BOWLS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 722, 22 January 1910, Page 10

BOWLS.

THE DUNEDIN TpUENAMENT^ • .(By MeeraDli.-Presa : Association.)..'■•;. ? .■•'.■■■ Dunedin, January 21. The Now.Zealand Bowling, Association's tournament was continued: to-day,; when the singles championship was concluded and the rinks ■ championship aii but -finished, only seven heads remaining , to be played, 'i'ho doubles: are .well advanced. Tho weather was fine until late in the afternoon, when a little rain fell. ■■■• . /■' In tho final to decide'the winner on the Sti Kilda green,. Caledonian (Smith) 22 beat Dunedin (Findlay) 12. ■'•; ~■ ■ ■:'' --: On the Kaituna green, in -the'.final Canterbury (Saxton) 25 beat Taieri (Carswell) 20. ■; ... ■.':•■ . : ..■■•■■•.'.■■ ■; ~■; . . (Tho green winners .then, mot' to fight out the finals. ... . .";

■In tie first round Fairfield (Mliauchlan) 10 beat Dunedin'.(Gillies) 13, and others had byes. .;. ■■■■; ' -•;. ■'. : ■: . At the conclusion of the game Fairfield v. Dunedin a member of the latter rink challenged Pairfield, , and.,the test showed that.four of their bowle wero top harrow, was .'■ and the game awarded to Dnnedin; but the latter.was content with asserting the principle and retired from tho contest, . In the second round, Caledonian (Smtih) 17 beat Canterbury, (Saxton) U; North End (Service) 22 : beat Southland (Smith) 15; United (Brown) 15 beat Taieri (M'lntyre) 14;,Eoslyn (Wedderspoon) a by 6 - In the - somi-firial, North End -20 beat Caledonian. 16 j Boslyn 23 beat JJnited 17. ■'In the final,--:lf.heads- were .played when darkness stopped thegame. . At that 6tage- North End was leading ' by_ .13 points to 12. The gamo will be finished to-morrow. : - - "' " ' ; : .

In the doubles, the following, who were green •: winners, ."• continued the playr— Dunedin (Dall), Dunedin (Foster), Dun-' edin (Walker); Dunedin (Bcott), ; Dunedin (Hogg), Cavorsham (M'Gregor), Waimate (Morgan), ■ Kaituna (Payne), Kaitangata (Hislop). Canterbury' (Saxton), • Caledonian .(Scott), -Eoslyn l . (Scott), .Victoria (Eosdale), Taieri ( ! rait), : 'and Palmerston ■:(Clark). ".■"' ' ■-,' ■:&'':■ ' .-"-'-■.■■•• '■■• '■-■•■ Eesults of the first, roundi—Dunedin (Walker) 21 beat Dunedin (Scott) 13; Caversham 22 beat Caledonian , 20; Taieri 27 beat Victoria 13;'Eoslyn 21; beat Waimate 22; Dnnedin (Hogg) i 9 beat Dunedin, (Foster): 18; ■ Dunedin (Dall) ibeat Palmerston;" Kaitangata ..E4';beat, ■. ten.terbury .19 j Kaituna; a bye. '.':■'.' ■ .•.;,- ■Second round:—Kaituna 22 beat Dunedm (Walker) 1.7; Taieri 25 beat Roslyn :• 13j Dunedin (Dall) :25 beat Caversham , . 18; Kaitangata 25, beat Dunedin (Hogg), 22., ;' ! Tho singles wore completed, the results "being: , as , V • ! . : ,-. ■'■[■ ' First' round H-Fi-aish (Clinton) -17 beat Christie (Taien)i-U;:MiUer (Sonthland) 17 ■beat-:'. 'Allan ; (Taiera ■ .15;': .Stevenson '(Taieri) beat' Johnson (St.;Albans); HarraVay (Dunedin),'. a -bye. •:■'. : , ■ ■ ::■■■.'';. ■ 11 beat MilStevenson.l 3 beat Frtish'l2;-' f . , : Finale-Stevenson'■-'.20 " >: beat Harraway 18; Fruish.lS beat Miller 17 for third place. HaTrawoy, soon, /ran up the. score, and at the Beventh head; he had. ten to .his credit while' Stevenson had one.. With, eleran heads gone : . Harraway .-.was : 4;.. : np, the score being' 11— 7. .;Hajraway. v con-; tinned to add to his tofcil, and ■with only five heads to?.go'.he iwas. 8 up, 16; to; 8. :Then'Harraway was-'eilup,'..with-sthree heads to go,.but'.Stevenson played .vrtth excellent judßment,, and \at.;tno lost. head but ono got two shots in, 'leaving Harraway 2 up.when the last,head w#s started. In>this,- headiSteyenson 'scored,four and won by ,2. , '^-^ '■'..■' ::•;■';-'■' ;?■['■?■''