BOWLING INTERNATIONAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 February 1912, Page 4

BOWLING INTERNATIONAL.

A SAIR FECHT. (Waimatc Advertiser.) The first local international took place on the Waimate green recently, when two Scotch-born rinks challenged an English-born and a Colonial rink. At 4 p.m. sharp, with the waving of the Scotish Royal Standard and the skirl of the warpipes, the kilted laddies took the field—Chieftain and skip, Robt, Inkster; the imjKirturbnhlc Grieg, the canny Middleton, and Martin thepawky jester. Against thorn lined up the Englishmen—pale, but determined; tiho Union Jack fluttering bravely in the breeze. The dauntless Holmes skipped the team, supported by Travel's, C. Dash, and Price. On the next rink stod Peter Grant, hero of many battles; A. Inkstor. proud of the country he was born in; W. Cameron, sole representative of bis clan; and Wee Mackenzie, the Dominion's Harry Lauder. The Colonials came last on the field, Jackson skipping, assisted by L. Miller. Fulton and Keay. The games proceeded amidst intense excitement—cheers for the one side being met with counter cheers for the other—until it was early seen that on both rinks the men of kilts and porridge were being dragged in the dust of defeat. Wild exhortations to "Pit mair ginger intil't, Bob!" "Hand opp ye're heid ,Mac!" "Dinna be sae thin, Airchio!" and so on, were of no avail: and doubtless the absence of the kindly dew o' th' mountain was keenly felt. The Englishmen were victorious all along the line, and finally left the field to the strains of "The Roast Beef of Old England," with tb© scores 21 to sin their favour. I have hoard since that the sporrans of the vanquished wore attached to their belts with red, white and blue ribbons. Jackson's Colonials, after a brilliant start, lasted long enough to win by 1 8 to 11—prime Canterbury proving too much for the haggis-fed veterans. A more fully representative onerink match, England v. Scotland, will probably take place later on.