HOLIDAY BOWLS

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12330, 28 December 1925, Page 8

HOLIDAY BOWLS

CENTRE TOURNAMENT RESULT OF FIRST DAY’S PLAY CRACK RINKS GO UNDER It was a pleasant surprise for the bowlers in the Wellington Centre when Saturday morning turned out fine for the opening of the annual Christmas rinks tournament* which is held under the auspices of the centre. There are no valuable prizes for competition, such as are offered in many of the tournaments in the Dominion, the entrants competing purely for the love of the game, and that this aspect of the game has a great number of devotees may be accepted from the fact that no fewer than 60 rinks entered for the event. The evening of Christmas Day proved very 6tormy and a good deal of rain fell in the night, rendering the prospects for the tourney anything but bright. The weather clerk, however, was prevailed upon to shake up the barometer to some purpose, and a drying wind in the early hours of, Saturday morning made the greens quite playable, if a trifie heavy to start. The sunshine of the morning improved them every minute, for keenness was apparent, and when the green caretakers ran the roller over in the luncheon interval the improvement in the afternoon was most noticeable. Most of the greens were playing well by ir o'clock in the morning, and some fighting games were witnessed. The attendance, beyond that of players, at the commencement of. play, 9.15 a.m., was not large, but the president? of the centre, Mr S. M. Stone, and the secretary, Mr R. W. Shallcrass, were among the early arrivals. Mr Stone remarked that it was a pleasant duty to open the centre Christmas tournament. He was' sure they would find the green in good order, especially those who happened to he winning. (Laughter.) He was glad the weather had turned out fine, and hoped it would continue through the tournament. The Christmas and New Year tournament was the only source of revenue the cen • tre had beyond affiliation fees, the small levy that -was collected from the clubs being just sufficient to pay the levy due to tne Dominion Bowling Association, and the money received from the tourney went to entertain the veterans, on veterans day and on ispecial occasions such as the I'isit of the British bowlers. He concluded by wishing all the bowlers of the Wellington Centre the compliments of th*3 season and that the beet team might win, upon which he declared the tournament open amidst hearty applause. The umpire, Mr S. Potter, then got the rinks on the green and play was soon in full awlnjr. The president and secretary of the Centre visited Thorndon, Kelburn and Victoria greens in the morning, and Uataitai and Newtown in the afternoon, and the Major (Mr C. J. B. Norwood) also did a round of visits, exchanging the compliments of the season at the various clubs. A mnTig the surprise defeats in the morning round' were those of rinks skipped by J. Brackenridge (Newtown), Porteous (Wellington), Dustin (Lyall * Bay), Cooper (Karori), B. J- Hill (Wellington), and Fielding (Hataitai). Some ,of the defeats were substantial ones. SECTION PLAY FIRST THREE ROUNDS. ' The following are the complete results of the three rounds played on Saturday: SECTION A. (Hataitait Green.) Tjvr.ll Bay: Howse, Allen, Hack, Noad (s), 20; Newtown: Smith, Powell, J. M. Brackenridge, J. Brackenridge (s), 14. Wellington: Martin, Mar’ebeck, Reid, James ft), 17; Kelburn: Jforgie, Briggs, Newton, Canghley (s), 8. 'Karori: Richards, Hazelwood, Lyall, Crawford (s), 32: Hataitai:. Bennett, Holland, Fielding, Martin ft), 7. ■ _ Victoria: McGill, Thornley, Foie, Bolton (s), 24; Island Bay: Duncan, Reece, Willoughby, McLean (s), 19. Thorndon: Percy, Nancarrow, Grange; Goodwin (sV, 80; Seatoun: Scarfe, Lynam. Hickson, Webb (s), 11. Second Round. Martin 29, Good 9; Brackenridge 13, Crawford 21; Bolton 20, Webb 17; Noad 12, Canghley 20; James 20, McLean 14, Third Round. McLean 21, Canghley 16; Bolton 21, Martin 17; Brackenridge 25, Goodwin 23; James 23. Webb 17; Road 21. Crawfor.d U. - SUMMARY Wins. Losses.

SECTION B. (Victoria Green.) Newtown: Johnson, Guise, Greneide, Bobbins (s), 30; Lyall Bay: Fnrchas, Lsuchars, Webley, Millner (s),' 17. Hataitai: Wells, Moston, McCune, Ramsay (s), 17; Kelbum: Hannah, Watkin, McCallum, Dempster ft), 14. Victoria: Jeffrey, McGill; Scolon, Robinson (s), 21; Wellington: Haldane, Innes, Gooder, Poretous (s), 18. Thorndon: Hardie, Casey, Buck, Munro (s), 20; Central: Green, Ridley, , Senior (s), 15. Karori: Neilson. Sedgwick, Hemsiey, Gapes (s), 23; Island Bay: Hobbs, ClaTke, Jenkins, Edwards (s), 22. Second Round. Porteous 29, Edwards 11; Robbins 9, Robinson 28; Munro 21, Gapes 14; Millner 13, Dempster 24: Ramsay 24, Senior 15. Third Round. ■Dempster 16, Senior 14; Porteous 21, hlunro 19: Robbins 19, Edwards 17; Ramsay 22, Gapes 21; Robinson 22, Millner

SUMMARY

SECTION C (Kelbum Green.) Newtown: Middlebrock, McLay, Barker, Pollock (s), 24; Wellington: Davy, Cry:, Haldane, Pettigrew, (s), 15. Wellington: Muir, Tregonning, Blake, Hunter ft), 19; Lyall Bar: Haewell, McKenzie, Topp. Dustin (s), IT. Hataitai: Ridley, Hunter, -Wearne, Claridge (s), 32; Kelburn: Paton, Patrick, bmith, Compton (s), 18. Thorndon: Hyams, Johnson, White, Thomson (s), 19; MastertoD s Cresswell. Pragnell. Ewington, Perry (s), 15. Victoria: Yardley, Renner, Clarke, Keith (s), 19; Karori: Sunley, Jolly, Burn, Cooper ft), 13. Second Round. Compton 18, Keith 21; Pollock 23, Claridge 21; Thomson 18. Cooper 19; Pettigrew 23, Dustin 22; Hunter 13, Parry 21. Third Round. Pollock 26, Keith 9; Claridge 18. Petti-

grew 15; Cooper 28, Hunter 17; Thomson 19, Compton 16; Perry 26, Dustin 25. SUMMARY Wins. Losses.

SECTION D (Newtown green.) Newtown : Davis, —-—, Pollock, Ruesell (s), 30; Wellington: Ridler, Tanner, Allen, M. Smith ft), 16. Lyall Bay: Marshall, Gorman, Sherwood, Raven (s), ■ 21; Kelburn : GannaVav, ll’ay-M ackenzie, Harris, Doherty (s), 13 Wellington: Ingram, Warwick, Splller, Fairway (a), 28; Hataitai: Luke, McCrae, Hatch, Shepherd (s), 10. Petone: Cooper, Urv.-in, Walton, Laurie (a), 23; Lyall Bay: Haddocks,• Wilmshurst, Sands, Moran (s), 10. Seatoun: Binning, Jones. McFarlane, Parry (s), 80; Victoria: Madeley, Haughton. Hatch, Scott (s), 0. , Second Round. Shepherd 21, Scott 20; Russell 24, Fairway 18; Moran 10, Parry 23; Smith 24, Doherty 18; Ravon 30. Laurie 17. Third Bound, Doherty 20, Laurie 19; Shepherd 28, Moran 19; Russell 30, Scott- 17; Raven 37, Parry 14; Fairway 27, Smith 7. SUMMARY

Scott SECTION E (Thorndon green.) Newtown: Carman, Hodgson, Warwick, Priddle (s), 19; Island Bay ett, Hart, Parsons, Wilkinson (s), 17. Hataitai: Hutton, Murrell, Carrad, Watts (s), 18; Kelburn: Johnson, Porter, Meadowcroft, Gannaway ft), 17. Lyall Bay: Kennedy, Hyams, Reid, Hazelwood (s), 19; Wellington': A. Marshall, Churchward, Finnigan, E. J. Hill (s), 16. Petone: Harman, Bargh, Coles, Beynon (s), 21; Kelburn’: Wright, Rist, Widdop, Lomas (s), 14. • Wellington: Sykes, Bary, Grenfell, Duncan (s), 25; Hutt: Campbell, Stonehouse, Murphy, Young ft), 21. Second Round. Hazelwood 15, Young 25; "Priddle 20, E. J. Hill 24; Beynon 24. Duncan 18; Wilkinson 14, Watts.2l: Gannaway 23, Lomas 13. Third Bonner. Watts 11, Lomas 19; Hazelwood 20, Beynou 13; Priddle 22, Young 25; Gannaway 21. Duncan 16; Wilkinson 12. Hill 22 SUMMARY

SECTION F (Wellington green.) Wellington: Biddle, Robson, G. S. Hill, J. J. Roberts ft), 21; Island Bay: Shorland, Earnshaw, Taylor, Hale (s), 20. Lyall Bay: Scott, Wells, Newcomhe, Ryder (s), 33; Kelburn: Tomkins, Cockayne, Clater, Colley (s), 13. Thorndon: Simpson, Holder, de Tourettes, Stanford ft), 16; Karori: Leggatt, Watford, Adams, Cathie ft), .15. Hataitai: Donald, Smith, Cometti, Hallidoy (8), 23; Seatoun: Page, Hill, Honldsworth, Clouston (s), 12. Wellington: Miller, Redmond, Ramsay, McArthur ft), 21; Newtown: Marshall, Hodgson, Parkhouee, Levestam ft), 9. Second -Round. Cathie 21, McArthur 31; Roberts 18, Stanford 15: Halliday IS, Levestsm 24; Hale 25, Colley 24; Ryder 19, Clouston 17. Third Bound. Colley 19, Clouston 21; Cathie 22, Halliday 15; Roberts 23, McArthur 13; Ryder 12, Levestam 26; Hale 27, Stanford f>. • SUMMARY

GOOD RECOVERIES In the afternoon the second round eaw one or 'two astonishing recoveries on the Wellington green. Captain McArthur (Wellington) whs 10 down on the first five heads against Cathie (Karori) add appeared to be in for a trouncing, but on the sixth head the locals drew one out of the bag, scoring a 7 on the head with magnificent drawing. Thus heartened they actually scored a 6 on 1 the next head, and followed this with three on the eighth, thus taking a substantial lead. In tße next six heads McArthur scored nine to his opponent's three, to win finally by 31—-18, ‘actually scoring 31 points while the opposing side, scored 8. Ryder, of Lyall Bay, added another win in the first afternoon game, ‘but went down, in the third, but was well pleased to win two out of three on the day. J. J. Roberts (Wellington) secured the only triple win on the Wellington green, number one pulled off three victories at Thorndon, where the wind was rather tricky at one end, while at Newtown Raven (Lyall Bay) and Russell (Newtown) both secured a trio of victories. Doherty, of Kelburn, only claimed one win for the day. Pollock (Newtown) brought off the treble event at Kelburn, where the wind had the least effect of any green, while Ramsay, upheld Hataitai's credit with a similar success at Victoria, and Robinson (Victoria) performed a like feat. James (Wellington) and Bolton (Victoria) each did the hat trick on Hataitai green. • Although it was a long day the umpires were, not given a great deal to do. On Wellington green two Wellington rinks drew together in the last round of the day. Captain McArthur and J. J. Roberts, each having two wins to his credit. Roberts lead 10—1 at the sixth head, but it was 13—13 at the 16th, -when Roberts's yink went ahead steadily, scoring five on the 20th head add securing a lead of 10. .The last head was not played. The first rink on Wellington green was not playing too well, and at Newtown and Hataitai the end rinks, were rather tricky, the wind often upsetting the calculations of players, and in these games teams which had been successful on other rinks came to grief here. The headquarters were at Wellington green. The results were promptly telephoned through t/» Mr Shallcrass. and within half an hour of the completion of the day's play me summary of wins and losses had been completed. Oh all the greens the entertainment left nothing to be desired, and the rinks generally were in excellent condition and played splendidly in th* aftornoon. The fourth round of games will commence at 9.15 a.m. to-day.

0 0 I 1 2 1 Brackenridge Martin 1 2 2 ‘ 2 Wobb 3

• Wins. Losses. Ramsay 3 0 Robinson a Bobbins .... i Dempster > i Munro i Poretous .... i Gapes Miflner .... 2 3 Edwards ... 3 Senior R

Pollock da ridgy ..... Thomson ... 2 0 ] 1 1 1 Keith ..— Pettigrew .. 1 2 2 2 Compton s

Wins. Losses. .Raven ' 0 I'uasell ........ 0 ' Shepherd ..... 1 fairway 1 Parry 1 Smith 2 Doherty 2 .Laurie £ Moran -.a- — s

Wins.. Losses. Gannaway ... 1 Watts 1 Hazelwood • 1 Hill 1 Beynon 1 Young * 1 Priddle ..... 1 2 Lomas ...... IS Duncan ...... 2 Wilkinson . 3

Roberts Wins. Losses. Hall i Kyder .— i Levestam i McArthur .......... ........... 2 i Cathie 2 . Clous ton , . 2 Stanford ............ ' 2 " Halliday 2 Colley 3