BOWLING.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1951, 13 March 1919, Page 3

BOWLING.

The local bowling green presented a. very animated appearance yesterday, when a large number of visiting bowlers and croquet players were present. Play on both the bowling green and croquet lawn commenced in the morning, and continued all day. The visitors included two rinks of bowlers from the Palmerston North Club, one rink from the Manawatu Club, and one rink from Levin, and a number of lady croquet players from Levin. The green was in good owler, and the players spent a most enjoyable time. The VIS itors were entertained at morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea by the local players and ladies. The four visiting rinks played a game each both in the morning and afternoon against local rinks, and of those .Foxton won five and the visitors won three. Fox ton also won on the aggregate, scoring 149 to their opponents’ 145. At the conclusion of the piny Dr. Mandl, vice-president of the Foxton Club, (hanked the visitors for the visit, and Messrs Spooner (ManawatuL Stevens (Palmerston N.), and Holdaway (Levin) replied on behalf of the visitors. The following are (he details of the play: — Foxton. Manawatu Healey Duncan Moorhouse McKenzie D. Whihley Radford Woods (sL 21 Spooner (s) 20 Palmerston N. Me Knight Manlier Crawley Ilodder Walker Stevens Christie (s) 20 Law (s) 13 Spring Croad Henderson Lucas Bryant Simmons Hawke (s) 13 Drew (s) 18 Levin. Freeman .Roe Watson llolda way McColl ' Harris Mandl (s) 14 Pollock (s) « 22 In the afternoon Hawke 2(5 heat Pollock 13, Woods 15 beat Law 14, Drew 32 beat Mandl 15, and Christie 25 heal Spooner 13. CHAMPION PAIRS. The Manawatu Centre Champion of Champions pairs competition was played on the Terrace End green yesterday. Of the ten clubs in the Centre, eight took part in the eontest, those not represented being Levin and Paliiatua. The following were the details of the play: —• First round: —Chick and MeGihIton (Danneviiko) 18 heat Bartholomew and Fruish (Fcilding) 14; Jones and Laurenson (Manawatu) 17 heat Pickering and Nicholson (Woodville) 15; Clements and Forrest (Terrace End) 19 heat Nye and Whihley (Foxton) 18; Fargher and Roach (Shannon) 14 heat Jolly and Nash (Palmerston) 13. Second Round. Fargher and Roach Hi heat Clements and Forrest 15; Jones and Laurenson 27 heal Chick and McGibbon 13.

Fargher ami Roach (Shannon) and Jones and Laurensou (ManaAvatu) are left in the (Inal. There Avas not time yesterday to play the game, and it Avill probably he played next Wednesday morning.