BOWLING TOURNAMENT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 22, 27 January 1902, Page 2

BOWLING TOURNAMENT.

rut run asjoouthw. WMiUHQTOH, January 26. Sixteenth round.—Napier ft but Newmarket 29, Palmerston 51 be*t Mount Elen 31, Hastings 48 batt* Petone 28, Victoria 35 beat Master; ou 33, Wellington 41 beat Tboindon 34, Bemuera 50 beat Otfterton 30, Fieldin* 52 beat Auckland 29, Waoganji. 55 beat Waverley 26, Oisborne 48 bet* PoneonbyiiS,'Newtown 41 beat New Plymouth 38. Seventeenth round. Victoria 80 beat Thorodon 24, Newmarket 54 beat Petone 30, Wellington 39 beat Halt* ings 30, FeiUiog 42 beat Mount X4m 37, Palmers ou 42 beat Bluff Hill 41, Masterton 47 be»t N«pier 43, Pjnsonby 35 beU Carterton 82, Beauera gave Oisborne a bye, New Plymouth 30 be it Wawrley 26, Wang ami 43 beat Newtown 39. Eighteenth round—Eleven heads— Carterton 26 beat Newmarket 15. Tea heads—Fieldicg 20 beat ponsoaby 18. Fifteen heads-Mt. Eden 31 beat Hastings 16 Remuera gave Napier a bye. Petone gave Waverlej a bye. El«vea hasds -Thorndoa 19 beit New Plymouth 18. Twenty heads - Oisborne 57 beat Masterton 35. Eighteen heads—Walling* ton 40 beat Wanganui 36. The final match between Victoria and Palmerston, the hrg'st aggregate scorers, was watohed by a large ctvwd of spectators, the suooessful players being rewarded with round after round i f applause. Darkness interrupted the game when the interest as to the result was at its highest tension. When/ hostilities oeased Victoria was leading by eleven, with six heads in. The two rinks are yet to be played. Palmereron wa<* weakened by having to play a substitute in the place of Drew. The game will be completed on Monday afternoon. It is hardly likely that P«laieißtuu will b- able Co pick up the missing numbers iu six heads. «V When the tournament closed 00 Saturday night, ihe lelative positions of the variou* clubs were as follows: Palmerston North 13 wins 3 losses, Victoria 13 wius 3 losses, Wellington 13 wins 4 low s, Napier 11 wins 6 losses, Thwndon 11 wins 6 losses, Newtjwn 11 wins 6 losses, Fellding, Gisborne, Newmarket, New Plymouth and Waogaoui 10 wins 7 losses, Masterton 9 wins 8 lasses, Mount Eden 8 wins 9 losses, Auckland and Wsvertev 7 wins 10 lotse-, Hastings 6 win* 11 losses. Bluff Hill, Cart*rtuu aud Bemuera 5 wins 12 lugse*, Ponsnnby 4 wins 13 losses, Petone 12 wins 15 losses.