BOWLING

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9630, 10 April 1917, Page 6

BOWLING

EASTBOURNE TOURNAMENT PETONE AND NEWTOWN PLAY PINAL. The Eastbourne bowling tournament, which was started on Saturday, was continued yesterday, when the final was reached. On Saturday three games were placed, and two yesterday, at the conclusion of which the section winners played off in the semi-final. Pourth Hound. In tho fourth round Dagger. -V' 7 , 31 *- 0111 Ken me. Hay ts). Petone. piaycd bmitli. GronMUe, Spiers Is), Petone started away with the lead, and were eight up before Newtown scored on the sixth head . Prom this out the game was very even. Petone eventually *W; niug by 23 to 17. In the ninth bead each team had a bowl lying on xuc .', and as the shot could not be determined tnc head was a drawn one Pace. Walker, Watson, Locke D. Lastbourne, played Green, Abraham bimpEon, Morris (s), of the same -club and beat them by 27 to 14. Morns s team opened promisingly, and bad anine on their opponents at the CODC K‘' skm of the fifth head. They, then remained in a stationary position in tegtvrd to their score until Locke s team were twelve on tho board. M hile the opponents were scoring sixteen they only put on five, and lost the game as stated Bennett. Honlder. Mautell, Km\ig (s;, Wellington, had an easy win from Hceoan, Ridler, Dunks. Levi (s). Lastbourno. The latter found the length first, and w_eie seven .. in advance of Wellington after four heads had been played. Wellington then got some good work, in and By 3 "' 1 illy overhauled their opponents. At the conclusion of the sixteenth head the score was Wellington 17. Eastbourne la, and the Ramo ended in the city team 6 favour ‘by 27 to 17. , ~ / . Hasson, Stowe. Clater. Campbell L , Lyall Bay, met G. Munro, Donaldson, Upham D. Munro (s). Xhorndon. and after a ding-dong battle from start te finish of tho encounter won by 24 point* White, Burn, Crawford (si. Karon were defeated by tome, Hutchinson. McDwen, Coles (s>, Petone, by -0 to 15 In the seventh head Karon scored a 6 which gave them a lead of tour, »nd it was hot until tho eighteenth hail been decided that Petone drew level. It was a particularly well contest’d game. Petone "roving more consistent in tho final stages, which accounted lor Sheir win. , _, , , Hulse. Hain, Johnson. Shepherd (S). Hataitai. were pitted against Hutchison. Hamertqn, Johnson. McColl (s), Kelbu.rn. and won by 22 to 12. Kelburn could not get going, and when halt the game had been lett behind they were eleven down. They made a slight recovery by scoring eight to their adversaries’ five in the concluding heads; out were only able to reduce the lead I y a Stephenson, Marquis. Powell (a). Eastbourne, played Porter, Rose, Nioholls. Duiguid (s), Kelburn. the teams vt&cq evenly matched, but until the tenth head was finished Eastbourne had all the worst of the deal. In this head they scored a 5. which brought them within three of their opponents, and three heads later the score-board showed 13 each. Neither team could get away. Kelburn being a point in front with three heads to play. Eastbourne scored two in. tlie nineteenth and a single in the twentieth, and won by the narrowest of margins. Anstey, McLennan Ward, Martin \S), Hataitai. had no difficulty in accounting for Kinvig, Stafford. Matheson, Qollan (s), Khandallah. Hataitai went to the front at the commencement of the game and ran out winners by 31 to 8. Fifth Round.

The green for a new one played fairly well, but was exceptionally tricky. On one hand the howls required a lot of green, while on the other they continued a straight course if allowed an equal amount Considerable amusement was caused by tbe methods some players adopted to ascertain the shot. In one rink the jack had been carried into tho ditch, and in order to measure the shot bowl two measures had to be used, a knife then stuck into the ground and the tape continued on from that point to the bowl. In another instances a grating that is used as a seat on the bank was called into requisition as a measure, the distance between "kitty" and tbe 'bowls being so great, The tournament throughout was thoroughly enjoyed by the visiting teams and it is hoped that it will bo an annual recurring one. The result of the fifth round was ns follows, the names of skips being given;— Shepherd (Hataitaij 18, Morris (Eastbourne) 15. Spiers (Newtown) 25, Powell (Eastbourne) 9. / Kinvig (Wellington) 25, Gollan (Khandallah) 13. Locke (Eastbourne) 23, Munro (Thorndon) 14. Levi (Eastbourne) 19, Martin Hataltal) Crawford (Kairori) 20, Campbell (Lyall Bay) 17. Coles (Petone) 27, McColl (Kelburn) 22. Duiguid (Kelburn) 31, Hay (Petone) 13. WINS AND LOSSES. The following ayo wins and losses of each team: —

Wellington lay on© when Spiers forced it out. Kinvig was equal to the occasion, however, and ran the shot bowl ofl scouring two thereby. Tho third head resulted in Newtown scoring a 3, which they followed up with a single immediately afterwards. Wellington measured in two sho© in the fifth head, and in the eighth five, the score at this stage being, Wellington 10, Newtown. 6. At tho conclusion of the eleventh head the scores were equal. SEMI-FINAL. The semi-final was played between Bennett. Houldet, Mantell, Kinvig (s), Wellington, who met Robins, Smith, Grenside, Spiers (s), Newtown, and Hulse, Main, Johnson, Shepherd (s), Hataitai, who had Cowie, Hutchinson, MaEwen, Coles (s), Petono, as opponbnts. The Wellington-Newtown game opened with the former laying two shots until Spiers drew a nice one, and scored -a single. In tho second head, and in the succeeding five first one team and then tho other had tho advantage. A 3 to Wellington in the seventeenth and a single in the eighteenth put them three in front, but Newtown levelled up matters in tho next head. They scored ' a point in each of the concluding heads, and won a most interesting struggle by 23 to 21.

Hataitai were the first to score in their game with Petone, by securing a single in the first head. A single to Petone followed, then Hataitai got in a 2, a single, and a 3. and were seven to their opponents one after the fifth head had been played. The next three were disastrous to Hataitai. The sixth produced a couple to Petone, in the seventh six was added to their score, which was further increased by four im-

mediately afterwards. The lead was reversed by these counters, Petone being li to their opponents at the conclusion of the ninth head. Hataila’i reduced Petono’s advantage by three immediately afterwards, but ten was scored against them, in the next thyce heads, and the game was practically over, being Petone 21, Hataitai 10, when the fourteenth was finished. In the next six Petone put on four while their opponents added three singles, and the game concluded in favour of the suburbs team, with one head to go, by 28 points to 13. The final will be played at Eastbourne on Saturday afternoon.

A team from the Maitai Club, Nelson visited Wellington during tho Easter holidays, and Played against several of tho city clu'bs. Oil the Wellington green thev played tqe following matches : . . Wellington v. Maitai. W Wvlie. Potter, Roberts, Churchward' (si '33; M. Laird, Simpson, Glover, J. Allen 14, U. . \V. Tanner Pole, Hamilton, tbevwnght (s), 19; M. Laird. Simpson, Glover, J, Allen (s), 19.

Spiers (Newtown) Won. ... H Lost. 1 Kinvig (Wellington) ... 4 1 Shepherd (Hataitai- ... 4 1 Coles .Petone) 1 Duiguid (Kelburn) ... 2 Powel (Eastbourne) ... ... 3 3 Hay (Petone) ... 3 2 Crawford (Karori) ... 3 a McColl (Kelburn) ... 3 a Levi (Eastbourne) 3 Locke (Eastbourne) ... 3 JIunro (Thorndon) ... ... 2 3 Campbell (Lyall Bay) ... a 3 Marton (Hataitai) 4 Gollan (Khandallah) ... 0 5 Mortis (Eastbourne) ... 0 5