BOWLING

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 286, 4 December 1933, Page 5

BOWLING

WANGANUI CENTRE NIXON CUP MATCHES. I RESULTS UN SATURDAY. The local clubs were engaged in Nixon Cup matches on Saturday. The greens were naturally fairly heavy after the rain early in the morning, but players were lucky to get their games after the unpromising outlook earlier in the day, with a strong breeze the only handicap. ST. JOHN’S CLUB Following are the results of the games played on the St. John’s green on Saturday, visitors being named first in the Nixon Cup matches: — Against Gonville, Hampton, Hayhow, Healey, Steel 17, v. Holland. Hay, W. Gordon, Moffatt 17. Doust, Maxey, Beard, Naumann 17, v. Eckersley, Threadgold, Beswick, Wight 19. Davis, Hun wick, Fisher, Fyfe 24 v. Leslie, Masters, Upton, Kirkwood 20. North, Banks, Mailman, Gordon 23, v. Russell, Lattimore, Kirk, R. Armstrong 12. Davey, Luff, Tinney, Bell 9, v. McTubbs, Cathro, Baxter, D. Armstrong Totals: Gonville 90; St. John’s 93. Against Wanganui West. Rogerson, Hooker, Bidlake, White 17, v. Hammond, Richardson, Hewctson, Stone 20. Lucock, Johnston, Quarterman, Lamont .17, v. Braddock, Goddard, Rhodes, Herd 20. Seeling, Hore, O'Keeffe. A. Wilson 14, v. Lloyd, Howell, Hutchinson, Gcllatly 21. Totals: Wanganui West 48; St. John’s 61. As St. John's were also 12 up at Gonville and 10 up at Wanganui West they won both matches. Club Full Rinks Competition. C. S. Brown, Gibson (sub.), Rowling, Harris 27, v. Kendrick, Mackay (sub.), Elliot, Gordon 20.

Practice Games. Barns, G. S. Simpson, Lauchland, McMillan 22, v. R. G. Thompson, Bateman, Russell, G. R. Simpson 13. Boss, Cade, Haile, Campbell 27, v. Leggett, McChesney, J. Smith, Coombe

Hodson, Seabruok, Bassett, Mureh 25, v. Lower, H. Thompson, Bourne, Falconer 22. Bird and Ormsby 21, v. Stringer and Rice 15. Later in the afternoon the 1932-33 B Pairs final, postponed owing to bad weather and illness, was played, the winners being C. S. Brown and W. Bourne, who defeated Lattimore and Stringer. Up to the 16th head the game was very even, each pair taking the lead in turn. A four to Bourne on the .17th head gave him a lead of 19 to 14 and this was maintained, the game ending 22 to 15 on the 20th head. Mr. J. F. Wight, president, presented the winners with their tokens of vic-

GONVILLE. CLUB

St. John’s were visitors to the Gonvillc green on Saturday to play Nixon Cup games. The green was on the heavy side after the rain, and the wind interfered considerably with the bowling. However, some good and enjoyable games were played, with the following results, St. John’s teams being mentioned first:— Smith, Downey, Puddle, Parkes 16 v. Piper, Lee, Malone, Corby 24. Cunningham, Pepper, Gillies, Broadhead 24 v. Doolan, Smith, Chenery, Webb-Jones 17. Hounsell, Kirkwood, Gilbertson, Benefield 30 v. Thurston, Taylor, Sutton, W. Healey 17. Murdoch, Newsome, Leigh, McKenzie 22 v. Edwards, Winter, Wallace, Svenson 22. Totals: St. John’s 92; Gonville 80. WANGANUI EAST CLUB On Saturday the third round in the Nixon Cup contest was played by the Wanganui East Club. In the Wanga-nui-Wanganui East section each played ten rinks, five at home and five away. On the Wanganui East green the home rinks had a win by .15 points, but. on the aggregate of the two greens Wanganui won by five points. The following are results of the games played at Wanganui East, the home teams being mentioned first: J. Gray, Streeter, Heinold, T. Gray 21 v. Brotherton, Hansen, Muir, London 19. Andrew, Bain, Hill, Beckett 24 v. Rudkin, Liggins, G. Brown, Patterson Bomber, Baxter, Connell. Black 15 v. McSkimming, Johnston, Bovd, Allomes 19. Purnell, Mander, Bowling, Wight 25, v. Frankish, Hogg, Newton, Meuli 18. Tippins, Ingleman, Willis, Rush 16 v. Lowe, West, Gilmour, Flower 21. Totals: Wanganui East, 101; Wanganui 86. WANGANUI CLUB '.rhe Wanganui Bowling Club played the Wavcrley Club, at Wavcrley, on Saturday' in the Nixon Cup, Wavcrley winning on the aggregate by seven points. Five rinks played against. Wanganui East on the Wanganui green and live rinks on Wanganui East green, Wanganui Club winning on the aggregate by five pojnts. The following are the results of games played on the Wanganui green against Wanganui East:C. P. Brown. Lance, Holland, Goldstone 22 v. Hudson, Hoyle, McCracken, Carvel I 19. Addenbrook, Sherwin. Goss, Bond 33, v. Turner, Ellis, Burns, Stewart 9. Collingwood, Mein tee, J. D. Anderson, Capp 21 v. Hunt, Dann. Raine, Caldwell 14. Brownie, Kilgour. W. N. Johnson, .Morpeth .16, v. Norris, Penn, Fletcher, McLaren 23. Bebarfald, Merriugton, Blythe, McFarlane 11, v. Bamford, Snelling, Holloway, Jones 18.

Club Games. Poynter, Werry, Hales, Kirk. 25 v. Barton, Turner, Stewart, Bowe .14. Hurley, Brookes, R. S. Brown, O'Meara 14, v. Strachan, Hill, Howarth, Bed (lit ch 15. Pritchard, Moynihan, Wilkie 18, v. Muir, Williamson 24. Gibb, Sperring, llallv 25 v. Dempsey, V. B. Willis, Treloar. Against Waverley, at Waverley. H. B. Willis, Strouts, Doull, Tomkics 27, v. Salter, Currie, Dallison, Palmer 18. Cooke Valentine, Robertson, Aylmer 22, v. Adlam, Bromley, Spratt. Muir 16. Crosby, Lewis, Stone, Tilley 17 v. Papper ilodgetts Hicks J. Palmer 28. Hansel, Whelan, D. Wilson, Price 14, v. Nicholls, James, Aiken, Blackie 31. Morrison, Buchan. J. Stewart, Goodey 26, v. Marriott, Berridge, Mathieson, Mills —.