NOTES ON THE PLAY

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 16, 19 January 1924, Page 20

NOTES ON THE PLAY

- CHRISTCHURCH, 18th Jan. . The Dominion bowling championship tournament is progressing rapidly, and despite4 the delay of a,-.day; and a half on account of bad ■ weather the various games are but half a day behind scheduled time. . .'". .•■.-'.•■; v This morning': saw , the conclusion of . sectional play in the rinks championship, the afternoon being'devoted to post-sectional play in both the rinks and pairs contests^' . Of a total of- 124 rinks which took part in the section play of the contest no fewer than 96 were' eliminated, and those qualified to continue numbered oniy 28. These 28 rinks continued the post-sectional play in the afternoon, and to-morrow the contest will be continued, ,when winners Will play winners and losers losers. •. „:,-...: An the pairs contest eight teams took the green-in the post-sectional play. .. In the rinks play, against Glendinning, Dee scored seven on the second head, and at the tenth head had a lead of ; fourteen. . Glendinning y gradually reduced it, but was three down at the end. Foster and Fielding pegged evenly, and at the twentieth head the board showed eighteen each. Foster scored a single on the last head. He had all tho luck and won. Playing against Benefield, Spiller (Sydenham) got a single' on the first head, and did not score again till the eleventh, when he made a 2. Benefield had built his total to 13. At the seveni tecjhthßenefield .had a: lead of 6, the '; riekt gave 'him a 5, and the following head 2. Spiller scored on seven heads . only. ' The game between M'Cullough, and Spiller (Wellington) was never in doubt. In Cars/well's game against Redpath the veteran Taieriskip did not'give his opponent a chance. Getting the feel of the green in theearly.heads', he established a lead which could, not be caught up, and he ran out a winner 25 to 12. Redpatb had the, advantage in the last few heads, but1 Carswell saw- to it that there were no "pots." Drawing with deadly accuracy, W. Allan, who played third for Carswell, drew his shots 'well, but was more conspicuous for some brilliant raking shots: ' .'•'■' Raphael's; rink also 'put up a good ■ performance against Gray (Kelburn) on the Lin wood' green,' although they were ultimately1' beaten by 25 ' points', to 16. Half of Raphael's score was compiled by an eight-on a single head. • In the pairs Brown (25) beat Potter (12). Brown opened with a single and Potter replied ""with a single, and a 4. Brown then got the upper hand and won the next eight heads, bringing his total to 16. ~ Potter got a single in the twelfth head, but Brown won.the next three heads, and Potter scored a couple in the eighteenth heac}, the scores reading: Brown 25, Potter 8: 'There was no score in th% nineteenth . head, as both sides had bowls touching the kitty. Potter got a 3 in the twentieth head and' a single' in the last head. Harraway 20, Worsley 14. This was the most spectacular game in the pairs. Worsley opened his scoring account early, and at the eighth head had a total of 9 to the Duriedin ex-champion's 3. Harraway won the next five heads with two single, a3, a single, and a 2. The fourteenth head went to Worsley, who notched a single.- Harra-way got a single in the nest, and Worsley • replied with another single. The seventeenth head resulted in a single for Harraway, who was then a couple in the lead, but Worsley altered the position by making a 3 in the eighteenth. ' Harraway rose to championship form.in the last three heads, scoring two 3's and a single and winning the game by a margin of six points. Taken as a whole, the weather conditions for play to-day were splendid. Every'green in use showed the benefit of the rain which had fallen during the earlier part of tho week, and the players as a whole expressed appreciation of'the manner in. which the green had been prepared for the tournament, j