BOWLING.

Shannon News, 12 January 1923, Page 3

BOWLING.

The i'olLowing are the local vii;ks chosen for the gala day arranged by the Manawatu Centre: — Shannon, Aim, Spencer, McKegg i •;• Watterston, Gardner, Quarrie, G;sgliardi (s.). Blight, Cooper, Whibley, Murphy s.). H. Butt ,Bovis, Gunning, Boach ('..)• Mitchell, Hensrnan, E. Butt, Knowles (s.). On Wednesday afternoon next the second round of the Triangular Shield will take place on tire Shannon green. The ladies are requested to attend and provide refreshments.

ket. It would seem that .the art of cutting has been allowed to fall .nto desuetude on England's fields. •

Finally, ihe English captain erred in tactics on Saturday afternoon and Monday. On the Saturday the I airmen had their opponents almost entirely at their mercy, but, 'jacking imagination, they stonewalled. The policy adopted on Monday, wheit Zealand declared, was equally u"imaginative. Admittedly, it was'- impossible for such a batting side to' .gel ihe runs in Ihe lime. It must also be admitted that the Englishmen ravi practically no risk of being dismissed for a small score, even if they elnngled their methods or order of going in and opened their shoulders. Always

J the game is, or should be, greater || I than mere averages, and it is a pity | 1 the M.C.C. skipper did not act on that fi principle. As a result, the concluding <j stages of the contest were funereal : j j| mid without a single redeeming fen- \ j' hire. That kind of cricket ran be \ si seen in club matches every week with- j ] out charge.