SATURDAY'S GAMES

Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 33, 10 February 1919, Page 9

SATURDAY'S GAMES

The match between the Wellington Bowling Club and the combined clubs of Wellington and suburbs has been now played for fifteen years in succession, and it is a tribute to the parent club that it has never yet been beaten. Every year the match J_s proved the- most social and enjoyable of the season, and Saturday's fixture, in which fourteen rinks were engaged" -was decidedly pleasant and an out-and-out victory for Wellington. The hospitality of the challenging club was provided to the fullest extent, and the ladies looked after the visitors in true Wellington Club fa-hion. The results^of the games were as under :—

Wellington : Skinner, Dixon, Crane, Hill (s), 25. Kelburn: Duff, Batten, Gannaway, Meadowcroft (s), 18. Wellington : Webb, Phelps, Fowler, Gooder (s), 37. Thorndon: Collins, Hatch, Ronaldson, Mason (s), 10.

Wellington : LI 'Blundell, Plimmer, Liddle, Erskine, (a), 31. Eastbourne : Munro, Levi, Thompson, Shortt (s), 14. Wellington: Houldsworth, Marshal], Kinnear, Sievwright (s), 17 Newtown : Fife. /Middlebrook, Russell, J. Brackenridge (ej, 24.

Wellington: Longmore, Tanner, O'Donnell, Brown (s), 18. Island Bay : Butler, Shorland, ODea, Bland (s), 18.

Wellington : Geddis, Martin, Barry, Jackman fs), 32. Lyall Bay : Goldfinch, Rider, M'Kenzie, Martin (s), 12. Wellington : ' Bennett, Remington, Smith, Frost (c), 24. Victoria : Thornley, Evans, Hunt, Snaddon (s), 13. Wellington : Roberts, Peterson, Pettigrew, ''Churchward (s), 35. Hataitai: Blick, Kitto, Stonebanks, Penney, (s), 11. Wellington : Barnett, Saunders, Still, Porteous (_), '14. Te _iwi : Warwick, Shallcrass, Wylie, Fountain (s), 19. Wellington : Bridge, Crease, Hamilton, Magnus (s), 22. Petone : Naughion, Hancock, Grey, Barge (-), ,24.

Wellington : O'Sullivan, Bush, Ballinger, Tasker (s), 24. Thorndon : Dumbell, O'Reilly, Gamble, Houlder (s), 22. Wellington : Carey, Ledger, Innes, Potter (s), 44. Johnsonville : Robertson, Bould, Blake, W. L. Thompson (a),- 12. , Wellington : Grenfell, Veitch, Allen, Thompson (s), 24. Khandallah : Lyall, Hutchings, W. E-. Plimmer, Dumbell (a), 15. Wellington : Hyams, Tamblyn, Wylie, J. C. Webb (s), 13. Hutt : Barlow, Watt, M'Caskill, Nicholson (s), 24. ' PREVIOUS MATCHES. The record of the matches Wellington v. Combined "Clubs is as follows :— Wellington Combined

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