BOWLING.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3195, 15 April 1911, Page 7

BOWLING.

THE BURTON TROPHY.

ECOND ANNUAL COMPETITION.

OPENED ON GISBORNE CLUB’S GREEN.

The second annual contest for the handsome challenge cup presented by Mr E. AV. Burton fgr competition among the bowling clubs of the Hawkt’s Bay and Poverty Bay districts f opened, and made considerable progress yesterday on the green, of the Gisborne Bowling, Club, which won the trophy at the first competition held last year. This year the desire, of the donor was more fully realised than it was a twelve-month ago, for the bowlers of Hawke’s Bay were represented on the green.' Sixteen, members.of the Napier and Greenmeadows Clubs', two full, rinks from each, arrived yesterday morning by the steamer Ripple, and bore their part worthily and with a considerable amount of success in the contest, in which there were five teams altogether. In addition to the. Gisborne, Turanganui, and the two visiting Clubs, that mysterious entity, the Te. Rau Club, materialised for the occasion, and entered a. couple of rinks. The contest aroused great interest in the bowling fraternity, and a large number of visitors, attended during the day. In the afternoon several ladies graced the green with their presence. For them, and for other visitors a dainty afternoon tea was provided by the Gisborne Club, and the president, vice-pre-sident and other officers of that organisation were most assiduous in attending to the duties of hospitality. Plav began at 9.30 a.m., and was continued till the anoroaeh of darkness. Both of the club’s greens were utilised, and both were in very fair playing order. This fact, coupled with the other one that the weather was all that could be wished for, made the matches highly enjoyable. The result of the draw was as follows; —First Round. — Napier v Te Rau. Gisborne v. Greenmeadows. Turanganui, a bye. —Second Round..— Turanganui v. Te .Rau. Gisborne v. Napier. Greenmeadows, a bye. ■—Third Round.— Gisborne v. Turanganui. Napier v. Greenmeadows Te Rau, a bye. —Fourth Round.— Turanganui v. Greenmeadows. Gisborne v. Te Rau. Napier a Dye. —Fifth Round.— Turanganui v. Napier. Greenmeadows v. Te Rau. Gisborne, a bye. Two refunds were got off, and the third was about two-thirds finished when play was suspended, at 5.30 p.m., on account of the failure of daylight. In the first round Greenmeadows defeated Gisborne' by 47 to. 39, and Napier beat Te Rau by 42 to 28. The second round saw Gisborne vanquish Napier by 42 to 34, and Turanganui defeat Te Rau by 56 to 29. In the unfinished third round Williams’ and Bull’s Napier rinks met the Greenmeadows rinks skipped by Crowley and Ricketts. . 'A closely contested game ensued, and when play was suspended, Napier had a lead of four points having put up 28 to Greenmeadows’ 24. Williams’ rink, which ceased play on the fifteenth head, had 11 points against 13 scored by Crowley’s, and Bull, who knocked off on. the sixteenth, head, had scored 17 to his opponents’, Rickett’s, 11. The other game in the third round, that between Gisborne and Turanganui, was the most closely contested and exciting of the day, and when play ceased there was a difference of only two points, in favor of Turanganui, between the scores of the two teams. F. A. Martin’s Gisborne rink and I. S. Simson’s TUranganui rink were on even terms, on the fifteenth head, with 16 points . apiece, while J. J. Martin, playing for Turanganui. had scored, 22 against 20 gained by Ponsford. The latter rink had played the seventeenth head when operations were suspended for the day. The totals so far are: Turanganui 38, Gisborne 36. This evening the visiting bowlers are to be entertained by the Gisborne Club at a smoke concert in the. club’s pavilion. A good programme has been prepared, and a very pleasant time is anticipated. The following are the details of yesterday’s play:— FIRST ROUND. —Greenmeadows (47) v Gisborne (39) — . Gr. G. B. Creagh, R. Saunders, F. G. Smith, E. Crowley (skip) ... 20 v. L. T. Brown, J. Coleman, J. Greig, J. Ponsford (skip) ... G. Oakenfeill, A. Simmonds, G. Beatson, E. H. Ricketts (sk) 27 v. A. Zachariah, A. J. Benzie, W. J. Hennessy, F l . At Martin (skip) ... , ~ Total 47 39 The decisive victory of the visitors was not indicated till towards the close of the game, for in the early stages the scoring was all in favor of the Gisborne team, who on the seventh head had put up a. score exactly double that- of their opponents. Ponsford had made eleven points to Crowley’s four, and Martin had scored nine- -against Rickett s six, the aggregate being Gisborne 20,Greenmeadows 10. In the next seven heads, however, Greenmeadows' all but wiped out Gisborne’s lead, for on the. fourteenth head Crowley's score was 13 against Ponsfcrd’s 16, while Rickett had added ten points to- his total, whichthus stood at 16, while-Martin had only, put on five, making his score 14. The aggregate thus was Gisborne 30. Greenmeadows 29. In tlio concluding seven heads Ponsford got in four bowls (on the 16th) and a couple of singles (on the 17th and 18th), while Crowley put up three twos and a- single, and tbius suffered defeat by a couple of points. Grievous disast&r overtook Martin inthis part of the game, for he-only scored oime getting in three on the fifteenth 1 head’, while Ricketts ran .up eleven points on six consecutive heads, and thus won his game by ten. and secured victory for his team by eight. . - —Napier (42)-v. Te Rau (28)— ' . N. TeR

J. v. -Williamson* W Simm, J. p. Smith, F. 0. Williams (s) 22 V. • ' C. Maher, E. J. Bullock, G. McMillan, O. H. Ambndge (skip) - - -

W. Irvine. M. Truston, C. Cunningham, H. Bull (skip) 20 v. AV. Paltridge, R. G. Crawford, R. AV. Kyme, M. AV. Craig (skip) ... ••• —l7 Total 42 28 Fortune inclined towards the Napier players almost from the start, and on the seventh head the. visitors’ total stood at 16 points, against eight compiled by the Te Ran representatives. Williams, though he failed to score on the first three heads, more than compensated for that bad start by getting in on the next four, and running up atotal of nine points against Aniibridge’s four. Meanwhile Bull had got in seven to four-—a, couple of twos—scored by Craig. In the succeeding seven heads the Napier increased their lead by one point, and finished the 14th head vvitli a score of 28 to Te Rau s : 19. AVilliams’ rink was 16 to Amlbridge’s eight, whilst Bull had 12 against 11 scored by Craig, who rallied in very creditable style. The third section of the game saw AVilliams score six to his opponents’ three, while Dull put up eight points against six gained by Craig, and thus secured victory by a majority of three. SECOND ROUND. —-Turanganui (56) v. Te Rau (29) — T. TeR S. AA T oott-on-, M. G. Nasmith - jnr T. A. Crawford, I. S. Simson (skip) ... ••• 23 • v. O. Maker, E. J. Bnlliock, G. McMillan, C. H. Ambridge (skip) B. Hird, R. The-lwall, A. Sawyer. J; J. Martin (skip) ... 33 v. W Paltridge, R. G. Crawford, R. AV. Kyme, M. AV. Craig (skip) Total 56 29 Turanganui’s advantage over Te Rail Became manifest from the beginning of the round, for in the first seven heads the players from the Childers Road green ran up a score of 23 points against five gained by their antagonists. J J. Martin got in thirteen to a single made by Craig, and Simson put up ten to Ambridge’s four. _As the- game progressed matters continued to wear the same favorable aspect for the Turanganui men, and on the fourteenth head they had a lead of 29 points—44 _to 15. Martin had compiled a score of 25, jhist twenty more than his opponent, and Simson had made 19 against ten credited to Ambridge. At the close the boards showed a majority of 27 for Turanganui. Martin and Craig were each credited with an additional eight points while Simson had increased his total by four, and Ambridge had added half a dozen to his. One head, the fifth, in the game between Simson and Airbridge was one of the most remarkable ever seen on the Gisborne green. The jack was sent up close to the ditch, into which., consequently, most of the bowls went, and when the head was finished there were only three on the green, all of these being credited to Simson. -—Gisborne (42) v. Napier (34). —- G. N. L. T.- Brown, J. Coleman, J. Greig. J. Ponsford (skip) ... 30 v. AA 7 . Irvine. M. Truston, C. Cunningham., H. Bull (skip) A. Zachariah, A. J. Benzie, AV. J. Hennessy, F. A. Alartin (skip) ... ... ••• 12 v. J. P. AVilliamson, AA 7 . Sianm, J. P. Smith, F. C. AVilliams (skip) Total 42 34 In the first seven heads the Gisborne representatives exactly doubled their opponents’ score, making 16 points to eight gained by Napier. Ponsford put on thirteen, while Bull only scored two, and Martin got in three. AVilliams, however, putting up a dozen for Napier. On the fourteenth head the visitors had somewhat improved 1 their position, though they were still seven behind, the total being Gisborne 29, Napier 22. . Ponisford’s total was now 22, against Bull’s seven. Alartin was eight points behind AVilliams, who had made 15 to his seven. Ponsford’s rink raised their total eight points on the last seven- heads, while Bull -added six to his total. Martin did better during this part of the game than in any earlier period, for he got in five bowls, making his total just a dozen. Williams, however, put up six, and finished nine- points to- the good. His majority, however, was not nearly large enough to balance that of Ponsford for Gisborne, and the visitors, therefore, went down by eight points. POSITION OF THE CLUBS. The following is the position of the various clubs at the conclusion, of the day’s play:— Wins. Loss. Turanganui 1 0 Greenmeadows 1 0 Gisborne 1 I Napier 1 1 Te Rail 0 2 TO-DAY’S PROGRAMME. Play in the unfinished matches will b-c commenced at 9 o’clock this morning, in order that the fourth round may be started as nearly as possible at 9.30 a.m. It is hoped that the fifth round will lie commenced before lunch, and on the completion of this round, if any club lias a. predominating number of wins, it will be declared the winner. If such is not ihe case, the- leading clubs will play off in the final. In the event of the fifth round proving decisive, a special match base- been arranged between Poverty Bay and Hawke’s Bay, and it will probably take place about 3 p.m. At the invitation of " the- _ President (Mr. AV. Pet-tie), representatives of theclubs taking part in the tournament assembled in the pavilion last night-. The rules and regulations drawn up by the Gisborne- Club for the control of future tournaments for the trophy were considered and clearly defined lines were laid down-.