BOWLING

Stratford Evening Post, Volume I, Issue 76, 9 March 1931, Page 7

BOWLING

NORTHERN DIVISION WAITARA WINS SECTION PLAY Section play in the Northern Division of the bowling championship concluded on Saturday, when Waitara beat West End B by 143 to 142. NORTH V. SOUTH MATCH Sixteen South Taranaki rinks met and defeated an equal number of North Taranaki bowlers at Hawera on Saturday, by a total of 51 points. Eight rinks were engaged at both the Hawera and Park greens, and good bowling was the order of the day. Early good conditions gave way late in the afternoon to misty rain, which altered the pace of the greens considerably. At the Hawera Club's green, South Taranaki players finished the day with a lead of 24 points. Following are the scores, South names being mentioned first: —

Pascoe, Tito, Masters, Ansley (s) 25, v. Hamblyn, Tomlins, Reube, Billing (s) 23. Bulman, Wilson, Smith, Sinclair (s) 26, v. Marsh, Smith, Dingle, Oliver (s) 25. Winks, Moron, Kilpatrick, C. Johnstone (s) 26, v. Cawthray, Healy, Shimmin, Horton (s) 17. Tait, Thomson, Gower, Harrison (s) 27, v. Round, Lobb, Doughty, J. Hill (s) 11. Bremford, Corkill, Maslin, Squire (s) 32, c. Andrews, Carter, Street, Hartley (s) 21. Gooding, Dawson, Townsley, Stone (s) 24, v. Lawn, Taylor, Boulton, Freeman (s) 29. Stewart, Glenny, Colman, F. .Tackson (s) 21, v. Ladner, Fuller, Roberts, Higgs (s) 32. Smith, Astbury, Hamilton, Foy (s) 20, v. Hammond, Muir, Amos, 1. Jackson (S) 19. ' Totals: South, 201; North, 177. South Taranaki won by 27 *point.fi at the Park green, the following being the scores: — Hotter, Renai, Bourke, Quin (s) 25, v. C. Harvey, Carrington, H. Smart, Abbott (s) 18. Lonedale, Villars. W. Grant, Pater--son (s) 20, v. Greenway, H. Fookes, S. Smith, McNeill (s) 17. Woods, Fake, Amess, Harris (s) 24, v. Burke, Pavitt, W. Robertson, Somerton (s) 38. Rudkin, Parry, Galbraith, Skoglund (s) 33, v. Boulton, Thomson, Sarten, Okey (s) 13. Ewing, Christie, McLaren, Goodwin (s) 20, v. Hooper, E. May, Harvey, Johnston (s) 22. Julian, Gunson, Lambie, Mason (s) 21, v. Linn, Roebuck, Inder, A. K. Smart (s) 21. Herbert, Andrews, Sheehan, Carey (s) 35, v. W. Smith, Langley, C. Robertson, Wigley (s) 29. J. R. Stewart, Bradford, Adamson, Hicks (s) 30, v. Thorpe, White, Murray, H. Price (s) 23. Totals: South, 208; North, 181. tion was won by L. Brown (New Plymouth) for the second year in succession. Results are:— 440Yds. Men's Championship.—C. Eridson (Auckland), 1; A. T. Stokes (Canterbury), 2; H. Gowan (Wanganui) 3. Also started: D. Reid (South Canterbury). Won by ten yards. Time, smin 42 3-ssec. 220Yds. Ladies' Championship.— Miss E. Champion (Auckland), 1; Miss M. Farquhar (Auckland), 2; Miss D. Anderson (Wanganui), 3. Also started: Miss S. Bracefield (South Canterbury). Won by five yards, with 10 yards separating second and third. Time, 3min 2 2-ssec.

Ladies' Diving Championship.—Miss J. Eggers (Otago), 1; Miss Foote (Canterbury), 2. Men's Diving Championship.—H. E. Walker (Otago), 1; W. Hassan (Auckland), 2; R. Thompson (Canterbury), 3. 220Yds. Ladies' Breaststroke Championship. —Miss G. Pidgeon (Auckland), 1; Miss E. Anderson (Wanganui), 2; Miss J. Thomson (Auckland), 3. The only starters. Won by five yards, with two yards between second and third. Time, 3min 44 4-ssec. 50Yds. Invitation Scratch Race. —C. E Claridge (Wellington), 1; C. Daiton (Canterbury), 2; J. Enwright (Auckland), 3. Also started: A. Raper (Auckland), J. Blakely (Wellington), B. Haworth (Wanganui), S. Anderson (Taranaki). Won by a yard, the second beating third by a touch. Time, 27sec. Fiyinq Squadron, 500 yards, five-a-side. —Canterbury (Stokes, Moorehouse, Dalton, Rattray, Rolan), 1; / uckland, 2. Won by a touch. Time, smin 19 1-sspc. Water Polo Final.—Canterbury 6, v. Auckland I.