 beat Victoria 12. Third round—Wellington 15 beat Roslyn (ScoulUr) 10. Victoria IS t ent Palmerston (Lefcvro) 13. Fourth round—Wellington Ft beat Fort Chalmers (Walker) 11, Victoria 18 beat Dunedin (White) IG. Section C.—Fir-vt round—Southland: (I'cd.Tne) 1!) bent Wellington (Hamilton) in. Second round—Wellington 35 boat Phoom* (McKinnon) 7. Third round— DuaeUa (Bentley) 2t beat Wellington 33. Fourth round—Taipri (Mclntyre) 18 beat Wellington 11. ■Section D.— Firvt round—Newtown (I-nneei 21 boat Wnkatipu (Millar) 9. Swcnd round —Newtown 17 beat Stirling (I* l ■.ca) 12. Third round —Newtown 21 h". i' St. Clair Glen rock) 9. Fonrtl round—Newtown IS beat Gore (Lock) 15.