BOWLING.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4532, 26 February 1923, Page 2

BOWLING.

INTER-CLUB MATCH. On Saturday afternoon the Te Aroha Bowling Club played an inter-' club match against the Paeroa bowlers on the local green. The afternoon was beautifully fine at the commence 1 ment of the but before the final stage was reached a soft drizzle set in and took the “sting” out of the ground, making accurate bowling very tricky. Mr F. J. Wells, president pf the Paeroa Bowling Club, in a few wellchosen remarks briefly welcomed the visitors, and trusted they would have an z enjoyable afternoon’s play. Mesdames F. J. Wells and G. H. Taylor provided a delicious afternoon tea, which was served in the pavilion, a special feature being the prettily decorated tables, which were done in the club’s colours (blue and gold), ribbons and blue michaelmas daisies and coreopsis blending beautifully in the nolour scheme. Play commenced shortly before 3 p.m., and was concluded in ample time to allow the visitors to catch their train at 5.40 p.m. Eight fplK rinks participated, and some close and 'interesting contests took place. In several rinks the game was only just won on the last head. When the final scores were totalled up it was found that Paeora had won by *3 points. ' l At the conclusion of the game the president of the Te Aroha club (Mr W. Kendrick) briefly acknowledged the hospitality accorded to the visitors. and congratulated Raeroa on their decisive win. Cheers were accorded the visitors and the ladies. Following are . the detailed scores, Te *Aroha being mentioned first m each instance :—

Wykes Woods, Hedge, Noonan (skip) fl, v. Ai-dern, Olsen, Power, Wells (skip) 31. Whyte, Bliss, Maingay, Peterson (skip) 17, v. J. Turner, H. Hayward, Chamberlain, Pinder (skip) 22. McCormick, Canton, Wallace, Ngakuru (skip) 19, v. Tait, Hale,, Ellis, Hamilton (skip) 20. Cornish, Edwards, Hesketh, McKechnie (skip) 21, v. Lawrence, Wilks, Pascoe, H. Taylor (skip) 22. Bougen, Wyborn, Hinton, Heathcote (skip) 16, v. Robson, Harris, Byfne, Towers (skip) 28. Burrows, Cossey, Reese, Wyllie (skip) 29, v. Sing, Gibb, Hayward, Garry (skip) 9. Everitt,, Simmons, Sherlock, Bygrave .(skip) 20,*v. Thorp, Morland, W. Turner, Marsh (skip) 23. Young, Kendrick, Buchan, D. McL. Wallace (skip) 27, v. Say Dr. Smith, Grant, Tucker (skip) 15. Totals —Te Aroha 1'55, Paeroa 168.

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