BOWLING.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20495, 14 March 1932, Page 3

BOWLING.

* —— CENTRE CHAMPIONSHIPS. The pairs and link championships ot the j Christchurch Bowling Centre were continued on Saturday afternoon, under ideal wcatnei l conditions. "There wore very fe-.v onlookers, j n-ust players ban- engaged in ir.ondly j games. - The Fairs. The third round ana seiui-linaU ot the rans were' played on on the Umbtclwuc i tiieeu, the cwnes lor the moat part beni very closely contested. Liarniyton ana byaenham louglit oi.i a very close game, Sydenham juU, tailing 1° 110Lcb Ul f, ,ie V„; ■sury three points lor a, tie on the last head. Bamiiaton sUrled auspiciously with a lour on the tat head, Syueiihom replying with two. The scores remained" lairly level until the ninth head, when Becured three, putting them Eve up on the hoard. They scored or; the next lour heads, Sydenham getting a five on the lourteentli head, the scores then reading 10-13 in favour ot" Barrington. A single to the latter pair and a two and tour to Sydenham put Mjtncay mid Allen in a winning position, hut the Harrington pair maintained their point advantage to lha end. . Biucartcn .Racecourse bad a comfortable victory over Beckenham, scoring on twelve ! eads as against the nine that in favour of their opponents. Pollock and burgess made a brilliant start, running up twelve on tho first live heads. At the conclusion of the seventeenth the board read W-o in their favour. Two singles to Beckenham were followed by a "courtesy" eight.Jeavin;r them wantin.? another "possible" to win. The Canterbury pair, Delargcy and Mnnn, led their opponents, Tempieton and Ileddington, for the first half of their game, but- from tho eleventh head onwards the Spreydon players forged steadily to the fjont, winning eight heads to the three that were captured by the Canterbury pair. St. Albans were hard put to it to hold their own against Sumner. With ten heads gone, the board re-id l' 2-3 in favour of Lawson and Martin, but a neat trail by Oakey gave bim a six. The St. Albans pair Men overhauled their seaside opponents, nnd with consistent drawing finished up With a margin of five in their favour. The semi-final? were productive of some Kood bowling. In the Riccarton Racecourse verms Barrington game the former led 18-10 at the finish of the fifteenth head, but a single and two twos cave Clark and ChiveTS a sporting chance. Barrington lay the shot on tliii nineteenth head at the change-over, hut Burgess shifted the kitty and lay shot. Chivors played a good shot for a trail on the last head but one, missing his objective oy inches. The final head was a short one. With tho position against them, Clark drove but failed to burn tho head, and left Chivers a difficult target, which he narrowly failed to dislodge. The St. Albans, v. Rpreydon gome was rather remarkable for the unevenness of the scoring. At the end of the fourteenth head Malpas and Onkey had vim up the fine tally of 3D, including n 'our, five, and two sixes. Spreydon in the meantime had won only two heads, these resulting in three points. Templelon and Reddington won the lest seven heads, bringing their total up to Results were as follows: THIRD ROUND. P. Clark and K. A. Chivers (Harrington) 23, G. W. Munday and R. Allen (Sydenham) F. C. Malpas and 11. B. Oakley (St. Albans) 23, C. Lawson and J. S. Martin (Sumner) 18. J. Tempieton and W. Reddington (Spreydon) 28, P. Dclargey and P. Munn (Canterbury) 18. T. Pollock and J. Burgess (Riccarton) 23, H. Lawrence and .T. Williams (Beckenham) Hi. SEMI-FINALS. Si. Albans 32. Spreydon •-"_'. Riccarton 22, Barrington Iti. The Rinks. On the Canterbury green the rinkt, also reached the semi-final stages, Shirloy and R.S.A. being loft in to decide the issue between them. The success of the newlyformed R.S.A. Club was very popular. Heathcote and Sunnyside staged a very close game in the third round. After the sixth head the board read 13-1 in favour of Sunnyside, but Heathcote won the next Ave- heads, making the tally 15-8 against them. Sunnyside added four more singles, Heathcote replying with twos on the sevenr toenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth heads, the board showing XD-17. Sunnyside scored two on the second last head, leaving Heathcote wanting Ave to win. They built up a fine end, but could notch only three counters. United appeared to be in an »lmost impossible position at one stage in their gamo against Beckenham, but they won handsomely at the finish. Commencing at the eighth head Beckenham won 11. to their opponents' two, but a four and two placed a better complexion on United's chance. Beckenham scored two on the tenth head. United then adding 2, 3, 1. 1, 3, nnd 2 in successive heads. Beckenham then secured a single, but a six to United put the issue beyond doubt. Redcliffs and R.S.A. had a very even game, with fortune fluctuating throughout. Tho R.S.A. proved the steadier in the final ends and won by superior drawing. Shirley completely outclassed tho Sydenham combination, winning \l heads to tho six that went to tho credit of Sydenham, the last head not being played. The semi-final between R.S.A. and Sunnyside was marked by the very low scores returned, duo to the players confining themselves to the dead draw game. On the eighth head the score was R.S.A. 6, Sunnyside 4, and on the thirteenth the scores were 7 and 0 respectively. On the fifteenth head the board showed 0 all, and on tho eighteenth 11 all. Sunnyside lay shot on the changeover in the nineteenth head, but Chapman sent down a "prospector" into the closelypacked end and got a . single. On the twentieth head the R.S.A. lead drew the shot, and the No. 2 nnd 3 added another counter each, the head not being disturbed by the skips. The Inst head was a very wide one. Pickcrsgill drew the shot, Sunnyside's only counter. Culliruore drove to burn the head but failed, leaving the . Soldiers three up on the board. Shirley bad another runaway victory when they met United. The Shirley men were all in good form, Johns in particular playing a brilliant game. Ramsay adopted doubtful tactics in the fifteenth head, when Shirley were 13 up. United lay shot, and Ramsay drove, giving his opponents three. Apart from this incident the display of the Shirley rink was well-nigh fanttless. Results were as follows: — THIRD ROUND. W. ,T. Shearman, W. Castle, J. R. .Johns, W, D. Ramsay (Shirley) 26, Gemmell, Hobbs, Langley, Armstrong (Sydenham) 10. Hodgson, Johnstone, Pickersgill, Cullimore (Sunnyside), 21, Poulton, Toy, Williams, Morgan - (Heathcote) 20. Heather, Smith, McLean, Chapman (R.S.A.) 20. Scarff, Pragnell, Short, Smith (Redcliffs) 16. J. C. Sheldon. H. .Harrison. P. SI. Brown, G. Freeman (United) 29, W. Craig, D O'Connor, W. Pearce, G. Louttit (Beckenham) 17. SEMI-FINALS. R.S.A. JO. Sunnyside 12. Shirley 23, United 13.