BOWLS TOURNEY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1329, 5 January 1912, Page 5

BOWLS TOURNEY.

FINAL BETWEEN TWO WELLINGTON RINKS. DALL AND WEBB. ; Tho Wellington Bowliug Centre's aw nual tournament wa3 resumed at the Wellington Club's green in iiuo weather yesterday afternoon, when the contest was brought'down to the final, which lies between two of the Wellington Club's rinks skipped by Dal! andWebb. ; The semi-, finals were witnessed--by a couple-of hundred spectators. ... section;"ties. .' 7 Sectional ties were played off early in the afternoon with the following results-— Section J.— Ball (Wellington) beat Wylie (Jvewtown), 18-7. Section 4.—Norwood. (Victoria) • beat Brackcnridgo (Nowtown), IG-10.' ' ■'• • Section, G.-Webb (Wellington)'-beat' 3V' L(mreHioil:.aiataitai);.-l.l^lo:.:... 1 , , r ;'• : THE SECTION WINNERS. V .' ' The result of these games left-the.see* tional winners as follow:— \ Section 1.-IJall' (Welliheton); :i ■'..■'.' hection 2.-Wylio (Pctbtte)7 " ":'■■ '"' Section 3—Vosseler (Victoria).'- ! - .''■'■■ section 4.—Norwood , (Victoria). ' ''" bection s.—Prince (Newtown). Action' G.-Webb (Wellington). '. v,; .; SECTION,V. SECTION.- ■'~ At tho conclusion of tho ties, the win. nors of sections played btt «itb. tae'lol. , lowing results:— ...-,. to -VosselcHVictoria) beat Prince (Neww This game was won after a vcrv. close inish, in which admirable, tactics' were displayed by both skips. With one bowl U) play each and Prince lving. the' shot' the Aeutown veteran placed his last bowl m the draw, wnll in front; Vosseler played a, farm shot, rested Prince out, aua following up. lay tho shot. Wylio (Petone) beat Norwood (Victoria), 15—14. This proved another highly intcrestine game—a, neck-and-ncck stru ß glo the whole way, unil on the fifteenth head both' sides had H points to their credit. In tlio play-off, Petone's No. 2 (Catesl put a shot right on the jack, which Bedstone (\ lctona) shifted. Then, as if by war of compensation, Redstone, with his second ball, carried the jack to Bates's other bowl, and (hero it remained undisturbed to the finish.

. and Dall drew byes, aud then played olf with Vosseler and Wylie respectively. ' ■ SEMI-FINAL. The results of the games between seeion winners left the issuo between Webb (Wellington), Wylic (Petone), Dall (WeiUnglon) and Vosseler (Victoria). Webb was drawn to play Wylie, and Dall mot Vossclor, with the ■; following results :- Dall (Wellington) v. Vossoler (Victoria); Wellington-Ledger, Hamilton, Porteous, Dall (s.), beat Victoria—Tucker, Lavill, Ingram, Vosseler (s.); 17—1C. A most exciting game. The rinks kept neck and neck to the eleventh head, when Dall.was 13 and Vosseler 12.' Then Dall put on a three, one, and two in succession, making the score 17—13. Vosseler got one on tho fifteenth head, which left him four to tio aud five to win on the last head. With Dall lying two, Vossoler made a skilful- dead-heat of it. la the new head he had a doubtful one when the skips went down. With his first, Vosseler ■ played narrow, and Dall got amongst the front stuff. Then Vosseler seeing that ho had a lot of back wood, played a firm shot, and carried the jack back amongst them, and lay. four or five. It was a critical moment for Dall, who had to save at least one to win. His Inst bowl rested a yard from tho jack) sail it cut out two of Vosseler's shots, , and made him (Dall) the winner by'one point. ■ '

Webb (Wellington) v. Wylio (Petone). Wellington—M'Lean, Focke, Thompson, Webb (s.) beat Petone—Jones, Catee,' Coles, Wylio (s.), 18-9. Webb had this match prettv well his own way after tho first sevon heads, and! won , as ho liked, much to the surprise of most of the onlookers, who had uoted the' excellent play of. Wy lie's rink through tho tournament. ~-.■; f. ■ - '<..£ .THE FINAL. '' ' The final game between the Wellington Club's rinks, skipped by Dall and Webb, will be played onthe Wellington Club's green" at "l~ o'clock this" afternoon. "THE"AGGREGATE PRIZE-WINNER. Thero was a prize awarded to the team . which ■ scored' 'the greatest number of points during tho tournament in section play. This "goes to"'Sail, with 169 points who wins a handsome silver roso uowl). , The runner-up -was i< Wylio.. (Nentowi)}, • with 165 points. -i: • : . ■ N.B.A. TOURNAMENT. - - ' CONTESTANTS BEGIN' TO Now that the- centre tournament'has practically been disposed of, "interest''is beginning to quicken in the big Northern Bowling Association's tournament,' which / commences here on Monday next. Already the local greens havn been invaded with many strangers, who are losine no opportunity, of getting their hands in under lo> conditions. Tho members of a Westnort team paid a visit to the, Wellington Club ; yesterday, and had a friendly game with -. a team skipped by Norrfo Bell.' Several of tho country clubs' representatives are also in town, and thero should bo a "gathering of tho clans" on the local greeus to-morrow afternoon. ~....., ;:' ";