YOUNG SKIP MAKES GOOD FIGHT IN BOWLING FINAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18046, 5 January 1927, Page 10

YOUNG SKIP MAKES GOOD FIGHT IN BOWLING FINAL.

WINNING TEAM HAVE EXCEPTIONAL RECORD. (Special to the “Star.”) AUCKLAND, January 5. The feat of P. J. Scantlebury in reaching the final of the Auckland Centre’s bowling tournament is the topic in northern bowling circles, the performance of this young skip (Auckland) bringing him well into the limelight. On several occasions his outlook was very black, but he came to light in fine style and redeemed the situation. In his game with Kilgour (Carlton) he changed a very difficult head from five down to two up, when there were only a few heads to go. He was three up with one head to go at the end, when Kilgour, by brilliant shots, drew level, but lost in the play-off. His last head with Truscott, in the fifth round, was highly exciting. Wanting four to tie. Scantlebury scored them and beat Truscott (Carlton) by two on the extra head, thereby qualifying for the semifinals, in which he drew a bye, Truscott vanquishing Whittle (Grey Lynn) 2220. In the final. Truscott gave his usual dashing display, and Scantlebury was clearly up against it all the afternoon, and although he made several good recoveries, he was unable to cope with the combined efforts of Truscott and his companions, who won 23-14. The Carlton bowling team, comprising Clarkson, Coutts, Ball, and Truscott, put up a great record in winning the Auckland Centre’s Christmas tournament twice in succession and three times at intervals. A tribute to the winners was paid by Mr Scantlebury, skip of the runners-up, when he said that in future events the Carlton team should be handicapped to the extent of conceding the other competitors four lives instead of two, and that team’s No. 2, Coutts., should be made to play left-handed. Mr Scantlebury is a wellknown barrister and solicitor. He is an old Reeftonian.