BOWLS.
A writer in a contemporary recently drew a comparison, in a column article, between bowls and cricket. His remarks however showed his utter lack of knowledge in respect to the former game. After describing bowlers as "looking like cricketers gone to seed or cankered in the bud" —what would the genial Dr W. G. think of this?- —he refers to the breaking up of an end by a drive, and makes the extraordinary statement that "skill does not get fair recompense at bowls, for a couple of beautifully drawn shots are often smashed out by the wild drive of an ignoramus, so that they go for nothing." A man who "plays the game" never makes a " wild" drive ; but driving to take out "beautifully drawn shots" is at times absolutely necessary. I think the remark of the old iady—"Them that know nought should say nought"—might very aptly be applied to this bank-side cirtic.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 419, 2 December 1911, Page 6
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154BOWLS. King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 419, 2 December 1911, Page 6
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