BOWLING ©HAMPIONSHIP

Taranaki Daily News, 30 January 1930, Page 3

BOWLING ©HAMPIONSHIP

SECTION PLAY CONTINUED THREE ROUNDS COMPLETED. SOME SPLENDID BOWLING SEEN. The Taranaki championship bowling tournament w as continued yesterday in fine but dull weather, good progress beiim made. The action of the executive in°deciding to reduce the games from 25 to 21 heads enabled the fourth round names, postponed owing to the rain the previous day, to be played at the conclusion of the fifth and sixth rou-d matches. Thus at the close of the third day’s play the leeway has been made up and to-day will see the concluding two rounds of section play decided, commencing at 9.30 o’clock. Yesterday some splendid bowling was witnessed, ‘the standard of . play-- 1 being high, though of course there were occasions when the luck of some teams was out and they were beaten by comfortable margins. In I .many Other games, however, the issue was in doubt till the last bowl. This was particularly the case in the match between Dingle (Fitzroy) and Big wood (West _End). Dingle was leading 19 —-7 at the 15th head, but he stopped at that and his opponent, scoring at' each head, including a five and a'four at the 18th and 19th, snatched the victory by one point on the last head. . ■ The position is becoming very interesting. r So far only two teams are unbeaten—Harris (-Stratford) in section B and O. Skoglund (Palmerston North) in section F. In section A at Paritutu the two unbeaten rinks skipped by Goodwin (Park) and Oliver (West End) sustained reverses;' McLeod/(New Plymouth), accounted for Goodwin, in the sixth round, .and in the fourth round, which was played subsequently, Goodwin defeated'Oliver. / In section B Harris (Stratford) maintained his unbeaten record, winning all three games. In the final game against Hill, tlie New Plymouth skip used all his driving powers in an effort to save the game,°driving no less than 17 times and burning the head five times. Truscott, the Carlton skip, sustained his first and only defeat so far at the hands of Beal (West End) in the fifth round, incidentally giving the West End skip his first game. . In section C Bolton (Victoria), so far unbeaten, was defeated by both Stone (Hawera) and Cottier (Inglewood), while . London, the other unbeaten skip, was defeated also by Stone, who is level with him. . In section D the position is somewhat complicated, as no less than four rinks in the lead have two defeats. In section E Abbott (Fitzroy) was beaten by Lee (West End), and he is now level with Lobb' (West’ End), who won all three o-ames. Whyte (Waitara) the other unbeaten skip, went under to both Lobb and Abbott. Indications are that there will be some great bowling before finality is reached. Yesterday’s scores are: — SECTION A. PARITUTU GREEN. Fourth Round. Goodwin 25 v. Oliver 16. Harkness 20 v. Washer 19. Bandy 25 v. Spurdie 19. McLeod 22 v. Julian 21. Somerton 17 v. Astbury 15. Fifth Round. Oliver 23 v. Spurdie 14. Washer 24 v. Julian 23. Harkness 23 v. Bandy 16. McLeod 27 v. Astbury 16. Goodwin 23 v. Somerton 19. Sixth Round. Oliver 22 w. Harkness 8. Somerton 29 v. Wajdmr 9. - Bandy 32 v. Juliairtll. McLeod 20 v. Goodwin 15. Astbury 21 v. Spurdie 16.

SECTION B. WEST END GREEN. Fourth Round. Beal 28 v. Paterson 19. Hicks 24 v. Mailman 15. Truscott 28 v. Herdman 22. McNeill 27 v. Harrison 16. Harris 24 v. Hill 12. Fifth Round. Beal 22 v. Truscott 12. Harris 19 v. Hicks 17. Herdman 30 v. Mailman 10. Harrison 21 v. Hill 21. McNeill 26 v. Paterson,J7. Sixth Round. Beal 19 v. Mailman .11. McNeill 23 v. Hicks 22. Harris 31 v. Herdman 12. Paterson 30 v. Hill 12. Truscott 31 v. Harrison 25.

SECTION C. FITZROY GREEN. Fourth Round. Boulton 26 v. Higgs 10. Stone 20 v. London 17. Cottier 21 v. Bolton 16. George 18 v. McQueen 13. Healy 20 v. Bartlett 16. Jury 23 v. Gernhoefer 18. Fifth Round. Bolton 26 v. Boulton 12. Stone 20 v. Jury 12. Hi"gs 21 v. George 14. Bartlett 22 v. Gernhoefer 20. Cottier 30 v. McQueen 10. London 26 v. Healy 13. Sixth Round. Jury 24 v. Boulton 12. Stone 24 v. Bolton 16. Gernhoefer 18 v. Higgs 15. George 24 v. Healy IlBartlett 22 v. Cottier 15. T.f>ndr>n 17 v. McQueen 13:

SECTION D. VOGELTOWN GREEN. Fourth Round. Freeman 25 v. Jackson 20. Carter 28 v. Simpson 9. Turnbull 23 v. Mason 15. . Benefield 28 v. Johnston 13. Bigwood 20 v. Dingle 19. Fifth Round. Carter 21 v. Turnbull 16. Jackson 21 v. Johnston 20. Benefield 25 v. Simpson 14. Bigwood 30 v. Freeman 12. . Dingle 22 v. Mason 14. Sixth Round. Turnbull 22 v. Benefield 18. Johnston 19 v. Dingle 17. Jackson 25 v.' Simpson 10. Freeman 21 v. Mason 9. Bigwood 16 v. Carter 13.

SECTION E. NEW PLYMOUTH GREEN, Fourth Round. Smart' 30 v. Handley 11. Harris 23 v. 'Foy 19. Johnston 25 v. Simpson 18. Lee 23 v. Abbott 20. Lobb 22 v. Whyte 20. Fifth Round. Lobb 24 v. Johnston 18. Foy 35 v. Handley 25. Harris 22 v. Simpson 18. Lee 21 V.. Smart 12. Abbott 20 v. Whyte 17. Sixth Round. Lobb 31 v.‘Harris 19. Abbott 21 v. Foy 19. Simpson 22 v. Handley 17. Whyte 19 vl 'Smart 13. Lee 28 v. Johnston 16.

SECTION F. NEW PLYMOUTH GREEN. Fourth Round. Ambury 24 v. Longbottom 14. . Skoglund 22 v. Wilson 15. Billing 21 v! : Corby 3. Dickenson 24 v. Drake 17. Ruebe 30 v. Sutherland 19. Glenny won by default from Tiplady. . ' ‘ Fifth Round. • Ambury 21 vf; Corby 20. Skoglund 30 'v. Glenny 20. Longbottom 24 v. Dickenson 20. . Billing 28 v; Drake 16. Sutherland 19 v. Wilson 17. Ruebe won by default from. Tiplady. Sixth Round. Ambury 23 v. Glenny 14. Skoglund 25 v. Corby 14. Longbottom by default from Tiplady. Dickenson 20 y. Sutherland 15. Ruebe 21 v. Billing 18. Drake 23 v. Wilson 21.

Tipiady (Eltham) not competing. THE DRAW FOR TO-DAY’S PLAY. SECTION A. Fitzroy Green. Seventh Round. 1— Oliver v. Bandy. 4— Washer v.’ llcLeod. 2 — Goodwin v. Spurdie. 5— Julian v. Astbury. 3— Somerton v. Harkness. Eighth Round. 4— Oliver v. Somerton. . 1— Washer v. Astbury. 3 — Bandy v. Goodwin. 5— McLeod v. Spurdie. 2— Julian v. Harkness. SECTION B. Vogeltown Green. Seventh Round. 1— Beal v. Herdman. ' 4— Hicks v. Hill. 1 ' , 2— Patterson v. Truscott. 5— Harris v. Harrison. 3— McNeill v. Mailman. ' Eighth Round. . 4 — Beal v. McNeill. '< 1 : 1— Hicks v. Harrison. 3 — Herdman v. Patterson, 5 — Hill v. Truscott. 2 — Harris v. Mailman. > SECTION C. Paritutu Green. Seventh Round. 1— Boulton v. Healy. 4— Stone v. Gernhoefer. 2 — Bolton v. George, 5— Higgs v. Cottier. 6— Bartlett v. McQueen. 3— Jury v? ; London. Eighth Round. ~ s—Boulton5 —Boulton v. Bartlett. 2 — Stone v. Healy, 3— Bolton V; McQueen. 4— Higgs v. London. I—George v. Jury. G —Cottier v. Gernhoefer.

SECTION D. New Plymouth Green (Courtenay St) Seventh Round. 1— Turnbull v. Simpson. 4 — Johnson v. Freeman. 2— Mason v. Carter. 5— Jackson v. Bigwood. 3 — Dingle v. Benefield. Eighth Round. 4 — Turnbull v. Dingle. 1— Johnson v. Bigwood. 3 — Simpson v. Mason. 5 — Freeman v. Carter. 2 — Jackson v. Benefield. SECTION E. West End Green, Seventh Round. 1 — Lobb v. Simpson. 4— Foy v. Smart. 2 — Whyte v.' Johnston. 5— Handley v. Lee. 3 — Abbott v. Harris. . Eighth Round. 4 — Lobb v. Abbott. 1 — Foy v. Lee. 3 —Simpson v. Whyte. 5 — Smart v. Johnston. 2— Handley v. Harris. SECTION F. New Plymouth Green (Leach Street). Seventh Round. 1— Ambury v. Sutherland. —Skoglund wins by default. 2— Corby v. Dickenson. 5— Billing y. Longbottom. 6 — Ruebe v. Drake. 3— Glenny v. Wilson. Eighth Round. 5 — Ambury v. Ruebe. 2— Skoglund v. Sutherland. 3— Corby v. Drake. 4— Wilson v. Longbottom, I—Glenny v. Dickenson. 6 — Billing wins by default. WESTERN DIVISION BOWLS. / WAREA DEFEATS OPUNAKE. The shield bowling match between Warea and Opunake resulted in a win for Warea by 11 points. The scores are: — O- w. Hickey, Fake, Stephenson, Harrigan (s) 21. '-rSymons, Kera, Lewis, Henderson (s) .....' — 25 Brennan, Gilchnan, Judson, Gunson (s) • 22 — Woolford, Roebuck, Wi, Lawn (3) ’••• - 29 Totals 43 54 The, following will represent Warea v. Kaponga A at Kaponga: Symons, Kera, Lewis, Henderson (s); Roebuck, Lawn, Wi, Muir (s). INTER-CLUB BOWLING GAMES. TEAMS TO PLAY ON SATURDAY. Fire Brigade v. Paritutu, at Fire Brigade: McLeod, S. Roberts, Finlay, Woodhead (s); Austin,' Way, Schultz, Hartley (s); Duffilll, W. Roberts, R, Lowe, J. Lowe (s); F. Roberts, Whiting, Baunton, Street (s). BOWLERS’ SMOKE CONCERT. In the evening a complimentary smoke concert was tendered to the visitors, Kawaroa Park “bungalow" being filled to its utmost capacity. A very short toast list was honoured and the evening was spent with song and story. The president of the Taranaki Centre, Mr. E. T. Petty, proposed the tohst- of “The. Guests,” .welcoming them; to (Taraf naki and t$ the tournament. Messrs. J. Truscott (Carlton), O. Skoglund (Palmerston North), A. Benefield (Wan-,

ganui) and G. .M. . Simpson (Nelson) re* sponded on behalf of their respective districts. In proposing the toast of the Taranaki Centre Mr. A. Coutts (Carlton, Auckland) spoke of the Taranaki bowlers as being famed for their hospitality. Ho had had a considerable amount to do with various Taranaki bowlers and ho appreciated their worth. He eulogised the services of the centre’s secretary, Mr. F. J. Hill, in ~e interest of bowls, and he considered the executive of the centre a very fine body of men arid, bowlers. Mr. J. Foy (Hawera) replied. " During the evening there was cointriunity singing led by Mr. Fred Hooker and the Melody Four, and Messrs. F. Cornwall, C. Blake, R, Gilbert and 3. Benson were all recalled for their vocal numbers. Mr, Ken. Ward was the accompanist. TARANAKI'S NORTHERN TOUR. The .Taranaki Bowling Centre’s annual northern tour will take place in March, according to an announcement made, bj Mr. A. K. Smart at the bowlers’ smoke concert last niglit. The South Auckland matches will be played during the first week in March and the teams are to arrive in Auckland about March 10.

SUMMARY. Wins. Losses. Goodwin (Park) 5 1 Oliver (West End) ...... 5 1 Bandy (Taihape) 4 2 McLeod (New Plymouth) 4 2 Harknesis (St. John’s) .... 3 3 Spurdie (Inglewood) ..... 2 4 Astbury (Eltham) 2 4 Washer (New Plymouth) 2 4 Somerton (Fitzroy) . 2 4 Julian (Pihama) 1 5

SUMMARY. Wins. Losses. Harris (Stratford) 6 0 Truscott (Carlton) 5 1 McNeill (Fitzroy) x 4 2 Harrison (Eltham) 3 3 Herdman (Feilding) 3 3 Beal (West End) 3 2 4 Jtl.lCK.t5 \ eV./ • • • • • ■ J. R. Hill (New Plymouth) 2 4 Paterson (Patea) 2 4 Mailman (Gonville) ...... 0 3

SUMMARY. Wins. Losses. London (Wanganui) .... 5 1 . Stone (Hawera) 5 I Jury (FitzroyJ .... 4 2 Bolton (Victoria) 4 2 George (Waitara) 4 2 Cottier (Inglewood) 4 2 Boulton (West End) 2 4 Gernhoefer (Fire Brigade) 2 4 Bartlett (Awakino) 2 4 Higgs (New Plymouth) .. 2 4 Healy (Vogeltown) ...... 1 5 McQueen (Eltham) .;.... 1 5

SUMMARY. Wiiifl. Losses. Benefield (St. Jolin’fl) .... 4 2 Carter (Carlton) '. ’4 2 Freeman (New Plymouth) 4 2 Bigwood (West End) . . .. 4 2 Johnston (New Plymouth) 3 3 Jackson (Paritutu) ...... 3 3 Turnbull (West End) .... 3 3 Mason (Park) 2 4 Dingle (Fitzroy) ........ 2 4 Simpson (Eketahuna) .... 1 5

SUMMARY. •Wins. Losses. Abbott (Fitzroy) . 5 1 Lobb (West End) . 5 1 Whyte (Waitara) ....... . 4 2 Harris (St. John’s) ..... . 4 2 Foy (Hawera) . 3 8 Lee (West End) 3 Smart (New Plymouth) . . 2 4 Simpson (Nelson) . 2 4 Johnston (Inglewood) ... . 2 4 Handley (Rapanui) ..... . 0 6

SUMMARY. Wing. Losseg. Skoglund (Palmerston N.) 6 0 Billing (West End) ...... 5 1 Ruebe (Vogeltown) 5 1 Longbottom (Inglewood) .. 4 2 Ambury (New Plymouth) 4 2 Sutherland (Fitzroy) .... 3 3 Dickenson (Avon) ...' 3 3 Wilson (Opunake) 2 4 Drake (New Plymouth) . 2 4 Corby (Gonville) 1 5 Glenny (Patea) 1 S