NEW ZEALAND BOWLERS IN AUSTRALIA.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 108, 30 January 1908, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND BOWLERS IN AUSTRALIA.

. THE AUCKLAND BOWLING TEAM'S USIT ~[FROM ODR OWN-correspondent.] • ■ . . \ . ' SyilnPlfj January 24..Tho Now Zealand boivlors,, who'came irom Auckland last, week, itlieir' ox'iclljSnt play, stimulated-, tlio gariloof, which they. are sucn.:redAu{itablo exponents. They"played' in 'test Zealand v. New South Wales, -on-Wednesday■ at tho Balmain green,?, and won'liy only ono point, alter an .exciting.-gah)6.'r." Tho struggle was close-all. tho way..After, five: heads, tha New South Welshmen wcro leading by only two points—2o to IS. 1 They managed to increase tins lead to five points mi the next-livo heads, : tho scores bemg<thdn 44 to .39.' In tho following' fivo heads,*'Uie -Aucklanders diminished tho load, ! achieving.-a-total-of. 60 to tho 62 of their . opponents.-,' P-laying - a consistent' and■ solid'.gainOJ; t-h v 6, visitor's >ha'd; passisd the New- South . by.' -iho tihrb the twentieth head 7 completed, and were then leading, by- stofe of JB. .1 hev. led by one-point still at th 6 finish, "the/game . - •. Now Zealand ... 1 ... 94 • : New South Walcsr 93 - Iho scores were:—• - . •No 1 It ink — X Z XS AY • Taylor, Sutton, Bromwich, ■ .-- >■'■ Strong, — 23 . • Miller, M'lntosh,-.--.CouttSj.'.-.-.-n . . Harrison ..... .... 22 ■'>- ■ " N f<c 2 RinL— , ■Wooller,' : Yoiingj ..Hudiin,-' ' v, i- ■; ltanuin ,25 1— * Ohaflman,. r Hmd, v .HarriSj 1 .; ■ t.,» 1 Moses - ... . -.23.: No 3 Rink— " Clapm,' Bninie, .Francis," • Came f — 331 i Schnauer, Eyre, -Carlaw,.;, r- ■ Laurie , 19 — >o. 4 Rink— - M'Callum, • Shaldrick,pKiis-';.::', ■ abs, Handeock 28: -tiroth, Denver, Ross, Reoder Jr —■ •l-i-. ■Totals -94- 93 Piay at tho 'No;; 1 For eight heads' th'o twoifqinis .wSre fin level tcrmS, but "New ZealanditKeri .took .the and.at the fifteenth-head', had a.scbre of 18 to 10.' Then 'tho" New _Sottifcj-We|sfifeWsw6H;tbe'» next seven- head's' in succession,l.s'o .that miitWrs again bccamo exciciii'g, as.' all the other, rink's had. fiiiish'eij,':".arid -thfctotSl scoro stood-New Zealand: -.90 New'. Spilth Wales,' 1 69'. ' Now - Zealand'-neld, its'"pla'co;in the next two.heads,' an'd-in.',the follow wheii' N'ew South AValfes ;laV;twß, : .Cciiiitts,' New' Zealand; cut tliem Then : Bromwicli, .'of , : the';home,,team,V.drove Coiitts out-, and Stro'iig, : -the.N'ew ; Sbiitb i\Vales skip,., so' .placed tivo ' fiuS'j 1 shots' .that ,:,N«w ; South Wales ' even with a, head .io go\i-'\Tlie fortunes teairis alternated'with"'eyery'Sh'b't'.of tHe-nfext head; _ .Coutts, with A a)idthpr- lirst-rats::.shot; knotked ■, Bi'bmwich; .'outj-Aand's drove li.ilr'd-; to-,- gbt;.,Coutts':','qut;. : df,' tliof way, ;: but inissfed. ' ' keeping-'quite-:cbpl,'■'■howledshort'.;.;to 'block Strong.' .took., his, last -shot, ■ ho';hi^'-bnf^ip'ner.cou^e' o[jen—namely, ■ to'- ididi'rj'But' missedagain,. :ahd rth'us- - wpir, tlio ".visitors;' giving t-liwr ;#irf'ay I; 'which' > --is.;;a constant.-source' of:intgrcfst to : thfeip Sydney, friends.., . " ■ .On' Thursday, .the .Were entertained, by tho .meml)ers '.'pf: "the"' NeW South Wales teafn, >w'liifch, toured ; ,th'6 Dpminion a-ycdr ago. . Tlie' guests '-we're taken by', spccial traixicars ■to - South. Iload, where ni.ay be seen ono of tlio finest views: about Sydney,'(including^tlio.'.oceilh, Manly,' .Watson's Bay, other spots harbour, anil in, .the distance the doines "and towers ..of the city), and afterwards they mite'd'Bondi. arid on returning to tlio Waverl<>y. Bowling Clilh's pavilion at iurich. A match was- then played; in oil. the Waverley grden,- wlien tho New Zealiinders wero defeated by 133 iximts to 123. .Tho following wero'the scores X Z NS "W Shaldrick, Mewburn, M'liitosh - - Carliiw ~ . ... 22 —; Whit-chouse,- Henley, M'Mce- . kan,'Sutton. ... ' 25 Wooller, T. Rankin, M'Ualium, R. Rankin ; i 21 - — Crouch, ' Wallace,"' .Goodwinj'i "'■ ■"w ' M'Cluro -.' ;- 29 : ;. Miller, J. Carlaw, Hudson, L'aurio .v.'. . ■. , 18 - ■ — Bisset, Morrison, M'l/eod,' ICvans ... .... ... -' — ' 22 Schnauer, Perrett, :. ;YdUrig,K'v. -v -K .Harrison . 23-,. .— Louden, Lister, Dr.-M'Leod . .. An'ders'ori' 17 Michaels, Goldicutt, ;'Kusi6s, " ' V .. Coutts ; -.|:0... i-9' ■ — O'Brien,... Chalmers, .•'Hiiigfet, lloatry .77: Arey, Hi|l, ..Eyre, Handcopk.:,2o Ward. Kopsen; Sledge,'VW'Pri r ' : . pard- . ... . ....' ..." ~.2-1 ■ Total- ... /i-.-.'.-'-iao 133