BOWLING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20965, 3 March 1930, Page 3

BOWLING.

f CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS T CONTEST,

SIX PLAYERS LEFT IN. TONKIN AND GARDINER . UNBEATEN. The twenty-second annual competition $o decide the champion of champions Singles of the Dunedin Centre was commenced on the Dunedin Club’s green on Saturday morning. The weather was practically all that could be desired, there being no wind to trouble the players, while the green was in splendid condition. The san shone brightly during the morning, and the heat may have been a shade oppressive, hut in the afternoon the sky was clouded over. A few drops of rain fell, but they were not really noticeable. There were ID competitors, all the city and suburban clubs being represented with the exception of Outram. Three former holders of the title—J. Tonkin, W. Foster, and D. Cormack—were amongst the contestants, quite a number of whom have gained championship honours in their clubs for the first time. Four rounds were got off on Saturday and at the conclusion of the day’s play Which was conducted on the automatic two-nfe system, the number of competitors had been reduced from 19 to six. J. Tonkin (N.E. Valley) and H. Gardiner (Dunedin) were the most successful, both going through the four rounds without being defeated. Tonkin won all his games by fairly comfortable margins, but Oar diner had a great struggle with W. boater in his last game, which he won bv only one point, after both players had given an excellent display, RESULTS. The following are the results;— First Round. H- Gardiner (Dunedin) 20 beat D. Bloan (Green Island 10. ■Rrw G ‘ Chalmers) 22 beat ■W. French (Leith) 13. J. H. Hardie (Mornington) 18 heat A. Tretheway (Caledonian) 17. ■»r^- - n- Foster ,J Caversham ) 16 beat T. M'Gillivray (Roslyn) 15. •yw ( 9 tago 20 beat W. Connor I West Harbour) 15. (Fairfield)* 22 beat C ‘ K ° BB J. Tonkin (N.E. Valley) 23 beat D. Cormack (Kaituna) 14. P. M'Lennan (Taieri) 23 beat A. Macctonald (Balmacewcn) 7. J. Dowland (St. Kilda) 20 beat' J. Ussher (Anderson’s Bay) 12. ■ Second Round.,;. Foster 24 beat Hardie 4. Tonkin 24 beat M'Lelland 11. Best 19 x beat Armit 10. Cormack 19 beat Ross 14. Connor 19 beat M'Gillivray 12 Tretheway 18 bent French 13. Ussher 18 beat Macdonald, 13. Seddon 19 beat Love 14, Sloan 19 beat Dowland 17. Gardiner a bye. ®tage Macdonald, French, MGilhvray. and Ross, each of whom had lost two games, dropped out of the competition. Third Round. Tonkin 18, beat Best 12. Gardiner 19, beat Seddon 14. Cormack 19, beat Connor 13. Tretheway 26, beat Sloan 11. Dowland 23. beat M'Lellan 10 ' Ussher 25, beat Love 14. Hardie 23, beat Armit 13. Foster a bye. Love, Armit. Sloan, M'Lellan, and Con®or . had two losses each, were eliminated in this round. Fourth Round. Tonkin 18, beat Tretheway 12. Gardiner 17, beat Foster 16 Seddon 22, beat Best 15. Dowland 22. beat Hardie 9. Ussher 15, beat Cormack 13. x- Tbis J oupd brought about the climinafpoDiV • Best, Hardie, Cormack and Tretheway. NOTES ON THE PLAY. First Round. In the first round W. Foster, who won the contest in 1922, heat T. M'Gillivray by a single point after a keenly contested the l i su , e ,.&j£ s in dc >ubt right up till the end M Gillivray scored two on the opening head, but Foster then got a eing!e, a two, and a three. M'Gillivray bad the Best of matters on the next five beads, on which he scored four singles and a pair, leading by 8 points to 6, when nine heads had been decided. The scores r, ere all at the -end of- 12 heads,, and ■ then Foster ran into a small lead) which he maintained until the, eighteenth head, on which a two to the Roslyn representative put him one point ahead, the respective scores being 13 and 12. Foster . three on the nineteenth head, but + equalised matters on the twentieth by. getting two. The final head favoured Foster, who scored a single. <l. ionkirv who -n-aa champion of champions in 1920 and 1926, was opposed by D. Cormack, who won the title in 1916. Tonkin scored on five out; of the first seven i-’. *i be - conclusion of which-he ed b> 14 points to 3. His score included one four, two threes, and a two.' Cortenfw d T e<i i- h \^ ficit t 0 a small ex- ?° n w?T_ hold a comfortable lead !in , When 14 heads had been decided Tonkin led by 20 points to 11. J-be Same ended—on the ninemaekb wasTL 5 50016 W 39 23 ’ while Cor_The game between J. - Best and W. Connor was .somewhat remarkable from « sconng pomt of view. Connor scored 6" e l°V he fi r ß ‘ head > but Best put on flip 1 tbe h" o ** three. Connor equalised the scores on the. fifth head, but Best *“^ Gd . on . the next.four, on which he in-' f hl - s a negate by seven points. The following seven heads went in favour x ran - from 5 15 by puti ?, n three two and four singles. This 12 n tl } e i ead by 15 points to XX with six heads to go. In the final scorin’'- JS er ’ BeS - monopolised the ■ \t iTso Minrt l” h “ BeS ‘ " ! J. Hardie prevailed over A. Trethewav « thefi g r^r n \ T > latter scored four ‘hp JrL t 'l'^ h i eads ’- Ind1 nd at the end of Hardfp d mnrfo fn by elght pointa to two. t ? d tj lo scores nine all on the tenth head, and for the next seven ends there nas only the smallest of margins between the two. When 17 heads had Bp™ deeded each player had scored isloint” gavp a Jm Ur *° on.the eighteen!! gave him a useful lead. Trethewav reled j, w *tb two twos, and the scores were it all nith one liead to go. The final head went to Hardie, who got a single. Rowland had a comfortable win against J. Ussher. The former scored five on the first three heads, but Ussher equalised matters on the next three. Two tnos to Dowland were followed by a two four Whff 6 t 0 U f^ er- , The succeeding four heads favoured Dowland, who led by d With 14 heads playecL vu i ! a P la J’ er maintained a comfortable lead, and won by 20 points to 12 op the nineteenth head. 1 0 in got three on the first head u 4 h against W. G. Love, but i l ?® fl atter . scor e<l on the next six ends and fi fp I !i re g- ID i i UdlDf? x a four and two twos, heads had 1 *! P o | n ts to 3 when seven in' ad T been Played. At the end of ti Revetf wV™ 8 , ? adin S b 3‘, 13 points i three singles and a two to French left the latter in a minority of decided ThP Whe “ 15 ends had been ciecidea. The scores were 15 all with n,“i he 0 ads t f g0 > but these gave the Port wnn B 90 Pla?e r S6Ven P who tilts ■Ron by 22 points to 15. • 4 r ?? it T, 600 n ran into a fair lead against C. Ross, and finished up with a margin of 10 points in hi s favour. At the end of seven heads Armit fed by 8 n t- s , to but when 13 had been decided Ross .was only one point down lV, e uf C °c eS bcin 5 10 and 9 respectively! in the final stages Armit had the best of matters, and by scoring two fours, a thr=e and a single, ran to 22 points, while Boss 3 total was only 12, The game ended on the nineteenth head, H. Gardiner opened with a three a two, and a single against D. Sloan and maintained a comfortable lead for the Test of the game. With seven heads gone the scores were 9—2 in favour of the Dunedin player, and at the conclusion of the fourteenth head Gardiner led by 14 points to i The game ended on the twentieth Jioad. at which stage Gardiner was leadmg by 20 points to 10. Sloan scored on Only seven heads.

■&* Macdonald made a poor showing

against P. M'Lellan, who won easily by 23 points to ,7, At the end of seven heads MLellan led by C points to 3, and he scored on each of the following seven ends, the figures reading 19—3 in his favour when 14 heads had been completed. The contest ended on the nineteenth head. Macdonald scored on only six heads, getting three singles, a two, and two more singles. Second Round, The game, between Foster and Hardie was too one-sided to require much comment. The former monopolised the scor--IT)S for .12 heads, and during that time piled on 21 points, his figures including a four, six twos, and five singles. Hardie Sot a single on the thirteenth head, but the Cayersham player then put on a two r?“ ?• s , in & le - si l1 ?!® and a two brought Hardies score to four, but as he was then 20 points down, with only four heads K°- he gave up the struggle. M'Lellan held his own fairly well against Tonkin for about one-third of their game, but after the eighth head the latter ran into a strong lead, and registered an easy win. After eight heads had been p!ayed Tonkin led by 9 points to 6. Ihe North-East Valley representative then put on a three, a two, another three and a single, which gave him a lead of 12 points, with'nine heads to go. In the concluding stages honours were about even. The game ended on the nineteenth head, when Tonkin was leading by 24 points to 11. y

After the second head Best took the lead against Armit, and he soon ran into s fr° n 5 position, winning comfortably. At the end of seven heads Best led by 10 points to 2, two twos and a four being his chief figures. After 11 heads had been deeided the scores were 15—3 in favour ot Best, and although Armit got a three, a single, and a two, he never got within reach of his opponent, who won by 10 n°mts to 10 on 1 the nineteenth head. There was not much difference between Cormack and Ross in the first half of their game, but after the twelfth head had been decided the former, who was then leading by 11 points to 8, scored a two, a three, and a single, which made mm nine points up. with six heads to go. Koss scored two twos and a single on the next three heads, but Cormack still had a majority 0 f five points at the finish, the scores being 19 points and 14 points respectively. Connor did all the scoring on the first seven heads in his game against M'Gilli-■JT/iy-„Umnini? U P 11 Points to nil. After MGilhvray had got a single, Connor put on a two and a three, leading by 16 points to 1 at the end of 10 heads. After the twelfth head, when Connor led by 17 points to 2, M'Gillivray scored two twos, a three, and two singles, bringing bis aggregate up to 11, with four heads to go. ihe game was concluded on the twentieth '- onnor Winning by 19 points to 12. The greater part of the game between iTetheway and French was evenly contested, and with three heads to go there was a difference of only one point in the scores. In the final stages, however, Xretheway drew away and won by five points. The scores were 5 all at the conclusion of six heads, and when 14 ends had been decided Tretheway led 13—10. hour heads later the figures read 14—13 in favour of Tretheway, who increased hislead by four points in the last three ends.

Ussher and Macdonald had a keen contest, which was won by the former by two points. At the end of the eighth head the scores were seven points all, but two twos in succession gave Ussher a serviceable; lead, which he maintained until the twentieth end, on which a brace brought Macdonald only one point behind. The la3t head yielded a single, to Ussher When about two-thirds of the game between Seddon and Love had been completed, the latter appeared to have a good chance of winning, as he was then five but Seddon did a.ll the scoring in the concluding stages. The scores were five ali.at the end of six heads, six all at the end of eight heads, and seven all at the end of 10 heads. When 15 heads had been played Love led by 14 points to 9, but Seddon then took charge, and bv scoring a three, a two, another three,’and two singles, ran out a winner by 19 points to 14 on the twentieth head. Sloan scored three on the first head in his game against Dowland. and maintained the lead - until the fifteenth head, when Dowland got in front by one point. Sloan took the lead again on the sixteenth heSd, and although Dowland made--the scores level on the eighteenth, the Ureen Island player emerged with a mar--gm of two points in his favour, the figures being 19 and 17 respectively. Third Round. Tonkin had a comfortable win against Best, but it was only in the last few heads that he secured any marked advantage. Tonkin led by six points to two at the end of six heads, hut a three to Best on the seventh and a single to the same player made the figures read six all with eight heads gone. Best then ran into a lead of three by getting a brace and a single but Tonkin equalised matters on the eleventh head, when the scores were ' nine all. Each man had scored 10 points / after 13 heads had been played, and the figures were 12 all on the seventeenth end, -lonbm, who scored on the last five heads, put on three twos after the seventeenth head, and won by six points, with the last .head unplayed. Gardiner led Seddon in the first half of their game, but when 16 heads had been decided the latter was three points 3p. In the final stages, however, Gardiner did all the scoring and finished a winner by five points. With seven heads gone Gardiner led by 7 points to 3, and after 10 had been completed he was one up, the respective figures being 8 ,-tid 7. Each player got a three in turn, and seddon follonfed with four singles, the scores thus reading 14—11 in his favour at of 16 heads. Gardiner then got a single, a two, another single, and a;, four thus settling the issue on the ™m? le t” head when he was five up. The game between Cormack and Connor was even as far as scoring was concerned until the tenth head, when the former led by- 9 points to 7. Cormack .then monopolised the scoring for six heads, carrying his aggregate to 10, and b eln S 12 up, with five heads to go. Connor then got a three and three singles, but was still six down after the twentieth end, the figures being 19—13. Sloan held his own against Tretheway for seven heads. The scores were then 7 all. but after that the Caledonian player assumed a big lead, scoring 19 points on eight heads, including two fours and two threes, while Sloan got only a two and w?/ mg i GS ', At the ? nd of the eighteenth head, nlnch was the last played, the way° S " ere in favour of Trethe-

Lowland' led M'Lellan tlirougliout, and recorded an easy win by 23 points to 10 Z^.Ll 0 /‘ y + lB hen f s Piayed. Dowland scoied tn o _twos and a three at the start, and when seven heads had been decided he led by 10 points to 4. The St. Kilda player maintained a comfortable lead for the rest of the game. The contest between Ussher anti Love ended on the nineteenth head, when the former was leading by 25 points to 14. nf ES i£ r J e n b J 10 Points to 4 at the end of seven heads and by 21 to 11 after 14 had been decided. The scoring was practicaUy level in the last few heads. ‘ -wUardie registered an easy win against was only in the last four heads that he obtained a decided advantage. Arimt led by 7 points to 6 h M ad, l h ? d been Played, but j rdle . l oo * s , the lead on the ninth head, retained it for the rest of the game. At the end of the sixteenth head the whn e ™lt ea +l l n favour of Hardie, n le i s t' le be ‘Y ond doubt on the twentieth head by scoring a two. a single, and two more twos in the final stages. Fourth Round, Tonkin secured a victory over TretheJu“ y , by , e, Fi lt but it was not till the last three heads that the former asserted his superiority. At the end of the seventh head Tretheway led by 7 points to 3. but Tonkin ran into the lead by scoring a single, two twos, and two singles on five successive heads. The scores read 10 —7 in favour of Tonkin when 12 heads had been played, but iretheway got two singles, a two, and f n <2 n? r , s, . ng ‘. e on successive heads. This b,,f a “iuority of two points, but after that he • did all the scoring VP to 18 points by means of two twos, a three, and a single, while Trethetotal was 12 It was not necessary to P‘ a - V fhe twenty-first head. ‘ The game between Gardiner and Fostei was stubbornly contested throughout, and provided a fine exposition of the game Foster had a slight advantage in the oarly s J a Bes. but Gardiner passed him on the tenth head, only to see the Caversnam representative ahead again at the thirteenth. With seven heads plavad roster led by 5 points to 3, ‘but (jardmer was one up on tin tenth, when the respective scores were 7 and 6. Ihe figures were eight all when 12 heads had been played. Foster then ran into a lead of five by scoring a single and two twos, and after Gardiner had added a three to his score, the Caversham pi aver pot another brace. A four on the oiphteenth head enabled Gardiner to equalise

the scores, and he ran into the lead on the. nineteenth with a single. Foster again made the figures equal on the twentieth head, but the twenty-first ended in favour or the Dunedin representative, "'ho got a single. Useher and Cormack fought out an evenly-contested game, but the former proved too good in the final stages. The scores were five all at the end of six heads, six all on the eighth, 10 all on the fourteenth, and 11 all on the sixteenth. Ussher then got two singles and a two, and though Cormack scored on the twentieth and twenty-first heads, he had to be content with singles, leaving Ussher a winner by two points. Dowland led Hardie throughout, and ran out a winner by a substantial margin, tn the first seven heads Dowland scored 10 while Hardie got only three. The St. Kilda representative continued to do the bulk of the scoring, and when 18 heads had been played Hardie retired, the scores then being 22—9 in favour of Dowland.

The scoring in the early part of the game between Seddon and Best was fairly even, but halfway through it appeared as if Best might have an easy w T in. After the eleventh head, however, Seddon practically monopolised the scoring, and won easily by 22 points to 15 on the twentieth head. The scores were five all when six heads had been played. After Seddon had got two singles Best rattled on three threes in succession, which gave him the lead by 14 points to 7. with 11 heads decided. Seddon did all the scoring on eight successive heads, getting two threes, two singles, two twos, a single, and a two in that order. This left the St. Clair player eight up with two heads to go. Best got a single on the twentieth head, but as the scores were then 22—15 against him he .retired. TO-DAY'S PLAY.

The competition will be continued on the Dunedin green at 9 o’clock this morning. The draw for the fifth round is as follows: —Tonkin v. Gardiner, Ussher v. Dowland, Seddon v. Foster.

DUNEDIN v. SOUTH OTAGO. WIN FOR HOME TEAM. The annual bowling match between Dunedin Centre and South Otago Centre was played on Saturday on the Otago green, and resulted in a win for the home-team by 165 points to 137. Weather conditions were all that could be desired, and the pleasure of the game was still further enhanced by the fact that the green was in first class order. The visitors, on arrival, were the guests of the Dunedin Bowling Centre at luncheon at the Savoy, and prior to the commencement of the match they were welcomed by Mr H. Rowley, who expressed pleasure at seeing such a good representation from the southern centre, which, he hoped, would also be well represented at the forthcoming Easter tournament.

In the game between Smith and Pryde, matters were fairly even until the seventh head, when the Dunedin rink commenced to draw away and added 18 in the next seven heads, making their score 24 points to five. Pryde scored well on the last seven heads, but Smith’s lead was too great and the game ended with the scores 26—16 in his favour.

Until the seventh head the game between Forster and Jefferson was fairly even, but in the next four heads the South Otago rink established a lead of six, making their score 13 to their opponents’ seven. At the fourteenth head Jefferson was in the lead by 14 points to nine, and although Forster drew-up well towards the finish, the game ended with the score 19—17 in the visitors’ favour.

Although Henderson had matters all his own way against Stewart for the first four heads, the latter then commenced to pile up the points, and at the fourteenth head had 11 points on the board against his opponent’s nine. At the eighteenth head the scores were 14—10 m Stewart’s favour, but on the nineteenth Henderson got a six, to which Stewart replied with a single. The game ended on tne twentieth head with the scores 16—15 in favour of the visiting rink. Rowley had an easy win over Arthur, and although at the thirteenth head the latter had scored nine to Rowley's 12, lie did not. notch another point, and the Dunedin rink ran out winners by 29 points to nine.

Veitch commenced well in his game against Finn, and at the seventh head was leading by nine points to three, which was increased to 15 points to five bv the time the fourteenth head was reached, hrom then on Finn began to draw up, and in the final four heads he put on 12 giving him 18 points against the home rink’s 19 at the conclusion of the game. i rom tVm commencement of his game against Wethey, Anderson drew away, and at the seventh head his tally read 10 points to his opponent’s two. Another 10 points came to the home rink in the next seven heads, during which time Wethey added five to lus score, and although the latter put on seven, in the concluding stages of the game Anderson won bv 27 points to 16. 3

In his game against Ferguson, Hayward did not commence to score until the seventh head, when his opponent had 16 points on the board. At the fourteenth head, Ferguson was leading by 21 points to nine, but in the final seven heads the South Otago nnk improved their position considerably, and were onlv seven dowri when the game ended, the scores reading 24—17 against them. Devanney scored an easy victory over W. Smellie, and with a.third of the game gone, he had scored 13 points to his onoonents seven. In the succeeding seven heads he increased his lead to 20 points to 10, and continuing to score consistently, o? er iT? • Ir l nel ’ "'ith the scores reading irf his favour. are Die detailed scores:— MPheat, Hardie A. Kane, W. Smellie 1-, C. Claij, A. Watt, P. Farrell, P, Devauney 20. *

H. Cook, Perrett, E. Omand, T. Fer§V<r° n „ 24 ’ Jam e s Smith, J. Doggart, H. MQalluiii, A. Hayward 17. L. Crawford, W. Crawford, H. Reid C. R. Smith 26, E. M'Fadyen, G. Anderson, i. Sharp, J. Pryde 16. Gibson, Williamson, Matheson, W. Anderson 27, G. Clark, J. Henderson, A. E. Powley, A. F. Wethev 16, Kinaston. Robertson, T. Smith, J. t el y,*;b PhC. Wybed, J. Sinclair, J. Dunn. J. I'inn 18.

O’Connell W Johnston, C. Rawlinson, r -r r 0 l vley J - B r °bks, Dr Sutherland, J. MAra, A. Arthur 9. Culbert. Bishop Hanning, J. Forster to V G le ,°A Sinclair, L. Duncan, W. Jefferson 19.

Cuyzer, W. Jones. Black, Stewart 15, r tt Dotting, T. Clayton, W. Thomson, •J. Henderson 16.