BOWLING TOURNAMENT.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 324, 27 January 1902, Page 2

BOWLING TOURNAMENT.

GRAND MATCH FOR THE FINAL,

By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, last night. The bowling tournament was continued on Saturday. SIXTEENTH ROUND. Napier 40 beat Newmarket 29, Palmerston 51 beat Mount Eden 31, Hastings 48 boat Petone 28, Victoria 35 beat Masterton 33, Wellington 41 beat Thorndon 84, Remuera 56 boat Carterton 80, Feilding 52 beat Auckland 29, Wanganui 55 beat Waverley 26, Gisborne 48 beat Ponsonby 13, Newtown 41 boat New Plymouth 38. SEVENTEENTH ROUND. Victoria 30 beat Thorndon 24, Newmarket 54 beat Petone 30, Wellington 39 beat Hastings 30, Feilding 42 beat Mount Eden 37, Palmerston 42 beat Bluff Hill 41, Masterton 47 beat Napier 43, Ponsonby 85 beat Carterton 32, Remuera gave Gisborne a bye, New Plymouth 30 neat Waverley 26, Wanganui 42 beat Newton 39. EIGHTEENTH ROUND. Eleven heads, Carterton 26 beat Newmarket 15 ; ton heads, Feilding 20 beat Ponsonby 18 ; fifteen heads, Mount Eden 31 beat Hastings 18 ; Remuera gave Napier a bye ; Petone gave Waverley a bye ; eleven heads, Thorndon 19 beat New Plymouth 18 ; twenty heads, Gisborno 57 beat Masterton 35 ; eighteen heads, Wellington 40 beat Wanganui 36. The final match, between Victoria and Palmerston, the largest aggregate scorers, was watched by a large crowd of spectators, the successful players being rewarded with round after round of applause. Darkness interrupted the game, when interest as to the result was at its highest tension. When hostilities ceased Victoria was leading by eleven, with six heads, in the two rinks yet to bo played. Palmerston was weakened by having to play a substitute in the place of Drew. The game will bo completed on Monday afternoon. It is hardly likely that Palmerston will be able to pick up the missing numbers in six heads.

When the tournament ceased on Saturday night the rolative positions of the various clubs were as follows :

(Special to Times.) Wellington, last night. The inter-club contest at the bowling tournament was concluded yesterday, Gisborne being seventh on the list with eleven wins and six losses. Victoria and Palmerston North each have three losses, and have four heads yet to play in the deciding game for the banner. It was too dark last evening to finish the game. Victoria have a lead of eleven points, so their chance of winning looks very rosy. Gisborne’s last three games were played against New Plymouth, Ponsonby, and Masterton, and they were successful in the latter two. In the match against New Plymouth Coleman’s rink made.ls and their opponents’ 9 in a fifteen-head game, but Ponsford went down by 10 points. Coleman’s team made 27 to 9 against Ponsonby, and Ponsford 27 to 8. In the game against Masterton, Ponsford won by eight points with two heads to go, whilst Coleman's rink made 31 to their opponents’ 11, the game being abandoned on the nineteenth head.

At the Thorndon green on Saturday Stanley Celeman played as substitute in one of the tournament matches, and made a good lead. The Gisborne rinks for the warehousemen’s trophies and Huddart-Parker cup are as follows: Massey, Coleman, Ponsford, and Gaudin ; and Wallace, Ferris, Witty, and McGowan.

Club Palmerston North Wins. 13 Losses. 3 Victoria 13 o Wellington 13 4 Napier... Tborndon 11 6 11 6 Newton 11 6 Feilding 10 7 Gisborne 10 7 Newmarket ... 10 7 New Plymouth 10 7 Wanganui ... 10 7 Masterton 9 8 Mount Eden ... 8 9 Auckland 7 10 Waverloy 7 10 Hastings 6 11 Bluff Hill 5 12 Carterton 0 12 Iietnuera 5 12 Ponsonby 4 13 Petone... 1 15