ATHLETIC SPORTS.
BOWLS, . AN UNIQUE RECORD. Tor the past eight years there lias been All annual fixture, Wellington Club versus the combined clubs of the city and suburbs. The first of these fixtures was played on February 27, 1905, when tho Wellington Club had an .easy victory over tho pick, of seven other clubs by. 275 ..points to 215. From that year up till the present the 'Wellington Club has won every year, sometimes comfortably; at otters.by "the skin of their teeth." Of course, the marvel is that any ono club could nt any time beat the.cream of all the other clubs on the aggregate, yet hero is a club which has accomplished the feat eight times in-succession. The record is <19 follows:— Wgt'n. CornYear. ' Clubs. Rinks. Club. bined. 1905 7 ' 15 275 215 1906 • . 7 ill 266 263 1907 ' 7 I t 351 217 1908 ... < 8 15 350 . 249 1900 -8 15 357 218 1910 10 17 325 324 1911'. 12 15 33G 25G 1913- \ ..... 12 15 312 305
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1374, 27 February 1912, Page 7
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170ATHLETIC SPORTS. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1374, 27 February 1912, Page 7
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