BOWLS

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 117, 15 February 1928, Page 8

BOWLS

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“No. 3.”)

Visit to Marlborough.

Some ten rinks of Wellington bowlers aro to leave for Marlborough at 3 p.m. on Friday. They will divide themselves between I’ictou and Blenheim on Saturday morning, and on Saturday afternoon will all assemble in Blenheim. On Sunday there will bo an excursion to the Sounds, and the party will leave Pictou for Wellington at 6 p.m. on Sunday.

Victorians in New Zealand. Tlie Victorian bowling team is now in the south. There are live rinks of strung players, who are said to be out to beat New Zealanders on their own greens. The gage has been taken up by the Wellington Centre, which is especially requesting the local clubs to nominate their very best players to meet the visitors on the Wellington Club’s green on February 21, and at Eastbourne on February 22. The Victorians will be in Dunedin to-morrow, in Timaru on February 18, and in Christchurch on February 19 and 20. From Wellington they will proceed to Palmerston North on February 23, play there that day, then go on to Rotorua (February 25 and 26), Hamilton, February 27, and Auckland, February 28 and 29. They will leave for Sydney from Auckland on March 2.

Owing io the visit of the Victorian team, tho playing of the champion of champion pairs has been postponed until February 29. Rulings Wanted.

A Wanganui bowler writes: —“Will you kindly give a ruling on the following happening: 1. The’jack was driven straight to the ditch, ran up to the top of the bank, and rolled back in the ditch within the precincts ot the i;iuk. Both skips said it was a ‘dead head.’ 2. Jack was driven into ditch and struck a dead bowl, but remained within the rink. 3. Had the jack struck a misplaced bowl of another rink what would be the ruling?” In reply, 1 have to say that the laws of the game meet all three cases. In instance No. 1, both skips were wrong, as the jack remained alive. Tho rule bearing on the case is as follows: “(52) If the jack bo driven by a bowl against the bank and rebound on to the green within the limits of the rink it alive, and shall remain where it rests."’ “Green” in this case may be taken to include the ditch, which becomes a part of tho playing area when invaded by live jacks or touchers. The caso is entirely different when a side bank or ditch is involved, for then the driven jack becomes dead.

Instance No. 2 is provided for in law 56: “It shall be the duty of the director to remove dead bowls to tho bank, but in tho event of an omission to do so, the jack or toucher coming info contact with them shall remain where it came to rest. The dead bowls should then bo removed to the bank.”

Instance No. 3 is met in law 47, which reads: “If a jack or a bowl bo driven by bowl in play against any neutral bowl or other object, either on 'the green or above the level of the bank, it shall be dead, notwithstanding that it comes to rest within the boundaries of the rink.” Ambidexterous Bowlers.

In regard to my remarks last week in reference to ambiderous bowlers, I have been informed that a member of the Eastbourne Bowling Club, who has taken on the game this season for the first time, has tho gift of being able to deliver bowls with either of his hands with equal facility. From another source I learn that the late Mr. Woodman, of the Wellington Club, was also ambidexterous in the use of bowls. Rare Occurrences.

In a singles championship game between F. Whitten and R. Forbes, at Manurewa recently, the former had the first shot, which almost lauded on the kitty. Forbes played, and lay second shot, behind the jack. Whitten played second shot with the intention of getting behind the jack, but was too heavy, and he found the ditch. Forbes had a drive with his second, but, in taking one the shot bowl, ho took his own as well, and left a bare kitty. Whitten lay within two feet of kitty with his third bowl, and Forbes drew the actual shot. With his last bowl Whitten drove and took his opponent out, and lay shot. With the last bowl, Forbes drove and took the shot bowl, and left a bare kitty with nobody’s shot. A correspondent, writing to the Dunedin “Evening Star,” says: “I was playing in our club’s singles championship the other night, and on the first head, with perfect drawn shots, three bowls were touching the jack, and you could not separate them (even one was not touching more than the othei 1). The umpire was finable to give either of us the shot. I have known two bowls touching, but my opponent and myself had never seen three liowls touching.” This may not be a record, but it is a rare occurrence.

Club Competitions. 1 The postponed game between the two undefeated clubs in Section B of the Junior Pennants was played on Saturday, when Karori went down, to Island Bay. This means that the last-mention-ed club leads fhe section. In Section A there are no outstanding clubs, so the issue is still in doubt. Petone is still in the lead in the Senior Pennants. Hutt, which won six games out of ten against the Wellington Club, in the fifth round, only managed to get half a win. against Seatoun in the sixth running. Porteous, an ex-West Coaster, won the singles in the Thorndon Club this season, and will represent that club today in the championship tournament. Feilding won the singles championship at Hataitai.