BOWLING

Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19461, 28 December 1934, Page 8

BOWLING

AROUND THE GREENS. PROGRAMME FOR WEEK-END 1 Bowlers in Hamilton will have a big programme of club competitions, tournarrients, and other fixtures to occupy their attention during the coming week-end and New Year vacation. •To-morrow games in the ordinal’!’ draw, and club competitions will be played. •Over the New Year the Claudelands and Hamilton Clubs wil combine In staging a two-day full-rink tournament on the Hamilton green, while a pairs tournament will be staged on the Frankton green. Good entries are anticipated for both fixtures. The following programme will be observed: — Hamilton. Saturday.—Ordinary draw and club competitions. January 1 and 2.—Combined Hamilton —Claudelands full-rink tournament. Whitlora. Saturday.—Fourth round of champion rinks elimination, ordinary draw, and Mason Stars. Hamilton East. Saturday.—-Ordinary draw and club competitions. Claudelands. Saturday.—Ordinary draw and Matthews’ 'Ferns. January 1 and 2. —Combined tournament, on Hamilton green. iFrankton. Saturday.—Ordinary club draw. January 1 and 2. —-Pairs tournament. Railway. Saturday.—Ordinary -draw and percentage fours. . - AN ENGLISH TEAM. PROBABLE VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyrlgnt LONDON, Dec.. 8. There-was a large attendance at the annual general meeting of the English Bowling Association in London, when, iii addition to the usual formalities, several resolutions of more than ord-‘ inary interest were considered. The secretary’s report for the season 193-1-35 revealed a net increase of GO in -the number of affiliated clubs. The parent association now comprises 28 county and 22 minor associations, with 1406 clubs in all. Entries for the national championships were:— Singles, 4128; pairs, 3664; finks, 3664; making- a total of 18,556 indivdual players. Arrangements for 1935 include a visit from the South African Bowling Association, when matches against English counties will cover a period of five "weeks. The annual international matches will be played during the second week in July-in England at a place yet to be fixed. The • International Bowling Board propose sto send a team to Australia and .New Zealand in the autumn of next year if a sufficient number of applications be received.

TOURNAMENT AT TAUPIRI. WON BY P. SMITH, HAMILTON. Tlie Taupirl Bowling Club lreld a oneday full rlijk tournament on the Taupirl green on Boxing Day, the winners being: Gamble, Paterson, Evans, Smith (Hamilton). The details were as follows: First Hound: Taupirl (Redmond, Stanley* Jackways, Waring) 7, v. Huntly (Uresnaban, Stocken, T. Douglas, Masson) •12. Huntly (Brown, Kalrhurst, Welch, Auld) 15, v. Taupirl (West, Gleeson, Hunter, Seath) 12. Hamilton East (Forsyth, Lomas, Coe, Fox) 12, v. Huntly (Tweedie, Turton Jnr., W. Smith, Turton) 18. Ngaruawnhla (Jackson, Welch, P. Evans, Payne) 24 v. Huntly (Penman, Boyd, Medley, Douglas) a. Hamilton (Cleary, Horton, Darlington, Little) 20 v. Hamilton East (Hlincoe, Valle, Webster, Karton) 11. Taupirl (Geake, A. H. Waring, Day, Horwood 8 v. Glen Massey (Galr, Mills, Davis, McFarlane 9. Huntly: (Weir, Wilcox, Shead, Spiers) 9 v. Hamilton (Gamble, Paterson, Evans, Smith) 16. Taupiri (Gorman, Barber, Catley, Wliltehorn) a bye. Second Hound. —Fox 13 v. Seath 19; Payne 4 v. Turton 20; Little 15 v. Douglas 5; Ilonvood 10 v. Karton 14; Whitehorn 8 v. McFarlano 11; Waring 8 v. Smith ll; Auld 10 v. Masson 9; Spiers, a bye. Third Round: Little 6 v. Turton 15; Horwood ll v. Douglas 9; Whttehorn’ 8 v. Karton 12; Spiers 5 v. McFarlano 10; Auld 0 v. Smith 12; Fox 12 v. Masson 6; Payne 12 v. Seath i 3; Waring, a bye.

Fourth Round: Spiers 7 v. Karton 11; Waring l v. McFarlane 22; Fox 6 v. Smith 12; Payne 11 v. Masson S; Little sv. seath 14; Harwood 4 v Turton 19; Whttehorn 7 v. Douglas 16; Auld, a bye. Fifth Hound; Auld 7 v. McFarlane 13; Payne 7 v. Smith S; Lillie, 23 v. Masson 9; Norwood 6 v. Seath 17; Wliltehorn 5 v. Turton 15; Spiers S v. Douglas 12; Waring 8 v. Karton 16; Fox, a bye. Semi-llnal: McFarlano (Glen Massey) 3 v. Turton (Huntly) 0; P. Smith (Hamilton) a bye. Final: Gamble, Paterson, Evans, P. Smith (Hamilton) 7 v. Tweedie, Turton jnr., W. Smith, Turton (Huntly) 6.