BOWLING.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXV, Issue 9747, 25 January 1908, Page 1

BOWLING.

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[Hv Electric Telegram—CorvnioiiT.j (Pkk Press Association.) Received January 24, at 9.30 p.m. Svdnev. January ?A. The Auckland brnvhis visilod I'anamatta. Tile local nub elite! tained tlu'lli with a drive round tin- town, and at a luncheon afterward*. In ;i six rink match the visitors suuored defeat by four points. The totals were :-Pananiatta 118, Auckland 114. New Zealand rinks.—M'Calluin, Hobortrion. \'alentine, Laurie. 29: Panamatta, 22. Sclmauer. Mills, Kvre. Ilandcock, 20: Parramatta, 20. Wool, lor, ltankin, Hudson. Hankin. 21: Vuiramatta, 19. Slieldrick. Murray. Yoiini;, Harrison. 15: Pnrratuatl.i, 25. Arey. ColdicuU, Kusiilis, Cutis. 25: Tanamatta. 27. Miller, Newhurn, Callow, j M'lnfoc-h, 16; Parramatta, 15.

DUXKDTX TOCRXAMKXT. (P*b Press Association.) Dunedin. January 21. The New Zealand Howling Association'* rink tournament was continued to-day in fine weather. Further results are a* follows: HIXK MATCH KS. Scmi-linals. Carswdl (T.-u'eri) 20 Krekine (Southland) 15. Goldstone (Waimate) 18 beat Gillies (Dunedin) 11. Find. A. Davi-Uon. \V. Allan. T. Tail, \Y. Carswell (Tai-r.il 26. beat Inkster. AC hurst, Laiug, and Goldstone (Waimate) 16. for first place, Goldstone°.s rink mmine; second. J. Krskine. S. Hunter, C. K. Hannah, and K. Krskine (Southland) 23. beat Gillies" (Dunedin) rink for third place.

DOUBLKS. First Bound of Semi-finals. Sanders and Sanders iKaituua) 21 heal Wheeler and' Harraway tDunrdhi) 20. (Second Round of' the Komi-final. Short and Bout ley (Dime-din) 21 beat Inkster and Ooldstone (Waimite) 15. Brickeuridge and' Brackonriilgc '.Victoria Club. Wellington! 25 beat Sanders and Sanders. (Kaituna) 7. SIXOLF.S. Sectional Tie. Ooldstone and Carswcll met to dc idc who was the winner of the Dtim-din gp*cn section, with the rosuit that C. Ooldstone iWaimate) 13 beat W. Carswcll (Taieri) 12. The Taieri plu\er went awav with a biir lead, and was 12 to Ooldstono's 2. Ooldstone then licorwl (wo 4's and a 3. and won a game tluit looked to all inti-nt.-au<l purposes hopelessly lof-1. He only stored at live ends. Cirswcll. who. it is understood, was not at ail well, indulged in a lot of driving towards tin- end of the same, and this mav have a. counted to some extent for his losing. It is the drawing game that pays li.-t. where drawing i.i reasonably possible.

Describing the final of the Rink Tournament to-day. the Oiago Daily Times This event was plave.l in the presence of a large assemblage.' and it was watched throughout with the closest interest. Xo. 1 rink was selc ted for the game, presumably in otdcr to afford a good view for the spectators. From a playing point of view alme..; any rink on the green would have suitid better. A tricky wind was blowing, which to some extent militated against accuracy in drawing. Waimate scored a single at the lir.-t end. Taieri getting in two at th<- next end. A wick gave Waimate a shot in the third nid. whiih made the semes even. Taieri got in 2 at the sue. ceding- head, which put them in the lead. The fifth head was db-astrocs for Waimate. the Taieri 1.-nn scoring 4 shots and adding 3 more al the next end. At the .seventh end Waimale scored- a single, and the score stood : Taieri 11. Waimate 3. Taieri then got in 4 phots twice in succevMon. and at tinend of tin- tenth head Waimate lay 2. and added a single immediately a'fterwanls. At the fourteenth end Waimate bad raised their score to 10 -Taieri 20. In the next head- Taieri again lav 4. Shortly after Ooldstone plavcd a b, autifnl shot, which might hive been expected to give him a hatful, hut. as link would have it. there was one pii-i e of Taieri wood among the nisi of bowls, and it happened to be the scorer. At the eighteenth head Waimate were lying 3. to which Ooldstone added another with his first bowl, but, with his second he disturbed tilings, ami Waimate only scored 2 as a coiiseepicnce. At the conclusion of tin- twentieth head the score was: Taieri 26, Waimate 16: and the contest, bring hopeless, was abandoned. Taieri. I herefore. Avon the first prize ill the Kink Tour■lament. Waimate taking i.econd.