BOWLING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25172, 12 March 1943, Page 4

BOWLING

REDPATH SHIELD OTAGO BEATS CANTERBURY Otago beat Canterbury by 392 points to 343 in the twenty-second interprovincial bowling match for toe Redpath Shield, which was played yesterday on the Balmacewen Club’s green. Two series of 25head games were played, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, eight fours aside being engaged. Intermittent showers of rain interfered slightly with play in the morning, but the weather was fine in the afternoon, although a tricky wind militated at times against accurate drawing. In the morning games, Otago totalled 205 points to Canterbury’s 159, only two of the visiting fours, o»e of which was skipped by L. W. Besley, whose rink was runner-up in the Dominion Championship in 1941, scoring wins. In the afternoon, however, Canterbury made a good recovery, winning five of the eight games, and scored 184 points to the home side’s 187. Since the inception of the competition in 1921, Otago has won toe shield on 10 occasions and Canterbury on 12. The following are the details (Otago names being given first): — Morning Game

G. Columbus, J. Hope, R. Gemmell, D. Vaughan 25, D. Fraser, W. Grant, J. R. Smith, C. Madsen 15; A. Walker, W. Easton, L. Page, A. Macdonald 29, J. Stapleton, S. Marriott, R. Bond, J. Hadley 21; R. S. M. Sinclair, S. Devereux, W. D. Richards, J. J. Davis 23, J. N. Clarke, T. D. Lennie, T. B. Grant, L. W. Besley 25; W. Alian, A. Burns, J. Leech, R. Aitchison 26, C. Barnes, H. Conway, A. Wotton, T. G. Fox 21; W. Johnston, G. Adess, L. Gardner, W. Andferson 29, C. Truscott, R. Duncan, H. B. Kay, A. Besley 18; W. Williamson, S. Hill, G. Will, S. Hutchison 31, A. Hicks, A. Dickson, A. Austin, T. Chambers 17; S. Wood, J. Armstrong, H. Miller, J. Buchan 15, E. Ellingford, T. Quirk, W. Turland, J. Whyte 19; C. Beecroft, J. Marshall, A. McGregor, J. Timmings 27, R. H. Stott, P. Dunn, P. Delargey, R. McNish 23. Totals: Otago 205, Canterbury 159. Afternoon Game C. Leith, H. Colquhoun, A. McDougall, J. Knowles 21, D. Fraser, W. Grant, J. li. Smith, C. Madsen 27; C. Crawford, J. Blackley, W. J. McKay, C. E. Tyrrell 33 J. Stapleton, S. Marriott, R. Bond, J. Hadley 12; J. Rigby, W. Hodge, W. Love, J. Veitch 20, J. N. Clarke, T. D. Lennie, T. Grant, L. W. Besley 27; A. Black, W. Llovd, T. Gibson, W. Callender 27, R. H. Stott, P. Dunn, P. Delargey, R. McNish 17; J. Orlowski, A. Portman, W. Clark, E. Longworth 21, C. Barnes, H. Conway, A. Wotton, T. G. Fox 23; C. Armstrong, W. Brown, A. Hanna, J. Stoddart 30, C. Truscott, R. Duncan, H. B. Kay, A. Besley 26; A. Israel, J. Adamson, A. Free, J. Dowland 15, A. Hicks, A. Dickson, A. Austin, T. Chambers 27; S. Gould, R. Johnston, J. Nisbet, T. Ferguson 15, A. Ellingford, T Quirk, W. Turland, J. Whyte 25. Totals: Otago 187, Canterbury 184. Grand Totals Otago 392 points, Canterbury 343. Winners to Date The following are toe winners of the shield to date:—l92l-1922, Otago; 1923, Canterbury; 1924-1926, Otago; 1927r1928, Canterbury; 1929-1930, Otago; 1931-1936, Canterbury; 1937-1933, Otago; 1939-1941, Canterbury; 1942, no competition; 1943, Otago. visitors Entertained In the evening the members of the Canterbury team were toe guests of the Dunedin Bowling Centre at a social evening held in the Crawford Lounge. Mr S. A. Wood, president of the .Dunedin Centre, presided. During the evening the Redpath Shield was handed to Mr Wood by the president of the Canterbury Bowling Centre, Mr T. D. Lennie, and a lengthy list of toasts, interspersed with vocal and elocutionary items, was honoured. • ■: