Bowling.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 November 1924, Page 1

Bowling.

The fine weather i.s making the green very attractive for players, and last evening there was a record attendance present for the week nights of the season. The play generally was of a very pleasant nature. In a game for the Crosses, the holders, Messrs Bishop and Benjamin defeated the challengers, ‘Messrs Coles and Stevenson by 21 to 8. Li a game for the Dominion Ferns, Messrs Conning and Bain defeated Alessrs Bruce and Blank by 31 to 8. This evening a challenge game is to l»e played for the Reynolds Badges, the holders being Alessrs Pilkington, Adams, Bruce and Stevenson and the challengers Alessrs Coles, Bishop, Blank and Benjamin. , The usual practice will be held on Saturday afternoon, sides (icing selected at 2.30 ]i.in. at which hour all members and visitors desiring to take part should be in attendance.

Two wrinkled old bowlers who had not seen olio another for nearly forty years met under peculiar conditions at the week-end on a suburban green (says the Wellington “Post”). They did not know ono another, when one of them, ns a visitor, met his old friend at the scoring board on the green where he was a member. They were playing liumlicr two, and as scorers they were pulling down the names of the opposing teams on the blackboard. One said to the other that he once knew ii long-bearded farmer in a southern province of the same name as his opponent. “1 used to have a longbearded bullock driver working for me the same name as you,” replied the other. This led to mutual recognition, and ono remarked: “Who would have thought ill the old days we would meet under such peculiar circunistiyices. and that wo would have, made enough to live quietly in our old ago, and he able to piny Ikiwls any afternoon!” There was something very keen about the play of the “old-timers” as with almost youthful vigour they played on to the jack, it being hard to say which was the hotter howler.