BOWLING.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 February 1918, Page 7

BOWLING.

The following teams will represent West End in the patriotic bowling match against New Plymouth Club on the l&t----ter's green to-morrow: H. Hill, J. Clark, T. Sole, V. Beal (skip); T. Tichbon, J. Thomson, T. Billing, P. Hill (skip); h. Honeyfield, ,T. H. Thompson, F. Lee, J. D. Sole (skip); E. Walshe, F. Boston, A. Thompson, \V. Oliver (skip); W. Roberts, 0. Hurleßtone, J. Lye, Fred, Newell (skip-; B. .Petty, B. Cullot, C. Curtis. J, Wood (skip). Following are the New Plymouth teams in the above mateh: M'Gahey, Bellringer, Woollett, Medley (s.)'; Green. Chaney, Burgess, Fookes (s.); Perrin, Frookman, Morey, Johnson (s.); ,T. Avery, Cock, S. Rundle. Bary (s.); Roberts, Garnham, Firth 11. Smart (s.); fioldwater, Nash, O'Shea, A. K. Smart (8.). The following rinks will represent Fitzroy in a match ag'iinst Waitara, at Fitzroy, on Tiiursday next:—Pote, Connell, Avery, M'Neill (s.); Mawkes, Cook,Hammond. Price; Healy. Gillespie, Jury', Rennell; o?v«nliam, filler, Beadle, Jackson; Waldock, Plumtree, Bennett, Abbott. The following is an excerpt from a Manly (N.S.W.) paper. It may be explained that bars are attached to many clubs in New South Wales, and the barman is invariably the greenkceper ("Jim"): —The bowling club is a peculiar institution to the social life of Maoly. It is inhabited in the morning" by a member of the tribe called "Jim." He spends his time in the morning walking backwards and forwards pushing some funny thing round in front of him. T think this round thing is his "job"—or else he is trying to kill something by crushing it. In the afternoon the bowling green is peopled by elderly tribesmen, who wear strange coats and hate. They do funny things with wooden balls. Each tribesman puts his foot on a mat. He then takes a wooden ball, and holds it in both hands. Ho looks wise. He then bends one knee, and rolls the ball to. wards the other end 'of the ground, and tries to hit an inoffensive little white ball, only a quarter of the size he threw When he has thrown or rolled his ball he still keeps his knee bent, and his arm pointing upwards, until the ball lias got to the other end. He looks silly. Then another man does the same. Sometimes, instead of keeping his knee bent and his hand pointed up, after rolling the ball along he will take a couple of short steps forward at a run/ 1 as if to keep • his balance, and then stand and watch the ball with neck on one side, like a cockatoo looking for corn. Some of the < tribesmen stand at the other end of the i ground, waving their arms as if to help the ball along. The ball takes no notice, i One man will call out funny remarks, '. such as "Our wood, John!" Sometimes some of the tribesmen go inside the ■' building to see what the time is. It a>' ways takes two or more tribesmen to see the time. "Jim" is inside the "building in the afternoon, winding the clock for the tribesmen to see the tim«\ That's all 1 know about the bowling club, When f get rich enough and old enough to nlay.bowls lam going to get 30 acres i( frott ' land, and do something useful. If/anvone will give me 30 acres now V won"t wait till then.