BOWLS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 130, 26 February 1920, Page 6

BOWLS

CHAMPION PAIRS TOURNEY

RAIN STOPS PLAY

The Wellington Bowling Centre is experiencing a run of bad luck in getting off its championship games tins season. In the case of the rinks last week, ram interfered with the progress of tho games, and yesterday the pairs tourney suffered a similar drawback. Owing to iho rain in the forenoon a 6tart was not made with the first round until 12.45 p.m., and out of seven games only four were completed before fairly heavy tain prohibited further play. In the first round liastbourne (Munro and Powell) beat Hutt (Kennington and Meyrick); Petono (Kirk and Melhuish) Vat Khandallah (.Mansfield and J. A. X*. 'miner); Itataitai (Creswell and Arie beat Island Bay (Clark and Ed"tJu, stale of the unfinished games is „c folivvß: Newtown (J. M. Brackenridgo Sn< \ l\ es llrackenridge, sen.) v. WeiCtonVSnllwm and O'Domicll), four I a<k to R°i Thornton (Dimock and \r« L\ I -.Victoria Chapman and HemtarewtriPihmis l 0 r° ; So,,toun (GRr ; or 1, mf 4 "*) v. Kelburn - and totlevrVH^^dstogoiJohn^nville 'Mills"and £ bye ' ~ , „ lvin . If the weather V fil, P e " oush play mU ho resumed at 9 a.k 1 ' t(wlay -

MANAWATU COTE'S TOURNEY

By Tclegraph-Specicl Corespondent. Palmerston North, 22. The Manawatu Cenvre's "Chv' n P 1011 0I Champions" tournament cflßn*™J* day with the singles on thegreen, which was. in splendid 'order.. A"" entries were disappointing, the FcilcV'b. Woodville, Pahiatua, Shannon and Lev. n. clubs not being represented. The matcV was played on the combination principle, "sudden death" bcijig applied only alter tho second round. , First round: Calder (Danncnrite).;ha* a bye. Whiblev (Foxton) beat Seifert (Palmerston North), 20-17; Forrest (Terrace End) beat Laurenson (Manawatu), 17-16. Second round: Seifert beat Laur-tnson,-30-3; Whibley beat Calder 22-20. Laurenson, with two losses, was eliminated. Semi-final: Whibley beat Forrest, 20-17; Seifert beat Calder, 10-U. Final: Seifert beat Whibley, 1G —11. . / The "champion of champions pairs will be played next Wednesdajy.and tho rinks at a later date.

Tho following teams will represent harori in tho pennant match against kel-. burn:-At home: Malin, Needham, Bum, Conpcr.' Away: Pulton, Edwardß, Henderson, Crawford. , , , . The following have been selected to play on Saturday for Wellington anjinst Thorw]on:-At home:' A. L. M'Wilson,. F. Marshall, Carey, 11. Ct. Smith (s.); Salek, Williams, Kinnear, Still (s.); Hildretli, Roche. Markman, Innes (s.); M. Bird. Gilby, Warwick, Spinks (s.). Away: Coltman, Helliwell, Philps, Pettigreur s.); C. Sultjjan, Norton, Skinner, 0 Donnell (a.); Croa<e Choto, Waddel, Petersen (s.); A. Allen, Brimstlen, Captain HoMsworth, Duthie (s.). ■ The following will represent Hataitai on Saturday in a friendly'-jjame against Newtown:—At home: Bennett, Italian, Burgess, Hondv; Casson, Wf.ight, Henner, Morrnh. Away: Gibson, Shearer, Pettie, Crcsswell; Townshend, Mackenzie, Anstev, Williams.