BOWLING

Waikato Independent, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3418, 11 February 1936, Page 5

BOWLING

SATURDAY’S GAMES THE CAMBRIDGE CLUB The final of the Anniversary Day local tournament was decided on the Cambridge Bowling Club’s green on Saturday when H. Cropley, B. Anderson, E. Martyn and H. N. Freeman (s) defeated G. Senior, H. Wood, A. Hulme and H. Amyes (s) by 20 points to 14. The game was evenly contested up to the 15th head when the boai'd read 12-all. Scoring on the next five heads, Freeman added 8 points while Amyes took two on the last head. Ordinary draw games played resulted as follows: E. L. Snelling, J. Smyth, D. Phairn and C. Zainey 23 v. B. Ferguson, R. White, G. Palmer and Edwin James 21. W. Muller, J. Hooker, J. Richards and J. Conder 30 v. J. Sullivan, D. Caley, C. Andrew and T. Keeley 10. J. Clemow, T. Clayton and F. L. Tucker 19 v. W. Maberly, C. Waghorne and A. Richardson 18. J. Walter, H. Bromwich and M. McNamara 17 v. W. Drake, G. Harris and C. W. Hooker 13. W. Meanie, H. Speight and E. L. Rodgers 20 v. H. Hammond, H. Webber and F. R. Wooldridge 20. THE LEAMINGTON CLUB Games played at Leamington on Saturday resulted as follows: J. C. Allan, A. C. Wallis, Cl H. Cooper and A. Finch (Cambridge) 26 v. J. A. Wallace, A. Peppercorn, N. Edge and J. Mclvor 14. Kirkby, A. Paton and V. G. Boulton 27 v. H. Carter, Chivers and H. P. Nelson 24. Brockway, Lowe and Horne 24 v. White, Tierney and Francis 13. SOUTH AUCKLAND TOURNEY The final of the South Auckland Bowling Centre’s annual tournament was played on Saturday, when J. Cleary, J. S. Anchor, M. A. Gall and W. Robinson (Hamilton) defeated C. S. Gillies, C. G. Speight, R. H. Whitten and O. Fruish by 21 points to 11.

In the semi-final on Saturday morning Robinson’s team defeated G. James, Dr Tod, A. Pearce and Edgar James (Cambridge) by 20 points to 18. The game was evenly contested, James leading until the concluding stages. The score was 7-all on the seventh head and 12—9 in favour of James on the ninth. Five consecutive touchers were a feature of the eleventh head. After the luncheon adjournment, a trail gave James 4 on the 14th, but then Robinson scored on the next four heads with three singles and a brace. Playing the last head James was one down on the board and Robinson scored one to win by two points. HOWDEN SHIELD TEAM Two elimination games were played on the night green on Saturday' to find the team to represent the club in the Howden Shield contest. Results were: E. Martyn, D. J. Lundon, Edwin James and Edgar James 23 v. R. White, B. Anderson, H. Wood and H. Amyes 19.

W. Garrard, W. E. Westlake, E. G. Wallis and H. N. Freeman 21 v. J. Richards, H. Bromwich, M. McNamara and W. J. Halliday 17.