THORNDON CLUB.

Evening Post, Volume LIII, Issue 109, 10 May 1897, Page 2

THORNDON CLUB.

At Thorndon, too, Scotland wrestled with The World in a deciding match, each side having previously won a game. On paper Scotland was the stronger, but the battle is not always to the strong, and in the end they had to submit to an 11 points defeat at the hands of The AVorld. Subjoined are the scores : — THE WOBLD. SCOTLAND. Parsons Burns Cottle Leslie Koch Dr. MacGregor Hon. J. Carroll (sk) 16 Barry (skip) 16 Stubbs Tumbull Dr. Grace Hon. W. C. Walker Collins Wright Rose (skip) 37 Lindsay (skip) 9 S. Percy Smith Newton Dean Seaton | Longton Nairn ■■ Flanagan (skip) 11 M'Glasban (skip) 30 M. C. Smith Archibald Heywood Kilgour W. Nathan Young Webb (skip) 22 Letham (skip) 25 Townshend Mackay Tinney Darroch Jameson M'lntyre Hickson (skip) 23 Ross (skip) 18 Total ... 109 Total ... 98 Majority for the World, 11. NEWTOWN CLUB. The final match for the Club Pairs was played, Davis and Blyth beating Alre and M'Lean by one point. Continuing the third round of the games for the President's trophy, Bell defeated Danks and Bary beat Richards. The following is the drawing for the fourth round, to be finished by next Saturday : — Underwood owes 4 to Bell, Bary owes 7 to Hosie. The following ordinary games were played during the afternoon :— Hulke Anderson Reed Morris Telford Steele Astill (skip) 20 Underwood (skip) 18 Pilcher Rutter Butterworth M'Gowan Brogan Prince Nanoarrow (skip) 20 Gibbes (skip) 18 VICTORIA CLUB. Several pair games were played, with the following result : — Moncrieff Snaddon Page (skip) 21 Varcoe (skip) 15 Stuart Scott Hewitt (skip) 22 Chapman (skip) 10 Hueston Hamerton Allen (skip) 26 Rowe (skip) 17 Mrs. Varcoe provided afternoon tea for visitors and players. A match Austin-street against all other members of the club is being arranged for next Saturday.