BOWLING.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 April 1918, Page 6

BOWLING.

i'ARANAKI PAIRS TOCSNAMENT. ! Excepting a Shower in the early stages of the game, the competition of the A section was resumed in warm, brilliant sunshine. The green was very heavy. Murray, who was leading at the close of tha first day's .play, met his Waterloo at the hands of Rowe in the 6th round. The result of play in this, section is. that Rowe and Murray are now level with ® wins and 1 loss* and » play-off Trill' J>o necessary. In the. ® section ani unfinished gamebetween Wood! and Sole may affect the position., Should Wood' win, the section ;winner -will be Blanch, whilst a victory itu Solo brings him level \vjth Branch Iwitli 5; wing and 2 dlafeate. £' *.' Q'Wi In. section, C,. Sampson ( Wnifcara) wins, 'havingj gone through without a defeat.. SECTM3S A.

Hi, Uio matches not, completed on Sajturday, Lee (West. End) forfeited to Rowe (Stratford), in the secord round. King (Stratford); defend Rowe (Stratford )| 21r 12, in- the: fourth roundFifth Round. Murray-22 v. Beadle 19a. ; Rowe 23- v. Spurdle 13.. , Wylie W v. Lee 10. Plamtree'2o v. King'lC. Sixth Round. Rowe 20 v. Mnnuy 10. Spurdle 23 v. Plumtree ? 15. Wylie 24 v. Beadle 11.. King 21 v. Lee 12. Seventh Round. Murray 17 v. Wylie 10. Rowe 28 v. Plumtree 17. Spurdle 21 v. King 17. Beadle 22 v. Lee 19. SECTION B. Fourth Round. Langmaa 15 v. Julian 11. Branch 25 v. Coldwell 8. McMillan 17 v. Higgs 14. Wood v. Sole (incomplete) . Fifth Round. Julian 11 v.. Coldwell 10Branch 13 V«. Wood 9. Higgs 22 v. Langman 13. McMillan 15 v. Sole 13. Sixth Round. Julian 24 v. Wood 10. Branch 13 v. McMillan 11. Coldwell 21 v. Higgs 12. Sole 21 v. Landman IS. Seventh Round. Julian 22 v- Higgs 12. Sole 18 v. Bi-iineh 14. Wood 23 v. McMillan: 19. Langman 15 v, Coldwell 9. SECTION C. \ ' Fifth Round. , Sampson 2-Z v. Oliver 14.

Roebuek 28 v. Brooker 14. Sangster did not meet Smart. Codd forfeited to McDonald. Sixth Bound. McDonald 22 v. Roebuck; 9. Sampson 24 v- Broolcer 14. ' Sangster 23 v. Oliver 10. Codd forfeited to Smart. Seventh Round., Sampson 17 v. Roebuck 14'. McDonald 2S v. Smart 10. Oliver 21 v. £)rooker 9. Codd forfeited to Sangster. POSITION OF TEAMS. The position, of the teams is ffijK 1lowb : Section AW. L. Murray (Eltham) ............, <5 1 Rowe (Stratford) « C 1 Spurdle (Inglewood) S 2 King (Stratford) , *, 4 3 Wylie (Waitara) 3 4 Beadle (Fitzroy) 2 5 Phimtree (New Plymouth) ~.,2 5 Lee (West End) 0 7 Section B. Branch (Inglewood) .... .-v...-,; 5 2 Sole (West End) ..... 4 2 Julian (Stratford) 4 3 McMillan (Stratford) 4 3 Wood (West End) 3 3 . Langman (Waitara) .......... iS 3 4. Coldwell (Inglewood) 2 5 Higgs (Ktzroy) 2 5 Wood and Sole have a match to play. Section CSampson (Waitara) 7 McDonald (Stratford)l <5 1 Smart (Stratford) . .. .i 4 2 Sangster (Stratford) ]..... m 4 2 Oliver (West End) 4 3 4 ___ Roebuck (Okato) i..< 2 5 "* Brooker (Fitzroy) 1 6

Codd (Inglewood) forfeitedSmart and Sangster did not meet. / MANAWATU TOURNAMENT. Fifty rinks are taking part in the Manawatu'Bowling Centre tournament, which opened at Palmers ton North on Friday. Rinks from Pihama, Stratford, Hawera, Fitzroy (2) and .New Plymouth are taking part. Owing to the rain in the morning a start was noty made until 11.30 a.m., and only the second and third rounds were The game played by the Tarankki rinks resulted as follows:

Section A.—Slmrp (Stratford) defeated Merriman, 22-10 and Vile, 21-14. Section (!. —Parkinson (Hawora) was defeated by J. A. Nash, 18-20 and Brackenridge, 12-23. Mason (Pihama) defeated Brackenridge, 24-15 and McKenzie, 21-15. Abbott (Fitzroy) defeated Whibley, 24-10, and was defeated by Bansome, 14-17. Section E.—Price (Fitzroy) was defeated by G. Clark, 13-22, and defeated MeGin, 21-18. Smart (New Plymouth) defeated McGirr, 23-18 and Henderson, 21-10. SATURDAY'S PLAY. . In Section A, Sharp (Stratford) defeated Sollitt 3-3—-13, a&d was defeated bv- Fraser 14 —21. In Section C, Abbott (Fitzroy) defeated 'Parkinson (Hawera) 30—16, llees 2ft—--13, and had a bye. Mason (Pihama) defeated Ogilvie 18 —17, and Parkinson (Hawera) and had a bye. Parkinson (Hawera) was defeated by Ab« l)ott 18—30, Maßon 17—18 and defeated Whibley 27—19, In Section E, Priee (Fitzroy) defeated Henderson 31—15, and McWatqrs 23—18. Smart (New Plymouth) defeated Fountain 21—16, and N. H, Nash 30—16. SMART IN SEMI-FINALS. Palmerston N., Last Night. , H. Smart, is in the semi-final and will meet London in the morning. Heavy Jains have killed the greens. Smart's rink comprises Lnaeombe, J. B. HOl, A. K. Smart, gad H. Smart,

On Friday the Te Hiwi rink, which is visiting Taranaki, played Hawera two games. In the morning they were defeated by 10 to 14, and in the afternoon they won by 23 to 20. A closely-contested game was played between Te Hiwi and Fitzroy yesterday morning, and although the visitors were 9 down &\ the 16th head, they managed to end the game on level terms—l 9 all. The teams were as follows: Te Hiwi: Holdsworth, Shallcross, Johnson and Petersen (s). Fitzroy: Oxenham, Jackson, Lister and Smith (s). \ In the afternoon Te Hiwi played New Plymouth, but were defeated by "2 to 20. At the sth head New Piwmith were Bto 1, but-at the next head, with one up -against them, the Te Hiwi skip with his last bow! clipped the jack close to the rmk boundary, and scored 5. At the 9th head the score was 9 all, but New Plymouth thereafter held the lead to the finish of the game. The teams were: Te Hiwi: Jolinson, Peterson, Holdsworth, Shnllcross (s). New Plymouth: Carter, Wood, Johnsou, Peary (s). At the close of the game cheers were given for the visitors, who are leaving on the return trip to-day, by motor, and erpect to play Stratford and Eltham en route. >