BOWLING.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2505, 19 May 1909, Page 3

BOWLING.

TURANGANUICLUB

At the Turanganui Club’s green yesterday afternoon two very intorostino- games were played, one being the final in the Colt’s Singles and the other an important match in the Bennett Cup Singles. The results were as follows : --Colts’ Singles R. Thelwall ‘(10), 25 beat A. Skil lcorn (5) 12.—This was the final in the competition. On tho first head played Ski!licorn lay two, but this player put up his last bowl too strong and gave the shot to Thelwall, who thus got first blood. Playing carefully Thelwa I scored on the first four heads, and with his handicap of five was 10 to nit on the 4th head. On the stli. head IhelwalL thre,w the jack too short, and Skillicorn put the jack to his favorite length—a long one. On this head Skillicorn got in one. Being anxious for a Ion" length Skillicorn threw the °k m tlio diteh, and -Thelwall pat W the alternative length a short one. On this head, Thelwall scored, and repeatin" the performance for a v couple o heads, had 17 to his opponent s 1 on flip, Bth head. Skillicorn got in a couple on the next head, and putting up long P jacks began to reduce ttie I on the 12th head was 9 to I helivan s ?7 On the next six heads Thelwall scored at, the rate of two to one and on reaching the lßth lieaddie v as 19 As it was impossible for tekllu coni to make up the required number to win in the next three, heads PW was discontinued on the 18th I ■ • winning the competition IhelwaHJecomes the possessor of _a gold medal presented by Air ,J. J. ALutu . J - .. —Bennett Cup-;

j J. Martin (11) heat M. G. Nasmith sour. (8)—Both players agreed to decide the game on twelve heads. On the 2nd head Martin was 4 to nil, hut on the. 7th head both players veic si, s:;« thus being defeated b> an( j Martin-, has now to pat ' L ( . ?es C. K. Lewis to a “It is antieipn- . „ rron to-mor-<Y.~,od af tend a nee at the put nnv artemmn, when afternoon ten