Bowls Champion of South Pacific
p. 21 · Read in the full issue
Jack ("Joe") Shephard, DFC, receives the Pineapple Cup, un official symbol of bowls champion of the South Seas from the re tiring Fiji Colonial Secretary, Mr. A. F. R. Stoddart, at the Suva Bowling Club. In the background are (left to right): Messrs. Sherwood, Montague, Gardiner, Brodie (partially obscured) and Kemp (president of the Suva Bowling Club).
Shephard beat Frank Foster, a previous Pineapple Cup winner, by 26-19 in the final, played over 25 ends. The winner, who is a B Grade player, was in great form, and drew his shots with re markable accuracy.
Shephard is No. 1 skipper of the TEAL Solent crew which operates the Coral Route. With other TEAL air crew he started bowls when posted to Suva, and now regards it as his main recreation. In his younger days he was a senior footballer of some note with the Southern Club in Dunedin.