BRITISH BOWLERS

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22271, 9 December 1937, Page 14

BRITISH BOWLERS

WELCOME EXTENDED BY MAYOR RAIN PREVENTS PLAY The team of British bowlers was accorded a welcome at the Christchurch Bowling Club’s green yesterday. The Mayor, Mr J. W. Beanland, welcomed the visitors, who are representative of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, for the city. He said that New Zealanders looked on Britain as Home, and bowlers welcomed this opportunity of making contact with the Old Country. For the visitors, Mr David Gardiner, the captain, replied, followed by Mr E. Shuttle, vice-captain. Although they were speaking under umbrellas and the audience was sheltering from the drizzle under the verandah of the pavilion, they said that they were impressed with Christchurch, and considered that it lived up to its name of the “garden city.” The team, they said, had had a pleasing reception in New Zealand, and would return to Britain with happy memories, and hoping that the friends they had made here would soon be visiting England. Mr W. H. MacDougall, president of the club, replied, and Mr Gardiner presented him with an embroidered replica of the team’s badge. For the centre, Mr S. H. Barnett spoke, receiving a badge from Mr Gardiner. After tea had been taken in the pavilion, the visitors were taken for a drive, since there could be no play in the rain.

They will leave for Mount Cook today, playing at Timaru on the way.