BOWLS NOTES

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21417, 8 March 1935, Page 15

BOWLS NOTES

[By JACK.] Some excellent bowling was seen dwnng the third round and semi-finals | of the pairs championship last Saturday. The most closely-contested game was that .between Dobbs and Morrison (Cashmere) and Smith and I Fhmcgan (Canterbury;. It was a | qame in which there was a marked contrast between the tactics of the I skips, Morrison indulging in many j fast drives (which seldom missed their l objective». and Finnegan drawing con- | sistently to the jack or to judicious placements. Morrison's last bowl on the j final head just trickled into the ditch. Had it remained on the green it apI peared as though a measure would be I inevitable, and victory might easily have gone to Cashmere. * » » Several of the onlookers during the i pairs championship games last Saturday expressed the view that the I umpire was too officious in drastically .pplying the cne foot on the mat rule. I He warned several players, and on I cne occasion exercised his authority by having a bowl stopped. It is a pity that more umpires do riot obi erve the same strictness and impar,•inliiy in carrying out their dtuies. Praise, rather lhan blame, should be hj" piTtitm (.if an umpire who has the cmirane \:> enforce a proper observance of the rules. • • • One of the players in the pairs championship had his bowls disqualified because they were an ounce over 1. weight for size scale. This points o a weakness in club administration, ointrd cm in this column en a jm" "clarion, '.'.-hereby a player permil.'-:d to go through his club j mpetifion; using bowls that give him I (ostensibly at least) an advantage 1 over his club fellows. The interest !of one's club demands that players tal-e certain that their bowls comply ' \ i h the regulations. II e singles final at Canterbury Club as won by R. Haworth, who defeated J. Turpin very comfortably. Haworth has a fine record in this event, havm, won it in 1917, 1920, 1925, 1932, md again this year. The nearest I approach 'to this" record is the performance of B. J. Finnegan, whose j four wins were scored in 1927, 1928.1 1900. and 1931. In the latter year j 1 u ncgan was runner-up in the Mad--0.1 i.n trophy to Henry Watson. , A rinks tourney was held on the j K u mgton green yesterday, the fol- | lowing teams taking part:—Giles, Cutts, Ford, and Burgess (Riccarton Race- ! courseV Webster, Hennessey, Walker, !-nl Elliott (Harrington); McCullough, Young, Crocker, and Chatfield (Edge- \ jic>: Bonnington. Harvey. Rowntree, i nd Kershaw fLinwcodl; Delargey, H iv, Finnegan. and McNish (Cannbury): Nisbet, Ryan, McGimpsey., >nd Archer < Barrington>; O'Brien, Patterson. Harrington, and Tregurtha I Opawa): Harris. Taylor. Coombes. and I "lad-en (Sydenham); Camnbell, Watts, i Burke, and Smith (Beckenham); T >i id es, inn.. J. Bridges, Daniel, and ' IcNc b (Riccarton'): Hvland. Bradbury, Miller, and Jones (Linwoodl; McDufT, Paul. Spiers, and Munn (Canterbury); \dlins, Ball. Bishop, and Coote (SydHicks, Williams, Willington, nd Ramsay (Harrington'); T. Simpson, J S mpscn, Purdie, and Callaghan Sunnysidc); Morrison, Igso, Pearce, d D'<nn (Beckenham). The winners 1 tii the Sydenham rink skipped by f A/ ladsen, who won all five games. \ cnoi- i Barrington), Callaghan (Sunu\ dc. and Munn (Canterbury) tied '(i eond p'acc. with four wins. Sunn e'e winning the play-off. A sumi of tii'J play is as follows: — j Won. Lost. Drawn '. Mad.-en . . :> < a laghau . . . 4 1 -- ! Mi i .. .. 4 I -■ j - - ! Dann . .. X 2 , r l i eturtha . . . . 2 '2 II Burgess . . . . 2 'A Elliott . . . . 2 'A u'-'ia-,v .. ..2 'J McNab .. -.3 1 I j Me .ish .. .. 'A 2 -- j Co i f . . . . : J . 2 - j Ran av . . . . A 2 -- j Chatrkld .. ..1 4 ' ,Sn ltti .. . . 1 4 IJonr 1 Jonr t .. 1 _ 4 - ; lien I lady bowlers have a long ! u i to gi, before they will be abie | > boast a membership equivalent to j h i of the Dunedin Ladies' Bowling j \ si i iation. In Dunedin there are l'J < ul with women players, with an d{. ,i egate membership of 760. i On Wednesday, March 13. the final 1 i i nds of the ladies' champion singles will be played on the Canterbury ; cu, commencing at 1 p.m. I Iderly Bowlers' Day will be cclebi aid on Thursday, March 21, the r ; being played on the United, L in s green j j i last of the centre's fixtures, tlie mi ii for the Langley Cup against |ti ( Ashburton-Eilesmere sub-centres, 1 dc played at Rakaia on Saturlda April (i. The local centre at I I i nt holds the cup.