BOWLING.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XV, Issue 886, 28 February 1907, Page 10

BOWLING.

Another Rotorua Tournament has been numbered with the past, and on the whole it proved very enjoyable for those who participated. The weather at the commencement was showery, stpppng all play on Wednesday, but at was beautifully fine for the remainder of the week.

The Rotorua green is a very peculiar one in that it is in a hollow and has no ditch. After a heavy shower on Wednesday the green disappeared and a miniature lake took its place. Photos of this with a few bowlers paddling about in their shoes and stockings sold freely. The flooding of the green must have happened very often since Christmas, and the result has been to kill the grass, most of the rinks being quite bare.

The visiting bowlers were at a big disadvantage, and were beaten all along the line by the Rotorua players, who were in great form. McFarlane was in wonderful form, playing with the utmost consistency, and he had very hard work. On Saturday he he played no less than five matches, and won them all, an astonishing performance. “Mac,” intact, is quite the hero of the tournament.

The winning team in the Fours was Crowhurst, Woodward, Hoyes and McFarlane, the picked quartette of the Rotorua Club. They all played splendidly. It is possible they may compete in Auckland at the Easter tournament.

Kusabs and McFarlane won the Rotorua Pairs. The former, considering that he has had little practice this season, did right well, and when “Mac” tired at the close of Saturday, as well he might, Charley played up gamely and pulled the old man through.

The Auckland team had hard luck in that owing to accident they had to commence with two substitutes, and four wins out of five was not a bad record under the circumstances.

Rocky Nook showed up in good style, Fletcher’s men all doing well, but in the play off in the semi-final against McFarlane they seemed to go to pieecs.

A good deal of comment was made about the Carlton Club, whose teams played one game in the Pairs, then left, thus disorganising the draw all through. As the Carlton players knew they were leaving they should not have entered.

Of the visitors the Auckland pair, Coombes and Ledingham, were most successful in the Pairs, as they won their section, but were beaten in the semi-final owing to the Rotorua skip carrying the jack with his last bowl, and scoring four when the Aucklanders had been lying five.

Martin Taylor was playing a good game at the Rotorua tournament. The game was always full of life when the •burly penciller was in it.

Brown, of Mt. Eden, played exceedingly well at Rotorua, his drawing game being very fine.

Oliphant, of the Auckland Club, unfortunately met with an accident just prior to the tournament, and was too unwell to take part in the Fours.

Secretary McLean, of the Rotorua Club, was presented with a handsome travelling bag by visiting bowlers as a mark of appreciation for the good work done by him at the tournament.

On the Auckland green the following matches have been played: — Subscription Fours: Styak, Robertson, Handcock, Dr. King (skip), 20, v. Cooke, Littler, ■ Carlaw, Spreckley (skip), 14. Robertson, Thompson, Culpan, Perritt (skip), 24, v. McDougall, Barnard, Hudleston, Handcock (skip), 23. Plummer, Blitz, Elliot, Mennie (skip), 22, v. Cooke, Steele, Gorrie, Holland (skip), 11. Handicap Pairs: Jacobs and Forster, 31, beat Colthurst and Lyons, 12. Ross-Ehrenfried Cup: Elliott, 22, beat Hudlestone, 19. Handicap Singles: G. A. Buttle 22, beat Huuddleston 13. Championship: First game — Brookes, 21, beat Lyons, 15. « * * « Mt. Eden tackled Devonport at an Inter-club match on Saturday, and got home'by 124 to 102, the game going as follows: — Devonport—Miller, W. Crosher, R.

Mitchell, Ralfe (skip) 19, v. Mt. Eden —Woolier, Seabrook, Brookes, Burns (skip)—23. Devonport—Reeve, G*. H. Brookes, Lelievre, Eyre (skip)—24, v. Mt. Eden —Walton, Toy, Dickey, Mercer (skip—l 3. Devonport —Cooper, White, Warren, Warner (skip)—l9, v. Mt. Eden —Gill McStay, Ferguson, Martin (skip)—l4. Devonport—Cameron, Johnson, McKenzie, Harvey (skip)—ll, v. Mt. Eden —A. W. Jones, La Roche, Tutt, Ross (skip)—l7. Devonport—'Barr, Bennett, Broughton, Harrison (skip)—l9, v. Mt. Eden —Watkins, Newland, Simpson, Hooper (skip)—2s. Devonport — Erickson, Webster, Mason, Armstrong (skip)—lo, v. Mt. Eden —C.C. Baker, Garland, Young, Hudson (skip)—3l.

As even an Inter-club match as it could be possible to conceive of was that between the new clubs Waitemata and Epsom, as the following scores will show: —

Waitemata —Fred Jackson, Clark, Newman, Campbell (skip)—23, v. Epsom—F. H. Harison, E. A. Pollard, W. W. Hill, F. C. Jones (skip):—l2. Waitemata — Taylor, Leonnard, Shepherd, Kinnaird (skip)—l3, v. Epsom —Smith, H. Craig, Kerr, E. A. Craig (skip)—l9. Waitemata —J. Jackson, Alexander, Reid, Peachey (skip)—ls, v. Epsom —Burton, Lowe, Pollard, Eagleton (skip)—2l. Totals: Epsom 52, Waitemata 51.

Laurie has beaten McCallum in the Carlton Championship after three good games, the scores reading: Laurie 20, 11, 20; McCallum 12, 20, 15.

Onehunga had a fairly easy win on Saturday over the new Otahuhu Club, a result which of course was only to be expected. The games went as follows: —

Onehunga—F. Stewart, M. Friar, A. Ellison, T. R. George (skip)—2B, v. Otahuhu —J. Hebden, T. Whitely, J. Harbutt, Everitt (skip)—ls. Onehunga—J. Robins, I. Lomas, Ed. Sutherland, E. R. Allen (skip) : —2s, v. Otahuhu —Bond, E. Whitmore, R. Crowe, Macindoe (skip)—l6. Onehunga—A. Grundy, J. Park, H. C. Yockney, J. Allen (skip)—2o, v. Otahuhu —Robinson, Dr. Bewes, W. Todd, W. Auckram (skip)—lB. Totals: Onehunga 73, Otahuhu 49. Majority for Onehunga 24.

At a meeting of delegates to the Auckland Provincial Bowling Association, held at the Sports’ Club last week, a discussion took place concerning an account of £57, in connection with the visit of the New South Wales bowlers, the point being as to the proportion to be charged to the

various affiliated clubs. .. It was ultimately decided that the amount should ‘be levied pro- rata on the membership of each club affiliated with the association. A letter was received from the Auckland branch of the Union Steam Ship Company, Ltd., stating that .their Wellington office had advised them that they had been negotiating with Mr. G. E. Prince, of Wellington, with regard to a team of bowlers which it was proposed to send to. England and that the Orient Steamship Company had promised a discount ofi 20 per cent. if. the party numbered not less than 12. Some half-a-dozen. bowlers had already booked, and it was hoped that others might be induced to make the tour. The company asked to be advised of the .'names of any bowlers proceeding from Auckland. Any bowler who intended going home should communicate with the secretary (Mr. G. B. Osmond) as soon as possible. An application was made by the Richmond Bowling Club, whose. green is near that of the Grey Lynn Club, for affiliation to the Association. After conisiderable discussion, a motion was moved, “That the Richmond Club be affiliated.” An amendment, “That in the opinion of this meeting there is not room for two clubs in the Grey Lynn district, and therefore the application be declined,” was carried by 10 votes to three.