Bowling

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 53, 25 November 1937, Page 14

Bowling

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SHIELD MATCHES Heretaunga and Waipukurau Share Honours FIRST-ROUND RESULT

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The majority of bowlers were engaged on Saturday in the first round of the District Shield Competition, and some c.ose and interesting games resulted. Fex'-.ares of the play were the good perceutage obtained by Heretaunga,, and the small number of wins registered by the Napier Club. Heretaunga had six teams engaged, and five wins were reeorded. This was an exeeptionally good performance, and is an indication of the strength of the club.

The Napier Club had 12 teams engaged, but they were only ablo to win four matches. This is an unusual state of affairs for this club, and there must be something wrong so-mewhere. Perhaps the team were not propeily balanced? "Waipukurau Cliib, which shares the honours with Heretaunga at the top of the list, also had six teams engaged and they scored five wins. Evidently the southern club is going to be something to be reckoned with this season. Following are the percentages aftcT the conclusion of the first round: —

The second round of the Shield competition will be played on Saturday. Tonkin Tikis. The Tonkin Tikis have again changed hands, Hall and Garland having defeated Hampton and Claughton. Hall and Anderson (Havelock Nortk) are the next challengers. Bowling Bank. Some amusement was caused on a green in another centre when one of thi players who had returned from a long visit to one of the islands not far from the Equator told how he was treated with much respect by the inhabitants whenever he went out. He was a big corpulent man, it was quite true, and of erect statue. That was •lot, however, the cause of the salutes he got; it w'as . because he wore his bowling coat with its braid around the cuffs of the sleeves, on the top of the pocket, and around the whole of the edges. of it. They thought he was a rajah or a magnate of some kind, and he was hardly ever allowed to walk, which was a fine thing for him when the weather was so hot.

-Bowling at Empire Games. It is expected that 11 countries will be represented in the bowls sections ot the British Empi.e Games which are being held at Sydney in February. Already the Australian Bowling Council, which will conduct the bowls championships, has received official acceptances from England, Seotland, Wales, Rhodesia, Australia and New Zealand. Ireland will probably also bo sending representatives, and assurances have been received that accredited bowlers from Canada, South Africa, Fiji and Hong Kong will take part. The championships will be played from February 5 to February 12, and will include singles,- pairs and rinks. There can be a maximum of only seveii players from each of the Home countries, each Dominion and each colony, one for the singles, two for the pairs and four for the rinks charapionships. Fiji and New Zealand will have that number, and so will Australia, which contains six state assoeiations, but Great Britain will have separate representatives from England, Seotland and Wales, and possibly Ireland. Canada, with its nine provinces, and South Africa, with a similar number, will have seven bowlers representing those Dominions, and so will Hong Kong. But if the provinces in Canada and South Africa had not federated each would have been entitled to coiapete as a sepaTate entity with seven representatives. Bowls was first included in the Empire Games held at Haihiltori, Ontario, in 1930, and Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Seotland, and England were represented. South Africa and England each had seven players, bw. Canada had only six, and New |ealand and Seotland had four each. When the Empire Games were held in London in 1934, Australia, Canada, England, Hong Kong, Ireland, Rhodesia, Seotland, South Africa and Wales each was represented by seven players. New ' Zealand had fiVu. Club secretaries and others interested are invited to coutribute to this coloumn. Inforniation about the activities of clubs would be espeeiallv weleomed. ■ Contributions should bo • addrcssed to "Roamer," Herald-Tribune ofiice, Hastings, and should reach the ollico not later than Tuesday night each week.

P. W. Percentage Heretaunga ... 6 5 83 2-3 Waipukurau .. 6 5 83 2-3 Bluff Hill .... 8 5 62^ Port Ahuriri . . 10 6 60 Hastings ...... 8 4 50 Kia Toa 8 4 50 Omarunui 4 2 , 50 Waipawa 5 2 40 Havelock N. . . 5 2 40 Napier ...... 12 4 33 1-3 National Service 4 1 25 Wairere 8 2 25