BOWLING.

Putaruru Press, Volume VI, Issue 230, 29 March 1928, Page 8

BOWLING.

VISIT FROM TARANAKI. Morrinsville Honoured. Thursday was a red-letter day in Ihe history of the Morrinsville Bowling Club. The South Auckland Centre had conferred upon Morrinsville the honour of receiving eight rinks (thirty-two players) of the touring Taranaki bowlers. Inter-provincial matches had previously been played here, but never had the club been favoured with such a number of rinks. The Centre executive left the arrangements for the fixture in the Morrinsville club’s hands to include rinks frjen Putaruru and Tirau. fcacS club, accepted the invitation, thSt the' district rinks playing wer« Morrinsville (3), Matamata (2), Pu®ruru (2) and Tirau (1). The were, welcomed by Mr. A. G. YaVdley for the' president, Mr. G. F. Oates, who was unable to be present. Mr. Yardley said it was indeed a pleasure to receive the bowlers and their wives from Taranaki, for, judging by the enthusiasm of the Morrinsville bowlers who toured with South Auckland last year, they were but repaying part of the hospitality which had been extended. Last year’s tourists had not finished talking about their good treatment yet. The speaker said it was a pleasure to welcome the bowlers from the land of “milk and honey ” to a district of “ milk and money.” No doubt after the visitors had seen a little of the Morrinsville district they would consider it when they wished to retire to a quieter life. Quite a number of their opponents on the day were Taranaki men who had made money by the sale of their farms. (Laughter.) i i .

. Seriously, the speaker wished the visitors a pleasant game and trusted that the day would stand out as one of the best of the tour. At the conclusion of play, after Mr. Yardley had announced the result—a win for Taranaki by 191 points to 141, Mr. Petty (Taranaki) thanked the combined clubs for their hospitality. The day, he said, had been perfect. Mr. Petty also thanked the South Auckland executive for the kindly interest it had taken in the latter part of the tour. On the day, unfortunately, they were short of men, and the South Auckland executive had kindly filled in for them. Some well-known Waikato bowlers were playing in the rinks of Taranaki. Mr. Petty also congratulated the ladies on the excellent afternoon tea provided. Cheers were given for the ladies.

During play the condition of the green was favourably commented on, some of the visitors marvelling that Mr. Abercrombie had been able to keep it in such good condition considering the prolonged dry spell. The thanks of the .combined teams were also due to Mr. A. Needham for his share of the playing arrangements, and to the secretary of the centre, Mr. W. Horton, for his kindly interest.

The results, Taranaki players being mentioned first in each game, were:—

Brown, Wycherley, Ford, J. R. Hill (s) 25 v. (Tirau) S. Bear, A. Mouldey, J. McLarin, J. Watson (s) 13. Surrey, Kettlewell, A. Johnson, Petty (s) 20 v. (Morrinsville) H. Kirk, W. Butler, F. Donald, B. O’Brien (s) 23. McGuire, Clemont, Lobb, ‘A. Smart (s) 18 v. (Morrinsville) A. Yardley, D. Coghill, T. Martin, S. G. Cornish (s) 17. Darlington, Alexander, It. N. Pilkington, Lambie (s), 30 v. (Putaruru) Snell, Were, A. G. Leggatt, Hollard (s) 15. Rowe, Sole, Wigley, Mackay (s) 26 v. (Matamata) J. Were, W. Gordon, J. W. Simpson, W. M. Crabb (s) 19. May, R. Hill, J. Prickett, Christoffel (s) 26 v. (Putaruru) Bagley, King, McMeekin, Francis (s) 9 Gower, Hall, Norrie Bell, senr., Spurdle (s) 24 v. (Morrinsville), G. Howie, A. Needham, H. Bint, R. Branch (s) 28. Allen, Inch, Johnson, Lobb (s) 22 v. (Matamata) E. C. Banks, T. Prowse, F. Livingstone, J. Green (s) 17. CAMBRIDGE TOURNEY. District Rinks Engaged. The! following is the draw for the Cambridge Easter tourney, which (commences on Good Friday:— , .{Continued im. Next Column)

Section A.—T. Dix (Cambridge), F. S. Donald (Morrinsville), Chapman (Hamilton East), Hird (Rotorua), Anderson (Devonport), Stewart (Matamata), Burchell (Te Awamutu) McGill (Waitemata), Newman (Glen Massey). Section B—S. Pearce (Cambridge), J. Mclvor (Cambridge), Ley land (Dominion Road), Cordes(Thames), Sutherland (Onehunga), Prickett (Hamilton East), Coombes (Claudelands), Parker-Hill (Papatoetoe), Bremner (West End). Section C.—Edwin James (Cambridge), E. J. Easter (Cambridge), Masters (Hamilton), Hosking (Mt. Albert), Gill (Mount Eden), Cornish (Morrinsville), Fenwick (Whitiora), Radcliffe (Frankton Railways), R. McFarlane ( Ngaruawahia). Section D.—McNamara (Cambridge), T. F. Richards (Cambridge), Jordan (Hamilton East), Benson (Dominion Road), Trayes (Mount Eden), Holland (Putaruru), Turton (Huntly), Adamson (Thames), Coltman (Carlton). Section E.—N. Coghill (Morrinsville), J. Pascoe (Devonport), N. McFarlane (Cambridge), Wright (Onehunga), Vincent (Dominion Road), Francis (Putaruru), Carter (Claudelands), Woolter (Remuera), M. Butler (Cambridge). Section F.—S. Lewis (Cambridge), Douglas (West End, New Plymouth), Holland (Huntly), Keith (Pukekohe), Collins (Waikino), Little (Tirau), Pilkington (Hamilton), Carew (Tauranga), Sloane (Whakatane).

A USELESS RULE. Bowlers, as a rule, have very little regard for the rules of the game, and look upon them as something in the nature of a nuisance. There is at least one rule in New Zealand which appears to be superfluous, but one which bowlers, curiously enough, generally observe, says a Wellington writer. Our rules provide that a competitor may not carry his bowl up to the head. There does not appear to be my reason why he should be debarred from doing so, but in the match against the Victorian bowlers at Eastbourne one of the Victorians was observed to carry his bowl up to the head when he was inspecting the head. One could not observe that he got any advantage from doing so, and, on his attention being drawn to the fact, he stated that there was no rule against it in Victoria at the present time. Some years ago it was the rule as played in Victoria, but it had been wiped out as useless.