BOWLING.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 826, 28 September 1906, Page 3

BOWLING.

NEW ZEALAND BOWLERS ON TOUfl. LONDON, August 11. ( The New Zealand bowilng team aon- j aistißß of Messrs G. Tutt,G. Fletcher, i W.Lyonsond W. H. Mercer (sliip)roet with a severe defeat at the bands of j a Biowcswood Club quartette skip j ped by that fine player Mr W. S. j Carmiobeal last Friday, 'lbe soore | againHt tbu viaitora at the end of ; the game was 26 to 10. The borne ■. side were an exceptional combination and gave a flue demonstration in the HOientißo build iug up of the head. Tbe colonials were ulearly out-manoeuvred. Mr Carmiobeal, who ia presideut ot tbe Brownswood Clnfc, entertainod both sides at a supper,, when, in addition to the New Zealand rink, there were several other colonials preteut, including Mr I'. Jones?, of the Mount Eden Bowling Club. On Saturday tbe team proceeded to Brighton, and after being welcomed by End entertained al •janch by tbe-Mayor, proceeded to move to play a htiong local quar- ; telle. Tbe New Zealandera won, but only by 18 to 115. On Monday, at the invitation of Lord Jersey, tho New Zealanderß •paid a visit, lo the historic bowling green at Middleton Park, Bicester, where in the misty past lords and ladies revelled upon the rinks when the game ot bowls was a society pas- ! time. There, too, the first bowling contest of Enclnnd v. /iustrnlia took place, with Lord Jersey at tbe head of the Homeland team and Mr John Young, president of tbe New South " . Wales Bowling Association, as captain of the colonials. Here the Maorilanders opposed a team captain- ' ed by Lord Jersey, a d met with defeat by 20 to 15. The colonials led at first, but afte r the third bead Lord Jersey's men scored in six successive ends. The New Zealanderß then put on a four and a two. Ibus the eoores at half time stood 11 all. His lordship then held the colonials dor ing another three beads and stood 16 to 11 In his favour. In tne nineteenth end tbe colonials bad th'lr "" reverse score down to 17—15. In the two remaining heads Lord -Jersey's, side- put on three and ran out a winner by five points. Tiie Earl of Jersey t entertained the 'teams at lunubeon. Lady Jersey, before tbe party left gave an al fresoo tea. In a brief speeoh Lord -Jersey expressed the pleasure, which the visit of tbe team bud given. He was' delighted to learn that their ■toar had heen so far a great success. Bowling was a fine old uational pastime, and It gave him great satisfaction lo find that the villagers -of his district were taking to the sport with much enthusiasm. The New Zealand team ha/J to b« •reconstituted after the match at' Middleton Park, as Mr Mercer and Mr Tutfc left for New Zealand that "week. Mr T. Jones, of the Mount Eden Olub, has, However, joined Messrs Lyons and Fletcher, and ' the trio hope to get another New 'Zealander to assist them in the course of the next few days. Mr Mercer and Mr Tutt received a bearty send-off at Victoria Station on Tuesday, when Mr J. Bryant Worth (London 8.C.), Mr S. Fortesoue, Mr J. Davis, Mr W. T. Davijlge, of the Hamilton Olufc, New Zealand, and Several other bowlers bade them goodbye. Mr Mercer, in the course of a few remarks before the train left, said that the tour of his rink had i)een very enjoyable throughout, and It was a moat pleasant reflection to ifind on the part of himself and Mr Tatt that, as an outoomu of their itinerary, a rendezvous fur oolcnial %owlera had been formed in Lon•don. Their reception by tbe Earl and Countess of Jersey would,' he •obseived, ever be a cherished memory, of their visit, whilst to Mr J. Bryant, of the South London Bowling Club, and Mr W. S. Carmiobael, president of the Brownswood Bowling Club, and Mr T. Drummond, captain of the North London Club, they were especially indebted. *Mr W. LyonP, who left for the Continent on Tuesday, with Mr Mercer and Mr ' Tntt, for a brief tour, hopes to have the reconstituted New Zealand rink ready to accept engagements after Saturday next. Although invitations for the colonials to play over London greens have come in in great numbers, Mr Lyons states that he fears that not more that ten matches can be indulged in over metropolitan rinks previous to his team going north. A bowling development was brought about Qt a meeting of the "New Zehlanders at Anderton'a Hotel on Tuesday, when the decision was arrived at to form a United > Colonial Bowlerß' Olub, with headquarters in London. Mr W. Lyons presided. In Introducing the subject, he said that any place of ■rendezvous for bowling men from across the , seas was certainly a desirability, Relating his own personal experience, Mr Lyons observe! that whereas be and his fellow bowlers were lo«t, as it were, in London in their endeavour to get "on to the track of a green," no sooner had they fallen aorosß men like Mr Bryant, Mr W. S. Carmiobael, and Captain Drummond than they got what they wanted. The New Zealanders state that on their return home they will ardently advocate support of the "United Colonial 8.C."