REVISION OF LAWS OF THE GAME

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 12, 15 January 1914, Page 4

REVISION OF LAWS OF THE GAME

COLOURS OF TEAjMS. DUNEDIN, 14th January. At a meeting- of the council of the ■ Dominion -.Bowling Association to-day, it was decided to consider the revision of the laws of the game, and principles as laid down in the laws drawn up by Mr. Barnett were approved. A subcommittee consisting of Messrs. Barnett, Payne, and Allan was appointed to go through these laws for the purpose of altering their arrangement wherever necessary, and making them quite clear. ft It was also decided that the Scotfc testing machine be recognised as the official test by the association to come into effect as from Ist June. Each of < the four centres is to be supplied with a machine. It was further resolved that at all future tournaments held under the jurisdiction of the association, players taking part must wear white pants and the colours of their club. The colours of teams playing for the Dominion of N.Z.B.A. shall be white with a blue fern leaf over the pocket and the letters N.Z. as a monograrfj. , A sum of £75 was donated to the secretary as a bonus for extra work entailed in connection with the formation of the association and the running of the, tournament. LOCAL GAMES The Pennant match on Saturday between Johnsonville and Petone resulted in a win for Johnsonville by 96 to 75. <The following team have been selected for Saturday :— Wellington Club—Edwin Feathers v. Petone ■ Potter, Knapp, Gooder, ' Sievwright (skip). Te Hiwi (friendly game against Newtown). — At home: Pirani, Gorman, Matthews, Leigh ton (skip) ; Crengel, Hulbert, Gruar, Gihtier (skip). At Newtown : Skinner, Smith, Lock, .M'Clintock (skip) ; Jeffery, flouldsworth, Wilson, Laurenson (skip). Seatoun v. Thorndon. — Seatoun team:> Away: Wright, Cooper, Bradley, Vance (skip) j Bowie, Fuller, Richards,' M'Girr (skip). At home i Paul, Carr, Bennett, Green (skip) ; H. Macfarlane, Beeston, Lauchlan, Hill (skip). Thorndon v Seatoun,, at' Seatoun. — Thorndon team : Dumbell, Freeman, Ramsay, Hatch (skip) , Murdoch, Rigg, Petersen, M. Clark (skip). At Thorndon: Collins, Marchant, Spencer, J. T. King (skip) ; Jay, Shearer, W. Nathan, Jamieson (skip). Thorndon v. Lyall Bay, at Lyall Bay. —Thorndon team : Staff, Stanford,' Chittey, Nimmo (skip) ; Riddick, Reeves, Longton, Conlin (skip). At Thorndon : Hull, Macintosh, Seaton, Kilgour (skip) ; Pathe, Upham, Ronaldson, Mitford (skip). Johnsonville (friendly match) v. Newtown. — Johnsonville teams — At home : | Ferguson, A. W. Robertson ■ Turner, Hnll (skip) ; Carman, Dr. Robertson, Cook, Townshend (skip). Away : Smythe, Steele, Thompson, Morgan (skip) ; Mills, O'Neil ( Manson. Sloane (skip). In a friendly matth at Johnsonville yesterday between the Johnsonville and Petone clubs the scores were : Johnsonville : Embury, Petrie, Ferguson, S. Petrie (akip), 31. Petone : Gaynor, Cotton, Wilson, Henry (skip), 16. Johnsonville: Dackfcnw, Taylor, Edge, Hut Irap (skip), 19. Petone : Card, Mothes, Kycler, Nichol (skip), 24. Totals : Johnsonville, 40 ; Petone, 30. In h nwwh *fc Kmoi-i fo< ! t»o Hili Pin*

Roberts, Burn, Cooper, Crawford (skip), 24. Thorndon— Simpson, Nimmo, Brandon, Conlin (skip), 13. In a friendly match yesterday between representatives of the Karori and Newtown Clubs, the scores .were : New town — Bradnock, Brown, sub., Cassell (skip), 23. Karori — Richards, Foster, Harrison, Spiers (skip), 16. Newtown — Finlayson, Caterer, Read. Philips (skip), 20. Karori —Evans, Robb, Campbell, Lewer (skip), 16. Totals— Newtown 43, Karori 32. Following are the Karori teams for Saturday next: At Wellington— Cook, Bradnock, Fulton, M. Spiers (skip) ; Atkin, Raine, Read, Lloyd (skip). At Karori — W. Burn, Henderson, Finlinson, Cooper (skip) ; Robb, M'Lachlan, Lewer, Burn (skip). Henderson Cup (at Karori) — L. Davies, Wright, Campbell, England (skip).