BOWLING.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 15 November 1917, Page 3

BOWLING.

PAIMERSTONIA/NS IN LEVIN

The annual visit of two Palmers ton rinks to Levin took place yesterday and a couple of enjoyable games resulted on the local green, tooth ending in a win for the visitors. Twentyone head!® were played ahd by a curious coincidence the scores in both; riniks were 13 to 9on the 15th head. From thfe out, however, the visitors forged aheadl, and eventually Avon by a fair margin. The final scores were: — Palmerston.—Jewell, KeiV'lake, Nicholls. Brown (.si;ip.) 22 Levin.— Young, Nash, Thomson, Suhan (skip.) I' 3 Palmerston.—Cousihs, Jackson, Lark, ing, (skip.) 25 Levin.—A pi in-, Tait, Reading Kirk (skip,) 10The- visiting rinks spenb a very enjoyable tfone in Levin and before they left the green, Mr L. Jackson, on their bolialf, thanked tlie home club far their ho&pirtality and referred especially to the ladies wh'o so kihdly provided afternoon tea. CheeHs were tihen exchanged between /the two clubs. -LEVIN "WINS' AT SHANNON. The firfct of the series of matches be. tween JToxton, Levin and Shannon was played yesterday on ihe Shannon green under very pleasant conditions. Mr P. BDennessy, vice-fpres-ident of the Shannon Club, in the absence of the President, welcomed the visitors, and after play, Mr E. S. Lancaster, President of the Levin Club, thanked the Shannon bowlers for the hospitality with which they had treated the visitors, especially mentioning the ladies for the excellent afternoon tea provided. His call for three hearty cheers for the ladies was warmly responded to. Scores a're as follows : Levin.—lngram. Roe, Pyke, Pollock (slkip) 3° Shannon.—Henpman, Carr, Shankland, Fargher (skip) 16 Levin.—Lancaster, Brouglv'ron, Brown, Porteous (skip) '13 Shannon.—Venn,, Clayton, Hen. nessy, Gilland (skip) 20 Fox ton. — Stewart, Walker, "Woods, Whi'bley (skip) 25 Shannon.—Palmer, MiS Gibson, Bilderbeck, Roach (skip) 1 < Fox/ton. —Whibley, Orawley, '"Wall, Nye (skip) 16 Shannon.—Hook, Aiim, Butt, Gunning (skip) 20. RINKS TOTALS. !Levin 48 Foxton 41 Shannon (73) average, 36i.