BOWLING.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 13696, 28 May 1915, Page 5

BOWLING.

. 'The final round m. the district- shield match was played 'on the Gisboine .'.Howling Qlub's- .'green yesterday afternoon; when Whataupoko easily defeated ivaiti. The scores were as follows;-— „ . Leslie, Allan, Bullock \ and Greig (Whataupoko) 26 v. ij. . T. W|tty, Ambi'idge, Wootton aaict; Hueston (Kaiti) xb. Greig led .off, and was two -to the good at the fourth' head, but Hueston th?n took a hand and scored 8 to; his opponent's 1. Greig came away, again and scored freely, adding 21 "to his score for .13 heads, whilst the other side scored- 6. T. McOonnelh W. Green, 0. Cox and T. A. Crawford (Whataupoko) 27 vv. Oxeuhani, Colebrook, _ Xhacker and Ponsford (Kaiti^ 24; This - was the closest' game ot the three, • Ponsford established a , substantial lead, at .the start, being 10 to 3 at' the 4th head,: Crawford, drew up, -and, at the Bth head the score stood at 14 all. : The rinks were on even; terms again at 'the 16th head— 2l. all, but Crawford had the best of the concluding heads. G. Crawford, ''■». Crawford, l\. T. Seymour^ and, .Corson (Whataupoko), 30. v. Ashton, 3".' W- Witty, Kyme and Craig (KaUti) 11. '•'. Craig's quartette collapsed afsev the 12th head, when the scores were 11 all, and, did not score again. ■ . . Totals : Whataupoko 83, Kaiti 61. TURANGANUI CLUB. The final of the J. B. Leydon fours, 1 between Power, T. Haisman, J. B. Leydon, and W. Howard (skip) v. Spiers, Eaton, Hay, and A, "Sawyer (skip) pro^ duced a .great game. Howard scored two on the* first head, and at the fourth both were ' level. Hqward then went away', and on. the ninth head vras five ;rip. Sawyer levelled things up shortly 1 after, getting m a five. From this out to the 20th head both sides' were practically on even terms. On the 20th head, -Howard was lying the -shot. Sawyer play.fed ■ a beautiful shot, taking the jack, .but,.- unfortunately, it 'struck the shot ;bowl-. and ran over to a nest of his opponents' bowls, Howard securing four. ' . Sawyer's team, with five down oh. the Jast head} made a great attempt to get on terms. When the skips went down, Sawyer was lying three/ Sawyer played two fine bowls, but did not improve, his. two bowls only missing by an inch ' or so. Howard played a fine game, and was ably assisted by his team. Sawyer did not appear to like the heavy green.