PATRIOTIC BOWLS

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 102, 25 January 1943, Page 3

PATRIOTIC BOWLS

The four skipped by Hunter (I'etoiie) won the .second patriotic tuuruameiit conducted bv the Wellington Bowling Centre Play began on January 1G and ended on Saturday. The Lyall Bay tour skipped by Conder were Pctoue’s opponents in the final The game tor third and Lourtu places'was wmi by Smith (Thorndou) from "q’ho for the closeness of plav throughout and tor tlie wluuinfe shot played on the last end bj Mil t Peione No. 3. At no stage WUL tlie sides separated by ‘"ore than a few poin s. Conder drew even on tlie elghtccnt his No ;; trailing the jack, and be addin- another counter. Petotie won lac nineteenth. The twentieth also Produced some pretty play. ,Conder with Us last bowl tried to send the jack back. It went sideways, but he lay one. Hunter witn his last drew the shot. hnnnl Hunter was now two up The last end was a long one. Conder ius two or three up when Hunters No. o, Milne got victory for Iris side by l )la Y what is sometimes called “the u ? be *L ta t }, l * shot.” He neatly picked the jack off the shot bowl, which was within three inches op the jack, and took it into the dWch. Petonc. thereby winning the end and the Sa Smith did not play in the Thorndon four on Saturday. The vacancy was filled by R. Hutton. ‘The results in detail are as follows.— Semi-finals. Petone —Devine, Johnson, Milne, Hunter (s.), 20; Hataitai—Newton, Stoupe, Strangemure, Wells («•)-. .. Lyall Bay—Marshall, Hale, Morris, bonder (s.), 24; Thorndon-MJswui, Rain, Gillespie. P. W. -Smith (s.), 10. Final. lluuter L\ Cunder 13. Game for Third Place. Smith 22, Wells 13.