THE NEW ZEALAND BOWLERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13522, 21 August 1907, Page 8

THE NEW ZEALAND BOWLERS.

[from our OWN correspondent.] |3is|;n»":' ; '■■'>-:■■■;.- ,'\-\ ■:!:■■'..'■..' '■■ : .- ~ ~V" ■,' London, July 12. v Ma. G: Prince, Mr. H. O. Manz, Mr. Casey and Mr. Court, who have been in Ireland during the past fortnight, are prolonging their stay in that country.'by £• week, so that they are not yet back in Loudon. ■Mr. W. Wakeman, of the Pahiatua Club, who has returned here from Scotland, furnishes some interesting details relative to the Caledonian part of the team's itinerary. f One incident in particular has an-amusing | side. ■ This relates to the fact that on the . 5 arrival in Edinburgh of the New Zealandcrs they ' were met by a number of bowlers quite remarkably bedizened with medals. -l """; • As anticipated, this was the team against V ": which Messrs. Barnett and Prime had to lead their respective links—greybeards skilled in all the arts of greencraft! /he colonists had need, indeed, to take courage in &gS'i — both bands to face' the coming ordeal. Soon, however, they were to find the well decorat- •/ *4 veterans defeated! And the triumph then gained proved to be a pretty.true forecast'.of( the 'team's experience while in Scotland. .., ■■ . - Battling upon fair greens and against the selected representatives 61 Scotland's leading clubs, the New Zea.landers have come through their struggles in a way far exceeding any records ever put up. Mr.' John Bryant, president of the South London Club, has arranged to meet Air. Wakeman in a.: single-handed contest. "It was ■• this rotable bowler who skipped therink which found defeat last year against ' Messrs. W. Lyons, W. Mercer, G. Tutt, ■ and G. Fletcher. The Charles Wood Australia Challenge Cup, presented by th© president of .til*" Victorian Bowling Association as a memento of the visit of the colonial bowlers to this country six years ago, was competed for on Monday over the green of i; the upper Clapton Club, London, and was won by the- Carlisle West End Club.