BOWLING.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 78, 31 March 1908, Page 2

BOWLING.

THE DOMINION BOWLERS. AUSTRALIAN FIXTURES. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.} INVERCARGILL, this day. The Dominion bowlers held a meeting on the Maheno on the way to the Bluff. It was decided that Adelaide should be visited. The amended Itinerary is as follows:—Play Hobart, April 2; play Melbourne Bowling Club, April .; play Victoria and Ari_.ic_.l_ clubs, April 6. States games against Victoria, April 7, S, and 9; meet South Melbourne, April 10; Ballarat, April 11; leaving for Adelaide in the evening; play against South. Australia on April 13 and 14, returning to Melbourne; leave for Sydney- on Wednesday, April 15. Possibly three rinks may visit Bend-go on April a The team comprises thirty players, viz.. Messrs Gibson (Patea), Thompson ("Wellington), A S. Bishop, Manning, A Bishop, Bunting, Gee, Maynard, Neave, Chegwin, Johnston, and Stubberfield (<_____t___urch), D. Thomas (Ashburton), Golds-tone and Coltman (Waimate), Waddell (President of the New Zealand Bowling Association, Oamaru), ALhrot, Bently, and Sconllar (Dunedin), Bastings (Port Chalmers). McGibbon and Martin <_ore), Haiu. W. Martin, A E. Smith Findlay, Wallace, G. Smyth, Proad, Galbraith (Inverrargill). E. Cohen (Dunedin) Is accompanying the team as Press representa-1 tlve. It is expected that the following bowl--.13 will .ioin the party at Sydney:— Messrs Easter, Maddison, Brown (Christchurch) Mcllwrick (Dunedin), Ledger (Wellington) Rev. Heywood (Napier). The bowlers were I officially welcomed at InvercargUl by Mr Scandrett (Mayor), who regretted that th« heavy rain then falling would cause aban-1 donment of the match with the local' bowl era. !