Bowling Notes

Free Lance, Volume II, Issue 97, 10 May 1902, Page 19

Bowling Notes

By Wrong Bias.

The New tow n competition foi the Bright we] I trophv is now finished The final was between Wise and Roberts, and Win 1 von easily by 29 to lb The final for the Newtonn Senior Bowk is postponed until the beginning of next season owing to the heavy state ot the ground, and the 1 uncertain^ of the weathei. The issue lies between Nancarrow and Powell. who have won a game each The Wellington Club's Senior Bowls match has been won by Bell, after a very interesting and keenlv-conte&ted struggle with E. J Hill. In the first game 'played on Tuesday last week). Hill led off with 2 and Bell lesponded with 3 and 4. They tied at 12, and at 10, and on the 1/th head the game was 17 all. Bell scored ur> to 22 and Hill, with 2 on his last head finished with 19. The second game was played on Satuida\ afternoon and was w atched with the Inchest interest. From stait to finish it was a fine display of welljudged tactics and dexterous play on both sides, and victory trembled m the balance until the verv last bowl had gone up. Bell led off with a single, and Kill followed with a break of four heads tor h Aitei this, merely singles on either side until at the 11th head. Hill initiated another little break of 2-1-1-2 making his score 12 to 5. That was the furthest extent of his lead for Bell gradually crept up until, when the last head was stai'M, he wanted 2 to tie and 3 to win. He had the * erv last bowl to play, and was onlv rung one. He went down and examined the head, and then sent down a finn one to knock out Hill's nearest. It came oft, and Bell lav three, and won the game also the rubber, likewise the Senioi Bowls. An excellent game, and pla\ed in the nicest spirit. Some good rink contests up at Newtown on Saturday Brightwell and Wise weie involved in a ding-dong battle a.ud Bnghtwell looked both bn^ht and well as lie chalked up his 2o to Wise's 23. Pi ice beat Svd. Lambert handsomelv b\ 23 to 12 and Svd.. as usual, looked the cheerfullest man on the green. He pla<\s with a stout heart, and a steady hand Kver\bod\ is glad to hear that Geo. Prince is on the fair way to recovery. Newtown expects to have him skipping again next season. Blvth is back, looking blither than ever aftei his trip. Di Giacc and Kilgour were the skips in a tight little link tusisle at Thorndon on Saturdav in which the genial doctoi was iust beaten on the post — lb to 17 Jameson and Collins had a similar ecs.penencc Jameson's side scored the 17. and Colhns's the K> Flanagan was right on the job in a thiee-hander and Wright had to be content with 14 to his 24. In other rink matches, Longton beat Ehott b.\ 23 to 18, and McKerrow sat down upon Taylor— 2B to 14 It was piacticallv the close of the Thorndon season and theie will be an unusual lot of leismed people up at Thorndon now on Saturdav afternoons The Wellington Club bowlers^ aie great <-ta-\ers, and if Captain Edwin can be persuaded to postpone the deluge you won't get them off the green till the end of the month All J. M Lennox, of the Remuera Club has won the district championship ot Auckland, with Mr H O Blown of the Mount Ed&n Club as run-nei-up Both men are steady drawers, trtking no risks m driving. Munio who has just won the bowling championship of Brisbane, has come on fast at the kitty-kissing game This is onlv Ins second season Table bow Is" has caught on with such rapidity in the Old Country that it has a special corner set apart for it in Countr\ Spoit." The game is said to be not only highly entertaining: to take part in, but certainly extremely attractive to the onlooker, as is evidenced bv the very attentive crowd of spectators often seen around the table in the Sports 1 Court at the Crystal Palace. And its devotees declare that the table form of the old pastime admirablr brings out the general Qualities of the actual game.