BOWLING.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 63, 16 March 1931, Page 3

BOWLING.

SEMI-FINAL PLAYED IN rinks championship

„ In the Christchurch Bowling tenues champion of champions rinks competition was continued on the Canteibury green on Saturday afternoon, when the games in the third round and the semi-final took place. The green was in perfect order, but a strong, gusty wind which blew across the green made go°o Play very difficult. Before play was commenced the umPi ire ' Afford) made reference to the death of Mr E. W. Wade, secretary of the centre, and a motion of condolence with the widow and family was passed. The flag was flown atTialfmast as a mark of respect to the memory of Mr Wade. Following are the results: Semi-final. Linwood 27, Kaiapoi W.M.C. 22. Sunnyside 24, Shirley 20. The final between Linwood and WiU be P la yed on the Christchurch green on Saturday next, commencing at 2.30 p.m. Notes on the Games. • Woi ; kin S Men’s Club opened stiongly m their game against Linwood but they failed to keep up th?s With the score board shownig seven to one against them, Linwood four in seventh head, “ lT : up with a five In the ninth and a four m the tenth head. The next 'n a e s „' vei ' e won Kaiapoi, but I. • followed with another run of f°°res, including a five in the fifteenth seve,, teeri heads the board showed: Linwood 23, K.W.M.C. 13. The game then underwent a dramatic change Kaiapoi scoring a couple of fours in succession. Linwood. however, notched ?*- -O ur in the twentieth bead, leaving then opponents with the task of securing six in the last head in order to tie. This handicap proved too *reat for the Kaiapoi players, who scored a single only, * ml finis hed five down. Shirley, after starting well in their game against Sunnyside, faded out for a number ol heads. Al ter the thirteenth b^ cl . the . scores were: Sunnyside IS, Shirley 6 There was a remarkable change of fortunes in the next two heads. Shirley scoring a five and then a six, bringing their total within one of their opponents’ score. Sunnyside, however, had the better of the remaining stages of the game. in the last head Shirley were in the position of requiring six to tie. They scored two only, and were beaten by a margin of four points.