BOWLING.

Western Star, 10 February 1922, Page 2

BOWLING.

iIiTIiVITOX WINS SHIELD KINK

A SLX RATIONAL FINISH.

The sim id Kink CWnfpiuittliip m which ciaiT from ail parts of rioui-h----h'.nd) were • represented, was played ou t o Aortl i end green on Wednesday under ideal weather and green con-dita-ns. The play throughout wan interesting and the ■final, in which Uiverton defeated Southland by a. «mode point, provided one of the mast sensational finishes ever seen in tiie competition since it w*s established 21 veam age. General opinion favoured the Nort-lmml- rink skipped bv Lock, and it was strengthened at ii-.e mud of the fir.*w round when the Invcrcartrill f.ptv led by Bremner v, ..at ,!'.:-.vh bv 8 to 'the Northenders. A mirprise came in the i-ec-oml round, ".-jam 1 ibe. Riverton rink ' defeated Northcnd easily by 31 to 5 after a name in which the home-, men fceve* fookedi tub winning- The ’Southland club',, rink under Piercy was also nlayiiv- wyll, and it- appeared more ilia'll " likely that these two 'would meet- in the final. That- is what rea-lv transpired and the game wa* a-lwavis interesting neither rink at any rime Tinkling much 'advantage. Riverton opened' up well and on the sixth end was up by 9 to 5, but a four to Southland in the next brought the scores even.--. They were lever again in the ‘twelfth and fourteenth "ends. ’A. two and a. three nave piercy a distinct- advantage), ana wl-.er. the last end -came to be played Riverton required four to- Win. Strange to say every one of the Southland men ' failed at a critical •moment, -and'the llivonton men diew shot after shot. At (one time they vr.-re'lying '-,ix when Reed, wtho" -was playing tldrd for Southland, took two out. ” Beer, the Riverton .skip, cljrew another, and Picrcy , attempted a drive which failed. Beer drew ,still another with bis last, Fiercy’s howl taking two away hut left Riverton with four and the match. The win of the local men wan most popular, ayul when the result of the last land became -definitely known cheers- went, up from around the green. At .the clone of the competition the president of the centre congratulated the winners and said it gave him great pleasure to present- the shield,' especially to a country team. The* country* clues were represented year after yea# <vt this, fixture, Which w-a&, regarded) as the most important one of the season, and the fact of a country team holding it would keep up the interest of tiie other clubs in the competition. He coihplipiented the Riverton men on the excellent- performance they had given and was gratified that the club was the first to have its name engraved; on the AVaihopai Shield, which had been presented by six members of the Invercargill club to t:(]:.e the place 'of t-lie, Dr Garfield Crawford Shield.- He called for three cheers for the 'winners and for the runners-up. ’ . Mr. Beer in reply stated that lie had, taken -part in the competition during the majority of the last thirteen or fourteen seasons' and, although •he had been in some cloi-:' finishes he had never been' successful. The other three members of the rink were well tried men, and it was to a large extent due to their play that shield had been won -by the Riverton club. The result, were as follows; —- —First Round.— . '

Stephens, Stott, Donaldson, Waugh (To Rangi) won by d.efault from V.'vndh-nimi. i

4,’eGorlick, 1 McKenzie, Young, Eedges (Bluff) 26 v. Buchanan, Batchelor, Stewart, Thorn (Mataura) 18. Ure, King, Bailey, Beer (Riverton) 21 v. JEcFa-cideu, ; Marshall, Irvine, J''inlaysO;i (Edcndale) 11.

Steaiis, I). J. Wesucy, Holloway, Seek (Northern) 28 v. Stevenson, ,l«rael,' Strang, Bremner (luvereargi!]);lU. ■ '

-r-Byos.—■

'4 lie folio wi n g had byes : k Gore, Woodlands, Hokonui and Southland.

—Second Round.—-

Leith, Clark, Walker, M. Hendry (Woodlands) 25 v. Pruce, Hickn, Berks, Graham. (Gore) 15. Donaldson, Stewart, Roqd, Piercy (Southland) 26. v.‘ Thomson, Jlhodei*, Smith, Loishraan (Hokonui) 10. —Third ;Roui;di. — 1 \ Bluff 22 y. To Rangi 19. ■ , Riverton 31 v. Northern! 5. —Semi Finals.—

Bluff 21 v. Woodlands 10. Riverton 15 v< Bluff' 13. ’ , —Final.—> lire, King, Bailey, Beer (ltivcrton) 2! v. Donaldson, Stewart, Reed, Piercy (.Southland) |2O. The following is the scoring card in the “ Starsmatch, Riverton v. Ore-puki, played! on the latter’s green on'Monday afternoon;

Hd. 0. 11. Hd. 0. |R. 1. 2 _ 11. —, 11 9_ 1 12. — 13 3. ■ 3 — 13. — 45 4. — 3 14. 8 — 5. — 3 15. 9 — a. — 4. 1(5. — 17 7. — 0 17. 11 — 8. 7 IS. — 18 9.- — 1) !9. 12 — 10. •4 — 20. — ■ 19 21. Id ,— i