BOWLING

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 289, 7 December 1939, Page 4

BOWLING

• NIXON CUP DAY PLAY TO RESUME ON SATURDAY GAMES POSTPONED LAST WEEK Bowling clubs in Wanganui will play the Nixon Cup games on Saturday which were postponed last week Decause of rain. Players are asked to take particular note of the rinks as selected and to be on time: WANGANUI CLUB The following will represent the Wanganui Bowling Club in its Nixon Cup games: Against St. John’s, at Home: Seeling, Blennerhassett, Halligan, Johnson. G. H. Robertson, Jeffs, Rhodes, Boyd. Ryall, Carruthers, Newton, Lowe. Jannings, McGiuer, Liddle, Quarterman. Norfolk, Blythe, Bretherton, Treloar. Against St. John’s, Away: Willis, Addenbrook, Roche, J. D. Anderson. Glengarry, Windle, F. Wilson, Thomson. Bebarfald, Masters, Hayward, Steel. Tomsett. Larsen, A. Anderson, Hales. Cade, Stockwell, Doust, Taylor. Against Gonvillc, at Home: Williamson, Kilgour, Sperring, Engebretsen. Dick, J. Gilmour, A. Tilley, Allomes. Against Gonville, Away: Morrison, Beadle, Jackson, London. Holland, Dwyer, Boulton, Bond. Against Wanganui East, at Home: Hansen, Graham, Doolan. Adams. Hammond, Hill, Armstrong, Crawford. Against Wanganui East, Away: Leslie, Cook, Barclay, H. Tilley. Buchan, Strachan, Lewis, Stone. Against Cosmopolitan Club, at Home: Strouts, White, Dale, Price. Against Castlecliff, Away: L. Young, Horton, Howie, Moir. COSMOPOLITAN CLUB The following will represent the Cosmopolitan Bowling Club in its Nixon Cup games on Saturday:— At Castlecliff: Tulloch, Holden, Drake, Johnston. At Wanganui: N. Ryburn, Overend, C. Hunger, W. Baxter. At Gonville: Stroud, Leigh, Smith, Willis. At Home: Gurney, Powell, Bridges, J. Baxter. O’Reilly, Garner, Lauchland, Tabart. Emergencies: Watson, Robinson, Coxon, Dobson, Turner, Crysell. WANGANUI EAST CLUB Nixon Cup teams for Saturday are: At St. John’s: Dempster, Simpson, Webby, H. Bowling. Beauchamp, Cowen, Reynolds, Partridge. At Wanganui: Begbie, Stanton, Penn, Burns. Bell, Boswell, McDougall, Gaunt. At Cosmopolitan: Curtis, Tate, Rogerson, Purnell. At Gonville: Hawkins, Bamber, Black, Holloway. AT HOME. Against St. John’s: Thomas, Taylor, McKessar, Stewart. Roberts, Colman, Gillespie, Caldwell. Against Wanganui: Larsen, Jenkins, Ross, Carveil. Munro, Gray, Graham, Raine. Against Castlecliff: Goddard, Ellis, Muir, Fletcher. Against Gonville: Bellringer, Dann, Clark, Haworth. GONVILLE CLUB. The following are the Gonville Bowling Club’s team for the Nixon Cup matches on Saturday:— At Wanganui: Hoar, Newman, Hampton, J. Healey. Chisholm, Tremain, Thurston, Kirk. At St, John’s: Hermanns, Spurdie, Piper. Beard, I Carline, P. Anderson, Edwards, Laird. At Wanganui East: Davy, Sharpe, Tinney, Fisher. At Castlecliff: Guthrie, Jackson, McCormack, Svenson. HOME TEAMS. Against Wanganui: C. Healey, Vincent, Cornish. Fyfe. , Sampson, Durrant, Neas. Against St. John’s: Davies, Berryman, Gowan, Naumann. Puddle, Blomfield, North, Mailman. Against Wanganui East: Smith, M. Anderson, Russell, W. Healey. Against Cosmopolitan: Grant, Fieldes, James, Wilson. CASTLECLIFF CLUB. The following will represent the Castlecliff Bowling Club in Nixon Cup games on Saturday: At St. John’s: Mclvor, Forster, Oxley, Cosgrove. At Wanganui East: J. Beattie, J. Armstrong, C. Richards, F. Beattie. ST. JOHN’S CLUB The following will represent St. John’s Club in their Nixon Cup “away” games on Saturday:— At Wanganui: Campbell, Chesswas, Moss, A. Pepper. Ashwell, Jas. Williams, Wallace, Mackay. Ansley, Ellis, W. Brown, Hounsell. Newsome, Davidson, Murch, Clinkard. Barns, Chambers, Ormsby, Benefield.

At Gonville: Dennis, Havill, A. W. Brown, Toop. S. J. Smith, Henry, C. S. Brown, Falconer. At Wanganui East: Sedon, Hawke, W. Pepper, Stringer. Downey, P. Whitlock, Guy, Hutchinson. At Cosmopolitan Green: Dow, Garrick, Caird, R. Armstrong. “Home” teams will be selected at the green. • ( bib Competitions, The fourth rounds in the A and B pairs and singles, and the handicap singles will be posted in the pavilion to-night. The final date for this round is the 16th. inst, HURN CUP MATCH RAPANUI CHALLENGE NARROW WIN FOR ST. JOHN'S A Rapanui rink made a bold bid yesterday to take the Hurn Cup away from St. John's, and the result was in doubt until the last bowl was played. The teams were: — Rapanui.—A. Handley, B. Willis, F. Handley, G. Handley. St. John’s. —H. S. Harris, Rowling, Glover, Benefield. Rapanui had the best of the opening play, leading <2 —3 on the 6tlj, anti 13—5 on the 9th. ends, their score including a 7 on the sth. end, George Handley running the "saving” St. John’s bowl off. The challengers increased their lead with a brace of 2’s on the 11th. and 12th. ends to 17—8. St. John’s then "came to light,” •scoring 1,4, 2 on the 13th, 14th and 15th ends, Rapanui scoring a 2 on the 16th end, making the score 19—15 in the visitors’ favour. The 17th. end was a bad one for Rapanui, St. John’s scoring 6 on a fairly wide end, putting them ahead 21—19. Rapanui evened up the score on the 18th. end, and St. John’s secured a 1 and 3 on the next two ends, leaving them ahead —25 to 21. The final end saw the visitors score 3, with a possibility of obtaining a win with the last bowl which. just failed in Its object.