BOWLING.

Wairarapa Age, 7 April 1931, Page 7

BOWLING.

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MABTINBOBOUGH TOURNAMENT. Although, the weather on Good Friday was bad nearly everywhere in the Wairarapa, it was fairly good in Martinborough, _ which is not affected very much when the wind is from the 'north. There was a very light drizzle, but not sufficient to interfere with play and the green was in really good order. The tournament was won by a Carterton rink composed of comparatively young players, skipped by Simmonds, which won 5 games out of 6, and the players are to be congratulated on their fine performance. The following are the scores:—

First Round: H. Ellis, R. Ellis, Riggs, Simmonds (s), Carterton, beat Smith, Boyd, McLeod, Wright (s) M'artinborough, 10/7; Davie, Major, Hughes, Hunt (s) Masterton, beat Simpson, Crawford, Bloxam, Rolls (s) Featherston, 11/8; Wilkinson, A. Hendry, W. Hendry, Nielsen (s) Masterton, beat O’Neale, Anderson, Sinclair, Franks (s), 9/3; Higgison, Best, Roche, Carter (s) Greytown, beat Mui vey, McKay, Reid, Todd (s) Masterton, 14/4; Shearer, O’Connor, Gibson, Rowlands, (s) Park, drew with Higgison, Bladen, Adamson, Deas (s) Featherston, 9/9; McKenzie, Nightingale, Day, McLeod (s) Greytown, beat McCullough, Jones, Dyer, Chapman (s) Mstn. 13/7; Stumbles, Lovegrove, Madsen, Robson (s) Martinborough, beat King, Page, Workman, de Lacey (s), Carterton, I'2/6; Clark, Cundy, Turnbull, Smith (s) Featherston, beat Brennan, Hayne, Browuette, Kilgour (s) Park, 13/6. Second round: Simmonds beat Franks,, 12/6; Nielsen beat Smith, 15/4; Rowlands beat Robson, 12/11; Rolls beat Todd, 15/3; de Lacey beat Chapman, 9/3; Hunt beat Deas, 10/3; McLeod beat Wright, 12/7; Kilgour beat Carter, 10/6. Third round: de Laeey beat Kilgour, 13/7; Franks beat Robson, 11/10; Wright beat Todd, 17/7; Simmonds beat Carter, I'l/7; Chapman beat Deas. 11/1; McLeod drew with Hunt, 8/8; Rolls beat Nielsen, 9/4; Smith beat Rowlands, 13/6. . Fourth Round.—Kilgour beat Deas, 9/8; Smith beat McLeod, 24/4; Rolls beat Rowlands, 13/7; Chapman beat Robson, 11/7; Todd beat Simmonds, 12/8; Hunt beat Wright, 8/7; Franks drew with de Lacey, 10/10; Nielsen beat Carter, 17/4.

Fifth Round: Deas beat Todd, 11/7; Chapman beat Rolls, 13/7; Nielsen beat Robson, 13/11; McLeod beat Kilgour, 13/2; Simmonds beat Smith, 8/7; Carter beat Wright, 11/9; de Laccy beat Hunt, 10/9; • Franks beat Rowlands. 12/5. Sixth Round. —Nielsen drew with Wright, 6/6; Simmonds beat Chapman, 17/4; Rolls beat Kilgour, 9/5; Carter drew -with Franks, 9/9; McLeod beat Deas, 14/8; do Lacey beat Rowlands, 12/7; Smith beat Hunt, 13/7; Todd beat Robson, 9/6. Nielsen’s rink was second with 4J wins.

At the conclusion of the play, Mr. Carter, vice-president of the Centre congratulated the winners, and also expressed the sincere apreciation of all of the players for the excellent morning and afternoon tea which wias provided by the ladies, for whom three hearty cheers were given. Mr. Carter also stated that the tournament had been a thorough success in every way, and he hoped that it would be made an annual fixture. PBAGNELL CUP. Mr. G. Hart, of the Carterton Bowling Club, on Wednesday last followed a challenge to Greytown for the Pragncll Cup, where he defeated the holder, Roche, by 22- points to 10, with two unfinished heads to play.