BOWLING.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 637, 24 January 1914, Page 6

BOWLING.

The local green has been well patronised of late and some highly interesting challenge games have b«en contested. The match between teams skipped respectively by Lissaman and Dransfield, which was played for a trophy presented by Mr Howarth, was exciting up to the last head. The scoring was very even throughout, the board showing 13 all at the last head Mora, who was leading for Dransfield, placed two nice bowls, one in front and one behind the jack, and these proved to be the winning shot. A return game is mooted for a nice trophy presented by Mr Drans6eld. Good form was shown in a match on Saturday last by Inder and Bowarth, who defeated a seasoned pair in Sharpies and Young by 39 to 9. In fairness to the losers its hould be stated that the green was not playing as well as the rinks upon which the losing skip had shown such good form at Te Aroha. However, the winners played exceedingly well and must be credited with a good performance. This form was further emphasised during the week when the pair made a good showing on more than one occasion.

The forthcoming South Auckland tournament to be held at Hamilton is attracting the attention of bowlers generally. Three teams from Te Kuiti have been entered, but there is still a doubt as to the personnel of the No. 3 team. Porter will probably be unable to get away, and Moorhouse, who it was understood would go in his place, has signified his inability to make the trip. Lissaman, Howarth and Inder are all mentioned as possibilities. If Liasaman could arrange to get away and skip the team there would be much rejoicing. He has been showing rsally good form this season, particularly in view of the small amount of practice he gets. In addition his knowledge of the game would be invaluable to the team.