ATHLETIC SPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2011, 19 March 1914, Page 6

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

BOWLS;' CENTRAL'S CHAMPION PAIRS. Tho bowlers mte*(?stei) hi the Cent tre's diainpion pairs had poof hrek with tho weatlicr ycstevdiiy. A i'litl itiglit's rani had gaddoired '-tlw AVellington Club's e-rec-n pretty LlioroHjjhly, and etti'ly in tho monitag it was tiiought that tho iistjiro vroutd iiavo *e : bo pbstm< ">nt as tlw rain lieid off, though tiro pros'pt;.«ts irefe tho reverse of 'pi'onuaiiig a i,jto start was MVade on. the trip green, which \ m a good deal drier, tjhaft the mwo »M clitmiied lower grceji. Tixb toiwitsmei)* was played en tho sudden death prin* rapio—one hm ni«anmg ttoivrt and out. Ilw grcoai was foinifil to be very stiff, and lino shots qoiilfl not be pliijcd with , .any -couJuleHce, as tlift riiilcs wao takMfi ltttlo gj'oeu, and a goad deal of solid push was iieqtted tp g<?t, im to the The following are tJie results:— FIRST VaOVW. ' Ncwtown '(Warwiclt cjicl. Wv'K?)' beat Mstiliigiirtte (Moj'ris and Shortt), 27— 15: T-β Hiwi (Sbofeass and J'arata) beat hyall Way (Bilrg fi s s and Jloi'rah). 23— 18; JohnsonviHe (Hiiraop and Sit Kino), heat Karori (feopffr an'd Crawford), -25—11; Victoria' (Hiint and 1-Jitfcsten) beat Suit (Pole and Palmer), 26 r 13; AVelliußtait (IS. J. Hffl mid Hell) bnat nataitiii (Rari.ics and I;Kvffiitson), la—18; Khmrdallah (JMniisfiefd and Burke) beat 'ftarmlon .(Tfiomsou and IMnioelv), Sl—l51 T*ctWo (Hoiuife and Weattio) heal Kelbti'nio .(T)ii.tdwin and jVrMjmje), 28-13: Oteki, a Ijye. SECOND HOIIjJD, I'eSoiw beat \Vc,U.iUj*ton, 19—l$j V ; ic* tn-ria licat Otatii, "21—16; 'sv'&wtoivu heat 'ft. Riwi, 02—17; .Toimsoftv'tllo beat lihaudullah, 22—15. ' SMMI-.FINAL, Owing to the lateness of the limit, frtil.y tliiitooil J.i Pads of tlio games muid !)o played last eveiriug. At that stage of the games the scares stootj as fiiWow :-- JoiMSßiivißo-Vietfiria,, 1,3—11. Kewtown-l'rtoiie; 13—?. The giifhes will bo -resumed at 1,30 p.m. to-day; Tho fijia-1 will cem-inetsoe at a-liout '3 ji.n.i. TEAMS FOB SAOTROA , I, ■ In a friendly iji-ateh against Ka'rori oi"(. Saturday, Scatoim will be ed : ljy tho foUouinK;— lano, Hosers, Paul, •β-reon (s4- Hows*Wriglit, Webb, JJetstoii,. (s.), Aivrt-y—M'Oill, €ai-r, Bredley, AJesan■tfer (s.).