Bowling Notes

Free Lance, Volume IV, Issue 172, 17 October 1903, Page 9

Bowling Notes

By Wrong Bias.

Captain Edwin ir.ng on a supply of his very best wcathei foi the opening of the Wellington Club on Saturday afternoon Mr Win Holmes, the painstaking custodian, had bi ought the sward to the highest point of perfection — a delightful pictuie for the eye of a our veteran bowler to rest upon — and the ladies turned out in. their spring finery to lend eclat to the sport which accounts for man) a vacant chair w hen the domestic bell rings for tea. Music alone was w anting But the Bavarian band happened to stray that way in. the course of the afternoon, and they took compassion on the bow Itiundlers, and aJso helped at intervals to put the "whusky" down. Two Parliamentary links entered the aiena. but the management of the Wellington Club gave them no chance of taking on any swelled head. They sent out thear two best skips (Churchward and Neil McLean) against the devoted Parliamentarians, and the Legislature w ent under Fred Baume a.nd his Parliamentary colts (Bedford, Ell, and Major) fought an uphill fight against Churchward and Co., and when the division bell rang they wore 13 points short. The Hon. Jimmy Carroll's team of Parliamentary veterans — Dutlue, Millar, and W. 'Fraser — cheerfully buried the political hatchet, but got buried themselves by ten points in the struggle against Neil McLeans picnic party. But Mr. Carroll was not the only Minister who found himself in the wrong lobby when the numbers' went up. The Hon. J. McGowan (who is president of the Thames Bowling Club) was assisting Harry Price, of New town, with long drives and canine draws to burst up the educational heads which Inspector-General Hogbeii and his henchman, Sir Edward Gibbee, were putting together on. scientific principles. Still, the Education Department prevailed. Taking the play all through, the scoring was pretty close — only two runaway matches out of 10. For instance, Hogben and party slapped up 26 against the 9 with which H Price, of Newtown, and his partners had to be content. Even the feelings of a Minister were not spared by the successful Civil Service. Also, Colonel Collins, of the Treasury, got home with 24 against Dall's 9. Nancarrow has shaken the dust of Newtown from his trilbies, and means to give the Wellin^on Club the benefit of his services for the future. Newtown opened strong on Wednesday. Petone put its best foot foremost on Saturday last, and Thorndon makes its annual splash on Saturday this week. It always does the thing right up to the knocker. Reich, Mentiplay, Neil McLean, and Churchw ard w ill form one of the Wellington Club's two rinks for the Auckland tournament. It could not be improved upon. Ballingei and Bell are fixing up the other rink. On piesent foam Bell ought to be the skip.