BOWLING.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5044, 27 October 1926, Page 3

BOWLING.

PAEROA MINS CLOTHIER SHIELD. GOLDFIELDS STARS RETAINED. Perfect weather prevailed for the, holding of the Clothier Shield and Goldfields Stars bowling tournament,, which took place on the Paeroa rinks oh Saturday and Monday last (Labour Day). This annual tournament, which is held alternately at Te Aroha and Paeroa, never fails to draw considerable interest from bo.wlers. This year’s event was no exception, and two full rinks from Te Atoha, Thame,s, Matamata, Waihi, Morrinsville, Hikutaia,, Waikino, and Paeroa took part.

Players, were divided into two sections, each Of eight rinks, and seven rdunds were played excluding the section. tiqs and final games.

The Paeroa rink skipped by W. Purdie. d ; gain demonstrated its ability by retaining the Goldfields Stars and ■ajso winning the Clothier Shield, which is held by the local club foi this season. The Stars are challenged for by rota, and already adjacent vlubs have entered challenges in the hope of wresting the coveted trophies from th«j present holders. During the eleven years that .the Clothier Shield has been played-for Paeroa has woh it on three occasion's. Mr A. JClothier,, of Te Aroha, donor, of the shield, took part both days in the. tournament, but unfortunately he had to leave on Monday night before the final game, was completed. Prior to the commencement of the tournament, soon after 9 o’clock on Saturday morning, the president of the Paeroa Bowling Club (Mr P. Williams) extended a hearty welcome to the members of the visiting clubs and expressed the hope that an enjoyable tournament would result, and that fine weather would prevail. Following are the details of the play FIRST ROUND. A Section: —Waikino ;(Franklin, Borthwick, Hind, Vercoe) 17, v. Matar mata (Oates, Carter, Crabbe, G. Stewart) 16; Thames (Pratt, Wallace, Smith, ■Adarn.son) 17, v. Hikutaia (H. Morrison. M. Morrison, 1. Robinson, A. R. Robinson) 11; Te Aroha, (Bliss, Clothier, Tony, Peterson) 19, v. Morrinsville (Yardley, Cornish, Bint, Branch) 11; Paeroa (W. McCullay, W. T. Power, W. Hamilton, W. Purdiq) 17, v. Waihi (Lorimer, Hornei”, McGonagte McDermott) 16. B Section. —Waihi (Bottrill, Dare, Landy, Masefield) 17, v. Te Arpha (Wallace, Heathcote, Bygrave, Wyllie) 6; Paeroa; (W. Chamberlain, G. H. Taylor, W. J- Towers, F. Marsh) 15, v. Thames .(Gooder, Whitehead, Cordes, H. Cordes) 9; Waikino (Clarke, Simpson, Murphy, Keatley) 14, v. Hikutaia (R. R. Morrison, W. H.. Alley, W. K. Morrison; J. Pinder) 13; Matamata (Coote, Mclntyre, Hames, Buchanan) 17, v. Morrinsville (Oates, Needham, Donald, Moncrief) 7. SECOND ROUND. A. Section.— (McDermott) 18, v. Morrinsville (Branch) 12 ; Waikina (Vercoe) 14, v. Hikutaia (Robinson) 11; Paeroa (Purdie) 13, v. Te Aroha (Peterson) 12; Matamata (Stewart) 17, v. Thames) (Adamson) 8- . B Section.—Te Aroha (Wyllie) 16, v. Matamata (Buchanan) 9; Hikutaia (Pinder) 16, v. Thames (Cordes) 15; Waikino (Keatley) v. Paeroa (Marsh) 8; Waihi (Botrill) 15, v. Morrinsville (Moncrief) 7. THIRD ROUND. A. Section. —Hikutaia (Robinson) 11, v. Matamata, (Stewart) 10; Thames (Adamson) 14, v. .Waikino (Vercoe) 13; Paeroa (Purdie) 14, v. Morrinsville (Branch) 7 ; Te Aroha (Peterson) 14‘, v. Waihi (McDermott). 13. B Section.—Waihi (Masefield) 18, v. Matamata (Buchanan) 10; Te Aroha (Wyllie) 15, v, Morrinsville (Moncrief) 13 ; Hikutaia, (Pinder) 17, v. Paeroa (Marsh) 12; Thames (Smith) 15, v. Waikino (Keatley) 6. FOURTH ROUND. A Section. —Waihi (McDermott) 13, v. Hikutaia (Robinson) 11; Paeroa (Purdie) 17, v. Matamata (Stewart) 10; Morrinsville (Branch) 20, v. Thames (Adamton) 12; Waikino (Vercoe) 20, v. Te Aroha (Peterson) 10. B Section. —Paeroa (Marsh) 15, v. Waihi (Masefield) 13; Te Aroha (Peterson) 21, v. Waikino (Keatley) 7; Morrinsville (Moncrief) 22, v. Hikutaia (Pinder) 9; Thames (Cordes) 16, v. Matamata (Buchanan) 10. FIFTH ROUND. A Section. —Matamata (Stewart) 17, v. .Te Aroha (Peterson) 13 ; Thames (Adamsdn) 18, v. Waihi (McDermott) 13 ; Paeroa (Purdie) 16, v. Hikutaia [(Robinson) 12; .Waikino (Vercoe) 18, v. Morrinsville (Branch) 16. B. Section—Waihi (Masefield) 19, v. Waikino (Keatley) 12; Hikutaia (Pinder) 13, v. Te Aroha (Wyllie) 7 ; Matamata (Buchanan) 14, v. Paeroa (MaJjsh) 12 ; Thames (Cordes') 17, v. . Morrinsville (Momcriief) 15. SIXTH ROUND, .A Section. —Thames (Adamson) 12, -v. Te Aroha (Peterson) 11; Matamata 1 (Stewart) 18, v. Waihi (McDer- . mott) 8; Paeroa (Purdie) 20, v. Waikino (Vercoe) 12; Morrinsville . (Branch) 19, v.' Hikutaia (Robinson) ■ 10B Section.—Waihi (Masefield) 16, v. ’/Thames (Cordes) 6; Te Aroha ((Wyllie) 13, v. Paeroa (Majsh) 11; ’Hikutaia (Pinder) 14, v. Matamata ((Buchanan) 12; Waikino (Keatley) 16 v. Morrinsville (Moncrief) 12. SEVENTH ROUND.

A Section.—Paerba (Purdie) 13, v. Thames (Adamson) 12; Morrjnsville (Brafiich) 2Q, v. Matama.ta (Stewart) 18 ; Te Aroha (Peterson) 17, v. Hikutaia (Robinson) 12; Waihi (McDermott) 14, v. Waikino (Vereoe) 12. B Section. —Te Aroha (Wyllie) 13, v. Thames (Cordes) 11: Matamata (Buchanan) 17, v. Waikino (Keatley) ■6; Hikutaia (Pindar) 18, v. Waihi (Masefield) 3; Morrinsvil'le (Moncrief) 13, v. Paeroa (Marsh) 11. In section A Paeroa (Purdie) won ■outright, seven wins and ho losses. In ■section B Hikutaia (Pinder), Waihi (Masefield), and Te Aroha (Wyllie) tied with five wins and .two losses «ach.

In. the section play-off Waihi '5, defeated Te Aroha 2, and Hikutaia later defeated Waihi, 8 to 6. THE FINAL. A large crowd of spectators, gathered «n the banks to witness .the final game, which was a struggle from start to finish, and was in. doubt right up to the last head. The teams were ; Paeroa, McCullay, Power, Hamilton, Purdie (skip) ; Hikutaia, R. R. Morrison, W. H. Alley, W. K. Morrison, J. Pinder (skip). In the first three heads Paeroa .compiled five points without Hikutaia ©coring. The next two heads went to the for three points. At the fifteenth head the game w.a s Hikutaia 16, Paeroa 13. At this stage, owing to .the failing light, the teams conferred as to the advisability of continuing the contest that night. Finaily it was decided to carry on with the aid of electric light. In the following five heads both, teams compiled foui’ points, making the scores Hikutaia 19, Paerda 17. The final head was full of incident, and with the visitors leading by two points Purdie was up against a hard proposition. However, he and his .team played excellent bowls, and despite Pinder’s valiamt attempt to drive; and disturb the head luck was against him, and Paeroa, lay four up, the final scores being Paetoa 21, Hikutaia 19. Purdie’s team thus retains the Stars and become holders of the Shield for the .1926-27 season.

On behalf of .the Goldfields Association Mr P. Williams formally handed the Clothier Shield to Mr Purdie and his team, and heartily congratulated them dn the splendid contest and success they had won. He also cohgratlulated the Hikutaia team on reaching the proud position that they had in the competition, and said that it would have afforded the bowlers, great pleasure to have seen the youngest club in the association win the; coveted trophies. The team had played good bowls throughout, and with a little more experience to their credit he felt confident that they wduld meet with even greater success in the future.

On behalf of the winning team Mr Purdie said he was proud of the honour that had bee'ii brought to the Paeroa t club, aiid he thanked the bowlers for their hearty congratulations. He paid special tribute th® quality Of his team, to whom much of the success was due, .and said 1 that it had been a pleasure to be associated with such good fellows. The competition had been played throughout in an a.tmosphere of good sportsmanship, and he felt sure everyone had thoroughly enjoyed the memorable conlteist.

Cheers for the victors and vanquished, as well as for the donor of thq shield and the club officials, concluded one of the most successful and enjoyable tournaments yet held on the local rinks.