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4 VICTORIANS IN PALMERSTON LOSE TO COUNTRY CLUBS Dominion Special Service. Palmerston North, February 23. The president ol the Muuawatu Bowling Centre, Air. .1. A. Nash, M.P., in welcoming tho visiting Victorian bowlers to Palmerston Nortli to-day, expressed the Lope that they would euoy their stay in Palmerston. lu visits such as this, the results of the games played mattered but little. Tltc things that did ecuut. were the lasting friendships formed. After presenting Mr. W. Lyon the manager or the visiting bowiers with the Mamiwatu Bowling Centre’s budge, Mi. Nash called for cheers for the visitors. In reply Mr. W. Lyon stated that they were not ambitious to win so much as to be good sportsmen. He felt sure his party would enjoy their sojourn in Palmerston. He called upon his team to-return the Manawatu bowlers’ cheers, an dafterwards Mr. IL Leggo led the visitors in a sons The afternoon was devoted to a match between the five Victorian rinks rind a similar number of rinks from the country clubs afliliat" I to the Manawatu Centre, which took place at the Palmerston North Club gree i Excellent bowls were forthcoming during the afternoon, the greens being keen and the weiVher pleasant. The Manawatu country clubs scored 109 points on the aggregate to the Victorians' SS. Itcsults are as follow:— Victoria. —Creeth. Ray, Whalley, 11. M. Leggo (s.). 25; Foxton and Otaki. —A. Smith, Walton, Barr, Satherlcy (s.), 13. Victoria. —Kitbury, T. M. Davie. Gaylard, Newham (s.), 11; Dannevirke.— Roberts, McKinnon. Rankin. Clarke (s:). 2b. Victoria.—Tlindlc. Pilkington Fergusson. Main (s.), 18; Eketahuna.—Gooding. Meads. Bulls. Clements (s.), 17. Victoria.—F. Grant. Downton. Barnett. Wright, (s.). 25: Feilding.—Hoss. Moore, Bartholomew. Herdman (s.). IS. Victoria.—H Leggo, A. 11. Davie. Lyon, Bayley (s.), 9; Woodville.—Foot. Mills, Warach, Pickering (s.), 24. PT,AY AT ROTORUA. Bv Telegraph.-Panes association Rotorua. February 23. Tho Rotorua second bowling turnament, which was opened on •Monday, is reaching finality The section winners arc A. Frost (Frankton). B. Fraser (Palmerston North), and C. Crawford (Knrori) After two ties in B section and four ties in S section. the final between Crawford and Frost was won by the former, 23—19. The weather throughout was superb, and the greens verv true
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 125, 24 February 1928, Page 6
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