BOWLS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 145, 13 March 1908, Page 11

BOWLS.

•••• •;' • <>}.iYv'.'>W>-.■• •• * : ' '■•* : -, BOTH "FEET ON THE MAT. /. r '; '" N& W AND NEW ZEALAND STYLES / :,Tilo:.;b"bwkrsof S'v'dncy,; vide yesterday's . cabla message, are looking, round-for reasons • ;• : Ipfayj-'to, the' team :o£ Auckland-bowlers that recently) wsited Aus- /• /7^^^?P^®^-'^y*eV<>f-,dolivei7^ : givcs .tHein :air ad*' vantafte.wcrj tho methods of* New South L i - ru l o ' er6 being. that both feot . should-, ;,be_. ; on- '.tho - matwhen • tho bowl. ; ; is . delivcfed. ,The difference in delivery.' ca'ls .i 1,; ■ ioiv an explanation to .those ■ not, acquainted. ' ' - S- ,|j! a s' ; . o ' l both, sides'"Bf"the- Tasman Sea. ■ V The t ,New . South?; Wales, nils has .'developed ~ , w " a^\- nioS ti'.New ,Zealanders ' corisider' ; ,bud' styld.; . Having to keep -both l , feet on tho ••'••..•(Mfecrampstho-action by ;practically pro- • hibitihgtthei graceful step forward; and Ins; brought ■ -about the; '-'crouelil'v'so frequently ' noticed; 111-Australian players, 1.0.,. the bow■l lcr gots.dovin on the mat iji "a set position / 1 B ombtiirles ivith- the . right.;,kiiieoresting 'on tho T- a pd,'delivers'his >'boivl?. without v niuch •• body acliori, depending 011 lus'aim sole v * Vswing, vln -New .Zealand the;style of ... deliveryj,most favoured —and decidedly'more - fttttftetive' to,. the '.cyo. and - more • convenient , .to: stand. ; upright -with ; • both;.feot:on?rthq'':outer -end.,of--,the mat uii'il ,■■ theHactualj/deliypryV'Of-' : the, bowlj vwhiclv -,'is. '• ;: made' by taking ii step forward (oif-the mat) ,_with foot (in the ..case of a irighV ' ' waght-of the vbodyl .by:-'a ; •gentfo.-;lurigq.r; forward and ' downward .(which only leaves tho right too : on;,tho ; mat) as* the bowl is delivered With ' H'lP.r mß.'hptl. ; the player has the ' advantage - . oF..bemg "above,the play,"-mstdad .of crouchJ"? so.rnuch nearer, the, ground some seconds 1 .. .betorp,.the,bowl leaves the',hand.'' . ■> Now Zealandors could plav in their o-n . "I,v . way .keep both 'feet on the .mat, "i ~. ( if was largo' enough, • but - some - players; stride 1 forward';some r four- feet, an'd' ■ the . "leads.' might.get .yery/. tired:,haulin? a' ... five orisix-foot,rubber/mat about Rafter every- ' : -Howling. Ml.''the Now..Zealand' style is - : -, a ! s o".™ uc h; better. 1 from-, an.'athletic! poiiit of ; . T!®}V,i;as : the; beginner .knows.;, how. his thighs' ache after,-an\afternoon's play; ;and it*.is a ■ir 1 e0,...:.pp0n < '-.'inuscle-cxorcising".-'action, com- • pared with the New South .Wales; -'crouch."