BOWLS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 771, 21 March 1910, Page 4

BOWLS.

WELLINGTON V. COMBINED CLUBS. A ONE-POINT WIN. The bowling event of Saturday was the annual fixture between the Wellington Club and representatives from all tho other city and suburban clubs. For this match tho parent olub had to produco 17 rinks (CS players) to play two-rink representations from the Victoria, Thorndon, Newtown, Hutt, Petone, Karori, and Kelburno Clubs, and one rink each from the Johnsonville, Te Hiwi, and Eastbourno Clubs. On such an occasion it has been customary for the combined. clubs to pick from amongst their very best , rinks, yet tho Wellington Club has contracted quite a habit of winning on the grand aggregate. Even the advantage of playing tho games on the home green does not give one club (which has to put 17 rinks on the green) the advantage over the cream of all the other clubs. Towards the end of the contest on Saturday it. looked very much like a win for tho visitors, but on the scores being totalled it was found that the Wellington Olub had squeezed home by a single point.

Tho closeness of the contest made the last two games to end very interesting. One lay between Orton Stevens (Hutt) an<l Neil . M'Lean (Wellington). Wellington was three up. with one head to go,'and. when Stevens had to play his' last, bowl : M'Lean' lay one. Hutt skip attempted to rake iV out (in which case he would have laid two), but.all he did was to narrowly miss taking lis own second shot out. . '

lhe last game to end-was. between Williamson (Kelburne) and Webb (Wellington), a game prolonged by the Wellington's skip's superb facility for making ; "dead " heads," of which art. he is the most capable exponent oh the Wellington green. His purpose was, of course, to secure a. head in which his own .bowls—the whole eight if' possible—lay round the jack, Kelburne having a lead. of. eight on the nineteenth head. ■ Webb only 1 managed to score ono on. the twentieth. . The last head was most interesting. - .Kelburne' lay the shot _ when Webb; witlk his' last bowl, took it out /and lay the shot. Williamson came down . 'with : a. firm shot, getting a lucky "wick"' took Webb clean out and lay the coveted shot. .

most signal _ defeat sustained by Wellington was in the two games against the ; Victoria Club.Ballinger,' who -had a very good team, went down badly to Hueston, (the ! biggest ™ O'f the .day), arid Churchward was thirteen down to Bary (26—13). WelluigtoTl's,biggest win was that agaiiist ttic Eastbourne Club, in which Short w< rnu orrn Gro. i 26--9. The following are the scores:— ■ : Wellington v. Thorndon. Thorndon—Chitty, Dixon, • jackmaii, Barraud ; (s.),- 27; Wellington— Alanz, Bennott,. Brunskill, • Brown: (s.) ; , Wellington—Evans, Arnold,;, Blake, Hamilton (s.), -22;.; Thorndon—Mitford, Collins, ' Wiggins, Mason (s.), 20. , Totals—Thorndon, 47 ; Wellington, 41. Wellington v. Victoria. Victoria—Loiigmore, ; Townsend; Redstone, Hueston (s.), 33;; Wellington— ..Smith, .;Erskin§, v L.„J3lundell, Ballinger .(5.),• •14 t . AJI .; Vi '' i "' '!>--/• ;. Victoria—Scott, Wright, T. ; Mayer, Bary (5;),.26; Wellington—Adams, Hildreth, H.' Mayer, Churchward"(s.),'-~ 13. ■ Totals—Victoria; '59; Wellington; 27 ; .'' Wellington v. Newtown. Newtown—Scott, 'Martin, .D'Emden, Powell (s.), 16; Wellington—Geddis, Norton, Freeth, Porteous (s.), 14. ' Wellington—Ledger, Focke, Lawson, Bell (s.), 21; Newtown—Bland, Salmon, M'Leah, Prince (s.), 12. ' ... . . Totals—Wellington, 35; 'Newtown, 28. Wellington v.'lltitt.' • .' ; Wellington—Haybittle, Simm, Lockie, N. M'Lean (s:),' 22; , Hutt —Dawson, M'Gurk', . .Yates, Stevens (s.), 18. ... Wellington—-Grundy, G. . Frost, H. Frost, Moult (s.), 16;. Hutt—Allport, Eliott, Pole, Macaskill (s.), 14. 38; Hutt, 32. Wellington v. Petone. ■ . ■ Petone—Cowie, Castle, Melhuish, Coles- (s,); 20; Wellington—Muir, Eustwick, Leslie, Pasco© (s.), 16. Petone—Henry, Maynard, ' Carter, Udy (s.),. lSWellington—Greatbatcli, Baird, Osborne, F. Lauronson (s.), 17. Totals—Petone, 44; ■ Wellington, 33. Wellington v. Karori. . Wellington—Pryor,-. Wylie, Knapp, Bush (s.), 24; Karori—Helmsley, Neivcombc, Crawford, Cooper (s.), 19. Karori—Cook; : Cox, . Bennett, Williams (s.), 19; Wellington—Boyd, Lanrenson, Carroll, Berry (s.), 16. - Totals—Wellington,- 40;. Karori, 38. Wellington v. Kelburne. Kelburne—Whyte, Baldwin, ■ Blanchard, Williamson (s.), 23;,. Wellington— Grenfell, Watson, Veitch, Webb (s.) • 15. • ' Wellington!—Allen, Skinner, : 'M'Lean Still (s.),' 2S; Kelburne—Duguid, Hamerton; Gannaway, Knowles (si),. 10. Totals—Wellington, ;43; Kelburne, 33. Wellington v. Eastbourne. Wellington-rSmith, . Gale, Gibbes, Remington., (s.), 26; - Eastbourne— ; Avery, Speed, Fleming, Shortt (s.), .9, - 'Wellington- v.. Johnsoriville^.. _ Weilihgton—Jeffrey,' Brown; Gruar, Sievwright (s.),' 20; ■ "Johnsonville— Petrio, Wallia, Manson, Thompson (s.), ■15. -. . -' ' Wellington v. Te Hiwi.Te Hiwi—Johnston, Matthews, Lethanr, Dimock (s.), 25; WellingtonPrice, Brown,. Russell, Thompson (s.), 22... . Tho Grand. Aggregate.' Wellington Club, 325 points; combined clubs, 324. ; -:' Not only, is the above fixture an event for . local bowlers. . It is accepted as a , social function by tile ladies, who on Saturday afternoon wore present in large numbers, habited to snit tho beautiful weather. Afternoon tea was served on the; broad balcony of the pavilion, from which point of vantage the games on* both greens could be seen, Tho tea-, arrangements wefe' in the hands of Mesdamos''A. Hamilton, D. M'Lean, W. Berry, C. Smith, and .Webb, who were ably assisted by Misses Evans, Mouat, Lawson, Hill, Baird, apd Webb.

[ NEWTOWN CLUB. The junior pennant match, Wellington v. Kelburne, was played on the Newtown green on ' Saturday afternoon. The result was as follows:— Kelburne—Johnston,'. AYatkins, lion- • ley, M'Arthur (s.), 23; '< Neilson, Kober'ts, Fay, Glendining (s.), 13. , 'Kclburne v: Newt-own. The following teams of the .Kclburne and Newtown Clubs played a friendly match on Saturday afternoon:—Newtown — Martin,- Kinniberg, Crowes, Danks (s.), 22; Kelburne— Drury, Rutter, Go'.v, Smith (s.), 14. Newtown v. Eastbourne. ... Newtown, played a three-rink friend-. Jy match with Eastbourno Club representatives on Saturday. Tho . results were as follow: ' Newtown!—Parkinson, : Gallie, Duff. Burke (s.), 24; Enstbourne—Luke, FoShort, Wills (s.),' 17. Eastbourne — Morris,: Thompson; ' C J - ( s -)> 22: Newtown—Amos, MClmtock, Fisher, Chote (s.), 16. '.' . Newtown -r Chegwidden, Burke, Bro'ckenridgo, . Tlnderwood (s.), '26; Eastbourne — AYoybourne; \\ right; Girdlestono , (s ; ), ; 17. . ' Totals—Newtown, CO; Eastbourne. 06.. ■ . ' KARORI CLUB. Tho following;', other than the ordin- ' ary games, • wore played by Karori oa Saturday.:— . • Senior Bowls. Magnus, 14 v. Sunley, 19. • Sunley, -.- 19 v. M'Lellan, ; 14.., ' ' . Junior Pennants. ■ . Pctone. ' — Glow, .'.Beynon; ,Curtis, Stephens (s.), 23; Karori—Hope, Reid, Adams,. Smith (s.), 27. . PETONE CLUB. . Pairs and Singles. The final for the championship jiain of tho Petone Club was won by Jones ' ajid Wylie (17), I who defeated J.' and 1. M'Arthur (16). In a championship singles match Hay: (IS); defeated i)r. Koss (17). ■ ' ~ ; ' Other Games The following are the scores "in other games:— Hopkins,' Wakeham, Jones, Lowia (s.) 17; v. Elvines, :Huskisson,: AYaddell, ltenai (s.), 17. , ', Hay, Mothes, .Griffiths, Mudge (s.),- •. ?, 9 >„--V .Cometti, . Morris,. Walton, - Bull (5.),. 14. i, ... KHANDALLAH CLUB.

A SUCCESSFUL OPENING

The members of tho Khandaliab ■ Bowling Club had a .magnificent day . on : Saturday afternoon for their . first . roll-Up on their newly-formed greeu. In spite of the fact that there was no ■ formal opening of tho green, and that •• the guests were . practically confined' - to:., u' residents, .there were a large hum- ■ ber of people assembled -oii to..watch the players. In a few words the president (Mr. J. A. Plimmer) do- : ' clared the open.;'. .During.,-,the ■afternoon, a very, pleasant little., furic-. : tion took place, Y/hen the president, on behalf of the members of -the : club,, presented Mr. W. Bourke, the.: energetic secretary "of. the club; with a set .of _bowls. .Mrs.-. Bourko was also the recipient ...from tho niembers ; .of they. .'• club of a handsome silver afiernoo'atea service... In making the presenta-- , tion the president stated that the exi.,:' istence of. the bowling green Iwas almost; entirely due to tho energies ofthe secretary. Mr. ; Bourke, in'.a-few v JPPISB.nate,.. words,■; thanked tho: meui. bei-s^'oiv-T their v-gifts : both ,to -. Mr 3. : Bourke .and'himself. During the af- ' ternoon. refreshments were dispensed, ■ and ..the .novices ivere~initiated into tho.'. : mtricaoies-;of .the-.gam'e.. s'ii.tpf'tfcrri .'-if® ' The following.. was ; -tHe result of ■ games . played.; during the ■ afternoon Crump,.; Bourke,; Bates, Plim-.. mor (a.), 19; P. Thompson, Harkness,.' M. Thomson, Bumbell (s.), 7. Mansfield, Nalder, Clark, Dovey(s.), -■ 16; Firth, Patterson, M'Ai'th'ur, O'Sul- ' livan (s.), 13. • . • .-' ' '. Loo, .Stafford, Taylor,. Batham (s.), 14; Flomming, •' P. Bourke, W. R. Plimmer, Inghs (s.) ; 25."OUR OWN" IN ENGLAND. Mr. H. J. Palmer, and Mr. A. Cole 3, prominent members, of .:,the Petona JJowling Club, who, with their families, arc leaving next" Thursday on a trip; , . to.England, have- arranged with a mini-. ber, of other bowlers :from- the Dominion, who are also making the trip,', to form a New Zealand bowling team.. Tho English Bowling' Association. haa' ■ agreed to arrange matches: between tho- 1 ' New Zealand team and ■ teams fron»' England, Scotland, Ireland, and 'Wales, :