BOWLING TOURNEY

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 98, 19 January 1921, Page 8

BOWLING TOURNEY

LADIES’ DAY ON WELLINGTON GREEN GOVERNOR-GENERAL WATCHES SEMIFINAL TESTS After a spell of doubtful weather and heavy rain in the early morning, yesterday broke fine and clear, and the bowlers in the Dominion Tourney looked forward eagerly to "ladies’ day,” and the continuation of the rinks semi-finals. "Ladies’ day” is a time-honoured portion of a bowling tourney, and judging by the. attendance of the fair sex at the Wellington green yesterday, the ladies enjoy the game of Imwls, as well as do their men-folk. The attendance yas remarkably large. By three o’clock the greens, usually plainly picturesque, wero a mass of colour, and the bright dresses of the ladies formed a striking contrast to the white clothes of the bowlers. Every point of vantage on the sides of the green, a.n.l ou the pavilion was occupied, and the balcony was filled to its utmost capacity. The ladies watched the games with interest, and grew as enthusiastic as the men when tho play was keen. Promptly at four o’clock His Excellency the Governor-General (Viscount Jellicoe) arrived, and was met by the president of the Bowling Association (Mr. T. Bush?? The Prime Minister (Rt. Hon. W. F. Massey), and the Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke) were also present. After having afternoon tea. His Excellency witnessed the concluding games in the second round of the semi-finals. When he had addressed the skips of the competing teams, His Excellency cheerfully submitted to a bevy of photographers, and a girl from the crowd, amidst encouraging applause, ran out on to the green, before the viceregal chairs, in order to obtain a coveted "snap ” Afternoon tea was dispensed by a willing party of Indies, and a band played popular airs during the afternoon. The standard of bowls witnessed yesterday was very high, and most of thegames were well fought out The last semi-final stage has bern reached in the rinks competition, and the final game will be played this afternoon, there being one deciding match in the morning. Thq "Comc-Again” tournament has practically ended, and the final will be played to-day. . Details of yesterday s games are as under: — FIRST SEMI-FINAL ROUND MARRIOTT V. SMART. Great interest was centred in the game between Marriott (Linwood) and Smart (New Plymouth). At tho seventh head the score was 5 all, and at the ninth. Smart scored 4, bringing his tally to nine. From then on, he had the mastery, scoring 5 at the twelfth head, making tho score 19 —7. He did not score from the 17th, 18th, and 19th heads, but. Marriott could not catch up, and the game ended: Smart, 24; Marriott, 13. • M'WHANNELL V. HAIN. The game between Af'W'hannell (Hataitai) and Hain (North End) was hardfought, and scoring was very low. Hain’s team. the. conquerors of Walker’s fine Ponsonby combination, fought a good fight, but were beaten at the end, the scores being: M'Whannell, 15; Hain. 14. M'Whannell was 1 down at the fourth, but at the next head ecored two, bringing him 1 up. At the eighth, the score was 6 all, and after the next couple of heads the score was seven all. Keen play was the rule, both teams missing no chances, until at the 20th head, M'Whannell got three, making the scores 15—13 in his favour, and Hain’s single at tho twenty-first left tho game with the Hataitai team. JURY V. REID. The contest between tho two leading teams in the tourney, Jury (Karangahake) and Reid (.Lyall Bay) was watched with interest: Up to yesterday, Jury and Reid had gone through section and post-section play without any losses, the standard of their teams’ play being very high. The game was very close, and scoring on the whole was low, although on occasions both teams put up good figures. At the third head Jury lay sto his opponent’s 2, a good three giving him the lead. The next head brought forth a fivo from the same team, making the scores 10—2 in favour of Jury. At the ninth. Reid increased his score to 7, while Jury was 11; and with the next two head;, Reid brought his total to 9. Nothing much happened until the. fourteenth head, when Jury scored four, the scores at this stage being 16—10. The game was fairly uneventful until the last head. At the 20th, Jury was 18 and Reid 15, and at the final game the latter player jv.st missed equalising, scoring two, making the final tally: Jury, 18; Reid, 17. This added one more win to Jury’s list, and gave Reid his first loss during the progress of the tournament. GRAHAM V. RENNIE. The contest between Graham (Remuera) and Rennie (Christchurch) was not as close as some of the others. At tho first head Rennie, with a three, took the lead. He relinquished the lead at the fourth head, when a three to Graham, added to two singles for the second and third heads, made the total 5 —3 in favour of Graham. At the sixth the scores were 6 —4 in Graham’s favour, but at the next head Rennie came to light with a five, bringing his score up to 9. He kept the lead from then on, scoring three at the 13th, four at the 15th, and a brace of twos at the 16th and 17th heads. The score was 23 —14 in his favour at the 20th, when a three to Graham made the final scores, 23 —17, to the advantage of the Christchurch team. In this round London (Wanganui) had a bye. SECOND SEMI-FINAL ROUND. JURY V. SMART. The game between Jury and Smart was a hard fight all the way. Jury was behind until the tenth head, 10—8. On the next nine heads Jury did all the scoring, and on the seventeenth the score was 17—10, in his favour. Smart’s team tlien scored four on the next three heads. The score at the beginning of the 21st head was 17—14 against Smart. When the skips went down Jury was lying. Smart rested his bowl out and lay the shot. Jury failed to alter this. Smart, who wanted three to lie, essayed to cut out Jury’s nearest shot, which would have given him 6; but he missed it by very little, and had to accept defeat by 17 to 15. There was not much high scoring, and a feature of the match was Jury’s inability to score for eight heads. REID V. RENNIE. The contest between Reid and Rennie was not a close one, and Rennie was well ahead most of the way. For the first three heads Reid led; but at the fourth Ronnie was 4—3 against him. The game was 4 all at the sth, 5 all at tho seventh, and thereafter Ronnie held his own. A six at the ninth made Rennie 14 against his opponent’s 5, and at the 19th a four increased the lead, the game ending, Rennie 23, Reid 17. LONDON V. M'WHANNELL. Consistent play gave M'Wnannell’s (Hataitai) team the laurels in its match against London (A\ anganui). At the third head M’Whannell was five, against his opponent’s two, and steady scoring brought him to the tenth with 9—5 to his credit. London had the better of the 14th, 15th, and 16th heads, being one up at the 16th, 14-13. On (he seventeenth, howev-, M’Whannell scored two, and followed this with two two- in the succeeding couple of heads, while his opponent did not score. There was still a chance for Louder, at the 20th head, but his' ream did not score, and tho skip

sent his last bowl down, making the score 20—15 in favour of M Whannell. DRAW FOR LAST SEMI-FINAL. Jury (Karangahake) plays AI'AA uannell (Hataitai). Rennie (Christchurch) a bye. “COME-AGAIN” TOURNEY FIRST SEMI-FINAL ROUND. H. G. Smith (Wellington) 23 beat Ballinger (Wellington) 12. Laurenson ,(Manawatu) 20 beat Herd (Edgeware) 12. Dimock (Island Bay) 25 beat Henaghan (Caledonian) 14. Norwood (A’ietoria) 18 beat Kerr (Masterton) 16. SECOND SEMI-FINAL ROUND. Dimock (Island Bay) 18 beat (Laurenson (Alanawatu) 13. Norwood (Victoria) .17 beat! Smith (Wellington) 14. The final will be played between Di»mock and Norwood. NOTES ON THE PLAY. In the match between Dimock and Henaghan, the sixth head brought the former ahead well, with a four, and he maintained tho lead throughout, scoring threes at the 16th '.nd 18th heads. There was no big scoring in the contest between Laurenson and Herd, the former leading from the fifth head, after scoring a three. Herd scored three at the Uth. Smith scored two fours and two threes in his match with Ballinger. He took the lend from the fourth head, and never lost it. The gam'lj between Kerr and Norwood was very close. At the 18th head the game was 15 all. At the 19th Kerr increased his lead by 1; and stood 16 against his opponent’s 15. At the twentieth head, however, Norwood scored two, and one more at the last head, thus winning a hard-fought match. PAIRS COMMENCE AS USUAL FIRST GAME TO-AIORROAV. The Dominion Bowling Council met at the AVellington Club rooms last evening, the president (Mr. T. Bush) occupying the chair. The question of starting the pairs tourney to-day was discussed. The secretary stated'that so far the programme as planned had been up to schedule with tho exception that one day’s rain had caused suspension of play. As it was nt present, the pairs tourney was planned to commence on Thursday. The secretary also exptatned that there would be difficulty in getting into communication w’ith greenkeepers, for the preens would require to be playable There would be no trouble so far as catering for lunches was concerned. The chairman thought that the rinks final could be postponed until after the pairs matches. Mr. Nash: The final of the rinks could very well be played on Saturday. The secretary thought that clubs like Johnsonville or Khandallah should be given a chance to have their greens put in order. Then, if play in the pairs commenced to-day two games —not three — would be played. A member stated, that several players were tired of waiting, and had threatened to return to their homes It was decided on the motion of Air. Aleadownroft that the pairs commence on Thursday. It was decided that orders for trophies should bo available only for one month. Following a letter from the Dunedin Centre, the question of annual stamping of bowls was discussed, but no action was taken, the matter lyeing held over for the annual meeting of tho council at Dunedin. A REQUEST TO The Secretary of the Association would like to be notified by noon to-day of those players in the Pairs who do intend to fulfil their engagements. This information ie desired whether players have previously stated their intention or not. LYALL BAY CLUB ANNIVERSARY DAY RINK TOURNAMENT. Following are the entries received for the Lyall Bay Club Anniversary Day rink tourney, to be held on Saturday:— Hataitai: Atartin (s.); Karori: Cooper (s', Edwards (s.), Needham (s.l, Burn (s.), Spiers (s). Johnsonville: Tnplin (s.), Kelburn: Widdop (s.). Newtown: Prince (s.\ Robbins (s.), Barker (s.). Victoria: Fossette (s.). Thorndon: Hunter (s.). Wellington: Markman (s.). Seatoun: Bradley (s.), Green (s.). Lyall Bay: Brigfiling, Dustin. Mowtell, Martin. Aloran, and Ryder. Sections arc as follow: — A: Martin (Hataitai), Cooper (Karori), Fossctte (Victoria), Robbins (Newtown), Green (Seatoun), Spiers (Karori), Bright- ' ing (Lyall Bay), Mowtell (I,rail Bay). i B: Prince (Newtown). Needham (Ka- 1 rori). Hunter (Thorndon), Bradley (Scatonn). Burn (Karori), Markman (Wei- • lington), Dustin (Lyall Bay). Afartin 1 (Lyall Bay). C: Barker (Newtown), Widdop (Kclburn), Taplin (Johnsonville), Edwards (Karori), Ryder (Lyall Bay), Moran 1 (Lyall Bay). :