BOWLS

Southland Times, Issue 20939, 23 November 1929, Page 18

BOWLS

(By

“Lead.”)

COMING EVENTS To-day’s Games. Bluff v. Southland, on Southland Green. Waihopai v. Te Rangi, on Te Rangi Green. Northend v. Invercargill, on Invercargill Green. Waikiwi a bye. Tuesday's Games. Southland v. Waihopai, on Waihopai Green. Northend v. Invercargill, on Invercargill Green. Waikiwi v. To Rangi, on Te Rangi Green. Wednesday’s Games. Te Rangi v. Waihopai,. on Waihopai Green. Invercargill v. Northend, on Northend Green. Woodlands v. Southland, on Southland Green. NOTES AND COMMENTS Two fixtures postponed. Conditions might have been better for the fixture that took place. The greens were in fair order but they became heavier as the play progressed. Invercargill Club did very well and secured wins over Southland in both grades. Hunter was responsible for Southland’s defeat in the A grade match, his play being excellent right throughout. He finished 20 up on the 21st head. Waihopai defeated Te Rangi, Kingsland placing the former team in a safe position by winning by 31 to 9 against Shaw. The other rinks were very evenly contested.

Northend had a runaway victory over Waikiwi on the Waikiwi green, the visitors being well up on all rinks. The B grade games were not particularly interesting, that played at Te Rangi being finished in semi-darkness. The visitors, Waihopai, won by 84 to 63. The Invercargill.Southland B grade game was very even, the former team winning by the narrow margin of two points. “Lead” visited the Southland green on Tuesday evening and observed several good shots being played there. ’Stevenson (I) and Stewart (S) were having an interesting tussle and on one occasion when Stewart was lying two Stevenson trailed the white with his last bowl and lay shot. Stewart then played a good bowl and touched but the jack rolled off his bowl and gave Stevenson the shot.

Thomson (S) and Derbie (I) played a somewhat similar finish on one head when Derbie was lying shot. Thomson sent down a very neat shot and carried the kitty back to lie shot but Derbie drew with his last bowl and scored for Invercargill. Reed (S) had a hard struggle with Hunter (I) for the visitor was playing a perfect game and was nominating and carrying out some very difficult shots. On one head Reed was lying shot with the white in a safe looking pocket, but Hunter claimed that he could trail it out and did so to make two. Hunter was again placed in a tight corner on the following head but drove and secured the shot. Reed then drew the shot and Hunter’s last bowl failed. Reed had one to cut out to secure five but his bowl went right through. Shouts of, “Go away home,” greeted Smith (I) when he made the shot with his first bowl in one of the heads played against Strang (S), but Strang came in and wicked over to lie shot. Srnith tried to open it up, but his scorer signalled one down. It is practically certain that two jinks from the Linwood Club, Christchurch, will be making an extended southern tour about the middle of January when they hope to ■visit and play matches at Balclutha, Gore, Mataura, Invercargill, Southland, Te Rangi, Northend, and some of the Western District clubs, probably Riverton and Otautau. A new badge has been selected and approved for bowlers representing Southland in competitions. The new badge is a very attractive one and is a pleasing departure from the usual round button. The badge is made of maroon and white enamel with gold lettering and is formed of a shield bearing the monogram S.B.C. with a scroll above and below and fern leaves in gold flanking the sides. The upper scroll bears the word Southland and the lower holds the word Representative. Revised Laws. A draft of revised laws of the game of bowls, approved by the local executive at ,Dunedin, was submitted to the meeting of the Southland Centre Executive meeting last Friday evening and was referred to a special committee for a report. The rules are arranged in a more logical sequence, the first eight rules referring to the green, and those referring to the mat follow after instead of preceding “the green” as was the case in the old rule book. The main alterations in the rules appear to make them more easily understood. A player is allowed to advance 20 feet' in front of the mat instead of 15 as was formerly the rule. The regulations governing the bowls to be used are fully set out and all points in the game are carefully treated but there does not appear to be anything in the new rules to effect the game in any material way.