LOCAL BOWLING
EDWIN FEATHERS Tho weekly contest for the Edwin Feathers took place on the Victoria green and resulted as under Seatoun (challenge m); Macfarlane, Gardiner, North, Gilbert is), 17; Victoria (holders): G. McGill, Paul, King, Bolton (s), 245.
NEWTOWN v. VICTORIA
MID-WEEK COMPETITION. N. V. Green, Thompson, Laws, Barker is) 13 G. McGill, Cole, Thornley, Bolton (si 26 Green, Scents, Fisher, Phillips (s' 19 Yard ley, Wallis, Jamieson, Tucker (s) v .: is In his game, Bolton, who was well backed up by his team, held the lead throughout. One often hears of unlucky 13, but Barker found 9 was his Waterloo. Afternoon tea appeared to affect Tucker’s team, and they remained on 10 for 7 heads, but improving later, managed to equal matters on the 20th head. When the skips went down for tile Inst head, Phillips was lying shot, but Tucker, with his first howl, turned ono of bis own in and landed his bowl two inches from kitty. Phillips failed with his first and Tucker put in a block a yard in front of kitty. The win looked a certainty for Tucker, but Phillips put in a well-judged shot which drew around Tucker's “block” and touching a wing bowl landed on the jack and won the game by ono point. It was a great shot*
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIV, Issue 12659, 20 January 1927, Page 11
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218LOCAL BOWLING New Zealand Times, Volume LIV, Issue 12659, 20 January 1927, Page 11
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