BOWLING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20005, 24 January 1927, Page 8

BOWLING

DOMINION TOURNAMENT. AUCKLAND WINS THE PAIRS. H. CLARKE SINGLES CHAMPION. (Per United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Januray 22. The Dominion of New Zealand bowling tournament was concluded at the Carlton green to-day with the playing of the remaining games in the pairs and singles championships. Results:— PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP. Final—A. Brackebush and M. Walter (Auckland) 22 v. Bell, sen,, and Bell, jun. (Hamilton), 13. SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP. Semi-finals. —Bell, jun, (Hamilton) 17 v. Smellie (Green Island, H Clarke (Rocky Nook, Auckland) 27 \. MTntyre (Hamilton) 7. Final—Clarke 24 v. Bell 11. THE GAMES DESCRIBED. Walker, who won the singles championship in 1915. 1919, and 1923, hfd the honour of skipping the champion pan fter a good uphill fight in the early stages o the game against Bell, who had his son as lead. Bell won the first two heads, three on each, and led by seven to Nothing. After the third head Walker opened his account with a «ng!e on the fourth head, adding another on the titti nnd on the sixth. Walker turned the head in his favour twice on the seventh and scored three, reducing Bells lead to 7_6 A single to each followed, Bell adding two on the tenth, when the board read;" Hamilton 10 Auckland 7 Bell scored one on the eleventh, but Walkei took the next three heads f^t^he and one, making- the seme 11 end of the fourteenth head. -the next head was keenly contested. Brackebush pushed out Bell, jun’s, shot bowl and added a counter to his own shot bowl. However, Bell, sen., drew the shot Walker then disturbed the head to i;J two tell touched one of Walker’s ’ woods near the kitty, but on a measure Walker scored two ° 7 n .go ipod for the first time by d l3 to 11. Thereafter Walker was Tiever headed. He won two successive heads with three and one. Bell scored one on the eighteenth, his first point since the eleventh head. When Bell lay shot on the nineteenth head Walker cut out the shot bowl to He three, a position he maintained to lead by 20 points to 12 Splendid drawing was witnessed on the twentieth head. Auckland was one up when the skips changed ends. Walker added another, and the failure of SeU senior to drive out Walker’s bow s gave the Auckland pair the championship by 22 to 12. The final of the singles between Clarke and Bell was disappointing. The latter who had figured prominently in all three events, had evidently felt the strain and lacked the experience of Clarke. ine latter led by eight to five at the Jim* head, and added six more before BeU took the thirteenth head with a single. Clarke scored four at the sixteenth, and Beil three on the seventeenth. A two on each of the two following heads gave Clarke an unchallengeable lead, and Bell retired, Clarke wir gby 24 points to 11. NOTES ON THE PLAT. FINAij GAMES DESCRIBED. (From ope Special Correspondent.) AUCKLAND, January 23. The closing scenes of the 1927 Dominion tournament were enacted before a large and interested crowd of spectators in beautiful weather and on a green that was delightfully keen and demanded rigid attention for every bowl sent down. In® proceedings opened with the semi-finals of the singles at 9 a.m„ The general opinion was that Smellie, on his showing against Maxwell Walker, would account for the young Hamilton player, Bell. However, he must have been weary after a fortnight’s solid going. Bell rose to the occasion and gave a very good display against the seasoned Otago player. It was a case of having to, for Smellie was playing right up to form. The turning point in an evenly contested game came when the scores were 11 all and 16 heads gone. Bell got a well-played three on the next head, and followed it up with a two on the next, making the score 16 to 11 and the game fairly safe. Smellie got two on the nineteenth head, and was three down and two heads to go. A hard-earned single went to Bell on the twentieth head, and the Otago player had to get four to tie. He made a desperate last effort, and was lying three with one bowl to go. However, he failed to get the possible, and retired from the contest beaten by one. Smellie was unfortunate on at least two occasions, when different tactics and a shade of luck might have turned the tide in his favour. The other game, between Clarke (Rocky Nook) and MTntyre, was a runaway one, and the Hamilton player thus had two losses in succession. He was obviously stale after playing every day since the tourney opened. Clarke was 14 to _4 on the twelfth head. Both added three singles each on the next six heads, and MTntyre then shook hands, and Clarke was cent into tho final. The final game was a fine one up to a stage. Both players were drawing well, especially Clarke, whose bowls seemed to curl always at the moment, and the discrepancy between tnem was made up by Bell’s accurate drives. Clarke only had one firm shot, which took out Bell’s shot bowl for three at halfway. Bell had a bowl to go but was a bit tender and failed to save. Clarke gradually drew away, and was 20 to 9 with four heads to go. Both fot a brace on the next two heads and lell gave up the game with two heads to go, the score being 24 to 11 in Clarke s favour. . . Clarke is no new exponent of tho singles game, and although he has done no good in the previous Dominion tourneys in other centres he has a good local reputation. He has won his club’s singles on three or four occasions, as well as holding the title of champion of champions for one season. Ybung Bell, who as a crack amateur golfer, put up a good performance in being runner-up in his first time out in a Dominion tournament. Were it not for eta leness he would perhaps have gone further. MTntyre suffered severely also in this respect, for he had a royal_ chance with two lives. Being in the semi-finals of_ the other two competitions—rinks and pairs—entailed a deal of strenuous _ play, which was too much even for tho wiry Hamilton olaver. . r Walker, too, had a strenuous time, for he was in everything, but went out sooner, thus enabling him to recuperate for the final struggle in the pairs, which he vyon after a great game in the. afternoon against the Bell combination. His lead was much too good for the now very tired Bell, pm. In the early stages Bell got away with a lead of 7 to 1, but great driving by Walker gradually made up the leeway as well as lowering the morale of the Hamilton pair, who faded away. Bv his win Walker adds double honours f - Dominion events. Previously he had been only a singles winner. He has yet to win the rinks to equal Harraway s fine roC °TTm President (Mr J. W. Hardlcy) closed tho tourney in the same happy manner as ho opened it a fortnight ago, but to some of the competitors it seemed aoout a year ago SATURDAY’S GAMES. The following aro the results of Saturday’s matches: OTAGO y. ROSLYN. (Otago names first.) C. Crawford, M'Glashan, Rose. Owen 22, Sparrow. Gavan, Munro, Woods 14; Ellison Cook. Weir, Beasley 17, Robbins, Mackav A Crawford, Campbell 17; Mitchell, Higgins, T. Scott, King 21. Stout, Waginer, Morris, C. Anderson 19. Otago 60. Roslyn 50 Hall Gallon, Telford. Watts 36, Lynsky, Shepphard, Haycock, Thomas 7; Peacock, Calverley. Young, Walker 23, Wilson Armitage, HarraWay, Todd 21; Dod, E. Cameron, Gilroy, Smith 17, Parkinson, Boyd, J. Cameron, Don 16. Otago 76. Gascoigne, Henderson, Hamilton 15 Findlay, Torrance, Worthington. Jones 50- Braithwaite, Sligo, Lucas, J. M'Kinnor 21 ’ MTvor, Greenwood, Morrison. Kennedy 22, Finer, Dixon. J. Scott, Nicholson jj, Otago 56, Roslyn 66.

MORNINGTON y. CAVEESHAM. (Moruington names given first.) Hepworth, Taylor, Ford, Smith 24, Kenrard, Lowry, Harraway, Forrester 17; Brown, Hollingsworth, Hockey, Vance 55, Farrant, Thomson, Shand, Hanning 16; Hope, D. Scott, E. Scott, Cunningham 20, Melville, Rotneril, Dempster, Forester 15. Mornington U. Caversham 4 8. M'Meekin, C Scott, Connell, Thomson 13, Blackwood. Seddon, Giles, Ball 20; Stanley, Gossage, Paton, Barclay 28, Lousley, Scott, Cranston. Mitchell 14; Beattie, Reay, Wood, Hobbs 17, Johnstone, M’Cas--Icill, Wilkinson. Will 19. Mornington 53, Caversham 53. Anderson, White, Bell, J. Hardie 8, Walker, Anderson, Thorn, Thomson 36; Walker’ Rio, Wallace, Whelan 15, Todd, Howes, Walmslcy Blackwood 23 Evans, Cbarnley, Cooper. Ilolgatc 23, Paine, Beecroft, Stubbs, Todd 23. Mornington 51, Caversham 82. KAITUNA v. BALMACEWEN. (Kaitiuia names first). Oswin, Miller, Webster, J. Sanders 25, Simmers, Young, Stobles, Walker 11; Hoddinott Le Strange, Briton, T. Sanders 21, M‘Rae, , Benny, Glover 25. Totals: Kaituna 46, Balmacewen 36. Knight, Collier. Elvidge, Lambourne 20, Beeby, Smith, Ritchie, Balk 25; Duncan, Flavell, Paterson, Campbell 11, E. Adamson, Swan, Morrison. J. Adamson ?9. Totals; Kaituna 31, Balmacewen 54. At Balmacewen (Kaituna t names first).— Anderson, Cooper, Ross, Mirams 25: Tnpper, Gumming, , 14; Rem, Glen dinning Robertson. Payne 20, King, —- Rigby Miller 21. Totals: Kaituna 41. Ba 1 macowen 35. Smith, Kilrov. Crawford, Abe 16. --, Riach M‘Arthur, Baird 17; Mills Henderson. Kellan. Allan 13, Omand. Johnston Adamson, West 25. Totals; Kaituna *9 Balmacewen 42. FOUR-RINK CHAMPIONSHIP. St Clair v. Taieri, at Taieri, on Wednesday.—Smith, Foster. H. W. Jones, ceddon; Smart. Scrvmgeour, Coull, Shore; u. Crawford, Kilpatrick. Longworth, Paster; Bishop, MTntosh. Thomson, Harraway.