BOWLING.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume IV, Issue 936, 9 February 1917, Page 2

BOWLING.

NOTES FROM THE GREENS. CHRISTCHTJRCH GREEN. The seventh and final round in the Champion Doubles will be played between Wyatt and Benzie, and Dickson and McDpugall. The Champion Rinks have been won by a. team consisting of Routley, Atkinson, Kay, and Sandston. The Handicap Singles and MeDougal Rose Bowl have been won by Helliwell, who beat Wright in the final. In the Handicap Doubles Boutley and Kay defeated Bicknell and Sandston in the final.

In the fourth round of the Champion Singles Dickson beat Helliwell and Atkinson beat Kay. Other games to he got off in the round which must be completed on Saturday are Sandston v. Serivenor, Mosley v. Gourney, and Wright v. Daniels, Orchard having a bye. Opawa Green.

Handicap Singles.—Sections must be completed to-morrow. In Section A Talbot has played and won five games and has still to meet Cooksley, after which his record will probably be six games played and won. Best win's Section B with seven wins and S. A. Bruce Section C also with seven wins while his brother 11. A. Bruce leads in Section D with six wins, one loss, and one easy game to play. Champion DOIIHO3. —Lee and Wilson have improved their position in Section C, having now three wins to their credit. This is the only change that has taken place in the competition during the past fortnight. ... ....

Champion Singles,.—Goldstone has now secured the lead in Section A, with five wins against four wins and one loss by Best. Woodham wins Section B with four wins and one loss. Wilson and Lucas tie in Section G with four wins and one loss each. Section D i.s very backward, many games haying yet to be played. West has three wins and one loss and Cooksley three wins.

Champion Doubles. —The Bruce. Bros, have won Section A with five wins, and Thompson ami Best, Section B, with four wins and one loss. < Brace Bros, will probably emerge in the final, though Thompson and Best will make them fight for it. Champion Rinks. —Pvjsk's rink holds the best position, with five wins and two losses, and Goldstoue's next with four wins and one loss. GoldstOne has to meet Lucas and Steans, so that a final may have to be played between Brisk and Goldstone. President's Rink..—This competition is still very backward, and the large majority of the games have still to be played. Sydenham Green. Dickenson has won all his games to date in the Champion Singles, and as lie has only two to go, it looks as though the competition is his. In the Champion Rinks Talbot has lost another game, this making his second loss in the. finals and thus putting him out. Taylor has to play 'Mitchell and McGallan, and should Mitchell win, MeGallan wins, the competition. The doubles are in much the same position as a fortnight ago, little progress having been made. Mr Scott, secretary of the Sydenham Club, states that this year the. competitions on his green are well advanced when compared with previous years. The sections mostly . concluded about December 20, giving a breathing spell for the holidays, and the finals are now neaping completion.

St. Albans Club. In the Champion Singles games are proceeding slowly. Lc Orel) anil Wilson have won three games each, but other rounds are backward. In the third round Lane beat Henderson. Dobbs had a good game with Angus, winning by 24 to 20. In the Champion Rinks Thompson's team has won three games, leaving only one. to play, against Henley 'a rink. In the Champion Doubles Du Feu and Dobbs beat Angus and Wood last evening after a strenuous contest. The game opened evenly, but about the seventh head Dobbs got a run of points, and ran the tally to 19 —10 in his favour. Wood then came to light with a six and a two, making the score 19—18 on the 19th head. A three to Dobbs on the 20th left Wood to get four to tie, and the task was not accomplished, Dobbs getting the last point of the game.

An Australian Incident. There is a lot of feeling over an incident which occurred in the concluding match for the South Coast (N.S.W.) shield, says a Southern writer. Rain interfered with the progress of play ■ between the rinks representing Woonona and Wollongong Clubs, and the game was finished on the following Saturday. But another third player appeared then on Woonona's side, though the original player was standing on the bank. The explanation was that the latter was sick, and therefore a substitute was appointed. The Woollongoug men accepted the explanation, and the game proceeded, Woonona winning the mak'h. Woollongoug claim to have discovered afterwards that there was something wrong in the introduction of the new player, and have asked the authorities for a ruling on the matter. From what can be gathered, the imputation is that a stronger player was rung in on the adjournment. Nothing could be more unsatisfactory, and when anything of the kind is permitted the progress of the game will receive a serious check. It were better that bowling rulers should err on the side of severity rather than permit a suspicion of '' pointing'' to creep into the game. No matter how stroug a club may be, no matter how skilful an individual player may be, make, them play the gallic. Any club or any player can easily be done without; the game will still jjo on. The airs put on by some individuals because they can regulate with some skill the direction of a piece of wood are sometimes amusing, sometimes nauseating. But this matters little so long as the game is kept straight. Once allow the "clever" ones to get in and have an innings—well, bowls will not be the game it is at present.

Centre Badges. The Centre Badges, which have been held by T. R. Cresswell's Rangiora rink over a series of six challenge matches, were secured last evening by a Kaiapoi rink, skipped by the redoubtable H. Wylie. Kangiora opened the game under most promising conditions, a six rewarding the rink on the first head. Luck stuck to them until tin? Bth head, when the score was US—5. Thirteen once more justified its sombre reputation, as Rangiora did not score again until the 20th head, the Kaiapoi rink having raised its score from 5 to 121 in the intervening heads. A 2 on the 20th and another 2 on the last