SOUTH OTAGO TOURNAMENT.

Otago Witness, Issue 3016, 3 January 1912, Page 33

SOUTH OTAGO TOURNAMENT.

The annual tournament promoted by tba South Otago Centre of the New Zealand Bowling Association was commenced on Monday at Balclutha and Kaitangata. The tournament opened with in the Rinks Match. The weather conditions wore ideal, and the two greens in use were in good playing order. The entries 'for this year’s tournament are comparatively poor, and this is probably duo in a very large measure to the fact that the play in the championship (tournament being he’ld in Dunedin had not concluded when entries dosed on Friday evening. Balclutha, Stirling, and Kaitangata Clubs are well represented, but very few entries have boon received from outside. Dunedin players have figured prominently in the centre’s previous tournaments, but this year there is only one rink, from the Roslyn Club, present. A total of 16 rinks entered, and ono from Gore, which failed to put in an appearance on Monday. Last year 24 entries wore received for tne Rinks Match. The finale in the Doubles and Rinks matches will bo played on the Balclutha Green on Wednesday, The following are the results of yesterday's play:— RINK MATCH. Balclutha Green. Round. Clinton (J. Edwards, Garden, L. Ewwards, Shcddan) 15 boat Roslyn (Hainel, Patterson, Howard, and Young) 13. Kaitangata (Kyle, M’Dougall, _ Carson, Gage) 13 beat Stirling (Ford, IngHs, Duckworth, and Esson) 8. Balclutha (Boyd, Hutchins, Watt, and Murray) 14 boat Kaitangata (Thorp, M’Laren, Clements, Biasot) 13. Milton (Taylor, Boyd, Smith, Buchanan) a bye. Second Round. , Milton (Buchanan) 15 drew with Roslyn (Young) 15. Kaitangati (Bisset) 12 beat Stirling (Esson) H. Kaitangata (Gage) 20 beat Balclutha (Murray) 9. Clinton (Shcddan) a bye. Third Round. Kaitangata (Gage) 11 boat Milton (Buchanan) 10. Stirling (Esson) 16 boat Balclutha (Murray) 9. Kaitanga.ta (Bisset) 16 beat Clinton (Sheddan) 14. Roslyn (Young) a bye. Fourth Round. Milton (Buchanan) 23 beat Balclutha (Murray) 13. Kaitangata (Bisset) 14 beat Roslyn (Young) 11. Clinton (Sheddan) 14 boat Stirling (Esson) 13. Kaitangata (Gage), a bye. Kaitangata (Gage), 4 wins; Clinton (Shcddan), 3 wins; Kaitangata (Bisset), 3 wins, 1 Milton .Buchanan), wins; Roslyn (Young), 1£ wins; Balclutha (Murray), 1 win; Stirling (Esson), 1 win. In the play-off for second place Kaitangata (Bisset) beat Clinton (Sheddan). KAITANGATA GREEN. First Round. Kaitangata (Duncan, Smith, Blackie, and Rutherford) 18 beat Balclutha (Taylor, Cross, Shaw, and Guff) 8. Gore (Simpson. Porks. Frobarth. and

Brown) 16 beat Kaitangata (Pryde, Myers, Tripp, and Shaw) 6. Kaitangata (Middlemass, Carson, Hitchon, and Hislop), 15 beat Balclutha (Hislop, Shcddan, Landclls, and Ramsay) 14. Hokonui (Maekie, Robson-, Alexander, and Marris) 21 beat Stirling and A. H. Anderson) 18. Second Round. Hokonui [Harris) 24 beat Kaitangata (Rutherford) 11. Balclutha (Ramsay) 18 beat Stirling (A. H. Anderson) 16. Gore (Brown) 14 beat Kaitangata (Hislop) 13. Balclutha (Cuff) 25 beat Kaitanggta (Shaw) 9. Third Round. Kaitangata (Rutherford) 16 beat Gore (Brown) 15. Kaitangata (Hislop) 18 beat Balclutha (Cuff) 11. Stirling (A. H. Anderson) 15 beat Kaitangata (Shaw) 14. Balclutha (Ramsay) -23 beat Hokonui (Harris) 15. Fourth Round. Kaitangata (Shaw) 21 beat Hokonui (Harris) 11. Balclutha (Cuff) 16 beat Gore (Brown) U. Kaitangata (Rutherford) 17 beat Balclutha (Ramsay) 11. Stirling (A. H. Anderson) 17 boat Kaitangata (Hislop) 12. Green Winner. Kaitangata (Rutnerford), with three wins. Balclutha (Ramsay), Hokonui (Harris), Balclutha (Cuff), Gore (Brown), Kaitangata (Hislop), and Stirling (A. H. Anderson) secured two wins each, and the play-off resulted aa follows: First Round. Gore (Brown) 8 beat Balclutha (Ramsay) 3. Stirling (A. H. Anderson) 10 beat Hokonui (Marris) 5 Balclutha (Cuff) 11 boat Kaitangata (Hislop) 4. Second Round. Stirling (A. H. Anderson) 3 beat Gore (Brown) 2. Balclutha (Cuff), a bye. Final Round. Balclutha (Cuff) beat Stirling (A. H. Anderson) 15, and secured second place on the green.