BOWLING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 10416, 21 March 1912, Page 3

BOWLING.

MADDISOX TROFHY. The singles championship of the Christchurch Centre of the New Zca.ln.ml Bowling Association, the winner of which holds tho Maddison Trophy for the year, was contested at the Christchurch Club'n green this afternoon. Tho weftther was beautifully fine, and the green was in jyood order. Eleven cluhs were represented, and some keen steady play was witnessed in the opening round. Tho rounds wero played on the " sudden death" system, every beaten player dropping out. Gosset < fi-eeaton) hud a very easy victory over R. ILaworth (Linwoorl), the game ending at the eighteenth head, with the score 19 to fi in favour of the Leeaton representative. D. Camphcll (Ashburton) and 0-. Simpson (St Albums) played an in-and-out game. Simpson got away with a. lead of 10 nt, tha fifth head. Campbell then started hiß score, and in tho next, four heads brought the tally even. At the fourteenth bend the ucoro stood 19 to 11 in Campbell's favour, and ounpson added only three singles to his score, while Campbell made a three and two singles, the game ending in a win for Campbell by 24 to 18. TV veteran James Braekenridge (Surmyside). proved altogether too strong for the Sydenham representative, N T Venn;?, and won by 23 to !). The Fdrnw.™ champion (A._ Dickson) and the' Cliris™ nmrintere 4^ 10 " Se *« er > hnd » close and interesting contest, tieing oh the eighth fourteenth and eighteenth heads. Dickson ' n^. e . J ' Dirkson winning: bv is to 16 I mute■« nltP '"" d H ' < Ran *»°™l bad quite an exciting game. The United player eri ij 10 to 'J nt, tile ninth head, and did not score again till Efford had added ton £V7sV\, the *r nt - v - firat beiid burnt ' ?i twenty-second head was burnt, and on the next, head AVoolf put on 2 and won the game. • VV. Pool (Papanui) hod "andel 5 ' over 11. V»vn\nun«?xth LJI I ft i nd nl n,n nil at the sixth head and returned his lend to the finish, winning, by 2.1 to 11. In tho second round Campbell hud an easy win agamst Cosset. Cosset made a. sta,' ,th „.; in t|m firgt hlad. C TnV" thß U '° succeeding head*. Campbell then started to score and I 01 \-, twenty-three in the next fourteen heads, Cosset securing only 0110 single. The game ended at the eighteenth head a:i to 0 ill favour of Campbell. Henderson' (Opawa) played ftn even fiino against Woolf up to n rr , Wh( ' n tlle fin,rp ?too 'l lii"0 u'., M (!1 ' dor ''° 11 tllell P»t on twelve points while his opponent scored one, the game ending on the nineteenth head, 22 to 10, in favour of Henderson. Pool (Pftpanui)' a p aver practically unknown in Christchurch, played a, keen game against James Brackenridge. At tho tenth head tho score was ten all I'ool then took the lead, and Brackenndcd never caught him again, the eame ending Pool 21, Brackenridgo 1C at tho twentieth head. Dickson played 8 n even game against R. Borland (Canterbury) up to the twelfth bead, when tho scores were 10 all, but Borland's consistent drawing bioughf his score to 17 before Dickson gained another head. Dickson managed to bring his total no to 15 by the time the twen-ty-first head was reached, Borland winning by two points. ° Following are results: FIRST ROUND.

G. Gosset (Leeston) 39K. Haworth (Linwood) f>. .T, Campbell (Ashburton) 24: G. Sirocson (St Albans) ]K. fames Hrackenridgo (Sunrivside) 23; X. Younjc (Sydenham) !). A. Dickson (Ed'geware) 18; J. H. Sealer (Chrislchurch) lfi. " I. Woolf (United) 17; IT. EfTord (Kan<nora) 15. E. [I. Henderson (Opawa) a bye. YV. Pool (t'upunui) '23; ]{. Brown (Dunfiandel) 11. 11. liorland (Canterbury) a bye. Second Round. I'ool (Papanui) 21; Hrackenridue (Sunnyaide) 16. Henderson (Opa,wa) 2'2; Woolf (United) 10. Campbell (Ashburton) 23; (Jouaet (Leeston) 'j. Borland (Canterbury) 17; Dickson (Edgewaiv) 15. ■Semi-final. At the twelfth head the ."cores stood: Campbell I,">, Borland I'ool 13, Henderson The following players will represent the Kdgeware Club in a match against, United, 011 the United (frren, "" Saturday Markerj AYripht. E. Taylor and Chehvin (skip); Jowsey, [-aker. C. Colville and .1. Colvilie (skip); Bakfr, Hardy, B. Moore and Talbot (3kip); Beanland, Allard, Lerimer and ffeave (skip); Lucas, Cullen, Dickson i>nd J. Tn.ylor (skip;; Shearman, Mataon, Evep nnd 1 "West (skip); Pearce, Willis, Otlev nnd Davies (skip); M'C-leavo. Gillies, Wallace and Brass (skip).