BOWLERS FOR AUSTRALIA.

Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 327, 31 January 1908, Page 5

BOWLERS FOR AUSTRALIA.

.» ■ . The visit of thirty Dominion bowlers to the Commonwealth, will extend over six weeks.- Leaving the Bluff on March 30th, the bowlers will play against Hobarfc and Launceston. In Victoria ten days will ■be spent. Three matches will be played against the State, in addition to games with the Melbourne, Ballarat, and Bendigo clubs. The visit to Sydney wi3l extend over a fortnight. In addition to olub games, there will bo three matches against New South Wales and three against Australia. At the time the New Zealanders are in Sydney visiting teams from Queensland, South Australia, and Victoria will also be there, and it will be the greatest gathering of bowlers ever seen in Australasia. The following are the probable members of the Dominion team :— Patea.—J. Gibson. Wellington. —Norri6, Bell, K Moult, E. Brunskill, Blake, and F. Laurenson. Cliristchurch.—L. B. Wood, A. V. Bishop, W. Bunting, W. Gee, Cbegwin, Maynard, F. W. Johnson. Waimate.—C. J. Goldstone, W. Ooltman. Oamaru.—W. Waddell (president of the New Zealand Bowling Association), W. Bee. Dunedin. —W. C. Allnutt, J. Scoullar, W. M ; llwrick, and W. F. Bastings. Gore.—A. Martin. Invercargill.—A. E. Smith, J. Findlay. T. A. Wallace, J. Ham, W. Martin, P. L. Gilkison, and C. J. Broad. It is hoped that the Hon. J. A. Millar and the Hon. J. Carroll will also be in Sydney and play. *.