BOWLING.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1359, 20 January 1905, Page 3

BOWLING.

SOUTH DEFEATS NORTH.

Per Press Association. Christchurch, last night. The New Zealand Bowling Association’s Tournament was continued to-day in splendid weather, the doubles and singles being advanced to the semi final stage. The semi-finals and finals in the doubles, singles, and rinks will be played to-mor-row. In the rink 3 Prince (Newton) meets Harrison (Ashburton), and Taylor (Phcenix) meets Bishop (Christchurch). In the doubles Sanders and Neddon meet Brackenridge and Brackenridge, the winners playing Scoular and Bentley. In the final in the singles Harraway meets Soott and Mclntyre meets Neill. The North v. South Island match, eight rinks aside, was played this afternoon, the South winning by 164 points to 160.

GISBORNB BOWLING CLUB. There was a largo attendance at the bowling green yesterday, and a number of interesting matchen wore ployed. Afternoon tea was provided by the Misses Cnaaen. The following are the details of the afternoon's play :

Clarkson Cussen Hounsell PM. Craig Ambndge ■Witty, skip 24 Matthewson, ek 17 Broderick Williams Hallam Morgan Corson _ Robertson Bright, skip 10 Ifwersoo, skip 31 O’Meara § s^*? nt D. Barry Griffiths Adair Harris Hennessy, skip 17 Quinn, skip 16 Herriok Primrose Bain L^'s Lomax Johnston Seymour, skip 27 Simson, skip 15 In the handicap pairs competition Clarkson and Ambridgo met Dods and Corßon, the latter proving viotonous after a well-contested game.

Beferring to the return of the Auckland bowlers the N.Z. Herald etates Haifadozen Auckland greens were represented in the principal event (the fours championship) at the tournament, but none of our teams succeeded in bringing the coveted Vinnnrs north, the best performance recorded being that of the Carlton Club representatives, who acted as runners-up, being beaten by a point by the Gisborne J* after a great game. On tbo Bhort bends the Aucklanders generally beat the Gisborne players, and the latter recogmsI* _ this always gave long heads when XSv hka the jack, benefiting greatly the change. The Gisborne lead (Mart£o gave a Splendid exhibition of skilful drawfng to the bare jack, particularly on ?b“lon| heads, and those who witnessed the tournament pronounce him the best lead in the competition. He perhaps had advantage in playing on his own green, allowing for chiß, his form wqb k at » firm and his play marked by splendid very.fine and his P ay CatUon S'playei brilliantly Vi all the matches 7,1 was well supports* by Nixon (lean) “f Anderson (scorer), but his third man ?n G Laurie) did not on the whole play ~ TA his best form. The Aucklanders up V in the highest terms of praise of treatment, and are all agreed that I then. * m ost enjoyable. Visitors the outing was W£)re delighte a with the i r ° -talitv P of the Gisborne bowlers, and hospital y pious tournament under state that do f> Northern Association the Kmnare wHh that held at Gisborne could compa tter Q f management. last week in . m of afEajra the For this ? t>sf V, Adair) was largely bon. secretary ( wQB ably Heoo nded by Hennessy, the assistant hon. secretary.

Bowling inby f one populSunday P”2“ le> Ladies appear to have Weekly c " r0 °l° t . he G(sme . Charles I. and greatly ® D J oy S- a ero both very fond Archbishop L “ fln L aud waß taken to fSSwiw ; a». Sunday - he dߣ6ad6d

himself by showing that it was well known to bo a favorite amusoinont of tho Churoh of Genova. When John Knox, tho Scottish reformer, visited Calvin, ho arrived on a Sunday, and found Calvin enjoying a gamo at bowls. It is not statod if Knox joined him in the pastime, but wo certainly know that ho travelled, wrote letters, and ovon entertained Ambassadors and others on this day. On a Sunday, in the yoar 1562, Knox attended tho marriage of James fcituart, afterwards tho Earl of Murray, aud it is assortod that ho oouuAonanood a display which iuoludod a ban* quot, dancing, firoworks, oto. Not a few of tho godly lifted up thoir voioos in condemnation, not so muoh, we infer, on account of tho day, but tho extravagances to which tho amusements were carried. Sunday was a popular day for weddiDgs in tbo olden time, and Shakospoaro and other dramatists have many allusions to tho usage.