Bowling
Francis Cup Tournament The annual bowling tournament for the Francis Cup opened on New Year’s Day on the Tauranga South Club’s green in ideal bowling weather, and with the greens in perfect order. The President, Mr F. E. Boyd, welcomed the visitors, and wished them a prosperous New Year. The results of the play are as follows ; SECTION A First Round Tauranga S. (Boyd, Parlane, Mackay, Bickers s.) 22, beat Te Puke (Mollgaard, Jamieson, Sweetman, Persey s.) 18. Opotiki (Tyson, Miller, Young, Corrigan s.) 22, beat Taneatua (Wilson, McPherson, Thom, Merrie s.) 14. Whakatane (Canning, Shaw, Currah, Sioane a.) 27, beat Tau ransra (Smith, Crowley, Rowe, Sharp s) 9. Opotiki Citizens (Frew, White, Watson, Stevens s) 20, beat Rotorua (Paterson, Hamilton, Butt, Bertram s) 11. Second Round Rotorua (Bertram) 23, beat Te Puke (Persey) 16. Taneatua (Merrie) 24, beat Tauranga South (Bickers) 17. Whakatane (Sloan) 21, beat Opotiki Citizens (Stevens) 14. Tauranga (Sharp) 32, beat Opotiki (Corigan) 21. Third Round Whakatane 23, beat Te Puke 15. Rotorua 22, beat Taneatua 15. Opotiki 19, beat Opotiki Citi zens 16. Tauranga 20, beat Tauranga South 19. Fourth Round Rotorua 23, beat Tauranga 15. Whakatane 22, beat Taneatua 16. Tauranga South 20, beat Opotiki Citizens 18. Te Puke 28, beat Opotiki 6. Fifth Round Rotorua 18, beat Tauranga 14‘ Whakatane 17, beat Opotiki 15Te Puke 21, beat Taneatua 19Opotiki Citizens 24, beat Tauranga 22. SECTION B. First Round Tauranga S. (Walker, Clemson, Newsham, White s) 22 beat Roto*, rua (Polglase, Hall, McDowell Lindsay e) 17. Taneatua (Pitkethley. Bayliss, J. Riddell, Paterson s) 23, beat Opotiki (Tutohen, Beale, Robbins, Mearns s) 16. Tauranga (Ivory* Allely. Gif* ford, Cronin s) 18, beat Wbakatane (McFarlane, Monour, Woollams, Lewis 8) 17. Te Puke (Cummings, Sherman, Chester, Palmer s) 20, beat Opotiki Citizens (Halkett, Brownie, Binns, Jones s)l4. Second Round Tauranga (Cronin) 21 beat Opotiki Citizens (Jones) 14. Opotiki (Mearns) 25 beat Rotorua (Lindsay) 1. Te Puke (Palmer) 23 beat Tauranga South (White) 8. Taneatua (Paterson) 23 beat Wbakatane (Lewis) 22. Third Round Te Puke 26 beat Opotiki 13. Tauranga Sou th 24 beat Tauranga 9. Rotorua 23 beat Whakatane 16. Opotiki Citizens 26 beat Taneatua 20. Fourth Round Tauranga South 21 beat Taneatua 20. Te Puke 20 beat Whakatane 5. Opotiki Citizens 18 beat Rotorua 16. Tauranga 25 beat Opotiki 17. Fifth Round Tauranga South 16 beat Opotiki 14. Whakatane 27 beat Opotiki Citizens 20. Tauranga 21 beat Taneatua 16. Te Puke 29 beat Rotorua 12. Rain delayed play in the sixth round and several games were Unfinished. There was no alteration in the positions, Whakatane 1 with six wins in Seotion A and Te Puke with six wins in Seotion B being left to play off,
After a very close game the WhakatanA rink won on the last
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Te Puke Times, 6 January 1931, Page 3
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