Bowling

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 59, 2 December 1937, Page 10

Bowling

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SHIELD COMPETITION

Waipukurau Still at Top of Ladder HAVELOCK IMPROVES

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The second round of the District Shield competition was played last Saturday under ideal "conditions. Waipukurau is still at the head of . the list, having had only one loss. Kia Toa comes next, then Havelock North, which had 100 per cent. wins in the second round, as also did Waipukurau.' The feature* of the second round were the 100 per cent. wins by both Havelock North and Waipukurau. These clubs made a very caxeful selection of their teams and the selectors concerned are to be congratulated on the results aehieved. Havelock North play one match. against Waipukurau in the fourth round. Heretaunga," which shared first honours with Waipukurau in the first round, has dropped down to fifth position, and Hastings has gone up one into fourth positioni The otiier« have not altered very mueh. The third round will be played on Saturday, then there will be a break until December 18, as the Manawatu visit takes place on December 31. Exciting Bowls. An unnsually strenuous and protracted full-rink game was played on th© Whangarei Bowling Club's green recently in a club eompetitiop. between teams skipped by Cr. Wilding and H, A. Good. The game Jasted three and a-half hours. Six dead heads were made up to the 20th head. At the end of the 20th head the score board read: Wilding, 23; Good, 19. Then for five heads Good and his number three made dead heads in the hope of gaining a four to make * ti©. As each head was built up, the position favoured) Wilding, and then it was "kijled," either by Go.od or his number three. At the sixth attempt to play the head, Wilding wa» lying two Up when the skipg went to play their bowls, Good with his first bowl made a brilliant trail shot, drawiug the jack to three of his bowls, Wilding redueed th© score to tw> with his last bowl. Good with Wa last shot pushed through one pf his opponent's bowls and gained a four. On the extra head, Wildjng was lying one when th© skipg ehanged over. Good obtained the shot with his first b.owl, a position which Wilding failed to alter. With his last bqwl Good had the misfortune to knock into shot one of his opponent's bowls, And thus lost the game by one point; Bowler Defeats Gplfer. A novel challenge match took place on the Shortland golf links, Nowcastlo, New South Wales, recently, between. Mr Keifh Butler, president of the Steelworks Golf Club, and Dr. P. Tooth, a keen bowler. The' conditions were that thg golfer was to play golf jn the usual way, and to concede five strokep per hole to the bowler, who delivered his bowl on the fairways and threw a jack on the greens, Tlie match was played qver the Jasfc nine holes of the course. Th© bowler won by 0 up anfi 4 to play, and also won a wager, which he promptly donated to charity. The contest drew a large assembly and the* speetators were amazed at the distance the docfor trundlefi his bowl on the fairways. On one glightly sloping fairway his bowl in" its course ran 100 yards from the tee, and the average distance was between 60 and 70 yards, On the green the doctor was deadly with the jack. • Many years ago a farmer in England undertook, for a wager, to bowl a ball from Croydon to Bcradon Bridge, a disfanee of about II miles, within a certain number of thrpws, He won it with 445 throws, which worlcs out at an average of 41 yards a throw, The Augtralian doctor's performance was, therefpre, th§ better one. Australlan Carnival. The secretary of the New South Wales Association has advised the New Zealand Bowling Association that tho commencement dates of the 1938 Australian bowling carnival have been slightly amended, as foljows:— Eours, January 17; singles, January 20; pairs, January 24- — sp as to arrange for all finals to be played more or less simultaneously, During tho carnival a, conference ig to be held on the laivs of the game, and an endeavour is being made to have New Zealand represented at the discussions. The foljowing entries have been recbived by the New Zealand Bowling Association for the Australian carnival: — Sputh Auckland Centre, 1 rink, 2 pairs, 4 singles; Auckland Centre, 7 rinks, 14 pairs, 26 singles; Otago Central Centre, 1 rink, 2 pairs, 3 singles; Christchurch Centre, 1 pair. British Bowlorg, The British touring bowlers are to arrive at Wellington on December 2 by the Arawa from Home. A game is bemg arranged for them at Wellington on December 3, and besides introducing the visitors to the first of the New Zealand greens, this will give them an 'opportunity of getting back their "land legs," The British party travels to Palmerston North on the morning of Saturday, December 4, and is to retura to Wellington on the Sunday cvening. On Monday afternoon, December 6, they are to play the official match against the Wellington Centre at the Wellington Club, and will leave the same evening to start the South Island portion of their tour.