BRITISH BOWLERS' VISIT

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 78, 24 December 1937, Page 6

BRITISH BOWLERS' VISIT

Civic Welcome Extended on Hastings Green RESULT OF MATCH A civic welcome was accorded the visiting British bowling team in Hastings yesterday afternoon, prior to their game with members of the Hawke 's Bay Bowling Centre on the Hastings Bowling Club's green. Tho Mayor, Mr G. A. Maddison, and the president of the centre, Mr W. Ross, welcomed the visitors to the district, and expressed a hope that their tour of New Zealand would be both enjoyable and suecessful. "I believe that with this visit we are turning a new page in bowling history in Hawke 's Bay," said Mr Maddison, "for this is the iirst time that the district has been visited by a British bowling team. Our visitors are issured that their welcome here is as warm as the rays of to-days' sun." Mr Maddison added that he considered that there was no better way of cementing the friendship between Great Britain and the Dominion than by a meeting on the field of sport. On behalt of the centre, he then presented Mr David Gardiner, captain of the visitors, with a box of new season 's Hawke Bay peaches laughingly urging the visitors to rehiember that Hawke 's Bay produced all that was best in frozen lamb, mutton and beef, and in fruit. Mr Ross also extended a welcome to the visitors, stating that although they would perhaps find the greens faster 'than those to which they had been accustomed, he hoped that they would be to their liking. In reply, Mr Gardiner thanked the centre for its warm welcome. He mentioned the tour of the South Island by the team, and commented that the visitors had found Hawke 's Bay to be the most beautiful district they had yet visited. He presented Mr Ross with a monogramed emblem of the team. The vice-captain, Mr E. Shuttle, also spoke briefly, making the suggestion that New Zealand should endeavour to send a team to England, where bowlers would do their utmost to reciprocate the warm hospitality that the visiting team had received in New Zealand. Very enjoyable games were piayed during the afternoon, bat the Britishers tound the green too fast for them and they were unable to show their best form. However, they appeared to thoroughly enjoy the games and expressed appreciation of the hospitality extended to them. . Following are the results, Britishers being mentioned first: — Baines, James. Hiseock, Gardiner 13; Bear. Renouf, McLennan. Ross 30. Powe, McAspine, Shuttle, Jones 33; Royle, "Williams, Mclntosh Critchley 16. Marcon, How Clarke, Reed 16; Harvey, 'Sloan, Somerset Smith, Mayo 17, ■ * Brown, Angel, Tapponden. Cuthbert 14; McDonald, Hastings, Adamson, LTull 26 . The party left by carS this morning .for Rotorua. - •