BOWLING AT AVON

Taranaki Daily News, 27 February 1931, Page 8

BOWLING AT AVON

STRATFORD WINS MATCH. WESTERN. WINS THE SINGLES. The full eight finks were occupied at the Avon bowling green yesterday, when fi e friendly rinks from Stratftu.'d played on the green, while the Avon singles championship and a match for the Avon stars were e/;o held. The remaining rink was taken by a scratch game. Following are the details of the friendly g’me, which Stratford won by 35 points:— A. S.

In the Avon singles championship F. Weston beat Dickinson by 21 to 20 in one of the finest singles games of the season. At fho 20th head they were 20 all, but in ’the last head Weston drew Dickinson off the jack and lay 1. By 27 to 12, the Avon rink, Collingwood, J. Masters, North and Ansley, captured the Avon stars from a Stratford rink consisting of N. Harris, S. Ewing, Liddell and W. Harris. ELTHAM THEATRE PROGRAMME. “GENERAL CRACK.” America’s most distinguished star, John Barrymore, who has delighted two continents on the stage, appears on the screen as the star of “General Crack,” showing at Eltham to-night. In the title role of “General Crack,” adapted by Walter Anthony from the George Freddy novel, Barrymore enacts the son of a gypsy princess and a nobleman, who becomes the greatest military leader of his time. The role of General Crack, the mad Prince Christian, is a constant conflict between inherited traits. The story is laid in middle Europe during the early part of the eighteenth century. In addition to making his initial bow as General Crack, Mr. Barrymore also plays the father of his character in the prologue, and enacts his father’s ghost in later scenes. The exceptional cast apeparing .in his support includes Lowell Sherman, Marian Nixon, Jacqueline Logan and Otto Mathieson. “General Crack” is a vivid story of romance and adventure in the eighteenth century in Europe, and sonje of the technicolour scenes are gorgeous.

Mantle, Rogers, M. Innes, R. H. White ; 20 — Douglas, Knight, C. Thompson, Williams — .27 Burke, Power, Wilson, HardyJones 16 — Bake, McElroy, Galbraith, Smart — 45 Robins, A. Walker, Fletcher, J. Walker 32 — Martin, Parry, Clark, Hillock . — 16 Clemow, Hill, J. Weston, Lonsdale 20 — Summerfield, Porritt, Butler, . Freeman — 28 Cook, Rudkin,' Thompson, C. Jackson 17 — Von Sturmer, Lawson, Fastier, Lyons k — 24 Totals 105 140