BOWLING.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 February 1926, Page 3

BOWLING.

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'V (Received this day at 8 a.m.) SYDNEY, Fel>. ]>7 'Pile Bowls Carnival was advanced another stage when the preliminary first and second rounds of the rinks’ championship of Australasia wo;e played in line, cool weather. Two New Zealand rinks, which were skin rvi d by Parsons and Orchard, were elr.n ido l in the preliminary round. The i lin.ination of Parsons so easily was .he M.rpriso of to-day’s play. O clvi d >wts expected to do much hotter. Parsons had a strong rink which, comprised besides himself, J. Hurd ley number one, Farrow Victoria number two, Casey number three. After Parsons’ own fine showing in the singles his rink was a fancied one; however, his (piartette was beaten by a rink who, in the following round was easily eliminated. Parsons received little assistance from his own rink, and he himself was not in good form, although he was playing on the green where he had previously played two matches. As in yesterday’s game he missed easy shots ami though ho improved considerably in the closing heads he was left too much to do. J. Mardley did not lead well. He was wide in his drawing shots and was outclassed by his opponent. The display of Farrow and Casey was only mediocre. , Orchard’s rink, which included. S. Hardley number one. Holt number two, and Connor number three, was not exto do ns well. Orchard bail to in Holt at the last minute owing To the New Zealander he expected to bo in Sydney to-day not arriving. It is some time since Holt, actively, has bofcn engaged ill bowls. Ibis nnU, m however, was very unfortunate in being drawn on the heaviest in Sydney. With the exception of Orchard, who played splendidly, the New Zealanders put up a poor display. Orchard saved his side many points, and with a little more assistance would have gone further in the competition, lie gave a better display than when lie was beaten hv Parsons. . ‘in the Singles matches, 242 rinks commenced this morning, and to-night, the number was reduced to 32. By tomorrow night the competition will be brought to the final stages, and the finaT, together with the final of single.hand’ed championship, will lie played on Monday. , . , With the exception oi Tasmania, ot all States represented, N.S.VV. appears to have the greatest claim to the rinks championship. The following are the • scoreS:- p RBIJ MINARY BOUND. Hamilton (Victoria) 19, heat S. Hardlev, Holt, Connor, Orchard nine. Troome (N.S.VV,) 19 beat J- Hardlev T. Farrow (Victoria), Casey, Paiso‘ns (New Zealand), fifteen T Butler (Fiji) lost to J. Coleman (N.S.W.)