BOWLING.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4617, 24 October 1923, Page 2

BOWLING.

PAIRS COMPETITION. Perfect weather favoured the local - bowling club on Monday last, Labour Day, when a progressive pairs competition, ten heads up, was played. The green was-in good order, and keen. This fact, combined with bright sunshine, enabled “trundlers” to spend a thoroughly enjoyable day on .the rinks. Play commenced soon, after 9 a.m., and was continued until the last heads were played, shortly before 6 P-m. Possibly the season was rather early for such a competition, which resolved, itself into the survival of the fittest towards .the close of the afternoon. Some close games resulted, and it interesting to record the capable display of bowls put up by some of the leads, several of whom had only played one game prior to taking part m the competition. The skips’ competition was "won by the president, Mr W. T. Power, with, six games out of a possible seven his credit. In the leads Mr L. Gibb carried out first honours, also "winning six games. Following are the detail scores, the leads being meor, tior.ed firstGibb and Williams 16, v. Phillips and Hayward 8; Blackburn and Pivott 15, v. Sing and Le Cocq 11; , Thwaites and Power 16, v. Lawrence 1 and Say 4 ; Mettam and Wells 10, v. Phillips and Ellis 5; Brown and Le Cocq 8, v. Sing and Wells 6; Somervell and Hale JO, v. Mettam and Ellis 9; Black and Pivott 12, v. Blackburn and Morland 3; Black and Morland 6, v. Brown and Say 5; Blackburn and Wells 11, v. Somervell and Le Cocq 10; Lawrence and Hayward 9, v. Thwaites and Pivott 4; Gibb and Power 18, v. Phillips and Ellis 4; Mettam and Williams 13, v. Gibb and Ellis 6; Thwaites and Morland 6, v. Black and Pivott 5 ;. Brown . and Wells 12, v. Blackburn and Say 8; Phillips and Power 12, v. Mettam and Hayward 5; Blackburn and Le Cocq 16, v. Sing and Say 3 , Somervell and Williams 9, v. Thwaites and Hayward 7 ; Sing and Pivott 10, v. Brown and Hale 7; Black and Power 12, v. Blackburn and Le Cocq 7; Gibb and Say 11, v. Lawrence and Morland Brown and Wells 17, v. Mettam and Hale 7;. Thwaites and Hayward 18, v. Gibb and Say 3; Lawrence and Power 11, v. Black and Morland 6; Somervell and Ellis 11, v. Phillips and Williams 4 ; Somervell and Wells 10, v. Sing and Hale 9.; Phillips and Power 9, v. Thwaites and Hayward 6 ; Brown and Morland 12, v. Blackburn and Le Cocq 9; Lawrence and Pivott; 12, v. Black and Say 5; Gibb and HrJe 12, v. Mettam and Power 4; Lawrence and Morland 14, v. Thwaites and Ellis 9; Brown and Pivott 11, v. Black and Wells 8; Phillips and Hayward 12, v. Lawrence and Ellis 9. Total wins.—Skips: Power 6, Williams 5, Wells 5, Hayward 4, 4, Morland 4, Le Cocq 3, Ellis 1, Say 1. Leads: Gibb 6, Brown 4, Somervell 4, Thwaites, Phillips, Black, and Lawrence 3, Mettam and Sing 2.