BOWLING.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 February 1917, Page 7

BOWLING.

All banner competitions have been put back one week. On Thursday next. 15th. Waitara play West F.nd at West End. Fitzrov plays New Ply mouth at Fitzrov, Tnglewood a bye. The. draw for the Gilmour Cup commencing 011 Saturday, 10th inst., is as follows: — February 10, West End v. Fitzroy. at Fitzroy: New Plymouth 4 v - New Plymonth B, at New Plymouth. February 17, New Plymouth B v. West End, at New 'Plymouth; New Plymouth A v. Fitzroy, at Fitzroy. . February 21, New Plymouth B v. Fitzroy. at New Plymouth; New Plymouth A v. West F.nd, at West End. WEST END v. FITZROY. The following will represent West. F.nd in the Gilmour Cup againts Fitzroy at Fitzroy on Saturday:—Hooker, T. Pole, Curtis. Newell (s.); Walsh, Putt, Tounsley, Oliver" (s.l; Thompson, JfcAllmn, Clark, J. 1). Sole (s.). STRATFORD DEFEATS HAWERA. After attending the banner match between ITawera and Stratford teams one can readily understand the enthusiasm of players. Both sides had full teams and from first to last howl all were keenly interested. Originally it was intended that the games should be of 21 heads, but this was altered to 2">. The longer course of plav evidently suited the Ha-wr-re players' as between the 21st and 2oth heads the visiting rinks piled on tin. points that threatened to turn a local victory into a cb'fiat. At one period Stratford had a lead of twenty points, but when the final scores were totalled the figures read Stratford 144. TTawera 141 McDonald's rink scored in the last bead of play yesterdav bringing their total to 22 against 2K scored by Robertson's (ITaweral. McDonald's last howl was a fine ril'ort drawing the shot. The visitors won in four rinks out of six, but the remaining rinks fell rather badly, and the-leeway was just a bit too much to make up." Nicholson put up a good tight against Fov to the 1 nth head hm: after that Foy piled up the score and had 11 points lead. Sharp hung well to Omit till well 011 in the game, but the lhiwera skip 1,111 on a line 3 in the lust head and finished seven to the >rood. Mi.Millan started ofl well and held the h'ail for a long period, but Tate and the Tlawera men were not d'Sinayod, and their persistence eventually saw them howl out winners with four point" to the "1,0(1. liickcrlon's rink scored rli'hl from the start and always appeared to have (lie measure of Jlcnson's men so much so that the Hawcr.a skip was down ten points at the conclusion. The next banner match will be playeu bv the same clubs at ITawera lievt Thursday. Later 011 in the season El'•'•n.111 will have an opportunity of playing a banner game. The singles championship for the 0. M. Curt.is tropliv is proceeding. According to the scoi'o board the best positions arc: Section A: ,T. Masters, three wins, two h.s'es; IT. Bickerton, seven wins, one loss; C. Sharp, five wins, 110 losses,