Bowling Notes

Free Lance, Volume V, Issue 235, 31 December 1904, Page 16

Bowling Notes

By Wrong Bias.

THE chief exploit of Satuiday last wat. the winning of the Edwin Feathers fiom the Newtown holders by Berry, BruaskiJl, Bell, and Churchwaid, of the Wellington Club. Brogan, Wise, Prince, and Pi ice went down rather easily after all. Wellington started off with 3 on the first head, and, with the exception of singles apiece in the second and fifth head to Newtown, enjoyed, a monopoly of the scoi-uig for the first thirteen heads. The score then stood lopsidedOy at 19 to 2. On the last seven heads Newtown got m five more singles, and on the last head bagged a couple, the match endm°- in favour of the Wellington challengers by 24 to 9 It was practica,llv no race fiom stait to finish * * • When the champions got back wth the trophies, three challenges wenit up on the board m quiok succession. The first of these came off on Boxing Day, when Brown, Lockie, Hamilton, and Veitch went for the Feathers, and were beaiten by 17 to 10. Neil McLeans and Balhngei's rinks aie now waiting their turn The former is associated' with Geddis, E J. Hill, and Mouilt, and the latter with Osborne, Berry, and Mentiplay. » » * The second round of games in the prize matches of the Wellington Club dosed on Saturday, and the playeis who came successfully through it aae matched a^ under for the third round Senior Bowk Churchward v. Webb, Knapp v. Remington, Sample v. Gibbets, Ballinger v. McGlashan, Davy v. Drummond, Gooder v. Mentiplay, Berry v. Plimmer, Nanoarrow v. Blimdell. Sargood |l s Cup Ballinger v. Birch, Burns v._ McGlashan, Stewart v. Dodds, Lockie v' Thompson, Blundell v. Diunimond, Hustwick v Nancartow, HjII v. Gooder, Berry v. Bush. Pairs Still and Webb v. Oebome and Balluiger, Giundy and Bell v. Staples and Veitoh, Reade a,nd McGlashan v. Bnch and Allen, Moms and Nancarrow v. Thompson and Remington. * * * In the second round of rink matches Veatch's rink beat Mentiplay's, Gibbes' rink beat Sample's, Hill's beat Phmmer's, and Gooder's beat Balhnger's In the semi-final round Veitch's rink has now to meet Gibbes', and Hill's is matched against Gooder's. The final stage of the Junior Bowls lies between Flavell and Birch. There were two closely-contested rink games on the Wellington lower green on Saturday. In one of them, with Gibbes and Plimmer as respective skips, they had reached 20 each when the bell rang. In the other, Boyes pegged out at 20 when Adams reached 19. The Waterloo hero played a good game. * # # Two visitors from Auckland have looked in at Wellington for the holidays. W. P. Bakei, from the Mount Eden Club, tested the tuif at Words-worth-street, and W Culpan, president of the Auckland Club, found his way to Thorn don. Mr. Stephen Fortescue, a well-known English bowler, who tried some months ago to form a British team to visit the colonies, has been playing up at Auckland lately, and just now is at Rotoroa, on his way to Wellington. In spite 6f a wooden leg, he is an expert and enthusiastic bowler. Pilcher is looming large at Karon. On Saturday he skipped 1 his rink up to 30, against 11 secured by his adversary, Campbell. At Thorndon, Longton has suffered another defeat, this time afc the hands of skip Seaton, while Blanchard capitulated to Sievwright at 12 to> 29. Sievwright also, partnered by Letham, successfully challenged 1 Freeman and Longton for the Heywood Buckles, beating them by 21 to 17. J. M King dressed down Gibbs in full rink by 25 to 20, and Davy Ross plucked a Rose— lB to 17. Hamilton Hodges, who figured prominently in the recent Musical Festival , has joined the Ponsonby Club, and taken to bowls, up in Auckland. His baritone style of play is said to be very striking — so forcible, you know.

Trevoi, Forsett-e, Noiwood, and Siuuldoa (skip) will repiebeut the Victoria Club in the Fours Tournament, at Gis borne. Thoindon and Newtown will not be repi evented at Gisbotue, but both will beheaid of .it L'ln lstclmieh. Thoindon's team for the South includes Sievwi lgli't and Longton and two others. Cartel ton is albo a non-starter for Gisboine, but Masterton and Dannevnko mean to be theie. Guise and Maok have come a cropper, and lost the Townsemd Buckles. Foisbette and Braokenndge, sen., issued the challenge, and knocked bttle BiHee and his mate by 32 to 6. Tw o Feddmg links, skipped by Saywell and Sa-ndilamds, oai thear way back from Nelson, bobbed 1 up seienely on the Victoria green on Wednesday, and wea-e giveji a game and a beating. Mack and Snaddon skipped far Victoria.

Veiy complete tram arrangements hare been made by tlie- New Zealand Railway Department to meet the convenience of the public travelling during the New Year holidays. The timetable is set out elsewheie m this issue. * * * The Caromandel Scenic Society are to the fore with a handy little Guide Book, which should veiry effectively serve its purpose of advertis ng the- scenic attractions, and hisitoncal features of the Hauraki peninsula. Ooromandel derives its name from a But'sh store-ship winch visited the haibour so long ago as 1820. It nas there also that gold was first discoveied in New Zealand, and gold-mining is still one of its industries. The difetuct includes Gumtown, Kuaotuuu, Cabbage Bay, and Meicury Bay (where Captain Cook went to observe the transit of Mercuiv, m 1769). A veiy pleasant hoi 'day may be spent m Coromandel County * * ♦ We beg to acknowledge, and to heartily reciprocate, the compliments of the season, expressed in various tasteful forms by the officers of the Department of Labour, Messrs. Inghs Broc-,., the municipal office staff, Wellington, the editor of the "Cromwell Aigus," Messrs E. Reynolds and' Co., Ltd., the Pacific Cable Board, and the We.l-sbach Light Company, who supplement thengood wishes with a neat desk calendar Messrs. Bert Royle, Harold Ashton, and R-chatd Stewart (Mr J C Williamsons populai manager-.) ioin hands in a Christmas card b&airm.o; their joint faces and signs manual, aocomparped with the wishes of Bert Hnl, and Dick expressed in verse. Mi G F. Barnes (Geo. Step-hens on Musical Comedy Company) is to the fore with a humorous card. The Dunloo Pneumatic Tyre Company of Ohrist-Ahurc'li send us a sppps of humorous wnll cirds in colouis.