NORTH TOURNEY

NZ Truth, Issue 1261, 30 January 1930, Page 12

NORTH TOURNEY

ft Solid Teams Entered .S' : ": :i " ; 7 v^ ,:y(Fro«i ' "N.z! Truth's" Auckland Rep.) •.3K The x Queen , City will have a ,new champion of champions rink team season. After, being -undefeat- • w__,t..id" until, the two final games m, the ;V r a qualifying' rounds," MU6toh's. splendid Clt^ucKland team lost two games at tlje, H/hands bf Williams, Bourke, Fletcher, %:A Steel, a very able quartet which, on c-.-:~ paper was probably one '.of the weak* . L -7e«t that entered this stage of the •;• .tournament. '■■.-• • ,77|3$iiWEVER, m all fairness, it must be '"♦^Tl^gaid that Muston was unfortunate m V-^fifrydefeat. ! In the semi-final game, he "tfcad 1 to; play substitutes for his front dijliyJafdhv nien, 'Ure and Allan, and m the 't^ieoricluding game Ure was indisposed. ! fr*.. Steel's rink played a magnificent up"vßUl game, raking, the game out of. the 7 /fife. in. fine style. On the 'fifteenth head, -"'the scores read Muston 18— Steele 7. Mus--failed to score again. Steele's - team - ■A'&iSnXs}.?:- brilliantly to light, running out •winners by 23-18. " . ' '■a -Steel's^ team, played sterling bowls, and .... iftlf ifithey produce the same form m the ■**M~marjor ; stages of , the tournament, will bo """"sih "exceedingly tough proposition. Twenty-one clubs have thus sent : forward teams to test the right for - the honor of claiming the champion of champions rink of Auckland. ..The tussle .will indeed be a warm one, .for some of the hottest players m the Queen City have been arrayed into teams to contest the Honors of the great tussle between the clubs. - The' Ponsonby Club have Don. Mclnnes, Bert Letham, Nipper Jury and Arthur Parsons aB their representative rink. All members of this able quartet are notable players, and on paper are even strong enough to annex Dominion honors, both Nipper Jury arid Arthur Parsons being • past Dominion rink skips. Onehunga has sent forward their team that recently won the champion banner of Auckland— Bob Green, Cowell, Steve V.ella arid Ted Wright. • r drey Lynn have sent forward Dicki ."'Cuddy, Llversige' and Erny Buckley, another array of top-notch players. Rocky Nook have also lined up their utmoßt strength m a representative rink team, m Yeo, Farley, Wakerley and Will Heately. - : - St. Heliers. representation includes the hot rink, Phillip, Koeford, Brookfield, Wright,. another team that could go far m any event; Carlton's 1 representation Includes Bates, Mitchell, x Kilgour and Jim ' Sneddon, all. players who have figured - largely In front-rank bowling m, Auckland/ 'Jack Kilgour being the first champion singles playei\ of . the Dominion... V Hillsboro also has a , team ' that is m the limelight of bowling, m Sainty, Gregory,; Pollard' arid . Thomson. This season's champion of champions ririk tournament will certainly provide a tussle '.which, should prove more than of passing interest.