BOWLING.
SYDNEY MEETING. Sydney. April 19. New South Wales won the rubber against Victoria by 102 points to 82. also against Queensland bv 101 to 83. • Taranaki defeated Manly bv 100 ' points to 90.
NOTES.
One of the best shots in the tournament. says the Manawatu Evening Standard, was plaved bv the veteran skip. Beatson. of Hastings On Friday afternoon a well-known Palmerston skip played as substitute m Beatson’s team and amidst a lot of good-humoured “chaff’ sent two jacks up the green instead of one. but before doing so he laid his silk umbrella on the turf near him. Mr. Beatson saw' his opportunity. He seized one of the jacks,and. amidst roars of laughter. dio\e it straight for the umbrella just missing the latter by the speed of the Palmerston man, who removed the umbrella in the nick of time. The incident created much merriment among the spectators w-ho appreciated Beatson’s faultless 'shot, ami at the same time admired the owner of the umbrella for Ins agiliti iii saving his property trim destruction.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 107, 20 April 1911, Page 3
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