BOWLING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19849, 19 January 1920, Page 6

BOWLING.

DOMINION TOURNAMENT,

(Continued from previous page.)

NOTES ON TH£ SINGLES.

A lop-sided game was played between E. Harrawny (Dunedin) and IV. Bremnrr (Invercargill) in the first round of to-day’s singles. Up to the ninth head the chances were more or iess even, but in the next, fire heads llnrraway did all the scoring. Bremner had scored one on the next head, but Harrr.v.iy then took up the hoard until ti.e nineteenth ncad. When this head was finished the score stood 20-10 in Harraway s lavour, and the game ended. There was a. dose finish in the singles game between S. Sinclair (Lvttoiton) and G. Amlman (St, Clair) tins morning. On the ninth head Am> man had a lead of six, but Sinclair got. the best of the next three heads, swing a three and two twos. On the oigntecnlh and twentieth heads the scores were ccpial. From the last head Sinclair emerged with a lead of one. Halt way through J. Roach’s singles game with R. W. Kirk (Takaka) the contestants wore fairly equal, but from then on the Shannon the' lead, and scored consistently, finishing with a margin of 6. hj. Mylie (Kaiapoi) had the best of his game with J. Cow (St Albans) most of the way through. His snnerior drawing gave him a lead ot four on the last head.

M. H. Mncdongall (CiirHclnirch) had a inirly close game uith .1. iVoolUr (Remnora). lie won the first Ihrcc hojun. l/tu Vvoollcr was t\vo alioad on fho eleventh head. They had 16 each on the sixteenth head. and Mncdongall wnsfwo up in the next, hut they drew level on the nineteenth, and u oullcr gained the next two. “Sudden death” met J. Wight fSt John s)Jn his game agamst IV. M. Horton (Fdge\vare)._ Up to the fourth head such a terminable; seemed unlikely. for Might was four up. hut in the succeeding heads he scored only one, whereas .Morion jinn nod by ones. Iwos, and threes to 21 on the seventeenth head, whore, the game was abandoned M. Foxier (Green Eland') trot well ahead of J. G. Grange (Canterbury) soon after the game commenced, and Grange’s prospects wore never bright. M. Carswell (Tnionl led (he scoring in his game with R. IT. Stephens (Kelburn). Stephen* lay one on the first head, but thereafter kept well behind. Ihe scores were fairly ermt up to the eleventh head of I.'‘Woolfs game against E. ('• Tountain (Wellington), but then Moolf went ahead, whereas Fountain scored only one more, losing by eleven by the eighteenth head,, when the game concluded. As half-way was turned in the game between E. Travers (Waimnte) and A. G. Pookes (Carlton), each had a score of nine, hut Fookes took the lend from then mi, ami finished live ahead. M. C. Allnutt (Christchurch) played a good game against E. H. Henderson (Lyttelton), and only allowed Henderson two twos and five ones, whereas he compiled, a score of twenty, which included a, four, a. three, aiul three twos.

A fairly substantial victory was ga'ncd by W- Eniller (Sydenham) from R. Haworth (Canterbury). Haworth’s scoring hung lire for a. long time in the middle of the game, while .Spiller was rising quickly. After the thirteenth head Haworth made a slow recovery, hut was four down at the end of the game,

A DOUBLES GAME. W. Carswell (Wellington), with E. C. I'oiiutniu ns his lend. went, down badly to V\. SpiHer (Sydenham) in today s tirsf doubles semi-lmal. tspiller wn.s hack to form, and Turnbull proved a. very consistent lead. Carswell gained the advantage in only sever, heads. On the ninth head Carswell was one ahead, his score of 13 having been compiled of a- two, ruree, ...id two fours. Thirteen proved his unlucky number, however, for it was his last score until the eighteenth headHe gained the nest three heads, with one on each, but the game finished 24-16 in favour of -SpiDer. A great deal of interest centred on flic contest, which occupied over three hours.

RINKS CCrwKimON. First Round. _ AVanganui—'Rrookficlci, Anderson. H, F. Tilley. A. P. London '.skip), 20; Christchurch -_y. Lewis, W. S. Atkinson, AA'. Allnut. J. AVcolf chip), M. Mato i—A. Dee, CL I/ogan, T. CL Griffin, AA. Dee (skin), 20: Carlton—J. Lov.-v, A. R. Col!man, J, Kih-’our, A. G. Footes (skip., 15. Stratford—J. S. Lyons, T. Skoglnnd, JFJlillan, S. Sharp (skip*, 22; K"lhnrn—W. A. Andrews, J. A, Doherty, p. Mi' Call T, Gray (skipl, 20. Harraway a, bye. THE DOUBLES. Scmi-nnals. SyrLnham—.l. Turnbull. AV. Spiller iskipl, 21; AVol'ington —E. C. Fountain, AV. Carswell (skiy.t. 10. . SINGLES. First Round. Lyttelton—S. Sinclair IS; St. Clair—G. AmMna.n; Canterbury- .1, G. Granse. Ka.iapoi —IL AVvlm ;r-; S<. Albans—J Go--IC. ‘ . .. Shannon -J. Reach IS; Takaka—R. AV. Fir'.: 1.?. Dunedin-E. Harraway 20, Invercargill— AA'. Rreinncr 10. .Second Round. Rcmuera— J. AVooller 20; Christchurch—AV. il. Mardougall 16. St Kilda—AV. Foster 33; Cantcrhurv--J. G. tinnige 10. Edg.’ware—AV. IL Horton 24, St John's— J. F.. Wright 0. Third Round. Christchurch—AA' C. Allnutt 20; Lyttelton —K, H. Henderson 0. Sydenham - AA'. Suilier 22; Canterbury—R Haworth 18. Christchurch—l, AA'coli 21; Wellington—E. C. Fountain 10. Carlton—A. C. iookos 20; AA'aitnalc—E. Tinvcr-i J,’., Poasonby—F. H. Kummcr ll; Kolhnru—j A. Doherty 15. Taicri—AV. Carswell 17, Keiutirn.-R. 11. Stephens 3. KL] Ml FATED PLAYERS, rive.nir.er, Amtnian, Grange. Dohert Travers, Fountain, Cow, AVisht and Stephens are cut.

GREEN COMPETITION.

A green competition in conunr-lion with the Dominion Howling Tournament was instituted by the Christ church Centre, to stimulate Brcciikeepers to have their greens in the best possible order lor the tournament A number of prominent visiting bowlers wove appointed judges, and a representative of the "Star” was inlormetl to-dny that the. competition has been won by the Cinwood green, wit a the Christchurch green second. Th ■ Linwood greenkoeper is Mr J. Coffer, on ex-railway servant- He was greenkeeper -it. (he Kniapoi green for two or three years, and made a name tor himself there. He was appointed keeper of the Linwood green in April last year, and has wholeheartedly devoted himself to the care of the green, which rands high in the esteem of players. The Linwood green superintendent C Air Xeuery Burson, and he al-o (i-i> June a lot of work in connection wiih ihi> green. Mr Fillis is tic- Christ ihnr;di greenkeeper, am! Mr A. V Pidgin C- ; •''im'vvtenden 1 .-