AUCKLAND BOWLING CLUB.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 9455, 10 March 1894, Page 6

AUCKLAND BOWLING CLUB.

The fourth draw in the several matches to be played off by Saturday, 17th March, has been made as follows :— ■>

Champion Bowls : Stewart ▼. Dutliie, Gorrie or Winks v. Kingswell or Ledinghatn. Club Cap: Hooper or Payne v. Dirt hie, Qorrie v. Wilkin* or Hardie or Patorson.f . Mr. VV. S. Jones'. Prize, Handicap : Wilkin3 or John Held (3 points) v. Oliphaut, Stewart t. Hoiden (4 points;, ledingham v.'Mynott (5 points), fluthie v. Dingwall, MeCallum or J. Lyell (6 points) v. Culpan Mr. Winks' Prize, Handicap : Ross or Wilkins v. Jihodes (a points), Culpan v. Thomson, Gorrie v. Menuie (3 points), Heron v. Edwards, Steadman a bye. Ex-President Thomson's Prize: Oliphant, Keeaing, Jones, and Weston v. Gorrie, Menme, Philips, and Kemp \> Hardie, Holden, Pirie, and Watson a bye. Vice-President Lawson's Prize: Duthie and Philips v. Hardie and Sin.tor, Ledingham and Steauman v. Carlaw and Mynott or Kingswell and Towsey, Paterson and Ponsford v. Mennie and Harrop. Players of Two Seasons, Handicap : Ledingham ▼. Carlaw, Holden v. Pirie (4 points), Ponsford a bye. New Players : Ashton v. Ponsford, Mynott t. McCallum.

It will be seen by advertisement elsewhere that members are requested to attend in force to-morrow to play a friendly match with the Ponsonby Club, who are sending eight rinks.

The game on Saturday (says the Wellington Post of, the 3rd instant) for Captain Edwin's badges, between rinks from the Wellington and Thorndon Bowling Clubs, was one of the most evenly contested games seen here. The rinks were even right up to the last head, when the Wellington skipper scored a victory for his side and retained the badges. The teams were:—Wellington : Willeston, D. McLean, Haybittle, Sample (skip), 18. Thorndon : Letham, Fianaghan, W. Lambert, McGlashan (skip), 17. The results of other games played were as follow :—Barraud, ■ Churchward, S. Browe, James Lockie (skip), 31 v* J. Blundell, Plimmer, J. Yonng, J. Brown (skip), 20. Aplin, Boyes, Maudes ley, Ballinger (skip), 22 v. Whitehouse, Millar, Cordosa, McKee (skip), 23, Danks, Ward, Mowatt, Hutchens (skip), 16 v. Kember, Sloan, McDougall, Mathieson (skip), 16. Harris, Muir, Uriidy, Drummoud (skip), 30 v. Hill, Stevens, Martin,, A. Campbell (skip), 24. At the Thorndon green. Murdoch s rink beat another skippered by Salmon. S. Lambert's rink beat Exley's by 26 to 15, and D. Nathan scored 23, as against the 22 of D. Ross's team.