BOWLING

Otago Witness, Issue 3860, 6 March 1928, Page 59

BOWLING

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CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS. The annual competition between the champions of the various bowling clubs in the Dunedin Bowling Centre was commenced on the Dunedin Club’s green on Friday morning in fine weather, which unfortunately broke before play could be resumed in the afternoon when a heavy drizzle had set in. This, however, cleared off to a considerable extent about 2 p.m., but it had made the green much heavier, and this upset the calculations of these who had got the “ strength ” of it in the morning. The tournament was played on the two-life principle. The tournament was concluded on Saturday in very fine weather. Following are the results: — FIRST ROUND. D. Cormack (Kaituna) 22 beat J. Barclay (Fairfield) 11. J C. Tyrrell (Roslyn) 21 beat P. Edwards (St. Kilda) 14. J. L. Smith (Mornington) 17 beat A. M'Donald (Balmacewan) 16. H. Telford (Otago) 19 beat L. Miller (Green Island) 13. A. Ross (Caledonian) 22 beat D M. Fast:er (St. Clair) 14. A Ellis (Kaikorai) 21 beat E. Ilarrawav (Dunedin) 15. W. Carswell (Taieri) 15 beat A. T. Robertson (Anderson’s Bay) 14. J. Tonkin (N.E. Valley) 31 beat C. Rawlinson (Leith) 12. C. Braithwaite (Port Chalmers) 16 beat A. Thomson (Caversham) 14. SECOND ROUND. Tyrrell 19 beat Cormack 14. Smith 21 beat Telford 8. Ross 22 beat Ellis 16. Carswell 21 beat Tonkin 8. Barclay 18 beat Braithwaite 12. M’Donald 22 beat Edwards 15. Fastier 19 beat Miller 13. Harraway 15 beat Robertson 10. Thomson 17 beat Rawlinson 14. THIRD ROUND. Tyrrell 25 beat Smith 8. Carswell 17 beat Ross 12. M'Donald 23 beat Barclay 15. Fastier 22 beat Harraway 9 Telford 21 beat Ellis 11. Tonkin 22 beat Braithwaite 13. Thomson 20 beat Cormack 10. FOURTH ROUND. Thomson 21 beat Fastier 10. Tonkin 19 beat Telford 17. Ross 19 beat Smith 13. M'Donald 17 beat Carswell 15. Tyrrell, a bye. Fifth Round. Tyrrell 23 beat M'Donald 16. Carswell 21 beat Ross 14. Tonkin 24 beat Thomson 19. Sixth Round. Tyrrell 18 beat Tonkin 17. Carswell, a bye. Semi-final. Carswell 19 beat Tyrrell 11. Final. Tyrrell 19 beat Carswell IS. WINNERS TO DATE. 1909 — C. J. Payne, Kaituna. 1910 — F. Smith, Kaituna. 1911— J. M'Fadden, Taieri. 1912 — J. M’Fadden, Taieri. 1913— E. Harraway, Dunedin. 1914— W. M Laren, Dunedin. 1915 — J. Scott, Caledonian. 1916 — D. Cormack, Caledonian. 1917— ii. G. Bentley, Dunedin. 1918— J. Veitch, West Harbour. 1919 — W. Carswell. Taieri. 1920 — J. Tonkin, N.E. Valley. 1921 — J. Scott, Caledonian. 1922— W. Foster, Caledonian. 1923— D. Campbell, Roslyn. 1924 — D. Campbell, Roslyn. 1925 — W. M. Hogg. Dunedin. 1926— J. Tonkin, N.E. Valley. 1927— T. Sanders. Kaituna. 1928 — C. J. Tyrrell, Roslvn. VICTORIANS DEFEAT WAIKATO. HAMILTON, February 28. Five rinks of the visiting Victorian bowlers played a match with club representatives of the Waikato group this afternoon. The visitors won on the last head of the last game bv 112 to 109.

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN TEAM. AUCKLAND, February 28. A team of 23 bowlers, representing the South Australian Bowling Association, arrived at Auckland by the Marama from Sydney’ 1 . The team has come at the invitation of the New Zealand Bowling Association, and will play friendly matches in all parts of the Dominion. The manager of the team is Mr E. Castine, Messrs R. Bowler and R. C. Barton being assistant managers. Other members of the side are:—Messrs D. P. Allen, T. G. Alexander, F. D. Brook, J. B. Cherry. J. C. Catt, F. C. Culley. C. A. Dunn, S. J. Davies, A. J. Davis, C. D. Harris, W. F. Harrison. W. Hagger, H. Naylor, A. M'Waters, P. C. Potter, H. J. Penno, J. Remphrey, J. Sellar, W. B. Temple, and L. Von Doussa. Accompanying the party are Mrs Brook, Mrs Bower, Mrs Barton, Mrs Castine, Mrs Dunn, Miss Davis, Mrs Harris, Mrs Naylor, Mrs Penno, Mrs Sellar, and Miss Von Doussa. The tour will last a month, and the centres to be visited will include, apart from Auckland, Rotorua, Wanganui, Napier, Nelson, Westport, Greynwutb, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Oamaru. While the team is not the best that could have made the

trip, as many fine players were unable to spare the time, the visitors are confident that they will be able to give New’ Zealand bowlers some very close games. Many members of the team have not visited the Dominion before, and, apart from their interest in the forthcoming matches, are greatly looking forward to seeing much of the country. On their arrival they were met by officials of the Auckland Bowling Centre. Later in the morning the visitors were welcomed at a civic reception, which was attended by a large number of local bowlers.

February 29. The South Australian bowling team defeated an Auckland representative team by 108 to 105. OTAGO v. SOUTHLAND. INVERCARGILL, March 1. The interprovincial bowling match between Otago and Southland provided a close and exciting finish to-day, the result being in doubt until th© last head was completed. Otago won by the narrow margin of two points. The game was played on the Southland Clnb’s green, which was in capital order, but a tricky wi 1 made accurate play at times very difficult. Southland quickly took the lead, and when 14 headg had been played led by 100 points to 62. Otago made up the leeway steadily in the latter stages of the game, and finally just managed to squeeze home. The scores are as follows (Southland names first): — R D. Donaldson, A. M. Ayling, D. J. Hewitt, D. H Thomson 17, A. Gardner, R. Hanning, W. Robson, S Hutchison 22. H. Hay, R. Allen. J. Smith, J. Strang 30, F. J. Campbell, T. Smith, W. Connor, W. Blackwood 29. F. Joyce, S. Smith, A. Service, J. Hain 23, W. Worthington, F. Anderson, W. Piddington, C. Anderson 27. T. Watson, J. T. Hunter, E. Walker, N. M'Gorlick 27, W. Jones, M’Lean, H. Rowley, J. Hinchcliff 15. W. Crawford, W. Donald, T D Kingsland, T. Pry de 18, S. Leith, W. Don, W. Love, W. Anderson 21. J. H. Ussher, W. Cox, A. Tretheway, H. Graham 22, F. Lambeth, J. Glover, 'F. Jones, T. Ferguson 27. S. Hall, W. Schobie, A. E. Willett, S. Bailey 22, F. Smith, V. Langley, Smith W. Shepherd 24. A. Battersby, W. Chaplin, W. Thorn, W. Irvine 21, J. H. Hinton, E. Mullinger, J. C. Rigby, J. Allan 17. Totals: Southland 180, Otago 182. TEST GAMES IN AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND, March 1. In the test bowling matches this afternoon the Auckland teams defeated the Victorians by 130 to 69. Auckland also defeated South Australia by 103 to 57. The home players showed superiority throughout, the visitors losing every game. FOUR-RINK "CHAMPIONSHIP. After a most enjoyable game, in glorious sunshine, at the Dunedin Club green on Saturday afternoon, St. Kilda defeated Roslyn in the final of the Four-rink Championship for the Holmes Feathers. In every case the bowling was interesting, and, at times, exciting, but the victory of the seaside club was a decisive one, as its representatives captured all four rinks and won by 82 points to 66. The results were:— F. Farley, C. Haycock, T. Todd, F. Jones 17, J. Himburg, C. Leith, T. Irvine, J. Brackenridge 21. S. Wood. A. F. Anderson. W. Don, C. Anderson 18, F. Peacock, J. H. Hinton, W. Jacobsen, D. C. Cameron 22. J. Thomas, J. H. Matheson, W. Lindsay, C. Owen 17, D. Stark, H. Harris, P. Edwards, J. M'Curdy 21. D. O’Connell, C. Dickson, T. R. M'Gillivray, D. Campbell 14, W. R. Todd, O’Sullivan. J. Do’.land, D. Stuart 18. The Holmes Feathers trophy has been competed for since 1919, and the list of its holders is as follows:— 1919 — Otago. 1924—Caledonian. 1920— Caledonian. 1925—St. Clair. 1921— Dunedin. 1926—Dunedin. 1922— Dunedin. 1927 —Dunedin. 1923 — Dunedin. 1928—St. Kilda. At the close of the game the trophy was presented to the winners.