BOWLING IN ENGLAND.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 425, 6 February 1909, Page 12

BOWLING IN ENGLAND.

;V ;NEWiZEA^iro;;B;O^]ERS;;,AT;™ME.: : ;f; CLUB.:; >' )■!;■] ■/';-Mr:'.'?/.'W ; .'-;Haybittiei : \;wiio.-iias': roturiied , 'to the i-Dominion ; .{rom ;: a visit;to,Englsind;, ■ inter-: ested himeelf largely:in ! matters -relating to Ms : ■fftvourite ;pastiine,Vdui'ing;,'.his.- stay in -;tlie Old -sp^try;///,.^t'-wai--pa'r.Houlajly':\forttt i nate'i"- he; remai'ked;to an Auckland-interviewer,'%: being ■ present at.v.tb'e .international.''.'..tournament:'be-.' bveen England, ..Scotland, Wales; 1 and/Ireland,' I played';: at; the Bowling.- .'Qreeh, :i Edinburgh/ in' July,'.-'.whetf'.weVwihi'essed'i'a ■. 'mag-:; nifice'nt' exposition. of,!tte -gairie.'- England, ..who. riuinp'ered'Dri-W-G-. Grace ".among her. players,' lost" to Wales; arid -Ireltod,,- .Sc6tland:>winriing "both-mitohes against and Icon-': .'soquently'the/-championship.-, Vln her . : .game! ; against- England "op, the. last day, amid = great 'exqitement.'the: men;pf;.the INorth -lbsKby -a fewopoints/iljut.vbf retained thehonours.".-;- ■'-, / -.■^-'•-.v.' :: -.'i'- 1 .-,;".■.-■ .^..' : ■'■■;;./ #■■>■'?,■ :.-;•;.■' ',y Mri-.-Haybittle:had at number; of interesting ; games/ particularly.-va; series: against'.'the.; genial. Dr.": Grace; arid , !'three''' ■oth'er". crack; Crystal" Palace , , players, vThe iNew, , Zealarid.- , ; team, ■ drawn'/from, 1 -the -...Wellineton Bowling Club; included /Bush'; (skip), Havbittle, T.. ; E,:-Jones,' and; Godber.-//-U'nfbrtunately.-.thgy; ■ did not -win," but they, carried away:.witli' thejnvery kindly, recolleptionS of the .hospitality, and, /camaraderie;of "Dr.jW. G.'v'arid hisiteam." One: of/the : foremost: bowlers to'welcoriie-.thevNew Zealand players was the old international," Mr./ Stephen : rortespue, who';tbree years 'ago toured: ; the, Australasian: colonies. ";,They-also met- Mtv ; ■,Thopaf r ßairies.(secretary to -the, English Asso--/.'//^Vi, , :"-':,--'--- ';■:'/. ' :: 'i' : '.'.•■• ~ The/; want , of'. a./recbgnisedicalling; placo for, colonial-bowlers-on; theu-.annual pleasure visits. to'Great.Britairi has;'been .'.for,:.some- time en-' gaging, the/attention:o£..Mr; Portescue-tind also of Mr. ■ Fashoni,' the bowling correspondent' of the';London'.- "Daily /Telegi-aph". ',arid "Scotsman."-, ; The. outcome l was aimeeting on Nov'em-. ber 20, just prior to Mr;,Eaybittlo'a departure. There ; was, a large, gathering,; including repre-: sentatives from the Commonwealth and Now High'.Commissioners , ., Offices, resident and,visiting 7 /Australians and' New-.Zealanders.-.It lyas;resolved .to form aniassociation, to-be . called the Anglo-Colonial Bowling Club,-: with headquarters at Anderton's, Hotel, Fleet Street. Thosa, eligible ..for-' .membership axe resident .'oolonial bowlers and (on phyiaent of a small .subscription): visiting bowlers-, for theseason in ! : whioUtUcy remain;.in. Great Britain; .-Tlie;objeot of the club is'fo make a Homo centre for colonial bowlers , visiting : tho.'Old "Country, wherebythey may get in{o touch with brother I bowlers. '•" --J;;. '■-■■::; ; :-. v ::- ■■'\;\.- -:.:-,;..::■' .;•;-. , ■ During- the'.eeason,; say. from May-to O.ctoberMt is proposed-to;havp an official ofithe club': constantly in touch, with.the .clubroom" to', meet,and welcome visitors,'and:nn-nnge friendly, tournaments and games? tiros providing a mucli- : ■ felt-wnnt. -Am large number of-.greens'." has 'ready been : placed at the disposal of the AnglbColonln]s' : executive, "The prpposal," said Mr. Haybittlc, "is,"l think, a; eplendid; one,' nntl I ..feel'"confident'that.the ..club will not only assume considerable proportions, 'but- also become recognised sis a, necessary port, of call for visiting exponents of. the- : game." . ;