BOWLING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22420, 15 November 1934, Page 11

BOWLING

EMPIRE GAMES TEAM (Special to Daily Timfs.j WELLINGTON, November 14. After having represented New Zealand at the British Empire Games in August, three bowlers, Messrs G. Carter (Auckland), G. G. Pollard (Auckland) and W. W. (Hamilton), returned to the Dominion to-day by the Ruahine. The team won four games out of nine, defeating Wales, Rhodesia, Australia and Hongkong, The playing conditions were very different from those in. New Zealand, Messrs Pollard and Dilliear said. The Cumberland turf, of which the greens were composed, gave a heavier surface, and they had difficulty in finding touch. Another factor was that the greens were all longer than those in New Zealand, being either 126 feet or 132 feet as against the regulation 110 feet in this country. The English team which won the competition had played magnificent bowls, and it was safe to say that the four best players in New Zealand could not have won under the conditions existing. Mr W. E. Airey, of Auckland, who was secretary of the New Zealand bowling team which toured England in 1928, also returned by the Ruahine. Messrs H. Grocott and L. Keys, of Auckland, the other members of the team, will return to New Zealand shortly. FOUR-RINK CHAMPIONSHIP Kaituna v. North-East Valley.—At North-East Valley on Tuesday at 5.45 •p.m.—Kaituna: Robertson, Webster, Ross, Shepherd; E. J. Smith, Davis, Reid, Smeaton; Adam, Crawford, Hill, Sanders; Crawford, Allan, Seelye, Cormack. Leith v. Kaikorai. —At Leith on Tuesday night—Leith: Barr, Butterfield, R. Watson, H. Rowley; Peterson, Sherriffs, jun., C. Rawlinson, J. Watson; Ferguson, W. Patterson, T. Bringans, J. Knowles; Ponton, W. Johnston, A Strong, R. B. Sissons. Kaikorai; Clyde, Jackson, A. Ellis, Devereux; Stoddart, N. Ellis, Masterton, Morrison; Cubitt, Findlay, Ufton, M'Gregor; Hope, Hanna, J. R. Wilson, Armit. ROSLYN v. LOGAN PARK. (Roslyn names first.) , O’Connell, M‘Nab, Boyd, MacGillivary, 17, Oliver, Wheeler, M'Lennan. Mawhinney 18; S. Wood, Thomas, Mullenger, C. Anderson 31, Connor, Watson, Lee, Saunders 8; Alcock, Richards, Jones, A. Barnett 15, Coulter, Marslin, Lough, Hutchison 24; Pearse, Armstrong, Lindsay, Tyrrell 29, Robb, Ayres, Wallace, Crawford 11. Totals: Roslyn, 92; Logan Park, 61. KAIKORAI v. GREEN ISLAND. (Green Island names first.) Thompson, J. C. Lindsay, Dryden, Sloan 11, M‘Connell, Jackson, A. Ellis, Devereux 29; J. Nelson, H. Smellie, W. T. Smellie, W. B. Smellie 9, Boardman, Hanna, Findlay. M'Gregor 21; J. Bulger, Winter, Mehalski, Murie 17, Stoddart, N. Ellis, Ufton, Morrison 15; .Russell, Smellie. Brown, Scott 16, Hope, Clark, J. R. Wilson, Armit 20. Totals, Green Island, 53; Kaikorai, 85. INTER-CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP. DUNEDIN v. CALEDONIAN. (Dunedin names first.) Scurr, Cuff, Durie, Rigby 23, Ross, Williams, Elliott, Hinchcliff 16; M'Millan, Heenan, Kitchen, M'Hugh 17, Sheehan, Swift, Smyth, Abbott 33; Murdoch, M‘Kay, Lawson, H. L. Smith 15, Chileott, Coventry, Sutherland, Dey 23. Totals—Dunedin 55, Caledonian 72. Lawrie, M'Crae, Scott, Nicolson 19, Callendar, Marshall, Laurence, Fountain 20; Thorn, Abbott, Grant, Nelson 22, Campbell, Martin, Paterson. Walton 15; Walker, Dali, Burk, Hogg 26, Cox, Walker, M'Leod, Isaac 6. Totals — Dunedin 67, Caledonian 41, Campbell, Rosevear, Morrison, Mackie 26, Williamson, Lambert, Summerell, Claridge 11; Campbell, Bean, Hunter, Bentley 21, Kettle, Murie, Scott, Aitcheson 17; Gardiner, M'Hugh, Beecroft, Easton 19, Hawkins, Hungerford. Hamilton, Henaghan 22. Totals—Dunedin 60. Caledonian 50. Briggs, Frame, Gregory, Malcolm 23, Latham, Proctor, Forrester, Lloyd 24; Rowcastle, Jenkins, Ogg, H. Gardiner 28, M'Leod, Burgess, Cameron, Scddon 15; Robertson, M'Kinlay, Williams. Marshall 6, Kettle, Hamel, Elmslie, Vaughan 36. Totals—Dunedin W, Caledonian 75. Brniley, Siedcberf- JPelville, Pettitt 10, Pearce, Per<S , '/ 7 Hendry, Edwards