BOWLING.
THE PENNANT MATCHES. On Saturday afternoon tho four City Bowling Clubs played tho first round of tho games to decide which club is to have the honour of flying the Pennant for the current year. The match is an annual fixture, aud has since lls institution provoked keeu interest. The Wellington Club held the Flag for tho first two years, and last year it went to No.wtowu, out of whose possession it has now to be wrested. Iv former games the match was decided by poiuts, but now tho winner of moat games in the tourney will hold the trophy. Each club has to play the other on a neutral green. On Saturday Wellington beat Newtown somewhat easily, but the match between Thorndon and Victoria was one of the keenest imaginable. At half-timo the scores stood at 38 all, and at the 21st head it was still a tie. So it was decided to play a final head, and after great tussle*, Thorndon came off a winner by one point. Following are the scores in the afternoon's games : — WELLINGTON v. NEWTOWN. Wellington. Ne^ttown. Waddell , ' Blyllie Mnir ' Webb Lockie Kibblewhite M'Lean (skip) 18 Prince (skip) 11 L. Blundell UodTen D. M'Lean Morris Mentiplay M'Lean' Ballinger (skip) 22 Astill (skip) 18 Reich Alpe Wilson Swiney Cordozii Price M'Glashan (skip) 19 Bary (skip) 15 Willeston Martin 801 l Nancarrow Churchward Richards Sample (skip) 36 Underwood (skip) 11 Totals T 75 * i' * 55 THORNDON v. VICTORIA. Tjtorndon Victoeu Wright Huett Collins ■ Dickson Macintosh ' Soott Rose (skip) 19 Brackenridge(skip) 11 Archibald - Avery King . i M'Kay Kilgow, N Gdode> Siovwright (skip) 22 Page (skip) 20 Longtdn • . Snaddou. Seaton Crichton Gibbes Schutza Ross (skip) J8 Brown (skip), 27 Freeman Mncmorran Jameson Maok Mow bray Allen Flanagan (jjkJxOL 14 Redstone (skip) . . 15 Totals (21 heads) 73 . 73 In the head to decide the tie Thorndon scored 3 points (Rose 2, and Flanagan 1) and Victoria 2 (Brown aud Page 1 each), so Thorndon won the match by a point. PETONE CLUJ}. A game for the Buckles resulted in the Challenging- te&m winning by two points, as follows : — Challengers-rßeid, Home, Laurie, Johnston (skip), 24. Holders — Thomson, Colquitt, Castle, Mafsden (skip), 22. The following ordinary games were played :— Laurie; Lloyd, King, Kirk (skip), 22; Olson, MothesJtßhodes, Johnston (skip), 11. Hutchison, Austin, E. B. Home, Gilraour (skip), 11 ; Udy, Colquitt, Reid, Ca&tle (skip), 10.
BOWLING.
Evening Post, Volume LVIII, Issue 140, 11 December 1899, Page 2
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