DOMINION TEAMS BOWLING

Taranaki Daily News, 16 January 1933, Page 11

DOMINION TEAMS BOWLING

third and fourth rounds

TARANAKI TEAMS IMPROVING.

AUCKLANDERS WIN “TEST MATCH.”

By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Jan. 14.

The 400 New Zealand bowlers taking part in the Dominion tournament at Wellington have enjoyed a week of perfect summer weather and games have been played under ideal conditions. The third and fourth rounds of the teams championship were played to-day.

The thrill of the day was the great contest between the Australian team skipped by Cumming (Sydney) and an Auckland team skipped by Maxwell Walker, last year’s champions. The victory went to Walker. In the game between Jones (Woburn) and Noble Adams (Blenheim) at Kelburn yesterday Nicholas (lead for Adams) trailed the jack to 10 inches from the ditch. Jones asked Cook (his No. 2) to put the jack in the ditch. Cook missed the jack, by a fraction and sent a toucher over the edge, where it was still “alive.” Jones asked Cook -to . try again. This time Cook carried the jack in the ditch to be 1J inches from it. With a Blenheim toucher bowl two inches away it was impossible for either side to alter the position and the head was declared, the remaining eight bowls not being sent down.

Fielding’s team from Hataitai had a sultry time against Skoglund’s team from Stratford, Skoglund’s team commenced driving with deadly effect and took shot after shot from their opponents. Fielding endeavoured to reply but was not successful. He resumed drawing and picked up some arrears but not enough to win.

Mark’s team (Christchurch) played beautiful bowls and O’Donnell’s Wellington team never had a look in. Time after time Day and Bamsdale buried kitty. O’Donnell and Parkhouse did some driving but made no headway; their opponents were just Unplayable. The result was 31—15 in favour of Marks. J. Nash (Palmerston North) was in great form drawing and driving against Brighting (Hataitai). Brighting, trailing behind all the time, was beaten by six. Trayes (Mount Eden) scored on each of the first six heads against Markman (Thomdon). The latter soon got going after that and drew level at half-way. He scored six on the 18th head, five on the 23rd and won by 13. AUSTRALIA V. DOMINION. Maxwell Walker’s game against the Australians was a ding-dong battle all the way—something like a test match. Cumming (Sydney) was in great form, as was Marshall (Mosman). His No. 3 (Beisley, East Fremantle), was off-colour the previous day and played No. 2. The Auckland men were all playing well. On the last head Cumming wanted five to tie and had three shots in. Walker pushed another in for four. Cumming tried to draw the fifth to tie but unluckily trailed kitty to the back and lost by four.

Higginbotham>(Mt. Albert) wanted four to tie on the last head with Ives (Canterbury)- He had a chance by trailing the jack to the left side of the ditch with the last bowl but the jack unluckily went the other way to his detriment. Smart (New Plymouth), who had two losses on Friday, secured his first win against Lowrie’s team (which won the centre tournament). Lambert (Thorndon) had his first defeat by Benefield (Wanganui). Reid (Lyall Bay) was heavily beaten by J. Kerr (Onehunga). Turpin’s team from Christchurch, the youngest in the tournament (Elsom 35, Hearn 33, Taylor 30. and Turpin 30, the last two being the youngest bowlers in the tournament) had a great win over McComish (Maitai). Hutchison (Dunedin) struck a bad patch against Hughan (Carterton) in a game that was a struggle all the way for singles. Hughan won by fhrpe. Bremner had another unexpected defeat in the morning, going down 26—22 to Gordon (Wanganui). The struggle of the afternoon was the gaynA between Maxwell Walter (Auckland) and Hutchins (Wanganui). Walker gained three on the first and one on the fifth, and these were his only scores until the 15th head, when Hutchins led 20—4. It looked as if Auckland had packed up but they made a remarkable recovery. From the 15th to 18th heads (inclusive) Walter added 9 points. He added another four-on the 20th and two on the 24th, when he wanted four to tie and five to win. It was a terrific struggle but in the end Walker was one short of a tie.

Cumming (Sydney) and Bringans (Khandallah) scored 58 points in their game, 36 going to the Australian; his card included three fours and a five. The heaviest score for a teams game so far was that by Robertson (Onehunga) and Noble Adams (Blenheim), Robertson winning 44—22. He had a six, four fours and two threes'. Noble Adams scored two fives. Marks (Christchurch) went down to Tongue (Auckland) in the last round of the day, this being his only loss. Following are the results of the third and fourth rounds and a summary to date:— THIRD ROUND. Section A: Wilson 26 beat Conder 15, Bull 27 beat McWhannell 19, White 23 beat Harper 20, Smart (New Plymouth) 25 beat Lowrie 20, Benefield 23 beat Lambert 22. Section B: Kerr 28 beat Reid 16, McKenzie 23 beat Shepherd 21, McArthur 34 beat Thomson 22, Hughan 18 beat Hutchison 15, Bary 33 beat Hain 18. Section C: Marks 36 beat O’Donnell 15 Hinchcliffe 23 beat Lomas 17, Routley 28 beat Tongue 16, Noad 20 beat Beddell 19, Skoglund (Stratford) 26 beat Fielding 19. Section D: Lawry 24 beat Dee 21, Arrott 27 beat Gardner 22, Tucker 22 beat j

Gilbert 18, Ives 22 beat Higginbotham 16, Warwick 31 beat Bendall 23. Section E: Martin 25 beat Hutchins 22, Rendle 30 beat McComish 21, Walker 21 beat Cumming 17, Naylor 24 beat Bringans 17, Nancarrow 23 beat Tarpin 21.

Section F: Markman 29 beat Trayes 16, Nash 26 beat Brighting 20, .Porteous 30 beat Glen 26, Piper 21 beat Walker 20, Smith 25 beat Boulton (West End, New Plymouth) 23. Section G: Whiting 33 beat Harris 18, Edwards 24 beat Pollock 20, Jenkin 24 beat Holland 19, Cooper 24 beat Dimock 21, Wilson 29 beat Jones 25. Section H: Currie 31 beat Robertson 23, Lancaster 30 beat Watts 18, Doherty 24 beat Smith 21, Christianson 22 beat Reid 18, Bolton .28 beat Rolls 21. Section I: Woolley 27 beat Collett 17, Nalder 26 beat Squire (Hawera) 22, Gordon 26 beat Bremner 22, Priddel 24 beat Ryan 14, Efford 29 beat Mattar 21. Section J: Gilbert 29 beat Fqy ‘(Hawera) 25, Noble Adams 23 beat Barker 22, Mayo 19 beat Franks 17, Gray 24 beat Jones 23, Robertson 28 beat London IL FOURTH RdUND. Section A: McWhannell 27 beat Lambert 20, Smart 26 beat White 23, Benefield 26 beat Bull 10, Wilson 24 beat Harper 23. Section B: McKenzie 23 beat Bary 14, Thomson 25 beat Hughan 15, Shepherd 34 beat Hain 20, Reid 29 beat McArthur 25, Kerr 26 beat Hutchison 25. Section C: Fielding 29 beat Lomas 25, Bedell 27 beat Routley 20, Skoglund 28 beat Hinchcliff 17, Tongue 27 beat Marks 20, O’Donnell 24 beat Noad 17. Section D: Bendall 29 beat Arnott 9, Ives 27 beat Tucker 13, Warwick 23 beat Gardner 17, Gilbert 22 beat Lawry 20, Dee 30 beat Higginbotham 18. Section E: Hutchins 24 beat Walker 23, Nancarrow 24 beat Rendle 23, Naylor 25 beat Marton 21, Turpin 23 beat McComish 13, Cumming 36 beat Bringans 22. Section F: Boulton 26 beat Nash 25, Glen 22 beat Walker (Christchurch) 20, Smith 26 beat Brighting 15, Porteous 39 beat Markman 12, Trayes 26 beat Piper 19. Section G: Pollock 31 beat Jones 20, Hollard 27 beat Dimock 22, Wilson 25 beat Edwards 21, Harris 22 beat Jenkin 19, Whiting 21 beat Cooper 20. Section H: Lancaster 20 beat Rolls 16, Smith 25 beat Christiansen 20, Bolton 21 beat Watts 11, Doherty 27 beat Robertson (Petone) 24, Currie 24 beat Reid (Kaituna) 23. Section I: Efford 19. beat Nalder 18, Priddle 23 beat Gordon 15, Squire 22 beat Mattar 19, Bremner 30 beat Collett 17, Ryan 30 beat Woolley 19. Section J: Gilbert 25 beat Jones 15, Robertson (Onehunga) 44 beat Noble Adams 22, Gray 28 beat Franks 24, Mayo 26 beat Foy 20, London 26 beat Baker 25. Teams will continue on Monday. SUMMARY. At the end of the day those with four wins and three wins were:— Section A: Benefield (Wanganui) 4, i Wilson (Linwood) and McWhannell (Hataitai) 3. Section B: Kerr (Onehunga) 4, Bary (Palmerston North) and McKenzie (Opawa) 3. Section C: Fielding (Hataitai), Marks (Christchurch) and O’Donnell (Wellington) 3. I Section D: Arnott (Palmerston North), I Dee (Nelson) and Ives (Christchurch) 3. j Section E: Cumming (Australia), Naylor (Lyall Bay), Rendle- (Eastbourne) and Walker (Auckland) 3. Section F: Smith (Kelbum) 4, Trayes (Mt. Eden) and Nash (Palmerston North) *» Section G: Cooper (Karori), Hollard (Putaruru), Jenkin (Carlton), Pollock (Newtown) and Wilson (Linwood) 3. Section H: Lancaster (Carlton) 4, Bolton (Victoria) and Doherty (Kelbum) 3. Section I: Efford (Christchurch) 4, Priddle (Newtown) 3. I Section J: Gray (Kelbum) and Gilbert I (Karori) 3, Mayo 3. I