BOWLING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81914, 8 January 1907, Page 2

BOWLING.

NORTH ISLAND TOITtXAMF.XT. I Per Press Association. MsisteiTon. .January 7. Tin- North Maud Bowling Association's club champion fours tournament opened on the Club's kiwis this morning in beautiful weather, thoti.uli very' warm. The greens had been carefully prepared and were in splendid older, and on tile last fide. Jn tlic absence of llie president of the .Mnstciton Club in New Plymouth, Air 0. Piagnell, vice-president, briclly wel < coined the visitors and declared the tournament opened. Jle apologised for F. \Y. Ilaybittle,. president of the Xorih island Howling Association, i'. ,1. Jkrlow and It. T. Wheeler, presi-. dent and secretary respectively of the I New Zealand Bowling Association, it I was announced during the day that special prize trophies valued at £8 8s

would be given to the club having the least number of points scored against them during the tournament. Play commenced about 11.30 o'clock, 10 rink's being engaged, Crecnmeadows and Pittea having byes. The games all through were very interesting, but the fact that players were not accustomed

to the green was soon evident in the I play. The best game of the day was I that between Ponsonby and Gisborne, These teams were levc'l, 24 all, on the last head, and had to play an extra I head, which was won by Ponsonby by one point, after an exciting game. Karori made a poor stand against Te Kan, who scored 31 to their opponents' i) Greytown were unable to accustom themselves to the green and went down before Daniievirkc by 2(i points to 13. Wellington Club could not

settle down in their place, and were easily beaten by Stratford by 11 points. The Newtown-Napier match was decided by one point on the 20th head. Newtown leading by two points, but on the 21st head Napier secured three points to Newtown's one, and thus won by one point. In the second and third rounds, a number of the games were evenly contested and exciting, and decided m the last head or so. In the second round, Dannevirlce bad a runaway victory, and beat llutt by 42 to 17. Greenmeadows and Pahiatua brought off surprises by beating Ponsonby and Gisborue respectively Kesults:—

FlliST KOUND. Victoria—.Martin, Brodic, Townsend, Norwood (skip)—2l), beat Pahiatua—Hughes, Mitchell, Mcßratney, Hanson (skip)—PJ. Carterton —liish, Itamsay, Bailiio, Fisher (skip)—PJ, beat Hutt—Hibhard, Barlow, Trevithick, llendrv (ski,,)—ir.

Petone Southgate, Cooper, Coles, Wylie (skip)— 28, beat Upper Plain— Pragnell, Cresswell, Dupre, Coradine (skip), 20. Ponsonby—Kobinson, McLeod, Mcintosh, .Swales (skip)—2s, beat Gisborne— Martin, Nicholson, Gaudin, Ponsford (skip)— 24. Napier—Holt, Hev. Hay-ward, Smith, Bull (skip)-18, beat Ncwtown-Hcpc, Meyenek, Bamsay, Laughton—l7. I'ViJdiug—Thomson, Stewart, Sandelamls. Saywell (skip)— 2!», beat Masterton—Peny, Bigg, Cochrane, Whitlaker (skip)—!!).

Te Kan—Pettie, Harris, Jlennessy, Massey (skip)—3l, beat Karori— Cook, Spiers, Lloyd, Cooper (skip)— 9. Carlton—Laurie Curtis, Wrathall, Kilgour (skip)—lß, beat Eltham—Jenkins, Hyde, Carmen, Hill (skip)—l3. Stratford—Osmond, Betts, Curtis, Smart (skip)—2s beat WellingtonBrown, Gall, Churchward, McLean (skip)-14.

Dannevirke-llartlett, Clarke, Potts Hawkins (skip)—2(i, beat Greytown— Furlong, Kev. Brown, Xidiolls, JlcFarlane (skip)—l3. Greenniciidows—Uurrie, Simmonds, •Smith, Kennedy, (skip), and Patca—taislinan, JC. W. Gibson, J. Cibson, Williams (skip) had byes. SECOND HOUND. (ireenineadows, 22, beat Poiisoiiby, 1!); l'ahiatua, 28, beat Gisborne, 131 ppcv Plain, 2(i, beat Victoria, 20; Dannevirke 42, beat Hutt, 17; Petouc, i>, beat Carterton, 22; Wellington, lb, beat Newtown, 14; Stratford, 31, beat Elthain, 17 ; Mastevton, 31, beat w'! k ';V -, 1 7. ; Te I{llu ~ 3 > bt ' llt Orlton, 111; 1 eliding, 28, beat Karori, 1C; Napier and Greytown byes. TIIIHD HOUND, Giwnmeadows, 20, beat Greytown, 24; Victoria, 34, beat Carterton, !)•' Danncvirkc, 23, beat Petone, 18; Gisborne, 21, beat Upper Plain, IS; WeiImgtoii, 33, beat liltlmni, 11; Masterton IS, beat Napier, Hi, To Kau, 25, beat Stratford 10; Karori, "0 bent Patea, 10; Carlton, 24, beat Feilding, U; -Newtown a bye; Hutt, a byePaluatua, 32, beat Ponsonby 10