BOWLING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 212, 7 March 1914, Page 7

BOWLING.

The competitions among the club champions of the various clubs affiliated to the Wellington centre, whieh toeludes town, suburban and Otaki bowling clubs, was held on the Wellington Uub a green on Thursday, and resulted in a win for Crawford, of the Karori uuu, who met and vanquished Barnes. of the Hataitai Club. Nineteen of the Australian team of ; bowlers who havo toured Now Zealand returned to Sydney last week by the steamer Mocrakj. They were met at J 1 by the «*n*aiy of the New South Wales Association. Prom the >' -. Sydney contingent Messrs Raffan and 4 Denyer remained behind in'the Dominion, but the others all looked well, aid spoke in great delight of the pleasurable trip they had from start to finish. Mr. Fitzgerald, a member of the Waverley Club, who was one of the team, said they had had a most enjoyable trip, and from the day they landed ther received the greatest amount of hot- ,'. pitality from the bowling associations of New Zealand and from the individual players. It was one long h6liday. Thf team played 14 matches, of which they -I won four. There was no doubt thy New Zealand men were great bowler*, t They had three times aR many clubs ay New South Wales, and their well-kept greens were a credit to them. Host ol the pavilions were two storeys InTieight -,; The greens were very fast. They hav» '. an English grass, and it is quite smooth ' on a well-kept green. It took the An*. '< tralians a little time to get into the - ■ way of playing such a green, but after getting into tho running the play became more even, and some of the matches were very close. The New "- Zealandcrs havo given a definite promise ." to return the visit at an early date, and the Australians would have to put ft ; strong team into the field to combat them.