AROUND THE GREENS

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20954, 6 November 1939, Page 10

AROUND THE GREENS

BOWLING IN HAMILTON RESULTS ON SATURDAY With ideal weather conditions and the greens playing perfectly, there were good attendances on most Hamilton bowling greens on Saturday, The main attraction consisted in ordinary draws and club competitions. Bowlers from the Hamilton Club were visitors to Te Awamutu for an inter-club match, while other attractions at outsidA centres were well patronised by Hamilton players. Details follow: RAILWAY CLUB The ordinary draw at the Railway Club resulted:—Kelly, Bright, Traill, Green 27 v. Brecknell, Lechner, Fitzpatrick, Town 23; Hassett, Tombs, Parris, Johnson 21 v. Bannister, Breton, Hebditch, Mole 16. CLAUDELANDS There was a good attendance of players at the Claudelands Club’s greens when the ordinary draw resulted:—Paton, Hills, Hammond, Lendrum 19 v. Uren, Aldridge, Bruce, Marshall 17; Hallett, Vedder, Fisher, Stubbs 24 v. Roach, Jones Howe, Sayers 19; Carr, Fow, Thorpe, Chapman 15 v. McEwan, Gudex, Hamilton, Fruish 14; Going, Burgoyne, Darlington, Snell 19 v. Newland, McGowan, Peterson, Speight 18; Mcßae, Marnane, Livingstone, Prescott 23 v. Kenyon, Gillies, Cubis, Goodwin 13; G. Moore, Hunter, Hargreaves, Paterson 22 v. Boardman, Seabrook, Muir, Huse 12; Wills, Godfrey, Mead, Gore 16 v. Haynes, Henderson, Joyce, Millington 15; Lamprell, Blaeklock, Woodcock, White 29 v. Voss, Wells, Robinson, W. V. Chegwidden 24. Pairs.—Butt, Clevely 20 v. Tyler, Carter 11. RESULTS AT WHITIORA There was a full attendance on the Whitiora Club’s greens, the results being:— Mason Stars.—Hammond, L. Woodhall, A. Smith, Morris (holders) 29 v. Dempster, Thompson, Watkins, Elliott 10. Ordinary draw.—Roseman, Riddell, Cook, Downs 20 v. Dwyer, Somervell, J. A. Nelson, A. P. Nelson 16; Wait Issac, Hedgcock, Choat 27 v. Towers, Boneham, Davey, Veats 13; Truman, Earl, Raven, F. R. Booth 24 v. Gluckman, Hanlon, Hulby, Frost 14; Cockhead, Grylls, House, Stewart 26 v. McLachlan, A. Choat, Bergersen, Crowhurst 20; Morrison, Alker, Whelan, Irvine 23 v. Brayshaw, Coates, Jonathan, Dillicar 18; W. Cooper, Cooper, N. H. Ibbotson, Davis 25 v. Evans, Brown, Gittos, Pauli 13. HAMILTON CLUB VISIT TO TE AWAMUTU The main feature of the Hamilton Club on Saturday was the visit to Te Te Awamutu, when 14 teams made the trip and enjoyed an excellent afternoon’s bowling on the Te Awamutu greens. The result was a draw, 7-all for games, the Hamilton club winning on points by a small margin. The games resulted as follows (Hamilton teams mentioned first): —Sims, Musson, Crawshaw, Coombes 20 v. Coupland, Empson, Wooley, L. G. Smith 17; Atkins, Hall, Martin, Hawken 21 v. Guy, Sifleet, Harvey, Gee 16; Ferguson, Wilkins, Sutton, Pile 21 v. Martin, Mensfort, Dunkley, Ross 17; Keenan, Vaile, Parkhouse, Griffiths 26 v. Connell, Woods, Long, Henderson 13; Grigg, Parr, Nicolas, Graham 19 v. Donaldson, Budden, Dunkley, North 20; Syms, Palmer, Andrews, Pilkington 18 v. Greenough, Collison, Haines, Douglas 25; Hey worth, Dingle, Sullivan, Aitken 26 v. Gittos, Harker, McArthur, Armstrong 18; Blunt, Edwards, Osb'orne, Willey 16 v. Nobes, Jourdain, Dowds, Grant 21; Leak, Lopdell, D. G. Andrews, Yeaman 25 v. Bowden, Ross, Brill, Mclnnes 13; Baird, Russell, Masters, Lambie 22 v. Ryan, Patterson, Cole, Free 17; Vv heeler, Karton, Turney, Taylor 15 v. Old, Olsen, Howie, Noonan 22; Old, Holloway, Lock, Walker 19 v. Hinton, Austin, Smith, Preston 29; Murchie, Williams, Boyes, Wilkes 15 v. Angus’ team 26; Perrow, Robertson, Annett, Plummer 19 v. Clarke, Rainey, Reese, Worthington 21. Play at the Hamilton greens was as follows.—Featherstonehaugh, McGuire 21 v. McKay, Reisterer 18; Short, Cleary 27 v. Gilliand, Griffiths 21; Clifford, Morris 18 v. Tirley, Morgan 11; Gallagher, Sinclair 28 v. Heywood, Lambert 19; Davis, Robinson 27 v. Empson, Josey 19. AT HAMILTON EAST The Hamilton East Club’s green was well patronised during the weekend. The president, Mr J. Karton, announced that Mr A. E. Williams had presented gold buttons, to be challenged for. The conditions were that the pair that retained the buttons for the longest period during the current season would receive trophies valued at £1 each. Following are the results of the rinks play:—Ramsay, Kirby, Davies, Williams 24 v. Bullock, Kelly. Butlei, Karton 16; Bullock, Campbell, Cox, Lomas 21 v. N. Kelly, Bartlett, Sklenars, Webster 22; Desmond, Kirby, Hamilton, Handley 17 v. Cox, Whitehead, Webster, Karton 18; Sterritt, Ramsay, P. Kelly, Fox 19 v. Johnston, Davison, Williams, Blencoe 12; Green, O’Brien, L. Webster, Blencoe 15 v. Gilfedder, Hindman, Ashworth, Hynes 19; Campbell, Dean, Norton, Coe 13 v. Whittaker, Cronin, Sklenars, Handley 20; N. Kelly, S. Whitehead, G. Bremner, H. Lomas 21 v. W. Fergusson, F. Young, N. Hamilton, H. Webster 20; S. F. Kelly, S. S. Kelly. Mclntyre 25 v. Gordon, Baumberg, Mitchell 15; S. Kelly, Miller 18 v. Clemett P. Kelly 13. Williams’ Buttons.—Butler, Dean 33 v. Norton, J. Davies 11.