BOWLING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 351, 31 March 1910, Page 3

BOWLING.

THE NEW PL 1 MOLT 11 CLUB. At the New Plymoul;': ureen on Monday the green was fui!/ occupied In bowlers, Ue occasion 'je'«g playing for Avery Bros.' trophy. n he conditions were rink against rink, the final rink that won being split up, tfcird and first man against skip an i second, then singles between the winners. The game started a«oi;, 10.30.

First round—A. K. Sn art's rink a bye; Rawlings, Wilson 0. Grey, Hall (skip) IT v. Rudd, Run^.- Hill, Barry (skip) 26;, Binnie, L. Co J water, Watkins, Ward (skip) 25, v. I'iaser, Medley, Harle, H. Smart (skip' 1'; Wood, Govett, Penn, A. D. Gray 's.Vij.) 16 v. Bradbury, Cook, Colins, Morey (skip) 13; Waugh, Fookes, Bishoo Clarke (aktp) 20, v. Marks, Cutfleld, C. bundle, Ewing (skip) 9.

In the second round W* d's rink had a bye. Clarke played Barry, defeating him by 24 to 11. A. K Smart played A. D. Gray, defeating him by 20 to 18, although on the seventeenth head, which was the number agree J iron, this rink was 18 all, when A. K. S mart, to decide the tie, scored two. CVke's rink then had a bye, while A. K. . l i.arrt and Ward met, Smart defeating W >rd by 22 to 10.

Clarke's rink then nut A K. Smart's | in the final and it is qu; «''on if so much ' excitement were ever sl.o.vn on the 10-1 cal green. On the head Clarke' scored three by blocking '>mart from * drive on the second he«. i Clarke got another, two making !i.« total five to j nil. On the third head S i art got two, and so it went on till at Cue fourth head they were five all. At y *e sixth head Clarke got three, and n, the seventh Clarke notched another ly a splendid drive. At the eigth h.*.i<\ Smart notched two bv his team pla-ing well, making the totals, Clarke 10,'l?,nart 7. The next head Smart was .'vin/ well,. when Clarke, by a splendid f':il, took the kitty and scored again. At the elevanth i head, Smart got anotl;<v and again at | the twelfth, the scores o'.'.ng, Clarke 11,1 Smart 10. At this stp 6 'e <he play was] not so good on either si.l», the light and : heavings of the green banning to tell. j At the fifteenth head (.Vke came down with two up, Smart dr.V.ti; and cutting one out, ; making the (.;<lu Clarke 13, Smart 11. At the « ; <teenth head, Clarke lay one, but Smi- with his last l>owl,.eut it out, making i>e game Clarke 13, Smart 12. The seventeenth and final head wa» very exciting '"mart waa v lying well. Fookes, Clarke a second m«n, played his first shot .v«:!y. but in his next made no mistake, trying the kitty and lying three. Smart»' ore, but missed and Clarke drew ai"Ther, winning by 17. to 12. In these 'wo rinks, all the players showed fine form, and tha applause bestowed was ft «11 deserved. A number of other •;« e.e* was played during the day. A twin of visitow, viz., Aicken (of Hamilton), Ronayne (Carlton Club, Auckland). Cunningham (Christchurch), and Bu>v:: (Cambridge), skip, played Schnackeu*erg, Jackson, Cock and A. K. Smart (skip), and were defeated by 25 to 9. Tha same team of visitors in the aftern •« skipped by Cunningham, played a Ntw Plymouth ring, Winfield, Cook, S-nclair, Firth (skip) and won by 27 to 9. A. K. Smart's rink in the to; nament play was Scnaffkenberg, Jacks-in' and.Coek. Luncheon was provid-.t on the green, also afternoon £ea, Atd 'here wws a good attendance cf vision Owing to the riumbe/ l« piayersnot showing up and being a>"Wi *.. . * e grumbling was heard fnni who had been notified by tin jrogramTtiS is published that they we * in the eeeoTJCt round, commencing at 1.30. and arriving at that time found was no rink for them, the game havacr been started, and a readjustment of rinks had taken plart.

St. John's (Wanganui) sent five rinks to Hawera on Easter Monday, when a very pleasant time was spent on the local green. In the moriiing practice was indulged in, and play began promptly at one o'clock The home team had a rather eag.i victory by 122 to 82, thug sustaining its unbroken record of successes in inter-club matches lor the season. Three rinke from Elth?m went to Opunake on Easter Morday, They played Opunale in tfce mornmsr. and were defeated by 67 to 41: and Pihama in the afternoon, and Wre again defeated by 65.t0 48. '