BOWLING

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 841, 9 December 1929, Page 7

BOWLING

PENNANT GAMES POSTPONED WEATHER TOO UNSETTLED Owing to wet weather on Saturday, matches in the third round of the Auckland Bowling Centre’s pennant competition had to be postponed until March S. As club officials considered that conditions were too unsettled, all club and inter-club games were also postponed. Club Games DOMINION ROAD Following were the results of the j first rounds of the various competitions conducted by the Dominion Road Bowling Club: Championship Singles (two-life system).—Clews beat Brown, Goldsmith beat Sessions. E. E. Roberts beat Lavland, Ramsey beat Virtue, W. H. Clarke beat Rattray, Hook beat Ashby, S. E C’happell beat Cartwright, Gunning beat E. S. Taylor, Kelly beat Benson, Campbell beat Norgrove, Denison beat West, Hoppy beat R. H. Fisher, Truman beat Spier, W. Wilson beat Bush, Pearce beat Goodall, Newton beat Winks, Tattersall bea»t Gifford, Sayers beat Hawthorn. Handicap Pairs (two-life system).— Huston, Newton, beat Barton, Anderson; Foreman, E. S. Taylor, beat Guthrie. Sayers; Fergusson, Kelly, beat Gentles, p- E. Chappell; J. S. Roberts, Mason, beat Virtue, Hoppy; Spier, Brown, beat Tattersall, Vercoe; Percy, Winks, beat Bathgate, Cartwright; Stevens, Ashby, beat D. Richardson, Pearce; Winthrop. Codd, beat F. R. Wilson, Clews; Rattray" Denison, beat G. Clark, Sharkey; D. Wilson, Austin-Smith, beat A. R. Davis Gunning; Cannon, Goldsmith, beat Norgrove, W. Richardson; Sessions, R. 3-3. fisher beat West. Campbell; Donald, Barber, beat Buckle, E. E. Roberts; Yeoman, Bryden, beat Betts, Truman; Hawthorn, Robertson, beat Sawyer, A. Chappell; A. A. Buckley, Benson, beat Trewin, Leonard; Hook, Ramsev, beat )*• Davis, Goodall: Scott, W. fl. Clarke beat A. E. Buckley. W. S. Fisher Handicap Singles (one-life Goldsmith beat W. Wilson, Cannon beat *”• S. Fisher, E. S. Taylor beat Guthrie, , E ; Chappell beat Fergusson, Tatterfa 1 ! beat J. s. Roberts, F. R. Wilson beat Ashby, Sessions beat Nagle, Stevens beat Virtue, Percy beat Busli. Foreman beat Barton, Kelly beat Rattray, Donald beat A. Chappell, Barber beat Clews, Norgrove beat Vercoe, Denison beat Goodall. Blair beat Sawyer, Truman beat Yeoman Cartwright beat G. Clark, Anderson beat Huston, Leonard bear A A Buckley, Gunning beat Codd, E. E. Roberts beat Benson, Campbell beat West Gifford beat A. E. Buckley, Hook beat \\ PI. Davis, W. H. Clarke beat A. R. Davis, Ramsey beat Scott. The second rounds are now in progress. PAPATOETOE Owing to the unfavourable weather conditions prevailing on Saturday, the closing date of the first, round of the club competitions was extended till next Saturday. MANGERETOURNEY POSTPONED Owing to the large number of tournaments falling due, the committee of the Mangere Bowling Club decided to postpone its tournament set down for Thursday next. INTER-CLUB GAMES CARLTON Centre Open Singles, Section K, CaiV ton Green. —b irst round: Jenkin (Epsom, V Vr.- US, \ (Waitemata), 10; Knight 17, v * Edmunds (Eden(AUCkland)’ 15 ’ v - Aiah ' sr (OnehunUx'Tl'f’v. 4 Thomson S (Rawhfu) d ln,n Ure ii AU T^ land) - 19 ’ v - Potter (West End), lo; Vincent (Edendale), 20, v. lvoefoed (St. Heliers), 9. IN THE PROVINCE WAIUKU Club (ours on the Waiuku mens r,n Saturday resulted:—Fddy, Waters, Alii-hug-ton, Janies 19, v. McKenzie, .Barker \'r S} irrl V, a 1 1!, n - lSieil 26; West, Jerran) JT 1 lj ' v - Williams 17, v. Hamilton, btanton, A. M. Barriball, Teape 25Summerville. Bridle, Aldred, Greenhead f-!’ v \ Y' Arkle, Whiteside, Roscoe. Crouch 19; Newth, J. Arkle, H. M. Barball 28 11, V Duff ’ Bollllur ' E. S. BarriHAMILTON A challenge game (or the Matthews lerns was played at. the Claudelands Bowling Green or. Saturday between the holders. C A. Speight, H. Rolte, W. Fraser and C. Clevely, and W. Webber, A. Hargreaves, E. W. Hughes and T. G. Reynolds. The game resulted in a win for the holders by 32 points to 8. An At Home was held by members of the Claudelands Club on Saturday, when bowlers from other clubs were entertained. Teams representing different clubs were selected for friendly competition, and a pleasant afternoon was spent. CLUB FORMED AT OKOROIRE A very enthusiastic meeting of ladies was held at the Okoroire Springs last Thursday evening, when it was decided to form a women’s bowling club, and to start play at once. An official opening of the club will take place later in the month, and it is claimed that it will be the first women’s club in the North Island. The following officers were elected:—President, Mrs. E. J. Brown: hon. secretary, Mrs. T. Mulholland. PUKEKOHE PUKEKOHE, Saturday. ( A game for the Northern Waikato Stars was played on the Pukekohe greens this afternoon. The challengers were a Buckland rink, but they were unsuccessful, the Pukekohe rink, which won the stars at the annual tournament on Labour Day, again retaining them. The results were as follow:—Richings, Jamieson, Hewitt, Steele, defeated Grandison, Munro, Hosking, Armstrong-. Games played todays in the president’s fours competition of the Pukekohe Club resulted:—Burrows, Haslam, Gribble 23, v. Walsham, Raynes, Adams 14; Ferris, Wyatt, O’Loughlen, Bockett 11, v. Hope, May, Pleydell, Fitness 27; Wymer, junr., Harvey, Jamieson, Short 26, v. Re veil, Civil, W. Blake, David Roulston 18; Bloxham, Keven, Hewitt, Duncan Roulston 11, v. Lawson, Johnson, Crosbie, J. Blake 10; Estall, Wymer, senr., Cooper, Lusher 14, v. Webb, Payne, Thompson, Perkins 23; Ferguson, Wells, Higginson, Bilkey 28, v. H. J. Short, Dell, Shaw, Sumner 14; Macpherson 20, v. Moncrief 15. OTOROHANGA V. TE AWAMUTU OTOROHANGA, Saturday. Six teams from the Te Awamutu Bowling Club visited Otorohanga today and in pleasant weather conditions succeeded in beating the local teams on aggregate by 116 points to 98. Otorohanga won four games out of the six played. Results are as follow, Otorohanga players being mentioned first:—Cassey, J. J. Walker, TurnLull, England 22, v. Barnett, Be van, Preston. Dunkley 21; J. Crosby, Jackson. H. Crosby, Cullum 20, v. Lawson, Downes, Gee, Smith 16; Kerr, Taylor, Cooper, Porter 19, v. Rushbrook, Nobes, Cocker, Metcalfe 15; Holland, Quinlan, Park, G. H. Fry 12, v. White, McArthur, North, Bowden 28; Neshausen, Rowe, Tomlins, Bell 10, v. McCarter, Christie, Mclnnes, Grant 22; Landman, Waterton, Morley, Boles 15, v. Brown, Laurie, Jourdain. J. T. North 14. TE PAPAPA CLUB Following are the results of matches in which members of the Te Papapa Bowling Club took part on Saturday: Inter-club. —Edendale v. Te Papapa, at Edendale .(Edendale names first): Ball, Fast, R. Smith, Edmunds 24, v. Shursby, Watson. Johnson, Moore 17; Harvey, Ashmore, Forshav, Addison 23, v. Allcock, Fallon, Simpson, Pilkington 24. At Te Papapa (Edendale names first): Codd, Sakev, Maud, Vincent 18, v. Davenport, R. Speight, E. Marks, Thorpe 14; Greenwood, Brown, A. Smith, McMahon 19, v. Angus. Sissons. R. G. Speight, Moon 20. Ordinarv draw. Laking, Stevens, Crichton. Dawson 12, v. McGorum, Williams, W. Marks, Bridge 16. Champion singles.—Burridge 21, v. W ilson 19. MAUNGAKIEKIE GOLF CLUB Under rather unfavourable weather conditions the second round of the Wise man Cup medal handicap was played by members of the Maungakieteie Golf Club at One Tree Hill on Saturday. With several good cards again returned the final round next Saturday should see a keen finish. Following were the best cards:— S Gvllies, 82, 14—6 S; D. D. Holland, 89, 20—69; F. Newell. 86. 14—72; R. ECraig, 90. IS—72; A. K. Hawley, 84, 12— 72. Tl. Worslev, .87, 14 —73; S. Hunter, S2, 9—73; A. J. Parr, 85, 12—73: C. R. •Icjies, S 9, 16—73; B. W. Beaumont, 94, 20—74.