BOWLING.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 12, 15 January 1915, Page 2

BOWLING.

DOMINION TOURNAMENT. PALMERSTON NORTH AND TE HIWI RINKS IN THE FINAL. Per Press Association. Auckland, January 14. The annual championship tournament of the Dominion Bowling Association was continued to-day in fine but windy weather, and on greens heavy as the result of last evening’s rain. Inter-sectional play in the fullrink match resulted as follows : Karangahako 23 v. Auckland 15. St. John’s 16 v. West End 14. . SECOND ROUND. Karangahake 22 v. St. John’s 21. Palmerston North 28 v. Thorndon 16. Te Hiwi IS v. Pousonby 16. Dominion Road (Most, Gordon, Findley, Dr. Moir) 22, v. New Plymouth (AN ard, Morey, Barry, A. Smart) 19. Moir got 2 out of first head, and then Smart got a run of 1,2, 2. Each side scored 2, and then Moir got 3,1, 1, and led on 7. A single to Smart, and then Moir scored 4,1, 1, and led lo—B. Smait then had a profitable run, scoring 3, 3,3, 2, and the New Plymouth skip, with the score standing 19—15 in his favor at the seventeenth head, seemed to have a good chance. Moir, however, scored on all the remaining heads. He got 2,1, 1, and the game was all square with one head to go. Moir got 2 out of the final head, and was thus entitled to< take part in the semi-final. , SEMI-FINALS.

Palmerston North (Nash) 30, v. Karangahake (Jury) 'lB. Te Hiwi (Hill) 22, V. Dominion Road (Moir) 17. The final between Nash, of Palmerston North, and Hill, of To Hiwi, will be played on Saturday afternoon. ELTHAM (69) v. STRATFORD (65). Three rinks from the Stratford Bowling Club played, a banner match at Eltbam yesterday, the result being a wm for Eltham by four points. The following are the scores, Eltham rinks being named first: — Stunners, Ritter, Carter, Lewin (s) 22, v. P. Skoglund, C. Jackson, E. Jackson, J. Masters 22.

Barnard, Lanley, Murray, Carman (s) 33, v. R. Masters, C. Martin, J. Nicholson, W. McDonald (s), 16. Ludd, Taylor, Surrhell, Mackay <s), 14, v. S. M. Porritt, J. McMillan, N. J. King, G. Smart (s), 27.