Whakatane And Taneatua Now All Square In Bowling Shield Play

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 24, 24 February 1948, Page 5

Whakatane And Taneatua Now All Square In Bowling Shield Play

The second match of a series of three, for the Whakatane-Taneatua bowling shield was played on the Whakatane Club’s bowling greens on Saturday. Four teams of senior players per side took part and honours for the day went to Whakatane. The first game of the series' was won by Taneatua, so the third and final game, to be played later, V|ill decide which club holds the shield for the next' year. A “feathers” match between the colts of botk clubs was also won by Whakatane." Results follow (Whakatane players’ names first): — Shield Games: Sims, Drube, McIsaac, Good 16, v Kildare, Rangi, Torrie, Coe 21. Cockerell, Coates, Anderson,, Loane 28, v Alexander, Grace, Green Hunt 9. Shapley, Howat, Henderson, Littlejohn 26, v Gee, Rixon, Cradwick,' Lawn 22. Wilson, Dixon, McLeod, Luxton 20, v Mair, Middlemas, Rae, Foster ’2. Aggregate: Whakatane 90, Taneatua 74. Feathers Match: Cooke, Jarrett, Johnston, Duley 40, v Gardiner, Hill, Tocker, O’Brien 11. Club Games Smith Stars—Holders: Wilson, Dainton, Butler, Berg 23, v Challengers Gerring, Harrison, Pearson, Smoljan 16. Ordinary Draw Anstis, McLay, Thompson, King 24, v Martin, Compton, Bell, G. Head 12; Rutherford, Bell, Cham* berlain 21, v Campbell, White, Burgess 11; Davis, Merito, McCarthy 21, v Hay, Murphy, Hayward 11; Sumner, Salmon, Smith, Hollis 33, v McCowan, Sloane, C. Head, Harris 11.