NORTHERN BOWLING TOURNAMENT.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2086, 11 January 1908, Page 3

NORTHERN BOWLING TOURNAMENT.

CARLTON TAKES THE BANNER. GISBORNE RUNS INTO SECOND PLACE WITH A BARE POINT TO SPARE. MANY BOWLERS LAID LOW 7 WITH CHOLERA EPIDEMIC. (Special to Times.) ' AUCKLAND, January 10. The Grafton Green presented an animated and to members an lnspirikins spectacle this morning -alien Carlton, the winners oi yesterday s -match, met Hastings. the green was lined with a largo nuinboi ot bowling enthusiasts, while a good sprinkling of the fair aex added to the festive attractiveness of tlio tout ensemble. Crowned by tl.e eoverted banner, wilicli proudly floated bo the club house stall, p ay st\ited at nine o'clock sharp the lour teams being greeted with cheers as they took the groen on rinks u one! _4. v No 3 rink the teams were Hastings (Gillepsio. Murlcy. Maddison. Laud.) and Carlton (Houiyvne, Holmes. Wrathall, Wilson), while on niiK -1 the Hastings team was Roach, W lute. Holt, Beat son .(skip). Carlton being represented by Curtis, Lmvrio, Eagleton, Kilgour (skip). The first game began quietly, each team m tnvn ecoriiig a point and then Lari ton put on a single a four and a brace in succession, bringing the scores on tno fifth head to S—l in their The visiting team thin had then turn, creeping up on the leaders with nicely won singles and a two, till at the 12th head the figures stood against- them bv only two points—if 9. Carlton now drew ahead gain, and in the following six heads put. on. 7 nine points to'their total, while the. Hastings men were adding four |Vt the nintownth head, however, the visiting skip put in a splendid drive, giving his side a lay in ot three and bringing the score to within throe points of the leaders. Hastings got their shot in at the next head, but on the filial the pretty drawing of the local men ended tho i-amo with a margin of four points. ° On No 4 rink the local team had it all their own way till the ninth head, when the scores stood Carlton 16, Hastings 3, but a well laid three anti a four in succession followed by a single brought the visitors’ total up to 11. Carlton then placed another 3 The contest was stubbornly fought out in singles, the visitors holding their ground, but being unable to reduce their opponents’ advantage, the "ame ending Carlton -4, Hastings 17. Both teams played a sterling game, but the winners showed considerably the better judgment in drawing, while the visiting skip s driving was not so successful as the occasion demanded. The aggregate score was:—Carlton 46, Hastings 30. This leaves the Newmarket team the champion club for the year of the North Island Bowling Association, and the holders of the first prize of the tournament—the North Island Bowling Association Banner. In the afternoon honors for second pride of place was fought out between Hastings; and Gisborne and resulted in a win for Gisborne by 1 point—33-32. .... . , As the scores indicate the match was a close one all through. Crawford suffered defeat badly, but Martin’s . team winning with a lot to spare pulled his club mate out of the fire. On the last head Gisborne lay two. Beatson drew second shot and suffered defeat by the one. The games in the Citizens’ Match were commenced on the Grafton and Ronsonby greens, some good games resulting. In their games Carlton suffered defeat.. Crawford’s team were vanquished in the first roiind, Martin’s withdrawing. Martin (Turanganui) also withdrew, his No 2, (Sheet) being prostrated by the prevailing epidemic of cholera. In fact the larger percentage of bowlers are more or less affected with the trouble. Gaudin’s rink defeated the pick of Frtzroy, but had to lower their colors to the Wellington team skipped, by Bell (the holders of the Wellington Feathers) by 10 points. The games will be continued to-day.

CITIZENS’ MATCH. Press Association. AUCKLAND, Jan. 10. The North Island Bowling .Association's tournament was continued to-day in fine weather.. The final of the pennant championship reached. Carlton (Auckland) proving the winners, going right through.the contests without a defeat. Carlton, who had defeated Gisborne on the previous evening, played Hastings today, and won in the .aggregate .bi 46 to 35. Gisborne played Hastings for second place, and Gisborne non in the aggregate by 34 to 33, thu., securing second place m the championship, ajid Hastings third, the prize for the club having least number of points scored against them was *\von by Gisborne, but .as they were played in the championship they were ineligible for the prize according to conditions, and Alt. Eden (Auckland) Club won with 318 points against them. Gisborne had only 314. The preliminary heats in the Citizens’ Match were contested, and the semi-finals will bo reached to-morrow. The following won to-day Uemuera (2) Gisborne, Kelbu-rne, Auckland, Newtown, fielding, Ponsonby, AMmcranui, Palmerston xiortli, \\ ton, Thermion, Mt. Eden, Maarnia, •Greenmen dows, JSew l lynuHitli, i\\ &- verley, Vic ton a 3 lurciii^ainiii A TEST MATCH. .United Press Association— Copyrigbi (Received Jan. 11, 0.33 a.m.) SYDNEY, Jan. 10. The Bowling Association has arranged a test match against a New Zealand team. The. match will be played on the Balmain green, on the 23rd. The team •is being selected with a view to as many clubs as possible being represented, 16 clubs having a member in the team. ine AVarriiigah team entertains and plays the visitors on the 27th. (By '''Toucher.”) The absence of the representative teams as well as several other players in Auckland lias quitened things down somewhat on tiio local greens, although on Thursday Gisborne green seemed as busy as ever. Two matches in connection with the singles handicap were played, being won by Zacliariali and Bullock. The former played a remarkably good game and surprised most people by defeating so sterling a player as Seymour without counting bis handicap. Zaebarinh is certainly one ol tlio most promising of the new season s players, and I shall be surprised if he does not givo his opponents in succeeding rounds a lot of trouble. Throughout the week whenever one bowler met another the greeting was (invariably the same: Have you heard anything from Auckland? and on Thursday afternoon the verandah post at the Gisborne Club’s pavilion was plastered with wires received from “tlio front.” , . rr , Though unsuccessful roranganui evidently made a bold fight in Auckland and certainly dul not disgrace the town. They apparently wore slow cutting into the swing of tournament play, but ftit up some great games afterwards.

ROWING. (Special to Times.l WELLINGTON, January 10. News from Wanganui is to ; the effect that both Webb and Tresuldor aro in hard training. The lattei . style is not fancied nearly somuch as the champion’s, but he may n prove. A lost Wanganui men think that Webb will win the match somewhat easily. ' ... Press Association. NAPIER, January 10. ■ Private advices from all parts or the colony indicate that the championships regatta on Alarch 2o win attract crews from all the leading clubs, besides others who hitherto have not entered the championship lists. The course on which the races will he rowed was described by Stansbury as one of the finest he had gven teen.