BOWLING

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 200, 27 August 1935, Page 4

BOWLING

THE INDOOR GAME WANGANUI ASSOCIATION Al. 11.1.0.0. F. CUP FINAL A large attendance of bowiers was recorded at the Manchester Unity Lodge room last Thursday evening to witness the final of the M.U.1.0.0.F. Cup competition, which was conducted under the auspices of the Wanganui Indoor Bowls ? Association. This competition was divided irrto two sections, Johnson winning the A. Mie'iun with only one loss and 11. Harris proving victor of the B section with 34 losses These, two teams met in the final, and Johnson maintained his fine record, beating Harris by 23 to 18. The teams were as follows: — Ryland, Kirk. Work, Johns.tn Tarr, Brass, Ambrose, 11. Harris. The spectators were treated to an excellent game and wrere not slow to show r their appreciation of tne good bowls played, which at times brought rounds of applause, as the heads kept, continually changing, Johnson scored on 13 heads while Harris scored on 8. Comments on the Play Instead of a running resume of the game a few’ comments on the individual play, dealing first with the winning team, may be of interest. Johnson was fortunate in having such an excellent lead as Ryland. He was always on kitty and a source of worry to his opponent. His consistency classes him as one of the, best leads in the competition. Kirk’s job was made much easier by his lead always drawing close to kitty. This left him to get behind and build the lead. His play generally was good. Work did not play as good howls as he is capable of. He seemed nervous, perhaps because of the large crowd present. As a rule he is a guc-d draw, but on Thursday he was very uncertain. As in all sport when a team r vin< the captain always receives the credit, so must Johnson have his share. Re rs. a very steady skip, seldom cirivnig, as his speciality is drawing, of which art he is one of the most capable exponents in the competition. To him and his team must he extended the congratulations of all the bowlers on their victcry in the 1935 final. Tarr, the lead for Harris, was unfortunate that ho shon'd meet one of the strongest lends in the competition. This made his bowls look weaker than they reallv were. He should, .however, remember that a load’s jo.) is to draw’. He has a tendency to put. a l.ttle on and thus lose his bowls. Brass had a harder job than his opponent Kirk, as •continually he had tn draw the shot. It was fortunate for his team that he was on his game as he saved them many times with s levelv draw between two bowls. Ambrose played quite a good game but, like his vis-a-vis, seemed a little off colour or nervous, but no blame can bo attached to him for the loss. To Harris and his team go the •credit of being good losers. They nad to fight all the way. never getting in front, but it was not until with a running shot on the 19th. head, when the skip trailed kitty off the green to give Johnson a 9 lead with two heads to play, were they beaten. Harris plqyed fair bowls, but owing to not alwavs having the position of the head, he had to put down several straight pokers. With these one requires a great deal of luck, and this was not all his way on Thursday evening. Knock-out Competition The knock-out competition is well under way, several teams having played their games. The rest will be completed this week. The following are the results of the games played: Wilson (Cos.) lost to Loader. Hague Smith lost, to 11. Hanis. Bourne lost to Glenny Holloway lost to Johnson (T). Treadgold lost to Johnson. (M.U.)