BOWLING

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20670, 8 March 1937, Page 7

BOWLING

TIMARU WIN PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP TEMUKA AND TIMARU LEFT IN RINKS The South Canterbury Bowling Centre’s champion of champions competitions were advanced a further stage on Saturday, when the pairs were decided, and the finalists in the rinks found. The singles champion was found the previous week in Dr. McInnes, of Temuka. When play commenced on Saturday in the pairs, Timaru (two lives), West End and Ashbury were left in. Ashbury were eliminated by Timaru by one point, and Timaru then met West End in the final, which they won by 19 to 17. The Timaru pair, J. Tresidder and N. Thomson, played very consistently. They had their anxious moments towards the close of the final, but had they lost this game they still had a life, and would have had to meet West End again. Those left In the rinks when play commenced on Saturday morning were Temuka (two lives), Timaru, Fairlie and Kia Toa. Timaru beat Fairlie, while Kia Toa defeated Temuka. Timaru drew the bye, and Kia Toa and Temuka again met, but this time the position was reversed, leaving Temuka and Timaru to meet in the final on a date to be arranged. Results:— RINKS Timaru—Mathewson, Miller, Kebby, Manning (s) 19; Fairlie—Barwood, Stamp, C. Boulter, H. Carlton (s) 14. Kia Toa—Kelly, Greenfield, Wallwork, Vaughan (s) 22; Temuka —Davis, Gourley, McCallum, Edwards (s) 8. Semi-Final Temuka 17; Kia Toa 11. PAIRS Semi-Final Timaru —Tressider and Thomson (s) 22; Ashbury—Spring and Stevenson C) 21.

Final Timaru —Tressider and Thomson (s> 19; West End—Ellis and C. J. Dewar is; 17. Rinks Matches In the game between Timaru and Fairlie, the former commenced well, scoring four on the initial head and a single on the next. Fairlie soon settled down, however, and scored three on the next two heads. Timaru took the next, but fell away over the succeeding three heads, Fairlie going into a 7-6 lead-. The lead alternated to the twelfth head, but on the thirteenth Timaru scored four, on the fourteenth two and on the next one, placing them six up. Fairlie then scored one, but another four to Timaru on the seventeenth placed them in a handy position, for time was almost up. Fairlie notched a four on the last head and finished five down. In the first game between Temuka and Kia Toa, the country team seemed unable to do anything right, their best efforts being a tw_ on the ninth and a two on the 14th. Kia Toa. on the other hand,- had a good run. They were six up at the eighth head, and a si.: on the eleventh placed them 11 ahead. They scored one and five on the next two heads, and with a lead of 16 had the game well in hand. They finished 14 points to the good. When the teams met a second time, however. Temuka showed a reversal of form. Kia Toa jumped into the lead, being two up at the seventh head. Temuka took the next two. but Kia Toa scored three on the ninth, and they failed to improve their score over the next four heads, by which time Temuka had wiped off the deficiency, and had established a lead of four. Kia Toa scored a single on the fifteenth and sixteenth, but it was their last score, the match ending at the nineteenth with Temuka six points ahead. Pairs Matches The first match of the pairs was very keenly contested. Ashbury commenced well, scoring five on the first three heads. A three to Timaru on the next reduced the gap, however, and at the seventh they were four down. They scored three and four on the eighth and ninth heads, however, putting them three up. Tresidder was leading splendidly and giving his skip a good foundation to build on. At the fourteenth the scores were Timaru 20 Ashbury 11. It was then that Ashbury

commenced to make up the leeway, and scoring a one, a three and a six in succession, actually took the lead at the seventeenth. One head only remained to be played, and this Timaru won, giving them the right to meet West End in the final, and they still had two lives. In the early stages of the final it looked as though West End would hardly make a fight of it, for Timaru were seven on the board before West End scored. At the seventh the scores were Timaru 13, West End 1. This was a big deficiency, and over the next seven heads West End failed to reduce the gap, the scores then reading Timaru 18, West End 6. Ellis and Dewar showed better form over the next three heads, and were then nine down with six heads to go. Timaru took the seventeenth, putting them 10 in front, but West End took the next three, and were four down when the last head commenced. Ellis led well in this, and West End were lying two when the skips went up. Dewar drew r. third shot, but Thomson sent down his second narrow, and he got a wick, the bowl rolling in for a measure for third. Dewar's last missed its objective. and Thomson did not bother to send up his last, giving West End the two, which left Timaru two in front. FOUR RINK CHAMPIONSHIP West End v. Temuka, at Temuka:— West End—Sampson (si, Gibson. Chilcott, Harding 20 v. Temuka—Smith (s), McMillan, McGillen, Beck 13. West End—Currie (s), J. Gunn. G. M Arthur, Little 16 v. Temuka—McInnes (s), Pierce, Johanson, Joynt 17. West End—Faulkner (s), Maclaren. Fairhall. V. Sampson 22 v. Temuka— Scrimshaw (s), McCallum, Sullivan. Keys 18. West End—C. Dewar (s>, C. Ellis. Blackham, Brownie 21 v. Temuka—T. Edwards <s). Davis, Hope, Shand 18. Total—West End 79. Temuka 66. BRISTOL ctP Following are results of the Bristol Cup game played at Park green on Saturday:— Timaru —Hunt (s) 16; Park—Millar (s) 18.

Timaru—Kebby (s) 30; Park—Millar <s) 17. Timaru—Manning <s) 18; Par!:— Howe (s) 22. Timaru—Anderson (s) 23; Park— Hawkey (s) 18. Timaru—Washer (s> 23; Park —Cullen is) 21. Timaru—Ussher (s) 19; ParkCowles (s) 24. Timaru—Johnson (s) 16; Park—D. Dewar (s) 19. Timaru—Moyes (s) 24; Park—Kirk (S> 22. Totals: Timaru 169: Park 161. PENNANTS West End B v. Kia Toa, at West End:— West End—A. Berry (s), R. Bach, Booth, Dalgleish 15 v. Kia Toa—Taylor (s), Torrence, Robinson, Chamberlain 16. West End—Ewing (s>. Emmerson, Grayburn, Smith 14 v. Kia Toa —Warrington (s). Hall, Milne. Clough 15. West End—Souter (s), Edginton, Wakefield, Lynn 20 v. Kia Toa —Hunt (s), Lynskey, McKay, Hepburn 18. West End—Davison <s), Vucetich, Agnew, Anstey 17 v, Kia Toa —Wilson (s), Donaldson. Dickson, Evans 23. Total—West End 66, Kia Toa 72.