CARLTON BOWLERS WIN AGAIN

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 135, 29 August 1927, Page 11

CARLTON BOWLERS WIN AGAIN

EPSOM MEN GAIN EIGHT SUCCESSIVE EDWIN STARS VICTORY Even the most discerning critic coLild not find the disparity in the play of the two teams—Stanley Bay and Carlton —that was evidenced in the resulting score, 12-25. The score was clearly no indication of the game’s character. In other words, the luck that bowling is so notorious for, was certainly in favour of the Carlton team—no less than nine points were given away by the Stanley team in their endeavour to rake the game out of the fire. It wds a game that if developed successfully on the lines that were clearly presented, the holders might have had a very tough tussle on the last few heads to retain their coveted honours. In bowling language, “the fifth man” was playing for the home team. However, these possibilities are not taken into account in the final score, hence they are only presented as interesting features of the match.

For explanation to THE SUN’S readers, the score of each pair of players is given. The Stanley card is arrived at by altering the pluses to minuses and the minuses to pluses. COMMENTS ON THE GAME The Stanley team comprised one of the strongest from that club—Whittle, Lock, McMaster, Johnson. Whittle, as lead, did excellently indeed, and kept his opposing lead very busy disputing the chance for shot. Lock, as number two for Stanley, was by far the weakest member of the team. He was easily outstripped in play by the opposing number two—Deare. McMaster was none too happy in the early stages of the game. When, however, he obtained the strength of the green, some rather brilliant play was evidenced. As skip, Johnson made a magnificent showing. His play on the whole performance was very creditable indeed. On one occasion he made a rather tactical error by driving when only one down instead of pressing through the offending bowl. This resulted in a scattering of the head, finalising in a deficit on the wrong side of the score card, for five down. Johnson, however, displayed every evidence of excellent skipping by drawing, trailing and driving well. On one occasion, he successfully trailed the kitty when three down and one up, only to finally rob himself of the shot with his last bowl. On another occasion he was five down and drew the shot on a full length head within four inches. THE VICTORS The victors —Bates, Deare, Kilgour, Fookes—were quite Lip to their previous playing standard. Bates was perhaps a little weak on the day. Deare was certainly a tower of strength to his team. It was a great sight to watch the consistency of his play. Kilgour displayed his strong characteristics, while Fookes, as skip, had some very awkward positions to reverse for success. This is the eighth win for the holders. It is a great record of success. It will be interesting to observe whether they are capable of beating the fine record—nine games—that Clarke’s team so cleverly made in the Denison Pins competition.

SCORE CARD Carlton” Lead. s Card No. No. 3 Skip . Totals. *1 —1 0 *2 *1 *4 4 *2 *2 *4 *1 5 2 —1 —1 —1 4 *2 *1 , *1 4 *1 *3 —1 6 —-1 *1 *1 5 —1 *1 *1 *1 S —1 —1 —1 —1 8 6 *1 *1 *1 9 6 *1 14 G —1 —1 —1 Fookes burned kitty *1 *1 14 —1 —-1 *2 16 9 * 1 *3 —1 —2 16 11 *1 *2 —1 16 12 *1 *L 18 12 —1 *1 *1 *1 20 12 —1 —1 —1 *2 22 12 *1 *1 *1 23 12 —2 *1 24 12 —1 —2 —2 *1 25 12