Bowling Notes

Free Lance, Volume III, Issue 140, 7 March 1903, Page 22

Bowling Notes

By Wrong Bias.

The Victoria Club seems to be mopping up everything visible in the form of trophies, badges, and decorations generally. Under the lead of their guerilla chief, Braokenridge, sen., with MacMorran. Snaddon, and Little John no httle Mack— as chief lieutenant. they went! for the Edwin Feathers on Saturday afternoon. E. J. Hill, Brunskill, Harry Smith, and Bell held on to them like grim Death until the 14th. head when Victoria forged a point ahead. After that, it was all up with Wellington, and with 22 to 14 as their score the warriors from the signal station succeeded in looting the Feathers. In fact, the Wellington Club was not in luck's way at all on Saturday. Sometbody must have killed a Chinaman. Berry and Cbruchward sallied out to Newtown to collar those Edwin Buckles from Nanoarrow and Prince. But, it was a case of "bury and churchyard with their hopes. They scored 16, and Nancarrow and Prince put up 17. The junior pennant match, on Saturday, between Victoria and Newtown, produced a close finish, the younger club just getting home. When the Shore-Leslie game was finished, Victoria had a lead of eight. In the other rink (Wise-Mayer), on the 20th head Newtown was eight to the good. At the 21st head, with Newtown lying 3 round the kitty, Mayer drove, but the jacK bounded back, and still left Newtown lying one. Wise then drove another with his last shot within twelve inches of the jack, but Maver, with a 6teadv draw, just managed to draw an inch nearer, thus getting the shot, and pulling the match out of the fire. Victoria meets Petone in the final match next Saturday, on the Newtown green. The "auld lichts" gave some of the colts a chance to skip ur> at Words-•woath-street on Saturday, and the youngsters were "no sac bad." Flinders for instance, polished off Wix to the tune of 20 to 11, and Clark Johnson put Sir Edward Gibbes through his facings

19 to 10. Giundy, with Law son as third m,aai, went "nap" against Knapp (whose third man was Plimmer), and stacked up 24 points against 15. J. M. King, up a.t Thorndon, is showing a stronger bias for bowls than he used to do even for football and scrums, which is .saying a very great deal. Skipped ai rink on Saturday for 19 against the veteran Mowbray's 20. Hard luck, too, he didn't win. Evidently, the scholar bids fa.ir to beat the schoolmaster. Another ex-footballer in the warlike person of Manor Davy (of the militia) has also taken to bowls. He swears that kissing the kitty is much more excating sport even than chasing the Boers. Davy is coming on well under the generals of the Wellington Club. Webb hasn't lost the form that helped ta win the Champion Pairs down at Christchurch. In full rink, on Saturday he bumped out Conlin by 31 to 18. Conlin's partners in misfortune were such canny duels as Archibald, Leslie, and Dawes, while Webb was associated with Wiggins, jun., Gamble, and McEldowney. The trophy matches at the Victoria Club are neanng completion. For the Junior Bowls, Mayer and Hampton have to play off. The Senior Bowls ne between Port and Brackenridge, jun. For Lawrie's trophy, Gooder and Braokemridge, sen., are to try conclusions. Lawsons trophy is at the semi-final stage. The final for the paars match was played off during last week, Bao-eett and Keith easily defeating Kellow and Dixon. Baco-ett, by the w r ay, is a good name to win with. Newtown's games were pretty even on Saturday — no runa,wav matches, anyhow. Danks's rink put up 22 to Lambert's 20, Brogan 20 to McLeans 13, and Crewee 22 to Bell's 17. Crewes v. Bell was a pairs match. Challenge matohe® out at Petone, oja Saturday, produced changes of ownership for both Ferns and Monograms. Murray and Co., with 26 to 16, relieved Johnston's party of the Ferns, while Carter's picnic party knocked Horje and Co. into despair by putting up 32 to 11 for the Monograms. Braokearidge, jun., is still rumr'ne a victorious course up at Victoria. For the Townsend Buckles, the holders, Trevor and Brackenridge, jun., proved altogether too hard nuts for the Corporation pair, Rowe and Page, to crack. Scores, 34 to 21. The final stage for the Wellington Club's Senior Bowls (best two out of three games) was started on Saturday, betw-een, Ballinger and Bell. ' In the

fiist game, Balhnger was all at sea, and Bell scored 25 to his 10. The second game was far more interesting. Bell got 13 to BaJlinger's 6, but the veteran came up under the whip, and ati the 20th head the game was 1 16 all. In the last head, Balhnger got in his four bowls, and won by 20 to 16. The deciding game has yet to be played. By the way, it would be as well for spectators to reserve their comments until play is over. It is rather trying to antagonists in a prize match to stand a runn'ng fire of remarks from the bank.