BOWLING.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2813, 20 November 1924, Page 2

BOWLING.

Yesterday afternoon Fox ton and Shannon rinks met on the Levin Club’s green to contest the first round of the Triangular Shield competition. Rain began to fall .short!v after the arrival of the visitors, and after a wait of about an hour, it was decided to proceed with the games, and in the event of the weather interfering too much with play, that the games he not counted, and that a fresh commencement he made next Wednesday, permitting.

At the time of declaring the abendonment of play, Nve’s tejjm had an advantage of eleven points over their opponents (Clements snr., h’ou I ley, Inder, Harris) and Roore’s rink were on even terms with Hosie, Durham, Sum ill, Clements (s) —seven all on the tenth head.

The rinks contesting in the fii-st round are as follows: — Levin. —Hosie, Durham, Smaill, Clements, junr. (s). Pink, Snhan, Pyke, Hawke (s). Challies, Brown, Percy, Bull (s). Clements senr., Routley, Tnder, Harris (s). Shannon. —Clayton, Murray, Roach, Knowles (s). B. Spencer, Bovis. Cunning, E. Spencer (s). Foxton. —Mattar, Huntley, D. Christie. Roore (s). Walker, Pearsuii. Smith, Nye (s). On Saturday a rink consisting of Jno. Ross, Smith, Roore and Nye will journey to Woodville to contest the Dixon Cup. TERRACE END LOSES A INS LIE SHIELD. The weather conditions were not pleasant yesterday for bowling, though play was indulged in on the Terrace End green, where two rinks from the Palmerston North Club contested the right of the home club to hold the Ainslie Shield. 'l’he play throughout was remarkably close, and although the Terrace End rinks both succumbed to their opponents, their defeat was by a narrow margin.

The scores . vjgre as under, the Terrace End rinks being mentioned lirsl in each case.—

Rennett, Perry, Snell, Dunralf, (s), 19 v. A: Boniface, McEwen, Patton, Crump (s), 20. Albert, Wort, Fraser, Davidson, (s) 22. v. Goldfinch, Wilton, Allen, Soil it! (s), 26.