BOWLING

Waipa Post, Volume 45, Issue 3267, 13 December 1932, Page 5

BOWLING

KING COUNTRY CUP CHAL-

LENGE.

OTOROHANGA V. TE AWAMUTU.

Five rinks of Otorohanga bowlers visited Te Awamutu last Saturday afternoon for an inter-club contest, with three of them challenging for the King Country Cup, held by Te Awamutu. The visitors were warmly welcomed byi Mr D. McArthur, vice-president of the local club, who apologised 3°r the absence of the president and referred to the pleasurable contests that have always eventuated between the two clubs. Following were the results of the games, with Otorohanga players mentioned first:— CUP TEAMS.

J. Quinlan, R. England, A. Turnbull and R. Bell 21 v. S. Haines, C. Bowden, R. Ross and S. W. McMillan 22. J Sing, Cooper, H. Crosby and P. H Rowe 18 v. J. W. Civil, H. Dunkley, A. C. Cruickshank and R. Metcalfe 28 j. Alexander, W. Tozer, W. Park and J. Hawkins 17 v. H. Brill, W. Nicholson, T. Grant and T. Melnnes "• OTHER MATCHES. C. Langkilde, OHerenshaw, Birkett and G. Jackson 13 v. C. G. Downes, F. W. Bevin, C. Melnnes and D. McArthur 15. D. Budge, L. Landman, W. Bowyer and W. Bluck 15 v. S. J. Nobes, A. Brown, A. A. Reese and J. B. Wilson 25.' , The totals were: Otorohanga 84, Te Awamutu 111. At the close of play the Otorohanga president, Mr P. H. Rowe, heartily thanked Te Awamutu players for an enjoyable afternoon's play and added that though the challenge for the Cup had again proved unsuccessful the friendly spirit in which the games were played was always uppermost. He then called for cheers for the home players and for the ladies for their hospitality—calls that were responded to heartily. TE AWAMUTU COMPETITIONS. Games played in the local club's handicap singles and pairs competitions lately include:— Handicap singles.—E. W. McCarter beat T. Gee, J. Howie beat McArthur, D. McArthur beat H. Brill, McArthur beat S. Haines, J. B. Wilson beat J. H. Hamerton, T. Grant beat Wilson, G. Angus beat F. W. Bevin, E. N. Pascoe beat Bevin, Bevin beat S. J. Nobes, S. S. Preston beat Angus. Preston beat Bevin, Preston beat Barnett, Barnett beat Bevin, T. Finch beat R. Noonan,' R. Metcalfe beat H. A. Burchell, S. H. Dunkley beat Noonan, Dunkley beat Burchell, C. SDavis beat R. Henderson, L. G. Armstrong beat Davis, W. McCready beat S. Dowds, Hamerton beat Grant. Handicap pairs.—Barnett and Grant beat Civil and Cruickshank, Pascoe and McArthur beat Civil and Cruickshank, Dunkley and Angus beat Civil and Cruickshank, Vile and Reese beat Jourdain and Metcalfe, Vile and Reese beat Brill and Burchell, Vile .and Reese beat Davis and Wood, Jourdam and Metcalfe beat West and Dowds, Henderson and Walker beat Clark and T. Finch, McCready and Armstrong beat Brill and Burchell, Davis and Wood beat McCready and Armstrong, Davis and Wood beat C. A. Finch and Douglas. Davis and Wood beat West and Dowds, Finch and Douglas beat Henderson and Walker, Finch and Douglas beat Brill and Burchell. CHAMPION RINKS. The Te Awamutu rink (T. W. Gee, G. F. Smith, W. J. North and J. Hawkins, skip) that recently* won the southern section of the champion of champions full-rink competition was again successful on Saturday, at Cambridge, by defeating Putaruru (winners of the south-eastern section) by 27 points to 16. Te Awamutu scored 4. 1 and 4. in""the first three heads, and Putaruru replied with 2, 1 and 5. Then T e Awamutu put on 1,2, 2 and 2, making the scores: Te Awamutu 16, Putaruru 8, on the tenth head. Putaruru got a 3 on the next, Te Awamutu 1 on the twelfth, followed by three singles for Putaruru. On the sixteenth Te Awamutu got a 4 and then a 1. Putaruru scored 2 on the eigtheenth, and Te Awamutu followed with 3 and 2, the game ending on the twentieth head. At Hamilton, Claudelands defeated Cambrdige in the final of section D, and Glen Massey defeated Frankton in the final of section B. Playing at the Claudelands Club's "at home" last Saturday a Te Awa-. mutu team skipped by G. Angus defeated Paterson (Claudelands) by 27 points to 16.