Bowling Notes

Free Lance, Volume III, Issue 142, 21 March 1903, Page 22

Bowling Notes

By Wrong Bias.

Up in Auckland the ladies are taking to bowls. The other day Mrs. and Miss Wilson (presumably mother and daughter) played Mesdames G. and L. t*. Laurie/ Of course, there was afternoon tea at half-time, and any amount of fun. I would advise the Wellington ladies to follow suit There are no points in waiting tea for a 7 p.m. bowling husband. Better go and join him on the green. There was a very even match for the Edwin Feathers up at Thorndon on Saturday. Alpe, Brogan McLean and D'Emden went out from Newtown in the hope of collaring the trophies but the holders, Conhn, Blanchard, Wright, and Webb were not in a moulting mood. They scored 23 to 19. Lop-sided scores were the order of the day on the Wellington green. Perhaps, the high wind may have had something to do with it At any rates Whitehouse avenged his previous Saturday s defeat by piling up 41 against Balhnger's 12] and Lindsay continued a successful career by registering 24 to Sample's 5. It was Lindsay who bumped so heavily against Whitehouse a week before for 27 to 7. Balknger revived almost immediately. Partnered with Salmon, he tackled Harry Smith and Bell, in a pairs match, and buried them, to the. tune of 17 to 7. Too much driving upset the apple-cart in all these cases. But what shall be said of two other runaway matches' 3 In the return match between the Wellington and Thorndon luniors. Thompson s Wellington rink again treated their Thorndon adversaries to an unmerciful thrashing 42 to 7. Previousi week it was 4y to 6. The other picnic came off at Mount Victoiia. Berry and Brunskill—otherwise the busy bees-- climbed up the hill m quest of the Diamond Buckles, and in a 15-heads match dressed down Page and Hueston by 11 to 1. There has been great curiosity ever since to ascertain how they got thatl. Of course, the Diamond Buckles are now coruscating on the Wellington, green. Churchward and Neil McLean had another tussle in full rink on Saturday, and again victory smiled upon the little man. Scores 29 to 17. Last week they were 27 to 15. Churchward was mated with Drummond Grundy, and H. Smith, and Neil's partners were Boyes. Graham and Falconer, soi thait the odds were rather against him. Sievwrighti had Ross in the soup up at Thorndon on Saturday. 25 to 12 was the rink score. Ross will have to change his process. Lomgton's team carried too many guns for Rose's. It was a case of 28 to 12. Another abortive attempt has been made to wrench those Hamerton Badges out of the firm clutches of Crease, Norwood Brackeniridge, jun., and Gooder. The challengers were Hamerton, Bap--gett, Snaddon and Rowe, but they did not row swiftly enough. Their 19 was not so bad, but the other team's 30 w a.« gooder. Printer's ink has had a great, win over the sohool-ho'use. It came off on the Victoria green on Saturday, when Government Printer Mackay set Terrace School-master MaoMorran the simple lesson, How many times better is 34 than 12? Arthur Dixon (Maokav's third man) had something to do with the result. The Danks Feathers have changed hats at Newtown. Dumbell, Campbell, Shore, and Wise now wear them, while Lambert, Roberts, Nancarrow, and Webb are plucked. Score ■ 26 to 20 Charlie Parata skipped a team to victory on Saturday, and displayed good generalship. He was pitted aerainst Hamilton, and chalked up 24 to 18. The match between Roberts and Shore, for the Newtown. Junior Bowls, was hotly contested. Roberts just won or the post— 2l to 20. The pri7/e matches of the Victoria Bowling Club for this season are drawing rapidly to a close. In, faict, some of them are already completed, and "the twa Brackenridges," whose play this season has been consistently good, naturally come out on top. Braokenndge. iun. has won the senior singles and Brackenridee. sen. the silver jacic presented by Mr. Lawrie, bowls manufacturer, of Glasgow.

Mayer and Hampton aie now engaged to play the final tor the Junioi Bowls. For the handsome chess-board, picsented to the club by Mr. Alex. Larson, Biackenndge, jun , is pitted in the semi-final aga,mst his dad and the winner in that family struggle plavb Kitto in the final ' go."