BOWLS

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 131, 2 March 1928, Page 3

BOWLS

CENTRES’ CHAMPION PAIR • WIN BY KELBURN The contest for tlio Wellington < entree pairs cliampion-liip was resumed on the Thermion Club's green yesterday morning in bright weather, with a light, wind blowing fitfully a'-ross tlie green. Otherwise the conditions were excellent, as was also the state of the green. The semi-final game resulted in a win for Hataitai over Karori, tlie scores being’: — Hataitai (Carswell and < ometti), 23: Karori (Burn and Cooper), hi. This was an admirably contested game almost up to the last head, when Karori had to get live points to equal their opponents’ score, but Ilatailai, playing a sound drawing game, managed to get two more shots, winning byUm comfortable margin of seven shots. THE FINAL. Kelburn (Williams ami RouHey). 19; Hataitai. (Carswell and ('ometti), 16. The game proved to be one of the best ever seen in centre championship pairs, the shies being very evenly matched. The leads set a good sliiildard from the outset, few bowls being wasted for the first half of the game, anti the wasting of those eon Id be attributed to the strong gusts of wind which occasionally swept across the green, making wide ami narrow bands. The score was five-all on tlie sixth head. On the ninth. Bentley saved four by a timely draw io the jack. Ilatailai got two on Hie tenth and one on the eleventh, making the scor.' 11—6. On On the next three heads Kelburn registered singles; on the fifteenth Hatairai got a single. Thon Kelburn made a special effort and scored a two and a four on successive heads, ami so got in front for flic first time. 11—12. llataitai replied with three shots on ths eighteenth head and ono on the nineteenth, which gave them a lead of tiro points (16 —ID and two heads io go. The crucial head saw Kelbur'i gain a couply of shots, making the score 16-all and one head io go. Carswell placed a beauty right on the jack, with other bowls from two to three ieet away, ('ometti also drew Iwo good shots, ami it looked "all Lombard Street to an orange” in favour of Hataitai. 'I he shot could not be drawn, so Rout ley went for the jack, with the object of running’ it into tho ditch or killing if. He missed narrowly with, his first three bowls, but with his last he nicked off a front bow] and carried the jack into tho ditch and lay with it. onlv ten inches away. AVitli. his last bowl Cometti essayed to drive one of his own touchers into the ditch, but was a yard wide. ’ It was a very lucky win for Kelburn. On the call of the president (Air. Al. Marks), cheers were given for the winners and the runners-up. THE CHAMPION RINKS. The champion rink contest of ths Wellington Centro is to take place on the AVellington Club's green on Wednesday next. AUCKLAND DEFEAT AUSTRALIANS Br Telegraph.—Press association. Auckland, Mutch 1At bowls this afternoon Auckland teams defeated the Victorians by 130 Io 69. Auckland also defeated South Australia by 103 to 57. Auckland showed superiority throughout, the visitors losing every game.