“DIGGERS” AT BOWLS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 54, 6 March 1939, Page 3

“DIGGERS” AT BOWLS

A SUCCESSFUL TOURNEY OVER ONE HUNDRED ON THE GREENS . Twenty-eight rinks participated in the annual returned soldiers' bowling tournament on the St. John’s green on Saturday. Played in carefree "Digger" atmosphere, the tournament was a fresh success and the committee in charge and those engaged owed a great deal to the assistance of Mr. W. G. Herd and the St. John's Club. Mr. Herd made available his outstanding knowledge of tournament procedure and enabled the big entry to be handled without hitch. Mr. L. H. Bassett, president of the St. John’s Club, made the visitors welcome, and the president of the Wanganui R.S.A., Mr. W. H. Cannan, expressed thanks and appreciation to the St. John's Club for allowing its greens to be used and especially mentioned Mr. Herd. The day was as much a reunion as anything else and to adjust the draw to suit such an occasion many rinks were split up. That adjustment was taken in the friendly spirit of the day. It was not so much a case of winning as having an enjoyable game of bowls with "cobbers" of the war days. The rinks were all named with the names of battles and places now prominent in history, and the greens were appropriately beflagged. The winning rink was brought before the commanding officer (Mr. C. S. Brown) by the “guard" and the members were given the cup, which was well filled. The tournament was won by a rink skipped by Burns. The A section required a play-off between Toop's rink and Burns, three heads being played to find the winner. Burns won three to nil and played in the final against McCracken’s rink, which won the other section outright. In a test of five heads Burns beat McCracken 7-2. Details:—

Section A First Round— Ramsay. Brett, Blythe. R. Armstrong 13, v. Tomsett, Blomfield, Cade, Cooke 5. Bellringer. Taylor, Clark, Burns 10, v. Oxley, Guttridge, Duncan. Anthony 4. F. Wilson. C. Aitken, Barrowman. Symonds 10. v. Baxter, Leeming, Coe. Cosgrove 6. Dempster. Allwright, Forster, Watson 8. v. Ander, Howarth. G. Smith, Bourne 6. Engleman, Langslow, Brittain, Toop 12. v. Hooker. C. McLean, Pope. Quarterman 6. Jackson. Greig. McNab. Neas 10, v. Larsen, Cannan, Russell, Hampton 9. Second Round— Armstrong 10, v. Neas 9. Anthony 11, v. Cosgrove 5. Burns 9, v. Watson 8. Symonds 12, v. Quarterman 6. Hampton 9, v. Bourne 8. Toop 11, v. Cooke 7. Third Round— Too-p 13, v. Armstrong 7. Cosgrove 12, v. Watson 12. Quarterman 11, v. Anthony 10. Burns 13, v. Hampton 11. Cooke 13, v. Symonds 5. Neas 9, v. Bourne 6. Fourth Bound— Armstrong 8, v. Bourne 8. Quarterman 13, v. Watson 6. Cosgrove 8, v. Hampton 8. Anthony 14, v. Cooke 6. Burns 14, v. Neas 7. Toop 15, v. Symonds 7. Fifth Round— Symonds 12, v. Armstrong 7. Hampton 15, v. Quarterman 13. Cooke 19, v. Watson 7. Cosgrove 14, v. Neas 10. Toop 10, v. Anthony 7. Burns 14, v. Bourne 6.

Section Tic (three heads)— Burns 3, v. Toop 0. Section B First Round— Nichols, McWilliams, Wilson, Beattie 10, v. Hartnell, McDonald, Simpson, Raine 6. Sowman, Bridges, Windle, Denman 14, v. Sampson, Clements, Lynch, W. Pepper 10. Emia, Strachan, Cox, Hounsell 9, v. Miller, Larsen, Cummings, W. Gordon 5. F. McLean, Robinson, Easton, Tinney 8, v. O’Reilly, Munro, Young, Goldstone 6. W. J. Browne, Dudson, Amies, Laird 16, v. Ghent, Martin, McAfee, Greener 10. Burrell, —, Ansell, W. Harris 10, v. Simpson, Tarrant, Stewart, Willis 9. McKay, Findlay, McDougall, McCracken 11, v. Lovelock, Dashwood. Gronn, C. S. Brown 8. Second Round— McCracken 10, v. Beattie 7. Pepper 8, v. Gordon 7. Goldstone 10, v. Denman 6. Laird 10, v. Hounsell 6. Harris 11, v. Tinney 5. Brown 13, v. Greener 7. Raine 9, v. Willis 7. Third Round— Willis 9, v. Beattie 8. Goldstone 11, v. Gordon 4. Pepper 9, v. Laird 6. Denman 10, v. Harris 9. Hounsell 11, v. Brown 8. Raine 7, v. Tinney 6. McCracken 13, v. Greener 4. Fourth Round— Beattie 9, v. Greener 8. Goldstone 12, v. Laird 4. Gordon 8, v. Harris 6. Pepper 11, v. Brown 4. Denman 13, v. Raine 2. McCracken 9. v. Hounsell 6. Willis 13, v. Tinney 9. Fifth Round— Beattie 11, v. Tinney 9. Harris 14, v. Laird 7. Goldstone 12, v. Brown 10. Gordon 14, v. Raine 10. McCracken 15, v. Pepper 6. Denman 13, v. Willis 10. Greener 13, v. Hounsell 4. McCracken’s rink won the section outright. The section winners then played a final game of five heads, resulting:— Bellringer, Taylor, Clark, Burns 7, v. McKay, Findlay, McDougall, McCracken 2.