BOWLING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 224, 21 March 1914, Page 8

BOWLING.

BACK FROM NEW ZEALAND. IMPRESSIONS OF THE TEAM. ■' (By "High Jack " in Sydney Si.n.) The whole of the partv of Australian bowlers who toured New Zealand with the execution of Messrs. George Italian and Walter Denver, returned by the Moeraki. Mr. S. Clarke, of Lismorc. who had the management of the tour, had much to say of the hospitality showered upon the team, and the evidence* of good will to Australia, which were given in every centre visited. He gave the palm to the Devo„i, o rt green as the best in the Dominion, to Wellington for the best imvilion and green appointments, to the South Islanders for usin* the best drawing bowls, but in the master of the entertainment of the team all centres did everything possible for their enjoyment and instruction; in fact, during the whole trip only once did the team have one whole afternoon to itself, and that was at Wellington. Asked if the proposal for the Dominion to come into the A.8.0. had lx»>n urged, the manager, Mr. Clarke, said the point had been brought forward in everv centre, but he doubted if the New Zealanders would join in. They were a selfreliant people in New Zealand, and preferred to stand on their own bottom, just as they 13 years ago declined to join the Australian Commonwealth. Thev boasted over 12,000 ulayers affilU ated with the Dominion Association of New Zealand, which now governed the game in the North and South Islands, and were content with their present standing, for it did not require this visit to assure them they could nlav the "nine well.

"Was the suesestion of the affiliation liaillv received?"

"Xo: quite till' reverse. Tliev were very grateful to. tin- Australian Howling Connei! for sending tlio team, and are very anxious to have uniform rules and conditions of play in New Zealand and Australia. We found their style of keeping one foot on the mat. while, tlicv stretehed out tile length of tile hody and the arm to get round a hlookin<r howl, a great handicap over our two feet on the mat rule. This enabled those with straightcr wood than ours to draw round a. block whieh our bigger drawing woods delivered from the mat could not negotiate. They have realised the disadvantage the men playinor under Australian conditions suffer and 'have passed a rule banishing the one foot'on the, mat system of play, but so far they have not enforced it." "Do their bowls draw as much as Australian ivoods?" "On tlie Dunedin greens their New Zealand bowls drew as much as ours, and fully 2o per cent, more than those at Auckland. That is another point on which they desire to confer with the Australian Bowling Council, .so as if possible to get a uniform test."

"What testing apparatus do they use there? At Dunedin the green test is used—a long shoot down which the'bov,l receives its impetus for its run along the green. Tt is the same sort of apparatus as was used here before iho adoption of the table test." '