BOWLING.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8711, 10 January 1907, Page 4

BOWLING.

Masterton Tourney,

Per Press Association. Masterton, January 9.

The bowling tournament was continued \ in beautiful weather to-day. j i Seventh round : This round was 1 started pimctually at 9 o’clock, the (weather being all that a bowler could wish. In the various matches played some very interesting heads were contested and great interest was centred in Te Kau and Greenmeadows, who so far are unbeaten. The final will probably fee played out between these two clubs, who are leading in their sections. The surprise of the day s play was Karori who easily defeated Newtown, and the Hutt were badly beaten by Petone. Great things were expected of Masterton, who had only lost one game. They however failed to keep pace with Carlton, who were returned the winners by 25 against 16. Carlton started to load from the first head and increased it to 8 against 1 at the fourth, giving Ma> terton seven to pull. Both teams at the eighth head were nine all. Masterton failed to get in during the next six heads. This gave their opponents a lead of 10. Curing the seventeenth head some fine play was seen. Carlton were lying 1 near tbe jack, when J. Cochrane with his last ball carried the jack, leaving his opponents 2. J, Whittaker, the Masterton skip, went back and , played a draw, and knocked on, getting in 1 for bis side. In tbe twentieth head Carlton pulled 4, making their total 20. The next head gave 1 to Masterton, the game ending Carlton 23, Masterton IC. The Carlton skip, J. Kilgour, played a splendid game. At the twelfth head '* Masterton wore lying 1 close to the jack, when he played a drive, and carrying the jack got the shot. Te Kan met Feilding and, from the start, the game was of an interesting ). order. They were level at the 4th head, 3 each. Te Bau got away and at the 10th head, were 10 up against their 5. The next head was as played in Feilding s favour, who scored five again, bringing their score level, ten each. The skip, A. J. Massey, of To Bau, was playing one of 5 the best games on the green. At tbe 13tb bead this skip layod a splendid long head drive. His opponents were laying 4 when he out out the jack with ids first and lay the shot by his 2nd. Feilding ' team after this head seemed to go to pieces, their ‘scores during the next 7 heads only registering two single, whilst ’ the Te Bau team playing well together, increased their score to 21, finally winning

by G. . The game between Victoria and Groytown was evenly contested. The former team started to score from the first head and kept the lead up to the 13th head when Grey town drew level, 15 each. The game, now became keener than over, one being scored at the 14th head by Vie toria, Their opponents, at the 15th, 16th and 17th heads, got in 4, 5 and 1, giving them a substantial load over Victoria, the name standing Victoria 16, Grey town 2S. Groytown eventually won by 28 to 23. A point was raised by No. 3 of 1 ictoria team in regard to the handling of the jack after it is in the trench. The rule of the Northern Bowling Association reads as under:—“When the jack is run into the ditcli by a bowl in the rogiila* course of the game the place where it rests must be marked and tbe jack placed on the edge of the green so that the succeeding player may see where to play to. It must bo returned, however, to its place in the ditch immediately on each bowl being delivered.” Greenmeadows, the unbeaten team in A section, mot Gisborne and won the game by 26 against 14. This game was not so easily won as the total scores imply. From the start Gisborne did the scoring. At the 13th head both teams were level. In the next 9 heads Gisborne only got in two singles, whilst the Gvoonmeadows team, playing well together, added 14, making their score 26 against 14. The 18th head in this game was worth watching and the feature of the game was the splendid drawing of the Greenmeadows’ skip, J. Bonsford. Ponsonby and Carterton had an exciting game, the scoring of each side being of a very even kind. At the 18th head the game stood Ponsonby 18, Carterton 14. At the 10th and 20th heads Ponsonby put on five and two, leaving their opponents 12 to win. Carterton, in the last head, played splendidly, and put on seven, bringing their score up to 21, the game resulting in a win for P«msonby by four. Petone met the Hutt and had a very easy win. The Hutt team falling away, played a very poor game, while the Petone men were working well together The scores were Petone 27, Hutt 0. Wellington and Napier played a good game, but the city team got the lead at the shot and were never overtaken, winning comfortably by four. Danncyirke wero defeated by Upper Plain. Upper Plain, playing in groat form, got first score, and kept their lead until the sixth head. The score at this stage was—Dannevirkc 6. Upper Plain 4. Upper Plain got in five at the next head, and again securing the lead, kept it, finally winning by seven. Fatea easily defeated Eltham by 33 to 9, and Karori won comfortably from Newtown by 27 to 18. Eighth round;—To Ban who have so faar been unbeaten mot Patea in the eighth and kept up their unbeaten record, winning their game by 26 to 18. Te Ban scored one on the Ist head, but on the second bead Patea lay 5, and, at the end of the Gth head, they were leading by five points, Te Kan drew level on the tenth head, the board reading ten all. From that stage onward Te Ban increased their lead and eventually won with 8 points to spare.

3 Greenmeadows the only other unbeaten team met and defeated Pahiatua by 30 points to 12 points. Pahiatua lay three on the first head, and at the second head Pahiatua held the advantage by one. Greenmeadows put on 3 on the 3rd head and obtained a lead of 2 points. On the sth head the bco»'3 was five all. Then Pahiatua remained stationary for some time while their opponents forged ahead and won easily. On the last five heads Greenmeadows scored C, 11, 5,0, and 3, while Pahiatua only put on one. Masterton suffered defeat at the hands of Stratford by one point. Stratford got away with a good load and at the seventh head they were leading by 8 points to 2 points. Masterton were in the rear until the 17th head, when putting on 5 to their opponent’s nil they put themselves 2 points in the lead. They kept that lead until the 20th head. On that head Masterton wero two up when the skips went up to play, Masterton skip did not alter the position, but the Stratford skip with his last bowl, drove hard and knocked out two of Masterton howls and lay three* winning a good game by one point. The Greytown-Gisborna match was a splendid one. Perry won on the last head. Tim teams were on even terms at the fiffli head. Gisborne then went away with a load but the 18th head saw the teams level again, 20 all. At the 21st head the rinks were again on even terms* each of them having 23 to their credit On the last head Gisborne Lay three and won the match by that number of points Feilding gained an easy victory ever Newtown by 33 pointsto 11. The winners were in front all the way. The Cartcrton-Dannevirko match was won by the former by 19 to 11, Carterton were the first to score, Dannevirko failing to register any points on the first two heads. At the fourth and fifth heads Dannevirko were leading, hut Carterton, lying three on the sixth head, gained the advantage and kept throughout the game. Hutt started badly in their match with Victoria and were unable to catch their opponents until the 12th head, where the scores wore 13 all. On the fourteenth and nineteenth heads the cards again showed even scoring, but Victoria, scoring 4 on tbe twentieth head, won the game by 3 points, their opponents put. ting on 1 in the final head. Ponsonby beat Petone by 31 to 19, After the sixth head the winners 1 were in front all the way.

Carlton gained an easy victory” over Karori, tho scores being Carlton 83, Karori 13. The losers failed to score in 13 heads.

Another game in which an easy victory was secured was that between Eltham and Napier, tho hitter winning by 25 points to 12. Eltham only scored on seven heads. Tho scores were as follows

Seventh round—Ponsonby 23 beat Cur- | terton 21, Petone 27 beat Hutt 9, Upper j Plains 33 boat Dannevirko 13, Groytown ; 28 beat Victoria 23, Greenmeadows 26 . beat Gisborne 14, Karori 27 beat New- j town IS, Terau 21 beat Feilding 13, Carlton 25 beat Masterton 16, Patea 35 ; beat Eltham 9, Wellington 18 boat j Napier 13. Eighth round —Feilding 33 | beat Newtown 11, Carterton 19 beat ( Danncvirke 11. Stratford 20 beat Masterton 19, Gisborne 25 beat Groytown 22, Ponsonby 31 beat Petono 19, G.ieenrneadows 33 beat Pahiatua 12, Carlton 33 beat Karori 13. Napier [35 beat Eltbam 12, Terau 19 beat Patea IS, Victoria 22 beat Hutt 19. Results of ninth round: —To Bau 32 beat Napier 10, Greenmeadows 31 boat Upper Plains 28, Victoria 23 beat Petone 17, Pahiatua 28 beat Groytown 17, Patea 21 beat Feilding 15, Ponsonby 23 beat Dannevirkc 16, Wellington 23 boat Masterton 18, Gisborne 29 beat Hutt 12, Karori 21 beat Stratford 14, Carlton 2o beat Newtown 20. The following is tho position of the teams at tho end of the ninth round A section Greenmeadows 8 wins 0 losses, Ponsonby 6 wins 3 losses, Gisborne 5 wins 3 losses, Pahiatua 5 wins 3 losses, Carterton, Victoria and Petone 4 wins 4 losses, Groytown and Upper Plains 3 wins 5 losses, Dannevirko 3 wins 6 losses, Hutt 0 wins 8 losses. 13 Section: Te Bau 9 wins 0 losses, Carlton 6 wins i losses, Wellington and Stratford 5 wins 3 losses, Feilding 5 wins 4 losses, Masterton and Napier 4 wins 4 losses, Karori and Patea 3 wins 5 losses, Newtown 1 win 7 losses, Eltham 0 wins 8 losses.

Championship Bink Matches resulted Hodgins 20 v. Tasker 16, Froeth 25 v Bunting 17, 0. Pickering 20 v. J. A Nash 14.