BOWLING

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1514, 7 March 1901, Page 44

BOWLING

PENNANT, MATCHES. NEWTOWN WINS THE PENNANT. At the Wellington gi-een on Saturday the Thorndon and Newtown Bowling Clubs met, and as both clubs were unbeaten this season, a close game was an-

ticipated. So it proved to he. Newtown won by only one point, and, having beaten all the clubs, wins the pennant fftr the season 1901-2. The wins have been meritorious, the club beating Wellington Club by 22 points, Victoria by 22, Petone by 59, and Thorndon by 1. The total points scored by the club are 387, and against it 283. Saturday s cards show : Newtown.—Alpe, D’Emden, Nancariw, Price (skip), 22; Blyth, McCumiskey, McLean, Brightwell (skip), 16; Martin, Morris, Lambert, Bary (skip), 16; Kebblewhite, Webb, Underwood, Prince (skip), 26. Thorndon.—Reeves, Kilgour, Webo, Rose (skip), 20.;' -Conlin, —, Mowbray, McKerrow (skip), 25 ; Wright, Hoghen, Ross, Sievwnght (skip), 14 ; Gould, Seaton, Longton, Flanagan (skip), 20. Totals. —Newtown, 80; Thorndon, 79 The following game was also played on the Wellington green:—Drummond and Gray (skip), 27; Petherick and Plimmer (skip), 13. VICTORIA CLUB. The pennant match played on the Victoria Bowling Club’s green on Saturday resulted as follows : Wellington.—Evans, McKelfar Wty, Bell, Ballinger (skip), 26; Miller, H. Smith, Brunskill Churchward (skip), 26 ; Willies ton, E. J. Hill, Jones, Russell (skip), 22; Berry, Ci;K, Lawson, Sample (skip), 22. Total, 96. Petone. —Manning, Thomson, Castle, King (skip) v 13.; DAy, McLean, Reynolds, Mothes (skip), 15; Price, .Horne, Carter, Gilmour (skip), 18; Reid, Lawrie, Austin, Johnston (skip), 26. Total, 70. Majority for Wellington, 26. Other games played were: Avery, Barton, Morrer, Anderson (skip), 24; Martin, Boyes, Willis, Mack (skip), 21. Chapman, D T. Stuart. Scott, Schultz (skip), 25; Hamerton, Trevor, Mackay, Huestoii (skip), 19. THE EDW 7 IN FEATHERS. The Victoria Bowling Club on Saturday made an unsuccessful attempt to wrest tile-Edwin Feathers from the Wellington Club. The scores, however, do not correspond with the play, for Victorias had hard luck. The totals were: W ellington.—Hamilton, Men.tj.play, Lockie, McLean (skip), 28. Victoria.—Hewitt, Snaddon, Redstone, Brackenridge (skip) 15. NEWTOWN CLUB. The juniors of the Victoria Bowling Club played against the juniors of the Newtown Club on the Newtown green on Saturday. Two rinks won for the Victoria, and two for Newtown, although in the aggregate the home team won by 12 points. The scores were: Newtown. —Angus, Bell, Higginhottom, Ogilvie (skip), 35; Crewes, Hollis, Lamb, Powell (skip), 18; Meyrick, Salmon, Pollcck, Worboys (skip), 21; Kinmburgh, Shearer, Callaghan, Roberts (skip), 19. Total, 93. Victoria.—Harland, Norwood, Mayo,

Hendry (skip), 16; Carry, Dickerson, McGowan. Paterson (skip), 27: Stuart, France, Hendry, Flinders' (skip), 18; Fowler, Kershaw, Xitto, Baggett (skip), 20. Total, 81 The only other game handed in was : Rhodes, Haworth, As till, Rutter (skip), 11: Falconer, Anderson, McEldowney, Tone (skip), 22.