BOWLS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 179, 24 April 1908, Page 7

BOWLS.

: : ♦ — NEW ZEALANDERS WIN RUBBER IN ' . NEW SOUTH WALES. BY TELEGRAPH—PHESS ASSOCIATION— COPYRIGHT v (Rec. April 23, 10.37 p.m.) ' ' Sydney, April 23. Tho third test' match between the New Zealand,;'and the New South 'Wales ljowlers, was played to-day.. Each side had won one game. . The weather was fine, though cold, for the concluding game of the rubber, which resulted: —•- : , . ■ ' New Zealand .... ... ... 95 New South Wales ... ... ... 78 . Bentley's rink '(New Zealand) got off the mark rapidly, and soon held a strong lead,' which Howe, who did not play, anything like the gamo ho played in the preceding, match,-could-not'pull'down. Play on tlw, other three rinks was fairly even up to tho fifteenth' hesd, New 'Zealand being thoii; down on them and three' : down on tho aggregate. Tho completion of tho twentieth head saw the visitors eleven, up, and they continued to add to their advantage until the conclusion. Bishop's rink made a particularly, good recovery.' Goldstein's team played a capital game. Tho scores aro as under, the New Zcalanders being mentioned first:— • ; 'Wallaco,. Stubberlield, Findlay, Hain, 17; Scott, Anderson, Taylor,, Hyndman, 24. Chegwin, ;.Mauuirig, Scoullar,, Bentley, 25 ; Fortescue, Thorpe, Francis, ;Howo, 11. . Waddell, Thompson, • Coltmani Goldstein, 30; M'Kenzie, M'Clura, Phippard, Bromwich, •19.' ■■ ■ '■' . Bastings, Johnston, Allnutt, Bishop/ 23; Searl, Johnston, Morgan',- Strong, 24. INTER-STATE. (Rec. April 24, 0.9 a.m.) * . Sydney, April 23. Tho Victorian bowlers beat the New South Wales bowlers by 124 to 84. Victoria thus wins tho rubber, having ,won the'-second match by 95 to 91, while New South Wales won tho first by 103 to 101.. . The record of the New' Zealand bowlers'in test matches to date is as ■ In/Victoria:—lst gamo, won by 123 to 105; 2nd, won by 123 to 120; 3rd, lost by 95 to 121. In South Australia:—lst, won by 118 to 115; 2nd, lost by 71 to 120. In New South Wales:—lst, won by 87 to 81; 2nd, lost by 83 to 110; 3rd, won by 95 to 78. ■ dur Australian correspondent writes under dato April 18:—It was intonded to start the bowling matchos this week, in which the New Zoalantl visitors aro to take part, but tho weather 'conditions were quite unfavourable yesterday, anil to-day it is doubtful if a start will bo made. The Now Zealand team has been leading a strenuous lifo in tho hasto with ,whicli it has been travelling ever largo sections of the Commonwealth, ih order to play all its matches and arrive in "Sydney, for Easter. Tho visitors from" New Zealand and Victoria wero welcomed at tho Hotel Australia on Thursday, when the chairman; Mr. Mncleod, President of tho New South . Wales Bowling Association, obsorved. incidentally that tho game in Now Zealand was carried to such a high ipitch that the New South Welshmen trembled when they met a team from tho Dominion. Jlr. Waddell, who responded for the New Zealauders, stated that there wero about 90 clubs in their two districts, and the fact that 30 men had come 2000 miles to contest matches showed tho : interest that was taken ; n the pastimo ill that part of the world. Ho hoped to indneo a team to come ovor to New Zealand, so that the bowlers thoro would Jiavc tho pleasure of returning the hospitality shown to. them in Sydney, no could sco «hat during his absence from tho Commonwealth bowling had improved in Adelaido and Victoria, and ho hoped to find that this was also the caso in Now South Wales. A series of harbour and other oxcursiono had boon arranged for the entertainment of the visitors during their staj in, Sydney,