CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS

Taranaki Daily News, 10 March 1932, Page 5

CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS

TARANAKI BOWLING FINAL A. DICKINSON (AVON) THE WINNER. UNDEEEATED IN ALT, MATCHES. In cold and windy weather but on a splendid green A. Dickinson (Avon) became champion of champions in the Taranaki singles bowling finals at Opunake yesterday. Dickinson had an undefeated career throughout the day, and scored a decisive victory over F. Julian (Pihama) in the final after the other two contestants F. K. Stone (Hawera) and W. P. Okey (Fitzroy) • had been eliminated. The southerly gale that raged yesterday made conditions very unpleasant, and the. wind was inclined to play all sorts of tricks with the bowls, but the green was in perfect condition, and reflected great credit on its keeper, Mr. J. Wilson. Messrs. F. Quin (president of the Taranaki Bowling Centre), E. Dingle and E. T. Petty (members of the provincial executive) acted as umpires, and at the conclusion of the afternoon Mr. Quin presented a trophy to the winner and congratulated him on his excellent display under the conditions. He also complimented the Opunake Club on the excellence of its green. Cheers were given for the Opunake,- club and the ladies, who provided afternoon tea, The four finalists were: W. P. Okey (Fitzroy), northern division; F.- Julian (Pihama), western division;. A. Dickinson (Avon),, central division); F. K. Stone (Hawera), southern division. The games resulted as follows: ' . /.• FIRST ROUND. Dickinson 21 beat Stone 14. Julia,n 21 beat Okey 18. SECOND ROUND. Dickinson 21 beat Julian 15. Stone 21 beat Okey 15. THIRD ROUND. Dickinson 21 beat Stone 9. Julian a bye. FINAL. Dickinson (two lives) 21 beat Julian (one life) 12. DETAILS OF THE PLAY. First Round. Dickinson v. Stone: Dickinson opened the scoring in his match against Stone with a one on the first head, and the score card read, as follows, Dickinson’s figures being -given first and his .opponent’s in parentheses: .First head, 1 (—); second, 't (2); third, 4 (—); fourth, 6 (—); fifth, — (3) ; . sixth, — (4); seventh, — (6); eighth, 8 ( —); ninth, 11 (-—); tenth, 12 ( —); eleventh, 13. ( —); twelfth, 14 ( —); thirteenth, 15 ( —); fourteenth, — (8); fifteenth, — (9); sixteenth, —• (10); seventeenth, 16 ( —); eighteenth, —? (11}; nineteenth, 20 ( —); twentieth, — (12); twenty-first, — (14); twenty-second, 21 (14). At the seventh head the' score was 6 all, but Dickinson then won six heads in succession, which gave him the formidable lead of 15—6 at the fourteenth head, The handicap was' too great for Stone to overtake.

■ Okey v. Julian: This match went to 24 heads, the score card, reading as follows (Okey being mentioned first and Julian in parentheses): 1 ( —), — (2), 2 (-), - (4), 4 (-), 6 (-), 7 (-), - (8), 8 (-), 9 (-), -9), — (-11), 11 (r-), IB (—), - (13), — (17), 13 (-), 14 — (IS)- -- (19), 16 (-),— (20), 18 (—), — (21). It was even pegging all the way to the 13th head, first one and then the other being in the lead, and at the end of the fourteenth head Okey was in the lead 12 —11, but Julian forged ahead after that, chiefly by being four up on the 16th head, and won 21—18. Second Bound.

Julian, v. Dickinson: The card of the Julian—Dickinson, match read as follows, Julian’s figures being given first and Dickinson’s in parentheses. The match went to 24 heads: 2 (—), 3 ( —), 4 (-), 7 (-), 9 (-),- - (1), - (2), 10 (—), — (3), 11 (—), — 14), — (5), - (9), - (10), - (12), - (13), - (15), — (17), 12 (r-), - (19), 14 (—), - (20), 15 (-), - (21).

This match was remarkable for the successive runs of luck on each side. Julian scored on each of the first five heads, and led 9—l. Even pegging followed for a time but at , the tenth head Julian was still leading 11—3. Dickinson then ran away, scoring off the next eight heads and leading >l7—ll after the 18th head had been played. Julian then recovered, but it was too late. Okey v. Stone: This match went to 25 heads, and for its oscillations was very similar to the one between Dickinson and Julian. The score card was as follows, Okey’s figures being given first: - (1), - (2), 1 (-), - (3), - (4), - (5), — (7), 2 (—), — (10), 5 (-), 6 (—), 8 (—), 9 (—), 11 (-), — (11), - (13), — (15), 12 (-), - (16), — (17); 13 (-), — (18), 14 (-), 15 (-), - (21). Stone did nearly all the early scoring and at the seventh head he led 7—l, Okey’s only point being on the third head. At the end of the ninth head Stone led 10—2, but he failed to score for five heads in succession, and the total was 11 all at the end of the 15th head. Stone then -went ahead to win 21—15. Third Hound. Dickinson’s quick scoring was the feature of his match with Stone in the third round, which was all over in 15 heads. The score card read (Stone’s figures first): —> (2), —: : (4), — (8), t (11), 3 (-), — (15), 5 (-), 7 (-), 8 (-), 9 (-), - (16), - (17), - (19), — (20), - (21). Dickinson’s score leapt up right from the start and at the finish of the sixth head he had the substantial lead of 15—3. He then failed to score for four heads in succession, and his lead was reduced to 15—9 at the tenth head. Those were Stone’s last points, however, for Dickinson went straight through to win the next five heads and the match 21—9. The Final. Julian (one life) v. Dickinson (two lives): Dickinson led all the way and had little difficulty in accounting for his opponent 21—12. The game went to 20 heads, the scoring being as follows (Julian’s figures mentioned first): - (2), - (3), 1 (-), 4 (-), - (5), - (8), 6 (-), 7 (-), - (12), 9 (-), - (.14), - (16), - (.17), 10 (-), 11 (-), (is), 12 (—), — (19), - (20), - (21).