Bowling Notes

Free Lance, Volume IV, Issue 201, 7 May 1904, Page 9

Bowling Notes

By Wrong Bias

THE last mter-olub contest this season ioi the Edwm Featheis, came off on the "Wellington gieen on Satniday, and proved a lather hollow affdll . Victoria, lepresented by Hueston, Vaicoe, Biackeua idge, jun., and Biackenridge, sen., were not in the hunt at all, and Drummond, Brunskill, Bell, and Churchward won pietty well < they liked. They scored 7 in thefiist thiee heads, and for ten heads they weie 17 to 2. On the thirteenth head, Jamie woke up, and, with a pietty shot, chipped out Wellmoton's nearest, and scored a much needed o— B to 18. But it was only a flash in the pan aftei aJJ. In the very next head, with Wellington lying two, Bracken ridge had the ill-luck to wrest out his nearest bow' lying third, and then Churchward brought down the gallery by snicking out .another Victorian ' bowl lying fouith, theieby scoring six. Game, 24 to 8. In the next seven head 1 ? Victoria scored only once and the match ended 32 to 11. • • * The victors aie now challenged within their own club. Neil McLeans gauntlet's down, and his supporters acre Geddis E. J. Hill, and Lockie. Contest probably on Saturday week. ♦ • # Next Saturday, the final rink struoale for President and rice-President's prizes is on the carnet. It lies between Drummond, Dawson, Still, and Bush (skin 1 ! and Geddis, Osborn. Hamilton, and Mentiplay fskip), -lav to start at - o'clock. The holders of the Featheis aie m great foim this season In four games they sooied 137 points against 45 scored against them. Taking last year and this year together, they have placed ten games, scoring 294 points against 134 points scored against them. Wellington has reason to chortle. It holds the Association's champion pennan + the district pennant, won the junior pennant, and has the Edwin Feathers and the Diamond Buckles. Only the Hill Pins have been wrested from it. * * * Mr. T. Bush, iust back from Austialia, wasn't paralysed by the play he saw on t'othei side. He reckons that three 0 four first-class rinks from New Zealand would hold up their end of the stick all right. Best thing he saw was the final between Victoiia and New South Wales. No driving to speak of. But, good drawing and running shots. One Sydney rmk — skipped by a one-armed player named Ridley — made a reman kable recovery. From 3to 21, it worked its tray to 33 to 24. That is to say, it put on 30 points while the oth&i fellows were getting 3. B7 the wav here is how the New Zeialand&rs stiuck the reporter of the Melbourne "Leadei" — "Four New Zealandeis were amongst the competitors, and thear style of bowling was in marked contrast to the, Commonwealth men. They snring off the mat like so many kan^roos, and watch the bowl on its cou7se to the jack with all .the eccentricities of action which are on Scottish bowling greens." Now, if Jamie Brackenridge had only been there ' Mr. Donald McLean had a cordial send-off f ram his club-mates at the Wellington Club pavilion on Wednesday ni"ht. But, who was thei funny dog who decided the presentation of an umbrella 9 Too bad to suggest squalls ahead to Donald when he's getting 1 eady for St. Louis and the Continong.

lii another column, Mr. Herbeit England tells of his remarkable cuie, by Plantekoa, of Bright's Disease. Never known to fail. The syllabus of the Wesleyan Literary and Debating Society, for the wintei season of long-nights, is to hand. It well sustains the reputation of tiie Society as the best of its 1 kind in Wellington. The Rev. P. W. Faiircloiue;h opened! the session last night (Thursday) with a capital address on "Stud-" of Folk-lore," and' lectures by Col. Bell, Rev. H. L. Blamires, Mr. C. W. BenLow. Rev. Newman Hall, and Mr. J. W. Fo-nton are promised. There will also be evenings with Thackeray and Cowper, debates, essays, and elocutional y displays.