ASHBURTON CLUB

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 103, 14 February 1950, Page 5

ASHBURTON CLUB

BOWLING

A. PRYDE WINS CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES The jubilee year singles champion of the Ashburton Bowling Club is A. Pryde, who defeated J. v Wylie in the final last night, 23-12. The green washolding after the week-end rain, and a northerly breeze made one hand narrow and difficult to judge. The finalists began the match last week, and had played eight heads when steady rain forced them to stop. At this stage Pryde had a lead of six points,' the board reading 10-4 in his favour. It was a good lead, but Wylie set out to make a game of it, and on the first five heads played last night he managed to get within two of his opponent. This was due mainly to a three#on the 10th head, in which Pryde was heavy. He changed to the narrow hand with his last, but failed to pick the green. Pryde scored a good three on the 11th, in which Wylie, after twice being short, put on too much weight with his third, and again fell short with his last. A brace to Wylie on the 13th saw the board read: Pryde 13, Wylie 11. The indications then were for a keenly contested game, but steady drawing by Pryde forced Wylie to resort to. driving, and this appeared to upset him,, for thereafter he failed to find his length. Pryde collected two on the 16th iii which two drives by Wylie were narrow and missed the head. At this stage Pryde was five up, and he went steadily ahead to secure a well-earn-ed win, due to consistently drawing. Over the 17tli, 18th and 19th heads he scored 3. 1 and 2, to place the issue beyond doubt. Both players were congratulated on their performances. Afternoon v. Evening Players The following teams have been chosen- to represent afternoon and evening sections in a jubilee match at 6 p.m. to-morrow:' — Evening—Argyle (s), R. McElhinney, Ritchie, Butterick; Amos (s), F. R. Brown,'Timlin, F. R. Smith; Gray (s), Campbell, Brassel, Drummond; Pryde (s), Dakers, A. McElliinney, Boston; Lowry (s), Allan, Welsh, Bell; H. Lane (s), Downes, Waters, Kelliher; Wylie (s), Moore, Walls, Olds.

Afternoon —Armstrong (s), Gimson, Bonnington. Clark; Dellow (s), Weir, Crysell, Glassey; A. Lane (s), Fowke, W. J. Brown, Steel; Tulloch (s), Stewart, Orr, Shaw; W. R. Lane (s), Bowman, Ward, Johnson; Maxwell (s), Macfarlane, Rowe, Withell; Cookson (s), Porter, Rowell, Hosken.

SHOOTING

OAKES SHIELD ,ASHPURTON BEAT SYDENHAM In a match for the Oakes Shield, on Saturday, the Ashburton Rifle Club defeated Sydenham by 751 points to 734. Teams comprised 10 men, with the eight best scores counting. The match was fired at West Melton range.

Scores, for 300, 500 and 600 yards ranges, were as follow: Ashburton —A. McArthur 32, 32, 32 —total 96; T. Duncan, 31, 33, 32—96; G. Dusk, 30, 35, 31—96; J. Girvan, 31, 32, 32—95; M. Holland, 34, 31, 30—95; H. Cromie, '3l, *3l, 30—92; J. Bishop, 33, 31, 27—91; R. Vincent, 29, 30, 31— 90; total 751. Other scores: A. Adams, 30, 31, 29—90; D. Clements, 30, 25, 31— 86.

Sydenham—R. Hodge, 32, 31, 31— 94; C. Thom, 30, 32, 32—94;. A. Nicoll, 29, 33, 31—93; H. Barker, 30, 31, 31— 92; V. Tritt, 30, 32, 29—91; S. Cousins, 31, 32, 28—91; J. Witliam, 31, 30, 29—90; R. Tritt, 29, 32, 28—89 ; total 734. Other scores: J. McCarthy, 29, 30, 30—89; R. Poulson, 30, 31, 26.

CRICKET

AUSTRALIAN TEAM ARRIVES / CAPTAIN CONFIDENT OF GOOD TOUR (P.A.) < WELLINGTON, Feb. 13 In a small services’ recreation hut in New Guinea during the war, Jack Iverson ,the 34-year-old Victorian offspin bowler, made a table tennis ball perform such remarkable contortions in the air and off the table that he decided to try the same peculiar wrist action with a cricket ball. To-day he is one of the most successful bowlers in Australian cricket. Iverson spoke of his New Guinea discovery when interviewed to-day after arriving with the Australian cricket team by the Wanganella. He said he first formed his style of bowling while playing a form of table cricket in New Guinea. “We played with table tennis balls and a ruler,” he said. “I used to aim out to the right and by holding the ball in a certain why I would make it swerve and spin about 10 feet to the left.’ Iverson persevered with his grip and eventually developed into an Koutstanding bowler. Both the Australian captain (Mr W. A. Brown) and the team manager (Mr G. A. Daves) said that had Iverson struck form earlier, he would probably have found a place in the Australian side that went to South Africa. Both Mr Brown and Mr Davies are confident that the team will do well in New Zealand. Mr Brown said that the bowling was considerably more varied than was the attack of the last Australian team in New Zealand, and “our fielding should be exceptionally good. W e have a nice blending of youth arid experience.” Mr Davies said that much was expected of the fast left-hand New South Wales bowler, Davison, and of J. Johnstone, the fest-medium right-hander. Mr - Brown said that he would definitely be retiring from big cricket at the end of this season.