Bowling Notes

Free Lance, Volume IV, Issue 191, 27 February 1904, Page 16

Bowling Notes

By Wrong Bias.

PAIR auld Scotland! It was a case of Flodden Field over again up at the Wellington green on Saturday afternoon. In eight rinks she stood up proudly against the World, the Flesh, and the Devil, and in seven links they prevailed against her, and beat her badly. It was the veteran McGlashan who alone came unscathed through the dreadful carnage. He scored a victory over Sir Edward Gibbes, by 18 to 16. It is supposed that Mac must have put the fear of the Lord into the knight by appropriate quotations of Scotch poetry. Plimmer and Co. dressed down Champion Lockie and his Bordeieis by 26 to 11. Whitehouse , fresh from conquests in Australia, laid out Clark Johnson by 24 to 13. Gooder was too good for Mentiplay by 20 to 15. and Berry flattened out John Smith, by 22 to 12. Fred Haybittle ran up the bidding against Wm. Gray to 26 to 17, at which figure he knocked him down. Sidney Lambert wiped out Ne 1 McLeans Auckland record by 24 to 13, and Geddis scored 28 to Russell's 11. In short, the World put up 186 points to Scotland's 110. * * * Still, "Caledonia stern and wild" was not without consolation On the Victoria green she had a five-rink tussle with the World, and stood victorious by 135 to 106. Anderson beat Arthur Dxxon by 27 to 12, Snaddon finished his Page off at 30 to 13, Brackenridge came out of a very stiff tussle with Hueston with 19 to 16, and Brown and Bary divided the honours at 19 all. The World's only rink-win was achieved by Redstone against Keith — 27 to 22. Oh yes, and there was Joe Cordoza's feat of arms. Partnered with Hanlon, he took down Gaudin and Kellow (whom the "Times" calls "McGaudin" and "McKellow") for 19 to 18, Joe kept a wary eye on "the deesh," and was death on the "yack." * * ' * Hueston and Co. have lost their Hamerton. Badges at last — fifteen months since they won them. The challengers were- Trevor, Townsend, Avery, and Snaddon, and they were plumb oni the job. Scores :27 to 16. * * * The Edwin Feathers have also flown again — this time to Newtown. On Saturday last, Brightwell, Wise, Price, and Prince went up to the Wellington green, and started operations against Hill, Brunskill, Churchward, and Bell. Newtown led nearly all the way, but Wellington was in it until about the

17th head, when Bell lifted out his own ball hing third, and left the enemy with t>. Beriy and Balhngei aie once moie in possession of the Diamond Buckles, lecovenng them on Monday fiom Geddis and Cluuchward with a. scoie of 20 to 11. It was a pecul'ar game. The challcngeis put up 10 to 1 in nine heads. After that the holders got the 'hang" of the gieen, and rung on 10 i>i the next four heads. *• * ■+ Out at Petone, Reid, Home. McLean, and Gilmoui have borne off the Fein Badges fiom Knk, Reynold^ Maisden, and Wyhe, with a score of 26 to 17. Johnston's link still wear the Monograms with a due sense of gloiy. Mothes, TJdy, Castle, aud Carter went for them bald-headed on Saturday, but passed out at 1G to 22. Theie was another struggle in the Junioi Pennant series on Satuiday. Blake, of Wellington, bowled over Mitchell, of Victoria, by 18 to 14. And Roberts, of Newtown, beat Coles, of Petone, by 24 to 20. Coles and his paity were like the Babes in the W^ood — they got lost on their way to the tiysting-place. However, they were by no means exhausted when they sighted the enemy at last. Blnnchard, of Thorndon, was m great foim on Saturday. Skipped against wee Geordie, and piled up 30 to 12. J. M. King is coming to the front veiv steadily He has just pulled off the President's Trophy for pairs, after a rattling "go" with Sievwnght. Sproule led for Sievwnght, and J. McEldowney for King, who won the match with his last bowl when his oppanents were lying three. Bravo, Jack ' Rose took down McKerrow badly in full rink the other day — 31 to 19. * * i Most of the club piize matches have arrived at an interesting stage on the Wellington green. In the Pairs the semi-finals lie between Mitford and E. J. Hill, who meet Parata and Haybittle, and Osborne and Bell, who aie pitted against Purvis and Berry. In the Po.nts Match, for Whitehouse's Trophy (wherein the first bowl counts 4, second 3, third 2. and fourth 1), Reich, E. J. Hill, N. McLean and Gooder are the only competitors still left in. TJp at Auckland, H. Kent has w on the Champion Singles of the Remuera Club, beating G. Court by 30 to 28. Gardner has won the Champion Singles of the Devonport Club, Eagleton being runnerup. At Peilding last week Batchelor, Young, Drew, and Bunting, of Palmerston North, won the Cottle Feathers from Thompson, Crabb, Sandilands, and Say well, of Feilding, by 24 to 19. They were level on the 17th head, but in the next head, with Feilding lying 5, Bunting cut them out, and won the game from that point. The quest.on of standard bowls was forced into prominence at the recent Dunedin tournament by the action of A. Y. B. Bishop, of the Chnstchurch Club. Although leading in one of his games, he retired from the contest as a protest against the use of "straight pokers" by his opponent.