BOWLING

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3383, 25 November 1911, Page 9

BOWLING

NOTES AND COMMENTS

(By “Toucher.”)

Once again have the Turanganui and Gisborne Clubs met in battle array on the bowling field to vie with each other. On Thursday the A grade players of the Turanganui Club visited tho green of the Gisborne Club with the object of lowering the colors of tho senior club, and taking from the masthead the pennant presented by Mr J. \V. Witty. The B grade players of the Gisborne Club also made a'visit to the Turangauui Club’s green, the idea of the visitors in this instance being to show the Turanganuites that the Gisborne players were the better, and incidentally to take back with them the Jeune Pennant, loaned bv them to fly from the West End clui/s flagstaff. The result was that in each instance the Gisborne Club was victorious. It was a peculiar feature of the games in the Witty Pennant competition that Sawyer, who was unbeaten in his interclub games last year, again achieved victory, and that Martin again had a tough" fight with his opponent. Simson’s downfall placed him in the same position as last year, Avhc.ii> his link went down by a large margin and lost Turanganui the pennant. On the w-hoie of the plav, those avlioso boAvhng redounded mostly to their credit were Messrs Robevston, Sawyer, . Smith, Craig and Ambridge. As two of the Gisborne rinks triumphed at tho Gisborne, so also did two of their rinks carry their colors to victory on the Turanganui green. Their alleged best rink met a “snag in Bennett’s combination, and went down badly. However, the good victories by Crawford over Neill, and Miller over Williams, more than counterbalanced things in their favor, and victory was Gisborne’s on the aggregate. One noticeable feature m connection with the contest was that the total score in the Jeune Pennant Avas one of the smallest on record for the competition, being 111 points, the record beng 110 points, scored in the first game in 1909.

The score put up in the Witty Pennant equalled the record ih regard to the smallness of the score for the competition, being 118 points. The total was the same as that scored in the last game in this competition last soason.

iWLUCn lllieiOSK m J in the Bennett Cup competition, of the Turanganui Club. At date Sawyer is leading, but it is impossible at the present time to pick the winner. This player is putting up some splendid games, and will be hard to beat this season. So far he has not lost a game. Wootton, the holder of the cup, has also so far not received a loss, and his meeting with Sawyer is being looked forward to with interest. Hird, the holder of the cup two years ago, has this year, so far, not seen the color of a win,”his three games being defeats. Some of the younger players are shaping well in the competition, but I do not think they will he placed at the finish. The first round is to be completed this afternoon. Next Thursday afternoon the semifinals of the Cope Feathers take place on the Turanagnui green, when the rinks skipped by Nasmith, senr., and Nasmith, juur., * meet, and Simson’s rink meets Robertson’s. Good games are anticipated. The Hind Pairs on the Turanganui green have not progressed very much, only two games so far having been played. Nicol and Hird, to the surprise of bowlers generally, defeated Leydon and Sawyer, but the victory of Gray and Witty over Law and Bruce was as expected. The first round is to be completed by election day. It is stated that entries will shortly be taken for Handicap Fours, at tho Turanganui Club, for the gold sovereign cases presented by the Licensed Victuallers’ Association. 'Hie trophies are expected to arouse much competition.

The contest for the Licensed Victuallers’ trophy on the Gisborne green is a keen one.* The games are being steadily proceeded with, and so far Thelwall and Witty stand in well. They have only lost one game, and have only one to play. Robertson and his partner are also in a good position, not having lost a game so far, but they have several good pairs to meet yet. I rather fancy these'two pairs will fight out the finish.