BOWLING.

Otago Witness, Issue 3337, 27 February 1918, Page 43

BOWLING.

The Singles championship of the Southland Centre has been won by A. E. Smith, of tile Southland Club; with M'Dougaii ot of the Southland Club; with M'Dougaii, of Blurt", as runner-up. This is the first year in which Mr Smith has been champion of his club, and he last week added to it the Centre championship. 'i'ne riokonui and Gore Bowling Clubs joined forces last week to hold a fete in aid of the patriotic funds, and success attended their efforts. Favoured by beautiful weather, and aided by the members of the local/tennis clubs, the public turned ouyt well, and good business was done at the stalls presided over by the ladies. The Mayor of Gore (Mr D. M'Dougaii) opened tho fete with a patriotic. speech, and was followed by Mr G. J. Anderson, M.P. An Auckland scribe says he does not think the Dominion tournament in Dunedin was a success from a visitors' point of view and he hopes Auckland, next year, will do better. He adds that, when a visitor from the north journeys to the south, accompanied by his wife, it is a small matter to include his better half in the hospitality shown to bowlers. v ELDERLY BOWLERS' DAY. The fourth annual gathering of veteran bowlers will take place . on the Dunedin Bowling Green on Saturday. The following visitors have notified their intention to' be present:' From Oamaru —Hon. Geo. Jones, D. Brown, Wm. Bell, J. D. Grant, W. Bailey, W. Waddell, J. Reid; from Auckland, James Hunter; from Invercargill— J. L. Gilkison, John Griffiths; from Waitahuna—T. M'Millan, O. Bjorngaard, and A. Murdoch; from Milton—William Moore and James Lockhart; , from Kaitangata—T. Cairns, William Duncan, W. Shaw; from Roxburgh—James Craig; from Alexandra — John Dewar (who is in his 83rd year); Walter Watson, of Outram, who arrived) in the Philip Laing in 1848, will also be.present; Otago Boys' High School will be represented by old boys who attended the opening of that school. Special rinlks for veterans ovei 80 years of age will be formed should it be desired.\ CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS. Considerable interest was taken in the games which were commenced 1 on Saturday between club champions, to decide who should be the champion of champions for the , 1918 season The games, which commenced at 9 a.m. and finished about 6 p.m., were playedl on the Dunedin and' Caledonian Greens, both of which were in excellent condition, and reflected credit on the respective greenkeepers. The games were played on the full two-life system, and a player has to lose two games before he retires from the contest. The whole of the clubs affiliated with th© Dunedin Centre (with the "except tion of Seacliff) furnished a representative. The Waikouaiti Club was represented by F. H. Francis instead of B. W. Fell, as previously arranged. Mr J. Renni© was umpire on th© Dunedin Green, .and Mr J. Abbott acted in a similar capacity on the Caledonian Green. Following ar© th© results:— DUNEDIN GREEN. First Round C. R. Smith (Otago) 18 beat J. B. Kirkland (Fairfield) 9. W. P. Gale (Kaituna) ,19 beat E. Harraway (Dunedin) 16. J. B. M : 'Clymont (Green Island) 20 beat J Gebbie (Wakari) 10. J. Veitch (West Harbour) IS beat J. D. Marshall (North-East Valley) 9. W. Wright (Balmacewen) 20 beat J. S. Foster (St. Clair) 13* ? Second Round. Gale 21 beat Smith 16. Veitoh 23 beat M'Clymont 11. Wright 18 beat Kirkland 13 Harraway 22 beat Gebbie 15. Marshall 19 beat Foster 14. Third Round. Veitch 19 beat Wright 6. Harraway 18 beat Marshall 15. Smith 22 beat M'Clymont 6. Gale, a bye. Fourth Round. Gale 20 beat 14. Harraway 17 beat Wright 16. Smith, a' bye. Fifth Round. Gale 21 beat Harraway 14. "Veitch 26 beat Smith 19.' CALEDONIAN GREEN. First Round. J. Holgate (Mornington) 19 beat W.M'Dougall (Port Chalmers) 14" V W. 0. Allnutt (Kaituna) 20 beat J. Tait (Taieri) 11. R. Fountain (Cavershani) 19 beat W. A. Wilkinson (Roslyn) 18. W Foster (Caledonian) 19 beat J. M'Curdy (St: 'Kilda) 10. F. H. Francis (Waikouaiti) 20 beat R. G. Scott (Outram) 6. Second Round. Allnutt 16 beat Holgate 12. Foster 23 beat Fountain 19. Francis 23 beat M'Dougaii 7. Tait 27 beat Wilkinson 7. Scott 17 beat M'Curdy 15. Third Round. Fountain 27 beat Holgate 15. Francis 21 beat Foster 20. Tait 26 beat Scott 6. Allnutt, a bye. Fourth Round. Francis 23 beat Allnutt 15. Foster 18 beat Tait 15. Fountain, a bye. Fifth Round. Fountain 23 beat Francis 15. Allnutt 17 beat Foster 12. INTER-CENTRE MATCH. The eight-rink match between teams selected from tho Dunedin Centre and th© South Otago Centre w«a played at the St.

Kilda Green on Saturday, and proved very successful, notwithstanding that owing to the southern men having to leavx* about 3 o'clock to oatch their train hotrio, only throe of the opposing rinks were able to play the full 21 heads —those skipped by Fastier—W. Anderson, J. Robertson—G. Baird, and J. S. Wilson—J. Rutherford. The fact that tho visitors had to rush away to catch a train must have had an effect on their play, and in every game tihey were " down." Th© following are the scores: —■ D. S. O. Banning, Wilson, Forrester, Fastier 17 Finn, White, Almond, W. Anderson Cbeyne, Williams, R. Hunter, J. Himter 20 Gunthorpe, J. Dunne, R. Dunne, Buchanan Ledlie, Browne, Stoneham, Scott ..21 Bryant, Sheddan, Bishop, Ramsay M'Caiskill, Marlow, M'Hutoheson, T. Sanders 24 Smith, Muir, Henderson, A. Anderson Mercer, Matheson, Peters, Wilkinson 20 Calder, Burgess, Smith, Carson ~ Bright, Harrison, H. Wilson, J. Wilson .. .. 22 M'Fadyen, Cairns,, Pxyde, Rutherford ' .... .. ' Harlow, Williams, Hay, Robertson 26 Ellison, Esson, G. Anderson, Baird Harris, Adess, Stuart, Allen .. 18 Davidson, Currie, M'Eachen, Hay Totals > 168 117