BOWLING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 156, 30 June 1914, Page 10

BOWLING.

ANNUAL MEETINGS.

DOMINION ROAD.

Tho fifth annual meeting of tho Dominion Road Bowling Club was held in tho club pavilion on Saturday evening. Dr. Moir presided ovor an attendance of 40 members.

The report and balanco-shoot woro road and adopted. These showed the club's finances to bo in a very satisfactory condition.

Tho trophies won during tho season in tho various club competitions wore presented by tho chairman, us follows:—Championship, J. Vuglar; runner-up Dr. Moir. Club pairs, J. \V, Saunders and A. M, Brydon; ninnors-up, R. Tonil'nson and ('. H. Tonilinsou. Club lours, Hraithw'aitc, llolford, Yeoman, and S. Gordon: runncrs-up. Barrett, Bndgmnn, R. Tomlmson, and Layland.

Tho election of officers for the ensuing year resulted as follows: —Patron, Mr. John Bollard, MP.; president. Mr. A. 11. Sayers, vice-presidents, Messrs. If. W. Taylor, J. Coupland, and P. M. Macfarlane; secretary and treasurer, Mr A. H. Yeoman ire-elected), committee, Messrs. L. 0. Smither, A. E. Layland, R. H. Fisher, and F. Booth: match committee, Messrs. A. E. Layland. T. West, and E. J. Goldsmith: soli; selector. Mr. J. Vuslar; coach for firstycar players, Mr. B. W. Noodham; refreshment committee, Messrs. L. G. Smither, F. Booth, and J. E. Guthrie; irroon superintendent, Mr. S. Gordon (ro-olocted); auditor, Mr. R. H. Fishor (ro-electod); delegates to association, Messrs. J. C. Morton and A. H. Yooman. Trophies for noxt scanon'n competitions wore donated by Messrs. Vuglar Gordon, Smither, Bryden, Coupland, Layland, and Meiltle During the evening the winners of the executive tournament match presented an enlarged photograph of the team to tho club. The meeting concluded with votes of thanks to tho retiring president (Dr. Moir). tho officers and members of the various committees, the Indies who had so kindly dispensed afternoon tea, tho donors ot trophies, and tho press. MOUNT ALBERT.

The member? of tho Mount Albert Bowling Club held thoi:: annual mooting on Saturday evening.

Tho troaauror'a fltatemont showed that tho finances of tho club wero in a very healthy condition.

The following officers were, eloclod for tho ensuing season:—Patron, the Hon. Geo. Fowkls; president, Mr. T. Finlay; vice-presidents. Mr. J. Horhort and Mr. A. iV, Pago; secretary, Mr. R. Mcßrido (recloned); treasurer, Mr. J. I'. Blair froclottedl; green superintendent, Mr. Geo. Howies; assistant-green superintendent, Mr. J. M. Smith; auditor. Mr. T. A. Asjitom committee, Messrs. M. McLean. J. C. Entrican, and A. Cochrane; match committee, Mossrs. A J. Jonkin, J. D. Muir, and A. Cochrane coach to first-year players, Mr. W. H. Mansoll; delegates to Auckland Centre, NZ.B.A., Messrs. A. J. Jenkin and R. Mcßrido.

The prizes won la«t season were presented to the winners, tho recipients being as follow:—Champion singles, A. J. Jenkin: runner-up. T. A. Ashton. Club fours, W. Xesbitt. E. A. Death, J. Herbert, and A. J. Jonkin. Club pairs, G. Williams and A. Cochran? Handicap singles, R. Mcßrido; runner-up. C. H. Sexton. First-year singles, C. Thorbtirn.

Trophies for neit season's matches wero donated by the following mombers:—Messrs Entrican. .Tonkin, Death, Cochrane, Herbert, Whitohouso, Aspdon, Page, and Finlay.

Votes of thanks to the outlining officers and to the ladies for dispensing afternoon tea concluded a most satisfactory meeting.

AUCKLAND CENTRE. The annual mooting of delegates from clubs affiliated vith the Auckland centre (Dominion of New Zealand Bowling Association) will be held this evening. GREY LYNN. The annual social and presentation of prizes of the Grey Lynn Bowling Club will be held to-morrow evening. Mr. E. A. Craig, president of tho Auckland contre. will present tho prizes. LAWS OF THE GAME. BOTH FEET ON THE MAT.

A letter, which doals with the question of keeping both feet on tho mat when delivering a bowl, has been forwarded by Mr. Sidney E. Lamb for publication. Mr. Lamb writes as follows:— the annual meeting of tho Auckland centre of tho Dominion Bowling Association, to bo held this evening, tho delegates arc to ho asked to vote a? to the advisability of onforcing an old law of the Auckland Provincial Bowling Association, viz., ' That players must havo both feet on the mat when delivering a bowl.' This law was made is 1908, I believe, and waß framed vilh tho idea of making our local laws harmonise with those of the Commonwealth, It must be plain to everybody that such a law is obnoxious to Auckland bowlers, because it has been a dead leticr over since. Hotorua made an effort to onforce it for two years, and then droppod it. Now the old idoa of obtaining uniformity in the laws of the two colonies is being resuscitated. Do bowlers realise what is happening? Our neighbours in Australia havo introduced two points of difl'orenco in tho old Scottish laws: 1 Tho jack is not dead when it goes over tho side lines. 2.' Bowlers must keep two foot on the mat. Now they wish to compromise with us, by discarding No. 1 themselves, and by getting us to adopt No. 2. This is distinctly humorous. However, beforo we adopt such an alteration we Bhould ask ourselves if any benefit is likely to accrue to bowling generally, more especially as such a law is distasteful to local bowlers, as is evidenced by a similar law becoming inoperative as soon as it was passed. In any case, why this unseemly haste on tho part of the Auckland oiecutive in attempting to pass such a law without giving the clubs a chance to vote on it? Our delegates will not know tho wishes of their club members; and, in such an important alteration of the laws, they should not be placed in such a position, neither should tho great body of bowlers bo disfranchised, finally does it matter in the least if tho Australian laws differ somewhat from ours considering how rarely we meet one another? Why not apply the old majim: 'When in Rome do as Romans do?' "