BOWLING

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10562, 19 February 1912, Page 6

BOWLING

THE DIXON CUP. R ETA I NED BY MASTERTON. A large number (:•';' players and gpea tato+'s were on the Masterton bowling green on Saturday, .when the holders of the Dixon Cup met a rink cf challengers from the Woodville Bowling Club. The teams were as follow: Woodville: Wardrop, King, Gethard, Nicholson (skipL Masterton:— Wilkes, Harrison, Staples, C. Prague!!, (skip). The green wan very heavy after the recent rains, but the- play was on the whole good. Masterton led off with a single in the first head, whilst Woodville put up 4 in the second. At the seventh head the local men were three ahead, which Woodville wiped out by scoring 3 in the eighth head. A. single by the challengers made the score— Woodville 10. j Masterton 9. ?vlasterton then set to work with a will, and put on 6 in the next three .heads. At the tea adjourn-' monk Masterim) were 19 to Wnoclville's 12. From then to the final head I the holders compiled 9, and the challengers a single,' the final scores being 28 to 13 in favour of Masterton. Cheers were exchanged between the teams, after which the visitors left for home. " . The next game will he between a team skipped by J. A. Nash, of Pal- ! merston North, and the present holders. The match will probably take, place next Saturday afternoon. In a. sectional tie match between 'Archer and W. Prague]!, the latter won by 21 to 17. A feature of this game was the fact that Pragnell had scored 1! points before his opponent notched a single. After, this, Archer gradually pulled up, but could not overtake his handicap. W, Wilkes, who" had played a magnificent game, as "lead in the match' against Woodville, suffered defeat at the hands of Blinkhorne in the semifinals of the Handicap Singles. Both men played a splendid game, but the honours rested with Blinkhorne, | with'a score of 20 against 14. •