BOWLING.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16165, 20 March 1918, Page 8

BOWLING.

NOTES BY "JACK." (Items of interest are invited, _ especially from country clubs, for ineertion in this column.) Entries for the Easter Tournament close on Friday. It is expected that about 50 rinks -will compete, which will make five sections of ten. Already twenty entries have been received. Last year 46 rinks competed, and the tournament was won by United, the runners-up being Linwood. * The Alston Challenge Doubles Competition is creating a good deal of interest on the United green. The holders—R. Wright, T. Thomson (s) — ■were recently beaten by W. Brown and I. Voolf (s). Alpo is leading with 5 wins, and Woolf and Thomson have 4 wins each. ***** The contest for the Champion of Champions Singles (Maddison tropbjv starts at noon on Thursday, on Christchurch green. The wiU be as followsAkaroa v. St. AJbans (Thompson), n (Anderson) v. United (Brackenndge); The other 14 have byes. The fire" round will reduce the contes players. It is expected that four rounds will be got oft during the a - noon. Tho final will be played at a later date. ***** Another match for the Post and Telegraph Rose Medals was decided on the Canterbury green last v.lira McLellan and Oliver (s) challenged tho holders, Chambers and Finnigan (s . The result was in favour or the holdI crs, who won by 28 points to 10. aourlay and Muemanaway (s) have now

challenged, and the match will b® played on the Canterbury green on Thursday. » ♦ * » . The Sumner Club has started handicap Doubles and Singles competitions. The following games have been played: - —Doubles? — Neville and Partridge beat Marvie and Mc Arthur. Singles-— Harvey beat Neville, Heslop beat Dr. Gosset. The final for the Silvor Cup presented by Mr T. B. Boulton, was played on Saturday, when J. S. Neville , defeated R. Gibbs. • » » * * Mr "W. Thompson, a Dunedin bowler» ' was an interested spectator on the ; United greon on Saturday afternoon. Mr Thompson informs me that the J Dunedin Centre has not yet. seen the > advisability of holding Champion of Champions Pairs or Rinks, being content with the Singles Championship. : « * » '* * . The Champion of Champions _Pairs • and Rinks will be concluded on Saturday on the United green. The draw for the Rinks is as follows: — v. Rvdcnham. New Brighton v. IvaiapoiI For the Doubles, St. Albans play Lyttelton, and New Brighton meet Papanui. * «' • * * The manv friends of *A. L. Parsons, - lato of the' St. Albans Club, and noW, of the King's Park Club, West Australia will be pleased to know that he is still chasing "kitty" in his moments In the "West Australian Bowling Association's Champion Fours competition, recently decided, he filled the position of third player in the winning rink. #4♦ * * - \ speciallv fine and interesting game was witnessed 011 the Canterbury green last Saturdav, when rinks skipped by D. Manson and A. J. Benzie tried conclusions. Play in many of the heads I could not have been equalled in anv or I the championship games, and the deI ciding shots were often scored bv the last bowl. *Tn this game it would impossible to particularise any individual player, excepting, nerhajw, Finnigan. whose play was really J>nlliant. Benzie had a great against him in Manson, and altnoncn tltp Christ-church skip was drawn 1 -? ivol', bo could not pass liis opponent, and suffered defeat by a venr narrow , margin. The came was or twenty- - five heads, and the best of good-fcllow-Fhip was exhibit"-:! throughout. • .. return match will be played on Christchurc-h green next Saturday. UXITED CLU3. Two games in the Alston DoubVs -were play«d '"Pt VT. Brown sr>d I. Wooli (b) and F M. Brown <*\ nnd al*o ¥00} M ■?-. fi. G. Atkinson (e)-_ V«olf i* this corpiciition with. € wma, H. Alpc 11 Ti;n rluli will urobaMr »nterins rinks for the Easter tourr.amer.l.