BOWLING.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2680, 9 December 1909, Page 6

BOWLING.

GISBORNE CLUB

Three matches in the handicap sin--fries of the Gisborne Bowling Club were played on the club’s green yesterday afternoon. The green to in ™ y good . order,, playing decidedly keen, and the weather was much more favorable for the game than that u rhich -nrevailed until this week, lhe secon round of the handicap singles must to-night will forfeit them. . ■ The following were the results of th frames played yesterday . Witty (5) 28 beat Redstone (9/ -Ah Play for the first half of the.game JM of an even character. Witty then ?00k“ strong load and put UP too STldeeflhriktTt te'toth head AVitty thus won by eight po-nts* Robertson (3) 23. beat W Petrie (« 1R T n this »ame, which was deciaeo Seke oO he“ds e , aSd on more than one wcasion cut out his to h,s last ball. Pettie also played some « ceedingly good shots, and on the 16th W only two points separated the Petfie with his handicap, being 16 to Robertson’s 18. ibe iar ter Sid all the scoring thereafter, putting up a two and three singles, aid thus winning b y„ se^ en , Ym 24 Ambrdge (4) 33. beat Maher (12) 24. __The loser in this game, a.very promisine colt, put up a good fight against his cjfcerienced antagonist, and on one head succeeded in getting committee of the was taken up in discussing the preliminary arrangements for the opening of the club’s new pavilion on Thursday next and for the ” n k games between the Turanganui and Gisborne Clubs. v

TURANGANUICLUB

Three match games were played on the Turanganui Club’s green yesterday afternoon, with the following results:

—Bennett Cup.— J. J. Martin 19 beat W. Bnice 161. Half-way through the game Martin bad. a commanding lead, and liad the game in hand. On the last few heads Bruce pulled up a lot, aftd suffered defeat by ° tt l fXnKls heat T. Mctonell and even on the 14th head the Payers were £SSo all. On the 17th head Martin had the -advantage of one—l 3 to 12 and by scoring two twos and single put the game out of his opponents reach, and winning .by five points. —Challenge Walking Stick.— J. D. Jeune (holder) 8 beat R. Thelwall (challenger) 3.—Thelwall put u,p a couple of the first head, which vas Replied to by Jeune with a three and a +Jo. On the following head Thelwall (T o t in a single, the 4th head showing Jeune 5 Thelwall 3. On the 6th and fith heads Jeune scored respectively a two and a single, and thus won by five P °Tt tS is expected that games in _the Pennant Fours and the Handicap Pairs S b? played this afternoon. Afternoon tea is to be provided. INTER-CLUB MATCH. rr-u A fl rs t of the series of three games between the Oisborne jind TurangS.™ Clubs takes place on the Knmer cl “° “ TnrangTnui ClXwiiUe represented by Uam> j p . a iftd?^l^ IP 2-. Sawyer. J. ter, M. G. Nasmith, junr. (skip)-