BOWLING.

Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 258, 8 November 1901, Page 2

BOWLING.

WHATAUPOKO V. GISBORNE

VICTORY FOR SUBURBAN CLUB.

The first of the interclub matches for the pennant presented by Mr J. W. Witty, took place on the Gisborne Bowling Club’s grocn yesterday, when Whataupoko met and badly defeated Gisborne by 52 points to 25. " Some delay took place in starting play on account of the number three for Simson’s team not putting in an appearance, and the town skip generously allowed Holland, of Auckland, to play as substitute. The suburban teams led from the start, and were successful in both rinks. Colenian’s team made a very poor stand against that skipped by Simson, the card on the seventh head reading 19 to nil, and on the twenty-first head 34 to 0. In the adjoining rink Ponsford and Sidebottom had a closely contested game, although the town skip showed nothing like his true form. On the fifth head the card read: Whataupoko 8, Gisborne 1; sixth head, Whataupoko 10, Gisborne 5; and on the seventeenth head the suburban team had a load cf points. The four heads witnessed some first-class play, and the Gisborne men settled down to their work in good style. The Fates wore, however, against them, and just when victory seemed assured the Whataupoko skip, with a well-directed shot, made a dead head, and tho head being played over, Gisborne could only succeed in scoring one point, being defoated in this rink by 18 points to 16. Tho following were the scores:— Whataupoko : Gisborne : Nicholas - Massey Hookey Quigley Ferris Gaudin Sidebottom (skip) 18 Ponsford (skip) 16 Martin Humphreys Ambridc Robertson Holland McGowan

Simson (skip 31 Coleman (skip) 9 The Whataupoko teams well deserve | their victory, for they played much better ! than their opponents. Simson, as skip of | one team, fully sustained his reputation, l and derived great assistance from hat ing such a general a 3 Holland to direct him at important stages of the game. Holland did all that was asked of him, and altogether plavc-d a good all round game. Martin was to be relied upon as a lead, and was never far from the jack. With regard to Ambridge, who played as num- • ber two, it was generally conceded by spectators that he played a magnificent game, and be was chiefly responsible for the big score put up by Whataupoko. He drew splendidly, and thougktout the match did not play a bad bowl. In the rink skipped by Sidebottom, Hookey showed the best form, his drawing and firm shots being most effective, whilst Nicholas and Ferris contributed their full share towards the victory. Sidebottom did not play a first-class game, and bad Ponsford being in anything like form, the town team would have had an easy victory.