BOWLING.

Waikato Times, Volume 111, Issue 18524, 2 January 1932, Page 4

BOWLING.

HERE AND THERE. ! I GREEN i.ND PAVILION GOSSIP. I ! SOUTH AUCKLAND TOURNAMENT. (By “Toucher.”) The Hamilton East and Frank ton greens proved sufficient to accommodate the rinks entered for the annual South Auckland Centre tournament. These numbered 'JO, which was four belter than last season, though the number lias been exceeded on previous occasions. Admirable bowling weather was experienced throughout the four days of section and postsection play, and as both the Hamilton East and Frank!on greens played true and last bowlers found nothing to complain of in this respect. The Acid was divided into two sections of 10 rinks apiece and three games a day were played, the sections alternating the greens they played on daily. All post-section play took place on the Hamilton East green, Arrangements had been efficiently made by the Centre secretary, Mr C. W. Wycherley, and the tournament progressed throughout without hitch.

Seotlon Play. At the conclusion of play on opening day (Boxing Day) Cambridge (E. James, Lundon, Pearce, 5. James), and To Arolia (Bliss Bosenfeldt, Shell, Wallace) had gone three rounds In Section A without defeat, and In Section B Hamilton (Pomeroy, Qualtrough, Robinson, Pilkington), and Te Awamutu (J. T. North, Dunkley, Gee, Mclnnes) had likewise three wins apiece to their credit. James won again next day in the fourth round, but in the fifth sustained his first defeat at the hands of Railway (Elliott, Crowley, Frost, Mara). Wallace met his initial defeat In the fourth round, Whiliora (Crowhurst, Gall, Carswell, Hare) being the perpetrators. Mclnnes survived the fourth round, but went down In the fifth lo Whlliora (Davis, Swain, Martin, Cole). Pilkington had an un-|

beaten tally until the sixth round, when Hamilton East (Coombes, McIntyre, Dunkley, Karton) ■ gained a 20—19 verdict over him. Hamilton (Plummer, Stevenson, Darlington, R. Coombes) lost one game on the opening day to Whlliora (Crump, Chainey, Michell, Lovcridge), but went through Hie second day withoi l l a loss, and at (lie end of six rounds were leading Section A with 5 wins and one loss. Lovcridge, Hare, James and Mara,- each with 4 wins and 2 losses were next in that scclion. Section B, with six rounds gone was headed by Pilkington, with 5 wins and 1 loss, after whom came To Awamutu (Mclnnes), Hamilton fAH ken, Davidson. Yeahian, llawken), Ngaruawaliia (Blcwdcn, J. McFarlane, Kelly, R. McFarlane), and Thames (Boyle, Bennett, Gordon, Adamson) with 4 wins and 2 losses apiece. The third day saw n. Coombes’ team again win all their matches and they camemip at the head of Section A - with-'SHvins and one loss. The others who came up from this section with 6 wins and 3 losses wo v, the Whltlora combination skipped by Hare and the Railway rink under Mara. Those who came up from Section B were Pilkington (Hamilton), and McFarlane (Ngaruawahia), with 7 wins and 2 losses apiece and T. Mclnnes (Te Awamutu) with six wins and three losses.

Post-Section Happenings. To avoid a bye in the second round of post-section play, two byes were given in I lie first round, and these were drawn by Pilkington and Mclnnes. who, as it, so happened, ultimately contested Hie final. The draw set McFarlane lo face Mara and Hare lo meet H. Coombes. Coombes had rather an easy win (24 —l2) against Hare, whose team did not play quite so well on that occasion as they had in previous games, hut Hie Railway— Ngaruawahia match was a harder fight, which eventually resulted in Mara and his men recording a 24—19 win, after the last head had been burned twice by Ngaruawahia in an endeavour to secure Hie, five they then required to win. Railway jumped out well in this game with a six on the opening bead, -but on ttie tenth Ngaruawahia recorded a five, which put the board even, 1.1 all, at that stage. The semi-final games, Pilkington v. Mara and Mclnnes v. Coombes, resulted In runaway wins for the firstmentioned in each case, 33—10 for Pilkington and 27 —S for Mclnnes. Hamilton and Railway were level, 7 all, with five heads gone, but thereafter Hamilton forged ahead steadily to win by the margin indicated. In the Te Awamutu —Hamilton game the board was even, 6 all, with seven heads decided, but then Te Awamutu scored on five heads in succession, and thereafter were not seriously challenged. Te Awamutu Wins Well. There was quite a numerous “bank” at Hie Hamilton East green on Wednesday afternoon to witness the final games for the tournament honours between Te Awamutu (J. T. North, H. Dunkley, T. Gee, T. Mclnnes) and Ha'millon (W. Pomeroy, J. Qualtrougli, W. Robinson. R. N. Pilkington). The green was in great order, true and fast, but the wind was somewhat tricky. Keen interest was displayed by spectators and good shots were freely applauded. Especially was this so in the case of the veteran, H. Dunkley, who played a sound game as No. 2 for Te Awamutu, and gave the onlookers many opportunities for expressing appreciation of his excellent efforts. In point of fact every man in the Te Awamutu rink did his bit consistently well, and on the play produced the best team undoubtedly won. For Hamilton Qualtrough at No. 2 gave ilie best individual performance, and there were few heads in which his work was not good. As lead, W. Pomeroy left little cause for complaint and his work improved as tlic game progressed; for a start he hardly performed quite as well as In previous games that day. Robinson, ! al No 3, bail an afternoon off and can j produce much better stuff than lie | pulled out on this occasion, whil.-d j Pilkington, who was left very often I with a good deal to do himself, did j not play wild quite that sureness one j lias frequently semi him display, j Ih.uudi lie brought off plenty of good j efforts. | I A Lato Start. I II can hardly be a common happen- | lug in tournament finals for six heads 1 In be played and one side 1 1 up on ; tlic hoard before Hie oilier side has 1 scored at all. yd lids was the case! in l!it* game under nolicn. when i Hamilton's first score was a single 1 recorded on Ihc seventh head. Sueji j a si.ii'! was by no means hearleniiig for the rearward team, and was not made any tlic mure encouraging bv iiie ■

! fact, that this single should have 'been ! three, as Pilkington, with his first had 1 brought off a nice trail to lie three, | bul wi,h his last knocked in an oppos- ; ing howl and cut himself out of a couple of them. Even after the ice had been broken points did not come quickly for Hamilton, and with thirteen heads behind they had only recorded four to their opponents fourteen. | Then they registered a two and a i three in succession. Tc Awamnlu | intercepted with a single, but Ilamilj ton came again with a single and a ■ brace, and with the board only J‘>—l- - against them and three heads to go the !'. ] local men still possessed a good flghti ing chance. j The Decisive End. n | The result of the game really turn- ! ed on the eighteenth head, in which j the first little bit of “breeze” the ( I writer noticed during the game oc- | eurred. and the visitors benefited. \ The front men on either side had in 8 turn held shot and deprived one an- ‘ other of it, and at the stage referred S to Pilkington lay shot with a bowl t Robinson had pushed in. Gee, with - his last, rather luckily struck a front - wood which Look the jack to a To tl Awamut.i bowl and then Mclnncs, •r with a tine effort, drew another good c j one. Pilkington drove out one, but f j Met nuts rubbed in off a forward bowl j for another and when the string went • on there were three in it for Te Awa- ' mutu, who thus held a six point lead . with only two heads left for their op--1 ponents to catch them in. . On the ' next, as the position was no use to { him at that stage, Pilkington essayed i to burn the head, but his bowl “ran through" the one it struck and stay- ‘ cv by the jack to give him a single, and only one head left in which to score five for a tie. The last head ; was burned once by the Hamilton skip • in search of position, but he failed in ! two attempts to treat the replay similarly and with a single to wind up with Te Awamutu emerged victorious by 19 points to 13. They thus became holders of the South Auckland Shield and Danner, while Hamilton, as the highest in the tournament of the locally domiciled clubs, lifted the Fraser Smith Cup. TE AROHA CLUB. NEW YEAR TOURNAMENT. Twcntv-four teams assembled at Te Aroha on New Year’s Day in beautiful weather to take part in the annual tournament. The greens were in first-class order and the play was keen throughout. The clubs represented are Paeroa (4) Thames (3), Ngaruawahia (2), J Waihl (2), Takapuna, Matamata. j Whitiora and Morrinsville, one each i and Te Aroha nine. . ! Following were the results of the first day’s play:— = FIRST ROUND. Section A. Clothier, Kennington, Meredith, W. j Maingay (Tc Aroha;, 11, v. Holes, Holt, j Henderson, Chamberlain (Paeroa), 21. j

Blewden, H. MacFarlanc .If., Harry, j H. MucFarlano (Ngaruawaliia), 2U, v. | Goldsbury, Roseni'cldl, M. Buchan, I Kriskovioli (To Aroha), 23. . I Boyle, Bennett, Pratt, W. T. Smith i (Thames), 17, v. Margison, Burton, | Cornish, Jolt (Te Aroha), 24. Mounsey, Molndoe, Bare, McGon- | agle (Waihi), 17, v. Banks, Young,; Were, Oates (Matamata), 13. Section B. • Bliss, Schell, Petersen, Wallace j (Te Aroha), 27, v. Forrest, Lowry, j Towers, W, 11. Taylor (Paeroa), 14.. Wallace, .McCullough, Cordes, Grinin (Thames), 13 v. Tapp, Cochrane, ; Powell, Childerhousc (Te Aroha), IS. Pyc, W. Smith, Bowman, Marsh (Paeroa) 25 v. Barnes, A. E. Stuck, It. j Gray, C. A. Stuck (Te Aroha), 18. j Holmes, Thompson, Bunstan, Lori- | mer (Waiiii) 10, v. Turner, Donaldson, j Cornish, Donald (Morrinsvillc), 17. j Section C. Roach, Edgar, 1.. Buchan, J. llcath- ! cole (Te Aroha), 25 v. Matkovieh, Sileock, Boolan, Gibb (Paeroa), 15. Welch, Broeketl, Heron, Hodpath (Ngaruawaliia j, 20 v. Glover, Condition, Austin, Pelry (Te Aroha), 13. j Twcnlyman, Buchan, Belainore, j Adamson (Thames) 20, v. Miller, ; Howe, Horton, E. C. Wykcs (To ■ Aroha), 12. i Bonald, Smith, Mills, Rennet (Taka- ; puna), J;i, v. Davies, Swain, Palmer.; Cole (Whiliora) 20. j SECOND ROUND. ; Soctlon A. i Heallicole (Te Aroint), 17, v. Bed- j path (Ngaruawaliia), 15. i Beimel (Takapuna), 23, v, Pctry t (Te Aroha), 10. j Cole (Whitiora), 21 v. Wykcs (Te j Aroha), 10. ' Adamson (Thames) 20, v. Gibb 1 (Paeroa), 10. Soctlon B. Wallace (To Aroha), 24, v. Griffin | (Thames), 0, | Lorlmer (Waihi) 22, v. Childer- ; house (Te Aroha), 13. Stuck (Te Aroha), 25 v. Donald j (Morrinsvillc), 13. Marsh (Pacjoa), 18, v. Taylor (Pae- | roa), 17. • i Section C. Chamberlain (Paeroa), 21, v. Smitli j (Thames), 20. Gales (Matamata), 21, v. Jolt (Te i Aroha), 17. i Maingay (Te Aroha), 2S v. Mao- j Farlanc (Ngaruawaliia), 13. Kriskovirh (Te Aroha), 13, v. Me- ; Gonaglc (Waihi), 14. j ‘ j AUCKLAND TOURNAMENT. j WON BY CARLTON RINK. AUCKLAND, Saturday. In the tournament conducted by the j Auckland Bowling Centre yesterday : two games had to lie played between lie ltnalists, dc Launay (Carlton) and ; Wright (St. Hellers), before a decision i was reached. j 'J'he llrst game was a runaway one. j lie Carlton team having the game well 1 n hand after half its course had been Rayed. In the final game, however, the St. idiot's players were only topped off m the lasi head, on which limy darted off with a one point advantage.