BOWLING.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 December 1918, Page 3

BOWLING.

WANGANUI TOURNAMENT. The following are the results of the matches in which Taranaki rinks competed at the Wanganui tournament' on Friday: Section "A" Third Round.—Scrivener (St. John's) 20, v Beal (West End) 17; Spurdle (Inglewood) 19 v. Keesing (Wanganui) 18. Fourth Round.—Spurdle 18 v. Armstrong 13; Beale 24 v Keesing 10. Fifth Round.—Beal 30 v. McFarlane 13; Scrivener 21 v. Spurdle 18. Section "B" Third Round.—Smith (Fitzroy) 25 v Haworth (Te Kuiti) 18. Fourth Round.—Smith 27 v. Harden 10. Fifth Round.—Smith 28 v Cresswell 14. Section "C" Third Round—McNeill (Fitzroy) 19 v Hain (Haitaitai) 16. Fourth Round.—McNeil 2S v Flower 15. Fifth Round.—Fraser 24 v McNeil 8. Section "D" Third Round.—Abbott (Fitzroy) v. Hodson (St. John's) 19; Benefield (St. John's) 20 v. Foy (Hawera) 10. Fourth Round. —Abbott 10 v. Parkes 15 ;Foy 22 v. Irvine 8. Fifth Round.—Benefield 10 v. Abbott 17; London 30 v. Foy 19. POSITION OF THE TEAMS. At the end of the day's play the position of the Taranaki rinks was as follows : In section "A": Scrivener (St. John's) leads with 5 wins, Spurdle being runrisrup with 4 wins and 1 loss, and Beal next with 3 wins and 2 losses. In section "B": Bromley (Gonville) leads with 5 wins, Smith being runnerup with 4 wins and 1 loss. In section "C": McNeill and Fraser (St. John's) were leading with 4 wins and 1 loss. In section "D": Parkes (St. Johns), Benefield (St. John's) and Abbott were all level with 1 loss, but the Fitzroy skip had played 4 games, the others having played 5. Foy (Hawera) had 1 win and 4 losses.

"The Scarlet Pimpernel," in his notes 011 the Wanganui tournament, writes in The Chronicle: I happened, on St. John's green yesterday, and saw some bowling of a high order. Smith, of Fitzroy, was doing valiantly. If "Stan" would get rid of his overwhelming desire to drive, and stick to the drawing game, he would do much better. He can draw like a Charlie Chaplin picture show when he tries. With apologies to our esteemed visitor.