ON THE GREEN

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 606, 7 March 1929, Page 6

ON THE GREEN

Bowls and Bowlers

By

“Jack High.”

It shows an amazing consistency in bow lint on the part ol J- Kilgour that he first won the championship of the Carlton Club in 1900. in the intervening vpars on some four occasions, and this season he has again annexed the honour. Such a, record of consistency ; daces him among the first flight ot bowlers in the Dominion. Indeed, m t his latter respect, he has won liis laurels conclusively, for he was the champion bowler of the Dominion in 1914. Singularly, as a phfyer his strength does not lie in the drawing shot, which is the basis of the singles game, but rather in the clear ability to play the full range of shot so necessary in the full rink game. In the fours game, therefore, he has a Host of victories to his credit and it can b© said with accuracy that few tournaments have been played m Auckland during the last -0 years that K-U----gour’s name has not figured largely in their progress. In respect to winning the championship of the Carlton . lub this season it was forecasted that he would win. His play has been remarkable for its wonderful accuracy. The win displaces H. C. Clarke, the present holder of the champion of champions singles title ot ~nd. Therefore, with the elimination of "Walker, it is a foregone conclusion that a new champion of champions will be found this season. • • * W. J. Truscott was the runner-up or this event, and for his showing he is due for a measure of praise. Like KiiS our, this player has become famous in full rink bowling. His appearance

as the runner-up for the championship of such a largo club as Carlton places him in the forefront as an exponent of the singles game. An unfortunate and regrettable incident has happened at the Epsom Club. Taylor, who is to play oft the final for the championship of that club with H. Jenkins, has had the misfortune to break his arm, precluding his participation in any further games this season. As the championships of all the clubs have to be finalised by March 11, it will perforce be the duty of the committee to announce li. Jenkins as the winner. Taylor deserves sympathjl- for the unfortunate happening, and Jenkins, too, for having to accept the championship under those conditions. , , , E. B. Wright has won the championship of the Onehunga Club. Again in this player is found a. bowler who is mostly prominent in rink play. He has won the championship of the Onehunga Club, however on three previous occasions. 1909-10, ljiu-ti. 1916-17.

C. Bromley has come out tile champion at the Mount Albert Club. His ■win came as a surprise. Some of the recognised “hot stuff” of that club went through some gruelling games to find the ultimate winner. Ponsonby has vet to And the champion between X>. Mclnnis and the hard driving Torrance. J. Benson won the Dominion Road Club’s championship, with Waiter Dennison as the runner-up. Both the latter are good players and their victories were fully merited. * * * That old experienced player, E. Buckley, has been found as the champion of the Grey Lynn Club. He has been the champion of Grey Lynn on manv occasions and his painstaking study of style in delivery makes him always a player well worth watching. Tt was pleasing to see that young dlayer. J. Macklow, as the runner-up for the championship of the Onehunsa Club. His last appearance in rink play was with Robertson, when his team won the Kemuera Club’s New Tear tournament. , , , Certainly no fault can be found in Lhe system of the inter-club pennant competition when if permits small club like Henderson to come out the winners of the A section against the Strongest clubs in the city, huch a svstem of competition ments the warmest commendation. However th tinal contest will be full of interest, a. the Rocky Nook Club will be required S enter two teams out of their quota Smd thus decide the winner of the competition. *

As this fine club always seems capable of doing. Rocky Nook was able eight out of the ten games played on Saturday, and thus come out victorious in the A section, sustainmg enough margin over the Mount Eden Club, who headed the list at the opening of the day. , Quite an amount of interest has been ■ entred in Helensville s position and the strong teams which went out to defeat the country club during the awnas? KM wh^e P t£Pg r re up almost akin to a billiard table H™ - ever the Carlton men are (Jiilf us f? ~ t ist surfaces and Brittain, Ball, H. C. Clarke played up to their top form ■ ad managed to gain the victory. But ti, e Carlton Club members who 'vtre s-’milarly fighting with Epsom and Henderson could not sustain the fine evnmple set at Helensville and so lost their chance of coming into the final. Mount Albert had a great day out ..n Saturday in the competition and won G* games out of S. Edendale also did well w ith three wins out of four.

In the B section. Mount Lden lost its . m j er position, while New Lynn with four wins came a close second to Pockv Nook. Dominion Road did not attain its form of the previous round nd thus lost its chance of being m the final. $ 9 , Generally speaking:, the games have • ■vided the best elements of bowling -nd have been looked eagerly forward ; » by the 1.008 participants. Indeed, that no less than five powerful clubs iv e arrived at the closing: stages on practically the same mark is proof positive that there is little to come :.nd go between the bowling -strengths nf the clubs, while -f h a large club s Auckland, after meeting with defeat in the earlier stages, was able to more than equalise its average score.

which was successful in section B, will take place on the Carlton green on Saturday next, th© 9th inst., commencing: at 2.15 p.m. The teams aie as follow: — __ . „ r Rocky Nook—H. Cliffe, H. Newton, W. Lamb, W. H. Jenkins; T. Jones, H. Baxter T A. Finch, H. Jenkin. Helensville—A. Plummer, A. Day Y. Coutts, R. Smith; J. Stanway. W. Eller. C. Sandin, T. McAlister.

INTER-CLUB TEAMS

The following; teams will represent their clubs in Saturday’s matches; —* Te Papapa v. Ellerslie. —At Ellerslie: Sissons, Thursby, E. Marks, Donnell; Harriman, Angus, Moon, Johnson. At Te Papapa: Garnham, R. Speight, Thorpe, It G Speight; Fallon, Whitehead, Alcock, Simpson. At St. Heliers: First-year players—Williams, Bond, Marks, Crichton. „ _ , Edendale v. Clevedon. —Greenwood, Bluck, Edmunds, Sharp; Anderson, Bradshaw, Sturgess, Addison; Sakey, Moor, A. Hill, Brownett; A. Smith, Avery, R. Smith, James; Brown, C. Hill, Edwards, Vincent, Ball, Potter, Taylor, Forshaw. Ellerslie v. Te Papapa.—At Te Papapa: Ryan, Richmond, A. Mackenzie, Woodward: Christmas, Wilson, Toy, Flyger. \t Ellerslie: McDermott, Arthur, Williams, Joll; Coombe, Trebilcock, Slye, Watson.

PUBLIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION

At the annual meeting of the Auckland Public Service Bowling Association, Mr. R. Lanigan presiding, the report showed that two successful tournaments had been held during the year. It was significant that the pairs tourney was most popular and commanded a record entry. This competition was won by Mcßeth and Campbell, Justice Department. The full-rink tourney was won by a rink from the Lands and Survey Department. The balance-sheet disclosed a sound financial state of affairs. The election of officers for the ensuing year resulted as follows: —President, Mr. J. W. Eaves, Railway Department; vice-president, Mr. J. A. Godfrey, Lands and Survey Department; hon. secretary, Mr. C. G. Maher, Lands and Survey Department; hon. treasurer, Mr. J. A. Godfrey; hon. auditor, Mr. J. Lane, Lands and Survey Department; committee, Messrs. Lanigan (Police), Colthurst (Railway), Campbell (Justice), Wyatt (Telegragh), Hollows (Labour), Reed (Railway), Fletcher (Postal). Some discussion took, place on the procedure of the tourney, a:*d it was eventually decided to have five games of 12 heads, section ties to play five heads, and inter-section play to be of not less than seven heads. The action of the two clubs, Epsom and Remuera, in granting the use of greens, was warmly commented upon. A very hearty vote of thanks was passed to the outgoing president on the capable manner in which he had looked after the affairs of the association during his term of office. The annual tourney will be held on the Epsom green on Friday week. At a subsequent meeting of the new executive the following were appointed as a match committee: Messrs. J. A. Godfrey, R. Lanigan and C. G. Maher.