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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 109, 1 February 1929, Page 3

The game of cricket, now very much in the public eye, has not always been so much respected as it is at present. There was a time when English kings looked upon it with disfavour, because, like bowls, it interfered with the practice of archery. Edward VI. in 1471, threatened to imprison for three years anyone who permitted the game to be played on his grounds, and to fine him ?he ers were also subject to afine .°*L~“J and the game was denounced as low and vulgar. How time changes customs. Bowling is always pleasant, but in the garden ci?v of Nelson .the bowling..green iq a veritable paradise in the setting of flowers and ornamental shrubs The approach is past a rockery garden, where he Plants and flowers are all named on pp-s alongside each. The invitation to visitors to “have a roll up is freely extended, and as the green is withnw-five minutes’ walk from the business centre, po time is lost if a visitor 'desires to ‘ “kiss kittv.”