AUSTRALIAN BOWLERS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1981, 11 February 1914, Page 10

AUSTRALIAN BOWLERS.

BEATEX^;.LQP4I,,J,ie.pi. The visiting Australian bowlers wore taken-for a motor drivo yesterday morn-' ing over the ~suburban districts of tho city. The : route by which the eight motor-cars carrying them travelled was over Brooklyn, down Happy Valley, round the' bays to Seatoun, round 'by the l'orts to Ivilbirnic, and over the hills ai, Rosoneath into Oriental Bay. There was a halt at the kiosk for morning tea, and then tlio drivo- was continued through Polliill Gully up to Karori, and from there round the old road to Wades-, town, and back to tho city again. In. the. afternoon tho visitors played a match, in which'they wcro beaten bill substantial margin, with a team from the Wellington Club. They left at 8 p.m: by tho ferry steamer for ChijistL'hureli. Following are tho results of tho play, tho Wellington teams being named first in overy:case:-— Wylio, Maudsley, Bush, Ballinger (s.), 45;-Irving, Hamilton, Hicks, Denzer (s.), 21. Jones, O'Sullivan, Leslie, Magnus (s.); 28; Jolly) Collins, Ilawkc, Wheeler (s.)J Loekis, Bonnie, A. Campbell, E. -T. Mil! (>.), 23: Morris, M'Eivan, Jenkins, Fitzgerald (s.), 14. Ramsay, Saunders, Crane, Thompson ' (.s.), 15; Badke, Sale, Coveroll, Mair (s.), 28. . L. Blundell, Chote, Skinner, Still (s.), 22; Leslie, Walker, Valloly, Rankin (s.), 27. • . _ ■. Potter, Focke, Haybittlej Moult (s.), 28: Jones, Banner, Burton, Rattan (s.), 19. Ledger, Borry, Gooder, Veitch (s.), 26; Gay, Mullancy, M'Loan, Clark (s.), 10. , ' Totals: Wellington, 187: Australia., 138. \ > THE PENNANT MATCHES. Nowtown has again won the pennant, and in connection therewith it is interesting to note the points for and against the skips of that club. Newtown had a balance of■148 points in its favour. Although Wellington Club lost its gamo to Newtown by 18 points, in the aggre- | gate tho senior club had a majority of pointfi in its favour'of 73 points. On the whole, Newtown teams displayed superior bowling. The following shows the relative merits of the teams, as skipped by the undermentioned players: Newtown. Points for. Agaiitst. Kerr, 5 matches 140 P 3 Price, 5 matches 112 78 Bracken ridge, 4 matches 7!) ' 62 • I'rince, 3 matches .73. oO Lauiiiiton, 1 match 32 U Wylje, 1 match 26 18 Carroll, i match 1" 21 Totals. 48L 333 AVollington. .Pointsfor. Against. Sievwright, 5 niatchos... 123 66 8011, 5 matches " 39 -94 Dall, 3 matches C : 4 47 Poi-tcotis, 3 matches ...' 66 62 Churchward, 2 matches 41 37 Webb, 2 matches ......... 34 38 Totals 427 314 STYLE NOT EVERYTHING. It was ratlier curious to note tlie difference in the'styles of delivery between •the Australian and the AVollington bowlers. Local players are in tho habit of ' standing straight up, in taking the measure of tho green, and then stepping forward off the mat with tho left foot as they deliver their bowls. Quite different is the Australian style. Tlie.v stick to Hie mat religiously, and crouch down with one knoo almost touching tho mat as they deliver their bowls. Tho difference in styles may. he summed up briefly by saying that tho local bowlcl' uses his whole! hotly, whilst it is purely an actiun of tho arm with tho Australian.