BOWLING NOTES.

Taihape Daily Times, 23 January 1918, Page 4

BOWLING NOTES.

At the Dominion bowling tournament at Dunedin the championship pairs was fought out between Harroway (Dunedin) and Parsons (Ponson. by), and an interesting game resulted,, the finish being played in a fast-fading light. At the tenth head Harroway led by 13 to 8, but Parsons scored 5 and 4 on the eighteenth and nine,* teenth heads, giving him a lead of 19 to 18. Harroway, however, came again, and with 2 and 1 on the last two heads won by 21 to 19. The final of the rinks championship between C. R. Smith (Otago) and Parsons (Ponsonby) was only a fair game, players not being up to the form they had previously shown. At the fifth head Smith was leading oy 6 —3, which he increased three heads later to 9—4, but a couple of threesto Parsons reversed the positic&a, and the score read 10 to 9 in his ;uLvour. At the fourteenth head Smith was 8 up, and the position was' unchanged with three heads to go. Three to Ponsonby gave them an outside chance,, but two to Otago on the twentieth head put the game beyond doubt. Parsons requiring eight to win with on© head to go. He scored two, and the game ended: Otago, 23; Ponsonby, 18. Sir James Allen presented the banner to the winning team, the skipper of which this year is the president of the association. Mr Smith, in returning thanks, expressed special pride, because this was the first occasion th© banner had been won hy a South Island team.