Bowling Tourney.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 13, 16 January 1904, Page 2

Bowling Tourney.

(Per Press Association.) A UCKI,.\\ |). ,j rt „. 15 At 11.0 bowling tourniimonl to-dav thu set)res wore

1 hirteenUi round—llawera 40 v. I'eilding .'i.i, (liven Meadows 40 v ■m'". 1 .""'" :iß ' M " s ' U ''' lon 5,i v. Petone .'JO, I'oii.sonbv 42 v. Dumdin Ml, Victor,® 43, \/*<New I/lyiuouitft MO, ]i ov . onport 41 v. (Jisborne 43, M oum Men (>.•) v. I'uliiatua 23, J'aloa 42 v, I'almerston iJT, Ri'aiucra 52 v \af'T 1 ' 'l'lioindon 40 v, Stratford •»>, lv Krtu -ii) v. Hasting Wellington and Ponsoniby mot in Uiu linal, Wellington winding on B n 35 to J!3.

I.ockie's Wellington tram beat kirkers Uinsonby team tty 20 to 14, and llallnntyne's l'onsoiiby '.earn beat McLean's Wellington team uy 19 to la. The match was a most exciting one, the issue being open right up to the last .v!iot,| Carlton (Auckland) won tho aggregate prize for most paints, and i.ockie's Wellington team the trophy, lor mowt wins by a single rink. At a largely attended nioetingi of .lowlers this ovening a resolution; was passed recommending the adoption of the levy system in regard to the expenses of future tournaments, ■not two shillings per member per annum. Air Kirker, who presided, said that a proposal v.ns on foot to send a number of JS'ow Ttenlaml teams to compete at tournaments at Sydney and Melbourne iu March. It was recommended that tha next mtei'-club tournament be held at WelljJnijtow 'during the in January, 1905, an d that the champion fours meeting bo deferred till 1900. Tho question of the formation of one association for tho whole of New Zealand was brought forward, but it was agreed that It would be lrest in the interests of 'bowling that, tho, present two associations should continue to exist with common rules and practices..