CENTRE BOWLS

Taranaki Daily News, 29 January 1931, Page 9

CENTRE BOWLS

TARANAKI TOURNAMENT ENTERING ON FINAL ROUNDS SURPRISES ON THE GREENS GRIFFEN STILL UNBEATEN Overnight rain and heavy showers yesterday morning and afternoon militated against good bowling in the fifth and ■. sixth rounds of the section play for the -Taranaki Bowling Centre’s annual, open-tournament. Under the conditions surprises and freak scoring were features of; the day and in the five sections the New Plymouth Club’s rink skipped by T. J. Griffin alone maintained- an unbeaten ' record. The Eltham skip, A. Tiplady, became suddenly ■ ill, after playing on Tuesday afternoon and Was taken to hospital for an operation for appendicitis. Mr. Tipwas involved in a motor accident at- the beginning of the Taranaki bowling tournament last year and could not play ip the .games. The misfortunes of his rink .were doubled yesterday afternoon. when C. Rowe straingd .his knee. The‘umpire, Mr. A. H. Hawkins, appointfed J. -Roberts to act as a substitute, for the remaining heads. Tester-1 Stauners played lead for the rink and J. ;Ri M. Stewart was skip. < Like the other green.;, the Vogeltown *g r ?bn ;was very heavy : and ■ play was interrupted ; during ■ the day. Freak peering was pronounced, ■. Hill . beating Watkihs'in'the morning. by“ 43 'to 4 and Crawford beating Oliver by 26 to 6. Crawford’s- two wins place him in the lead, but. to-day’s games will decide 1 whether Sutherland, Wilson and Cottier will reach, the post-section play. They will be required to win both games. Quin, who began the tournament well, hae lost his past three games, while in the case ‘ of" Oliver the position is reversed. London’s rink was completely at loss on the heavy green and was beaten in both games. In the game between Watkins and’ Hooker the former 'led -.24 —22- at the last head, but Hooker secured a three. Hill was three Bp -on Sutherland in the last head, but fhe -Fitzroy skip could win only one point. .... There was very little spectacular play P_u the. New Plymouth green in B sec-tion,-the misfortunes of .Tiplady’s rink ■ being the only outstanding feature. Ambury- made a’ fine recovery’ in his game against McCarthy, whom lie' l caught oii the la'st head. Skoglund and Bolton met in. a well-fought game and were level, after the 24th head. Bolton was . in front when he went down to play but pushed one of Skoglund’s bowls through for the shot. Petty 'again play’ed.gbod bowls and won his two games. He was soundly beaten by Cooper in the .first round, but his subsequent form suggests that he was unlucky.- Skoglund and petty are the only ones likely reach the post-section rounds. I 1 /*’” an' unusual finish. Tricky conditions prevailed at West Jnd , where a fish-tail wind created unusual difficulties . in. section C. In the morning a peculiar finish was played between Harris and Evans. Harris wanted two to tie and had them with the skips a bowl each in hand. Evans picked up the jack with a drive, both the.'bowl and the jack striking the bank and rebounding on to the green, leaving him one up. Griffin easily accounted for Bigwood. In fact, he had 14 on the board, before Bigwoqd scored. Roch led Lobb in the opening stages but his rink, could not go the distance. Griffin > continued his winning way by registering another couple of wins and stills heads the section with an unbeaten re- ' cord. Following him closely is Evans with ■ five wins and only one loss, while Lobb and Jury are still in the joke with two losses. \ Though holding, the Waitara green was found, good by section D. : There was a heavy hailstorm when some of the last-’.heads were being played. The Fitzroy rink, skipped by N. Murrav, met its first defeat at the hands of Hamlin, but’ it was a great game and was not decided until the last bowl was played. Fortunes alternated in low scoring and the teams were never more than a point or two apart. Murray required four on the last head and lay three on the last head, but just failed to jequalise with his ,last bowl. Hamlin’s team evidently relished being on its home green and comfortably ° defeated Spurdie in the afternoon. A. K. Smart and W. A. Dee again played good bowls and won both games. The position in this section is verv open and Smart, Murray, Dee, Hutchinson and Hamlin all stand reasonable chances of reaching the post-section games. Thete were two mild surprises in the morning at Fitzroy in section E, ' when Corby and Tilley gave Somerton and Dickinson their first defeats. Corby played fine bowls and in both his ecored repeatedly by drawing for° difficult shots. His game in the afternoon with Tilley was full of incident and the teams were level 13 all on the 17th head. .Corby scored nine in the next four heads and the leeway was too great for Tilley to make up, the game ending 24—18. Dickinson- suffered another defeat jn the afternoon when Freeman beat him 30—14. Corby and Somerton require to win one game today, while Dickinson and Tilley will have to win both games to reach the post-qection rounds. The details are:—

SECTION A. • VOGELTOWN GREEN. . Fifth Round. Quin 15 v. Wilson 32. London 24 v. Oliver 26. Reid .24 v. Tito 14. Cottier 19 -V. Crawford 27. Sutherland 25 v. Hooker 14 "Watkins 4 v. Hill ,43. Sixth Round. Cottier 28 v. London 18. Watkins 24 v. Hooker 25. Sutherland 24 y. Hill 26. Wilson 33 v. Reid 17. Quin 33. v, Tito 22. ■ Oliver 6 v. Crawford 26. SUMMARY.

Watkins ..... 1 5 NEW PLYMOUTH GREEN. . Seventh Round. ■ Watkins v. Reid.. ■ Hill v. Wilson. Hooker v. P.ohi Tito. Sutherland v. Crawford. Quin v. London. ' Cottier v. Oliver. Eighth Round. Wilson- v. Hooker. Sutherland v. Reid. Hill v. Oliver. Quin. v. Pohi Tito. Watkins v. Cottier. London v. Crawford. SECTION B. NEW PLYMOUTH GREEN. Fifth Round. Petty 28 v. Skoglund 23. McCarthy 26 v. Blythe 21. McNeill 18 v. Cooper 21. Corkill 25 v. Tiplady 20. Ambury 14 v. Bolton 31. Sixth Round. Ambury 28 v. McCarthy 25. McNeill 27 v. Tiplady 21. Petty 29 v. Corkill 27. Skoglund 21 v. Bolton 20. Blythe 22 v. Cooper 16.

FITZROY GREEN. Seventh Round. Tiplady v. Cooper. Blythe v. Skoglund. McCarthy v. Bolton. Pettv. v. Amburv. McNeill v. Corkill. Eighth Round. Corkill v. Skoglund. McCarthy v. Cooper. McNeill v. Ambury. Blythe v. Bolton. Petty v. Tiplady. SECTION C. WEST END GREEN. Fifth Round. Hicks 28 v. Mason 21. Handley 24 v. Mills 22. Lobb 2d v. Roch 19. Evans 22 v. Harris 19. Jury 23 v. Jackson 17. Griffin 30 v. Bigwood 18. Sixth Round. Lobb 33 v. Mills 15? Harris 21 v. Handley 20. Hicks 32 v. Roch 23. Griffin 22 v. Jury 14. Evans 24 v. Mason 15. Jackson 33 v. Bigwood 27.’

SUMMARY.' Wins. Losses.

WAITARA GREEN. ’ ’ Seventh Round. Bigwood v. Roch. Griffin v. Hicks. Jackson v. Lobb. ' Jury v. Evans, Mason v. Handley. Harris v. Mills. Eighth Round Hicks v. Jackson. Jury v. Roch. Griffin v. Mills. Mason v. Lobb. Big wood v. Harris. Handley v. Evans. , . SECTION D. WAITARA. GREEN. Fifth Round. • • Astbury 25 v. Bourke 13. Dee 25 v. Spurdie 19. Hutchinson 24 v. Boulton 16. Hamlin 25 v. Murray 24. A. K. Smart 26 v. Williams 12. Beal 29 v. Horton 12. - Sixth Round. Hutchinson 33 v. Bourke 18. Hamlin 37 v. Astbury 13. Williams 33 v. Horton 14. Murray 27 v. Spurdie 21. Dee 32 v. Boulton 20. A. K. Smart 25 v. Beal 23.

WEST END GREEN. Seventh Round. Beal v. Hutchinson. Horton v. Richards. Smart v. Boulton. Williams v. Hamlin. Astbury v. Spurdie. Murray v. Dee. Eighth Round. Richards v. Smart. Williams v. Hutchinson, Horton v. Dee. Astbury v. Boulton. Beal v. Murray. Spurdie v. Hamlin. SECTION E. FITZROY GREEN. Fifth Round. Freeman 23 v. Honeyfield 16. Foy 21 v. Harrison . 20. Corby 23 v. Somerton 18. Tilley 23 v. Dickinson 16. Turnbull 38 v. Thomson 22. Sixth Round. Freeman 30 v. Dickinson 14. Somerton 24 v. Harrison 18. Turnbull 28 v. Foy 20. Thomson 13 v. Honevfield 29. Tilley 18 v. Corby 24. SUMMARY.

• VOGELTOWN GREEN. Seventh Round. Harrison y. Corby. . Tilley v. Thomson. ■ Dickinson- v. Honeyfield. ’ Turnbull v. Freeman. 1 Somerton v. Foy. Eighth Round. Foy v. Thomson. Dickinson v. Corby. Somerton v. Freeman. Tilley v. Honeyfield. Turnbull v. Harrison. GATHERING OF BOWLERS SMOKE CONCERT IN EVENING. VISITORS’ THANKS TO CENTRE. About 70 bowlers attended the tournament smoke concert of the Taranaki Bowling Centre last night. Mr. T. Petty (president) was in the chair. They were very pleased that they had more visitors than in previous years, said Mr, Petty in welcoming the guests. Thev were glad to see there the pew teams of Mr. Crawford and Mr. Reeves from Wellington, Mr. Dee, Nelson, Mr. Hutchinson, Wanganui, and Mr. Blythe. He welcomed, too, the old visitors who had. been to the tournament before. In proposing the toast of “The Visitors” Mr. F. Quin said he believed the tournament had never yet been won by an outside team. He could assure them there was not one of the Taranaki bewlers but would be pleased to see

a visiting rink walk off with the shield for 1931. Replying for the visitors Mr. W. A. Dee (Nelson) said he had promised himself for many years to bring a strong team to Taranaki. He thanked the • president and the members of the centre for their hospitality. It had been very fine' to come to Taranaki and see so many of his old friends. There was something in bowls more than the <rame itself —the good fellowship, the shake of the hand and the esteem •of others. He thanked the centre on behalf of the team and the bowlers in Nelson for their kindness and congratulated them on the way they conducted their tournament. Bowlers in other centres recognised that the Taranaki Centre’s tournaments were the best they could attend, said Mr. W. Corby (Wanganui) in proposing the toast of the Taranaki Centre. His rink came to Taranaki year after year and enjoyed itself immensely. From the time they played the last bowl they were looking forward to the beginning of the next tournament. If it were possible he would like the rinks to be interchanged among the sections, because the meeting of new friends played a great part in the tournament. Otherwise the management of the tournament was excellent. With regard to Mr. Corby’s suggestion, Mr. Petty said the centre’s intention in not mingling the sections was to give them the best greens and avoid playincr on end rinks. During the evening items were given bv Mr. °L. Higginson, W, W. Thomson, C. Blake, W. G. Holder and W. L. Hay. Accompaniments were played by Messrs. W. L. Hay and C. Blake. Thanks to the entertainers were given by Mr, L. H. Sampson, . -

Crawford Wins. Losses. 5 1 Sutherland .... ...... 4 2 Wilson 4 2 Cottier 4 o Heid ... i 3 3 Hill ...... 3 3 Quill •. • 3 3 , London 3 3 ; ' ; • Oliver .. i..... ....... 3 3 Hooker 2 4 ■ Tito 1 5

SUMMARY. Wine. Losses Skoglund 1 Petty . 5 1 ■ Cooper . 3 3 . 3 3 Ambury . 3 3 McNeill 3 3 Corkill . 3 3 Tiplady *. . 2 4 McCarthy .. 2 4 Blythe . 2 4

Griffin ....... ....... 6 0 Evans .• 5 1 4 2 Jury ........... 4 2 Jackson ...... 4 2 Harris 3 3 Big wood ...... ...... 3 3 Hicks r ........ 3 3 Mason 4 2 4 Mills ......... ....... 2 4 Handley ...... 1 Roch ...... 0 6

SUMMARY. Wine. Losses. Smart . ........ . 5. 1 Murray ........... .. 5 1 Dee ... . 5 1 Hutchinson . 4 2 Hamlin .. 4 2 Williams • ■; ....... . 3 3 ■Boulton ............ . 2 ' 4 Spurdie .. . 2 4 Horton . 2 4 Beal . 2 4 Astbury . 1 Bourke . 0 6

Wins. Losses. Corby 1 Somerton 5 1 Dickinson 4 2 Tilley ... 4 2 Freeman 3 3 Harrison 2 4 Foy 2 4 Honoyfield 2 4 Turnbull 2 4 Thomson 1 5