ON THE GREEN"

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 564, 17 January 1929, Page 7

ON THE GREEN"

Bowls and Bowlers

By

JACK HIGH.

A group of Nelson bowlers, principally members of the -Matai Club, are Auckland. They have just orip'.P'ed a tour of the Waikato diarirt. and on Saturday last were the ntr of the Kdendale Club, and on Monday they visited the Remuera Club, . hero they were officially welcomed to v IK gland by Mr. S. Coldicutt, president , t the Auckland Bowlins Centre. They «U 1 also be entertained at the Carlton ''nd Epsom Clubs.

The final game in the Civil Service irs .tournament was played on the Lmuera green on Monday last, ben Campbell and Mcßeath tJustice vnartmenti and Bane and Godfrey T aids and Survey), and ended in a to the former pair by 21 to IS. rhis concluding game of a remarkably -cess/ul tournament embodied all the " , inz characteristics necessary for "hi final of such a large event. For h pairs played wonderful bowls, the Ultimate result being in doubt until hi concluding head was iimshed. After game Mr. S. Coldicutt presented , . ' prizes' to the winners and runnerswarmly complimenting them on "iP'ir victories over such it vast numof entrants. Campbell, incidental*, is the lead in Scantlebury-s Auck;;a team, which qualified tor the postHnnal plav in the Christmas tourSSSt Similarly. Mcßeath is No 2 fir IngHs's Kpsom team which also V,.lifted in the same event. The lat- " is a player who has recently come Auckland, hailing from Dunedin. 1 here he has a reputation as a. good lie,- He is certainly earning a "’cilar reputation on his appearance in Auckland tournaments^ A Dongks Gray, the well known skip and executive ?J||gj3| j Auckland Club, is New Zealand on mS ail extended trip iibrojid, visiting JSSm Egypt, the Contimm B e^ t and reat Mr James Pascoe, immediate pastpresident of the Auckland Bowling the current month. parture severes fox v / n:.ti ble but short J§j|y of "the Auckland iKm Botvllng Centre. His regime as president of that body was characterised by the organisation running with wellgoverned smoothness, and it is certain that Mr- Pascoe’s presence will bo greatly missed from bowling circles during the time he is away from the Dominion, but fortunately it will not be for long, for it is mot;e than probable that he will be elected as vice president to the Dominion of New Zealand Bowling Association. It appears that Auckland has the privilege of nominating him in June, and »o abler or more tried bow ler is preheated than Mr. Pascoe. Furthermore, it is more than probable that he will be requested to represent the Dominion at the forthcoming meeting of the International Bowling Board while he is in England. There is rich promise, therefore, that Mr. Pascoe will not be lost to New Zealand bowling. • * • Although it is past the closing date for the champion rink bowls competition, it is expected that more entries will be received fox* this competition between the respective clubs of the Auckland Centre to find the champion rink, and that the total number of entrants will reach at least 30 to 3‘i teams. It is therefore apparent that t ‘ l ® ® ven t will assume fairly large proportions—indeed, about half the size of the Christinas tournament, which totalled 60 rinks—and with the adoption of the two-life system, which is °emg utilised this season in preference to the sudden death principle used last Ttf S< T' ma ke a fairly lengthy event the date fixed for the commencement is Anniversary Day, and the Remuera luo has graciously placed their greens at the disposal of the centre, for which ir° wi H be exceedingly grateful. , ' vlll be remembered that this event If 8 * season was called the Bendigo ij v com P e titi° n on account of four S°ld bowls being donated as the prize ; Leggo, of Bendigo. It is understood that the prize this season will assume quite a different character, and tne annual competition inaugurated • h ®f ason in future be known as timi .. tampion rink bowls competi- ♦ * * ■A, uite a large party of New South bowlers. Including 23 bowlers of their womenfolk, are visiting r»- UCdand durin ST the latter part of the ~n tK nt o mon . th - The y will arrive here ’* *jj®-Bth Inst., and leave for Sydney ins?^?kruarv 1. During the intervenAr A Ji ! , the >’ will be the guests of uckland Bowling Centre, who en£L a f rang:ed a full programme of varf a nment ' including drives to an ous portions of the city’s precincts ; " if®** 1 ® 8 on the Mount Eden, Remu- ’ iow Aucltlan d greens. At the latta;„siub they will be olficially enter’.and opportunity will simultaneuuwy be taken to farewell Mr- j am es iha « e ’ who leaves the Dominion on at as New South an . amou nt of adverse critihnri 2 as been levelled at the Aucki' n rial °l v ' Centre for tlieir action tu. l A a *! ln & the concluding games of r . mas tournament to find the r»inn which will hold the diamine i-> anner Auckland for the ensujJl/" m oPths. The centre executive hndir 3 the pr . ior right over all clubs } n T . Its dominion to take precedence ;^nmn, runn ‘ ns of * ts events, and disthjc l i! tl ? ent has be en expressed that Christ was n °t exercised, as the .? s , tournament is more or less clf ai £ ed b y the rank and file as a for» ev ® n t* which should come be- . 1 others of a club character. It thon^ en L explllined - however, that altl?e centre has the right to 0 # * K . se this prior claim, the viewpoint <‘QnsiH-v frr 2 atest number of players was to *ho red a * e ast inconvenience did" „ en ?‘ And Particularly, the centre •TLT- "'* > h to trespass on the arN>wv entS of the Remuera Club’s rear tournament, and specially That 2 !° rec ognise the fine spirit of 'ham i in . allotting 16 rinks for the \rnti, on rink bowls competition on sidpiltr a , r . y P a >'. which will then con--1 n tK * y hmit the club’s arrangements Hon e day - However, the whole quesra finalising the Christmas tourfrau?ht with many troublenr>t * e and it is pleasing to m ..A tb at arrangements have now been May to commence the post-sectional arv y <2 n morning c»f Saturday. J:mutha_~ '• a t both Remuera and Carlton. <tav opting three rounds off on that ti n Paying on the 29tli and 30tli the Sames Carlton. bowulJf a,ly ’ the eves of all Auckland tourrvT S are turr| cd to the Dominion Dion na ? ent * in the iicpe that the chamturSt hi f ,d of Th c Dominion will reP»Dsin» Au ckland this season, after re--8 *n Dunedin for the past 12

test U thfi t A h , e , tearns still in to conrest the final honours are Auckland End 1 Unt ,, Eden ' Ponsonby, West V tonfnS t, am ,'“ on - Their chances of ; ultlmate victory are very! good indeed. Walker’s team is particularlv strong, while Hosking’s Carlton team is quite capable. Parsons’s ! Ponsonby is strong, also the Hamilton and the West End teams three of: the clubs included have previously been victorious. They include , -Auckland, Ponsonby, and W r est End, i while two of the skips left in have i captained teams which have won the ! supreme test of rink play in the Domi- I nion. They are Bremner, of West End. j and Parsons, of Ponsonby, while j Gregory Osmond, who did not com- ! pete this year, was the skip when the Auckland Club annexed this test of bowling. THE TEAMS’ LIST The following teams have been chosen for inter-club bowling matches on Saturday: Auckland v. Dominion Road.—At Dominion Road: Israel, R. D. Gray, Dieketts, Bailey; Plummer, Esam, Carr, Woolley; Wilson, Ansell, Kirk, Seantlebury; Wyatt, Darlow, White, H. R. Allan; Williams, Forder, Rudd, Price; Jury, Mohr, MeCrea, Braekebush; McDougall, Inglis, Hood, Moir. At Auckland: Clarkson, Frost, Atkin, Parker; S. Coldicutt, Rawlinson, Hewitson, Osmond; -Ward, Hacket, Fraser, Steele; Simpson, Commons, Keesing, Davidson; Jas. Carlaw, ATatlieson. John Carlaw, ITarvey; Blades, Xewbegin; Neil, K. Maeky; Howard, De Renzy, Robertson, Fletcher. Dominion Road v. Auckland.—At Dominion Road: Hook, Barber, Hoppy, Roberts; Bathgate, D. Wilson, Yeoman, Haw- j ken; Barton, A. R. Davis, W. Richardson, Goldsmith; Gunning. Carter, Norgrove, Cartwright; Guthrie, Gaeth, W. vv ilson, Denison; Mason, Stevens, Walker, Hollows; Taylor, Fort, Truman, Bush. At Auckland: Winthrop, G. W. Clark, Robertson, Ashby; Sessions, Donald, Goodall, R. H. Fisher; Virtue, Stevens, A. Chappell, Kel.ly; Gentles, Sawyer, West, Daviand; Hinkley, Bayley, Cannon, Savers; Foreman, Ramim, J. Winks, Brown; Percy, Tatersall, D. Richardson, Benson. Ponsonby v. Rocky Nook.—At Rockv Nook: Dovett, Robb, Calder, Bryant; Stevenson, Rolfe, Bridges, Letham; ?T?, w , n ’ W * Good. Veale, Farrow. Against Hillsborough: At Hillsborough—Dougherty, Blincoe, Pardington, Crowe; Parkinson, Ormerod, Butland, Rowbottom. Against Glen Eden: At Glen Eden—W. Elleray, Drummond, Patterson, Dick; Bishop, Baggett, Nield, Kelly. Rocky Nook v. Ponsonby.—At Ponsonby: Hudson, Huston, F. Pearce; Cliffe, Rutledge, Findlay, Tongue, Finch; Turner, White, Sadler, W. Jenkin.'At Rocky Nook: Sid ler, Farley, B. Kayes, Roy~lance; J. H. Jones, Kent, Alder, Gribble; Aughton, Reid, Bain, Randell. Against Rawhiti—At Rawhiti: J. Kayes, Young, Cutler, Clements; Lewis, Leather, Land, .T. Pearce: Stoddart, Yeo, sen., Blakey, Eagle ton. At Rocky Nook: Cadwallader, Beatt, Buckle, Bouskill; J. Jenkin, Beehre, P. Smith, H. Jenkin; Austin, Mills, Baxter. Williams. Rawhiti v. Rocky Nook.—At Rawhiti; Thronson, Wilmott, Martin, Melnness; i Scarborough, Worthington, Bennett, Mil- < lard: Morrow, Sam ways, Allan, Harris. At Rocky Nook: R. Walker, Woods, I Savin, Haslam; Hamlin, Jackson, Murruy, Moncur; Katterfeldt, Schofield, Plardcastle, Taylor. Club fours: Savin, Chiplin, McK inlay, Macpherson, v. Miller, Moncur, Wooller, Thomson. Hillsborough v. Ponsonby.—At Ponsonby: Baguley, Scarborough, Thompson, Stringer; Wombwell, Preston, Wilson, Sheath. At Hilsborough: Monk, Pearce, Pollard, Ward; Farrar, Farland, Williamson. Thomas. Glen Eden v. Ponsonby.—At Ponsonby: Waddell, Hemming, Firth, Kirkpatrick; Perkins, Robertson, Bond, Croucher. At Glen Eden: Wood, J. Sunde, Routley. Edleston; M. Sunde, Theet, Werner, Audley. Waitemata v. Stanley.—At Stanley: Boles, Browne. Blackledge, McPhail. At Waitemata: Hulse, Brennan, Wells, Fraser. Stanley v. Waitemata. —At Stanley: Clarke, Hindman, Kennedy, Nichol. At Waitemata: Darroch, Chesney, R. C. Reid, Whitley. *At Stanley: Kennedy, Reid, Nichol, W'hitley. St. Heliers v. Mangere.—At Mangere: Roberts, Blomfield, J. Diamond, Wright; Tyndal, S. Diamond, Koefoed, P. White. At St. Heliers: Hunt, Thompson, Twiname, Norris; Gray, Campbell, Crawshaw, Gerrard. Papatoetoe v. Avondale.—At Papatoetoe: Young, Buckton, Tidmarsh, Parker Hill; Gubb, Nettlingham, Hosking, W. Brown; Booth, De Ath, Cowling, Bayliss; Gane, Foster, O’Loughlin, Smytheman. At Avondale: C. Ritchie, Runciman, Tregear, Mclvor; A. Ritchie, Anderson, Watson, Balderson; J. Bryant, Cutforth, McLarnon, Franklin; Daisley, Civil, Nesbitt, Wilcox. MARINE PENNANT ■Waitemata v. Stanley Bay.—At Stanley Bay; Dent, Pearne, McGill, Johnston; Delaney, Aspden, Lethbridge, Murrows; Bilkey, Cadness, Campbell, Dick. At Waitematta: Hubble, Osborne, Swanson, Lyon; Elston, Williamson, Blackwell, Tarrant; Stewart, Watson, Glover, McKinstrie. . _ Stanlev v. Waitemata. —At Stanley: Bray, Niblock, Cox, McMaster; Sainty. Purser, WTigley, D. M. Jones; Robinson, Hooker, White, Ogilvie. At Waitemata; Gentles, Sheehan, Wilson, Brookes; Clark, Bertrand, S. Reid, Johnson; Ross, G. M. Reid, Lambie, MacGregor. AMONG THE CLUBS % EPSOM CLUB Following are the results of matches played between the teams of Nelson bowlers and members of the Epsom Bowling Club, Nelson names being mentioned first:—Pettit t, Tancred, Whiting, Simpson, 19, v. Hardley, Kendall, Burton, W. Taylor, 17; Russell, Boyes, Wymsett, Blundell, 13, v. Parkinson, J. Wallace, Townsend, Morison, 21. During the afternoon tea adjournment Mr. R. McK. Morison, president of the Epsom Club, extended a hearty welcome to the visitors, on whose behalf Mr. Russell made reply. t . . The following skips have entered teams for the club’s tournament to be held on Anniversary Day:—Fookes, Gillies, Eagleton, Mcßobie, Fearnley, Blakey, Burton, W. Taylor, E. Richmond. There is accommodation for 32 teams. PONSONBY CLUB The Ponsonby Bowling Club proposes commencing a series of night tournaments, and has appointed a strong subcommittee to act in this direction. GREY LYNN CLUB The monthly mid-week pairs tournament was held on the Grey Lynn Bowling Club’s greens yesterday, a full entry of 16 players, representative of several clubs, taking part. ... _ Rolfe and Best (Ponsonby), with five wins won the first prize outright. McAllister (Helensville) and Turner (Mangere) each with four wins, tied for second prize, which was won by the latter after a keenly-played deciding round. Skips with three wins were:—Dunlop i (Takapuna), Patterson (Ldendale), Sigley (Mangere), Douge and Walker (Grey Lynn) and Somers. Harvey (West End), Puddle (Newton), F. Preston (Grey Lynn), and Capp (Dargaville) each had two wins.

MOUNT ALBERT TOURNEY

Following are the results of the Mount Albert Bowling Club’s pairs I tournament yesterday: Section A—Stone, Rocky Nook, 4 wins 1 loss: Maher, West End, 4 wins 1 loss; Pimery. Mount Albert, 3 wins 2 Josses, tile ley. Mount Albert, o wins 2 losses, Tomlinson, Mount Albert, . wins 2 losses; Thompson, Rawhiti, 3 v ,lns - losses: Harrison, Mount Albert, - wins 3 losses; McPherson, Rawhiti, 2 w ms 3 losses; Muir, Mount Albert, 1 tvm 4 losses; Hardley, West End. 0 wins 5 lo 'rhe play-off of five heads between Stone and wakerley and Hill and Maher resulted in a win for the latter with a SC Secti°on "b—-Loram. Rocky Nook, 4 wins 1 loss’ Blair, Mount Albert, 4 wins l loss; Russell. Ponsonby, 3 wins 2 Josses; Thomas, Mount Albert, _ wins 3 o^ses. Drake. Avondale, wins o losses, aarilck, Mount Albert, 2 w ns | Daniells, Mount Albert, 2 y ins 3 los-es,

Higginbotham. Henderson, 1 win 4 losses. The play-off between Holdsworth and j Blair and Lamb and Loram resulted in a win for the latter by 6 to 4. The final between Loram and Maher will take place to-morrow, commencing at 3 p.m.

MANUREWA CLUB

FULL RINK TOURNEY The keen interest displayed in the i suburban clubs’ full-rink tournaments : was fully maintained yesterday, when ; the Manurevva Bowling Club staged a very enjoyable all-day tourney. Eighteen teams were accommodated on ;an eight-rink green, and entries had j i to be refused for want of the neces- [ sary playing area. Every club in the ; surrounding districts was represented, | and with ideal weather conditions prei vailing, and the green in splendid ! order, a very enjoyable day’s play was j indulged in. I Secretary Whyte had the arrange- | ments well in hand, ensuring a sucj cessful function. Details of play are: SECTION A First round—Can tel, Duggins, Wood, Gollan (Ellerslie) 30, v. Buckton, Booth, Bayliss, Kawnsley (Papatoetoe) 13; Hunt, Farrar. Duder, H. Munro (Clevedon) 10, v. Neil, R. Harris, Fenwick, Williams CVVaiuku) 16; Smith, Paton, W. Boagey, G. Boagey (Papakura) 10, v. C. White, Butterworth, Fowler, Hawthorn (ianurewa) 11. Second round—ll. Munro 16, v. Gollan S; Hawthorn 8, v. Rawnsley 10; G. Boagey 9, v G Williams 15. Third round—Gollan 8, v. Hawthorn 10; Munro 16, v. Boagey S; Williams 22, v. Rawnsley 7. Fourth round—Boagey 8, v. Rawnsley 13; Munro 8, v. Hawthorn 17; Williams 8, v. Gollan 9. Fifth round—Boagey 13, v. Gollan 16; Williams 8, v. Hawthorn 11; Munro 11, v. Rawnsley 11 SECTION B First round—Christmas, Chapman, Macklow, Westbrook (Ellerslie) 19, v. J. Nicholson, Allen, R. Fulton, C. Butcher (Buckland) 4; Hancock, Dawe, W. Hyde, P. Graham (Clevedon) 11, v. Bryant, Hosking, Mclvor, Parker Hill (Papatoetoe) 10; Bell, Gallaher, Fawcett, Forbes (Manurewa) 16, v. Watson, Nesbitt, Brown, Tidmarsh (Papatoetoe) 7. Second round—Butcher 1, v. Graham 23; Forbes 10, v. Parker Hill 11: Westbrooke 14, v. Tidmarsh 15. Third round —Tidmarsh 6, v. Graham 16; Parker Hill 23, v. Butcher 9; Forbes 14, v. Westbrook 8. Fourth round—Tidmarsh 6, v. Parker Hill 24; Forbes 11, v. Butcher 13; Westbrook 12, v. Graham 8. Fifth round—Forbes 10, v. Graham G; Tidmarsh 15, v. Butcher 7; Westbrook 9, v. Parker Hill 17. SECTION C First round —Barnard, Osborne, Smith, Pegler (Manurewa) 9, v. Massey, Prangley, W. R. Knight, Hollier (Mangere) 14; Waters, Hall, Franklin, W. Knight, (Papatoetoe) 17, v. Harriman, Fallon, Thorpe, Speight (Te Papapa) b; Ingpen, Cooper, \V. Blake, Moncrief (Pukekohe) 9, v. Gore, Atchison, McCullagh, Bell (Clevedon) 12. Second round—Speight 5, v. Pegler 17; Moncrief 12, v. Hollier 11; W. Knight 18, v. A. Bell 12. Third round—Speight 2, v. Hollier 18; Bell 15, v. Pegler 11; Moncrief 9, v. lvniglit 20. Fourth round—Knight S, v. Pegler 19; Moncrief 14, v. Speight 10; Bell 8, v. ! llollier 18. I Fifth round—Moncrief 15, v. Pegler 10; ♦■Bell 10, v. Speight 13: Knight 14. v. Hollier 10. SECTION TIE Section A—Williams beat Hawthorn. INTER-SIVCTION PLAY Semi-final—Parker Hill beat Williams; W. Knight a bye. FINAL TO-DAY The final between Bryant, Hosking, Mclvor, Parker Hill and Waters, Hall, Franklin, W. Knight, both teams from Papatoetoe, will be played this afternoon on the Manurewa green at 2 p.m.

WHITIORA BEATS TARANAKI

(From Our Own Correspondent) HAMILTON, Wednesday. The Whitiora Bowling Club met a visiting Taranaki team at #,e former’s greens to-day and won after a very close contest on the 22nd. head. At the 21st head the score was 19 all. Whitiora scored four on the next head, winning. The teams were: WhitioraAndrews, Hawke, Mitchell, Cole (skip). Taranaki: Norry, Wilson, Julian, Burton (skip). Bowling Fixtures The following are the bowling fixtures for Saturday:— Auckland Club —Inter-club v. Dominion Road. Avondale Club—lnter-club v. Papatoetoe. Buckland Club—lnter-club v. Pukekohe. Carlton Club—Percentage fours. Clevedon Club —Shield match v. Edendale. Devonport Club—Percentage fours. Dominion Road Club—lnter-club v. Auckland. Edendale Club—lnter-club v. Clevedon. Ellerslie Club—Percentage fours. Epsom Club—Percentage fours. Glen Eden Club —Intei*-club v. Ponsonby. Grey Lynn Club—Club fours. Helensville Club —Club games. Henderson Club—Open draw. Hillsboro’ Club—lnter-club v. Ponsonby. Mangere Clul>—lnter-club v. St. Heliers. Manurewa Club—Percentage fours. Mount Albert Club—Percentage fours. Mount Eden Club—Percentage fours. New Lynn Club—Percentage fours. Otahuhu Club—Club tournament. Onehunga Club—President’s fours. Papatoetoe Club—lnter-club v. Avondale. Patumahoe Club—lnter-club v. Pukekohe. Ponsonby Club—lnter-club v. Hillsboro’, Rocky Nook and Glen Eden. Pukekohe Club —Inter-club v. Buckland. Rawhiti Club Nook. Remuera Club—Jobsnn fours. Rocky Nook Club—lnter-club v. Ponsonby and Rawhiti. St. Heliers Club—lnter-club v. Mangere. Stanley Club—Marine pennant v. Waitemata. Takapuna Club—Percentage fours. Te Papapa Club—Club champion pairs. West End Club —Percentage fours.