TODAY'S PLAY

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 156, 30 December 1938, Page 9

TODAY'S PLAY

FINAL WON BY SKOGLUND'S

TEAM

The game for third and fourth places this morning was between Brace, Springhall, Cullen, Naylor (Thorndon), 22; Pinnoch, Kershaw, Wells, Fielding (Hataitai), 13. The final match resulted: Forbes Smith, E. E. Stonebanks, P. Skoglund, T. T. Skoglund (Wellington), 20; D. Elias, J. J. O'Gorman, J. H. O'Donnell, L. Goldfinch (Wellington), 16. Goldfinch opened the scoring byknocking a counter in with his last bowl, but Skoglund claimed two on the second end. Goldfinch went ahead again with a brace but a single to Skoglund made the score 3-all on the fourth end and two 2's gave" Skoglund a 7-3 lead. There was a lot of forward wood on the seventh end and Goldfinch scored three but Skoglund claimed a similar number on the next. Goldfinch then scored five singles, making the score 11-10 in his favour at the thirteenth, Skoglund evened on the fourteenth' and then took a definite lead with a four and a three to a brace to Goldfinch. Goldfinch again held the scoring for three ends but made singles only and the score was 18-16, in Skoglund's favour when the last mat went down. Goldfinch had two counters in but P. Skoglund ran the jack to the ditch and drew a second shot with his second bowl. The skips could not alter the position and the game ended 20-16. TEAMS CONGRATULATED. The president of the Wellington Bowling Centre (Mr. '. J. Casey) congratulated the teams on the excellence of their play. The winning rink deserved its hard-won victory, he said, because it had won six consecutive games in the section play to qualify. He congratulated both leads on their splendid play after only two seasons at the game. It was fifteen years since the Wellington Bowling Club had hadj the honour of winning the tournament but it had made up for that break by taking the two first places. Mr. Casey thanked the clubs for providing greens for the play, the umpires, the Press, and the centre's secretary (Mr. A. F.. Spiller), who, he said, was doing excellent work for the centre. Mr. P. Skoglund replied on behalf of his son and the other skips thanked the president for his remarks and congratulated the winners.