BOWLING.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume IV, Issue 1230, 21 January 1918, Page 7

BOWLING.

■ ■ DOMINION TOURNAMENT. RINKS AND PAIRS FINALS. Press Association. DUNEDIN, Jaimary 20. The Dominion Bowling Tournament was continued on the Duncclin green on Satur<!;iy, when the finals of the pairs and rinks competitions were reached. Rain early iu the morning made Hie green rather heavy, and a shower also was experienced during the progress of play. In the afternoon the unfinished pairs game between Woolf (United) and Parsons (Ponsonhy) was completed, the latter winning by 2!i to 15. The semi-final between Parsons and Brown (United) was won by the Ponsonby pair. 22 to 17. Tliis left Parsons to meet Harrawav (Duucdin) in the final, and an interesting game resulted, the finish being plaved in a last fading light. At the tenth head Harraway led, 18 lo 13, but Parsons scored two and four on the eighteenth and nineteenth heads, giving him a lead of 19 to 18. Harraway, however, came again, and with two and one on the last two heads, won by 21 to 19. The rinks final between C. Russell Smith (Otago) and Parsons (Ponsonby) was only n fair game, the Ponsonby players not being up to the form previously shown. On the fifth head Smith was leading 0-3, which lie increased three heads later to 9-3, but a couple of threes to Parsons reversed the position, and the score read 10 to !) in his favour. In the fourteenth head Smith was eight up, and the position was unchanged with three heads to go. Three to Ponsonby gave them an outside chance, but two to Otago on the twentieth head put the game beyond doubt, Parsons requiring eight t win with one head to go. He scored two. and the game ended—Smith 23. Parsons 18. In the play-off for third place in the rinks Maxwell Walker (Ponsonby) beat Siuellie (Green Island), 21 to 20. Sir James Allen presented the banner to the winning team, the skip of which this year is the president of the association. CANTERBURY CLUB. The following competitions have been played:— Non-star Singles (handicap)— Attwood (,">) 23 v. Bingham (0) 22. Argyle Singles (handicap)—J. P. Smith (2) 25 v. Mathews (7) 19; Ballin (0) 20 v. Cullen Champion Singles.—W. E. Maynard 21 v. Halliburton 17. Champion Doubles.—Cox and Finnegan 21 v. Cullen and J. H. Maynard 23. LYTTELTON v. BAKERS. A party of delegates from the Bakers' Conference, comprising two rinks, journeyed to Lyttelton and played a match against the local club, with the following results:— W. Cower, J. Young, N. C. Scafortli, J. Oower 22 J. Scott, J. Heron, N. Barfoni, T. Thompson 11 J. H. Collins, VY. Brown, H. Barnard, .1. T. Norton oj A. C. Miller, J. Wootton, H. Tinckam, 11. H. \Yhitc Totals 4G 35