BOWLING TOURNEY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 25, 12 January 1912, Page 5

BOWLING TOURNEY.

NORTHERN ASSOCIATION MEETING. ! (Per Press Association ) ■Wellington, January 11. The annual tournament of the Northern Bowling Association was continued to-day in lino weather. The greens were very true and fast. Com-oc-'tition for the championship has lm now reduced to three rinks, of which the following are the skips : Still (Wellington), Walker (Ponsonby), and Wylie (Newtown). To-morrow._ morning Wylie meets the winner. The second series of section play to-day for the championship resulted as folio avs : I SECTION A. First Round: Lock 24 v. Kerr 18; Still 21 v. Land 12. Second Round: Still 20 v. Lock I'. Land 21 v. Kerr 14.

Third Round : Lock 25 v. Land 13; Still 21 v. Kerr • IG. SECTION B. First Round; Bell 23 y. Craig 1G; Walker 19 v. Hemingway 18. Second, Round : Bell 21 v. Hemingway 20; Walker 19 v. Craig 14. Third Round: Walker 20 v. Bell 14; Hemingway 27 v. Craig 15.

SECTION C. First Round: Wylie 20 v. Snaddon 12; McDougall 22 v. Gordon 17. Second Round: Wylie 19 v. Gordon 15; Snaddon 2-1 v. McDougall 16. Third Round: Wylie 21 v. McDougall 20; Snaddon 25 v. Gordon 16. CONSOLATION PRIZE. Competition for the consolat : on prize was commenced. The winners of the various sections are as follows:—A. Parata (Te Hi wi), G. Wrightson (Napier), C. Ballinger (Wellington), Ewiugton (Masterton). D. Bull (Napier), E. Jackson (Thorndon), Haldane (Takaka), Anderson (Stanley), Bland 'Newtown), London (Wanganui), G. Cooper (Karori), H. Bollard (Hutt), J. Mackay (Westport), K. Eddie (Hutt), Smart (New Plymouth), L. Mason (Pihama), M. Southgate (Petone), N. Pryor (Hataitai), 0. Brackenride (Newtown), P. Vosseller (Victoria), Mercer (Mount Eden), Dee (Maitai), S. Barrington (Hawyra), Ferguson (Otaki), Mclntosh (Onehunga), T. Nash (Palmerston North), V. Saywell (Feilding), X. Prince (Newtown!, Y McGregor (Carterton). Webb (Wellington), Sangster (Stratford). PRELIMINARY FIN A LS. The following met in the first round of the preliminary finals:—Manson 21 v. Ewington 10; Parata 14 v. Ballinger 10; Wrightson (a bye) ; Bollard 17 v. Mackay 10; Mercer 24 v. Ferguson 18; Barrington 20 v. Pickering 8; Nash 16 v. Mclntosh 11; Hueston 21 v. Dee 10; Brackenridge 20 v. Pryor 14; Jackman 11 v. Haldane 10; Hull 16 v. London 11; Bland 13 v. Anderson 11; Baildon 24 v. Eddie 16; Mason 15 v. Smart 10; McGregor 20 v. Saywell 9; Prince (a bye); Webb 18 v. Sangster 13. The second round will commence in the morning.