BOWLING.

New Zealand Times, Volume LVIX, Issue 3008, 21 December 1896, Page 1

BOWLING.

PENNANT MATCH : THORNDON v. NEWTOWN. The abovojmatch was played on the Now* town green on Saturday, and resulted in a decided victory for Newtown. Subjoined are the scores t Nkwtown. Thorndon, Rink No. 1. Alpe Wright Sloan Burns Blythe Lindsay Braokenbtidge (skip) 20 Barry (ski))) 14 Rink No. 2. Telford Melntyro Webb Heywood Bary Flanagan Dauka (skip) 27 Boss (skip) 18 Rink No. 3. Greeks' Jameson Davies Leslie Morris Eliott Underwood (skip) 32 Mowbray (skip) 38 Rink No. 4. Brogan Hickson Nanoarrow Batham Richards Bose Prince (skip) 18 MoGlashan (skip) 19 Total ... 97 Total ... 69 Majority for Newtown 28. THE WELLINGTON CLUB. The following matches were played on the Wellington bowling green on Saturday : Rink No. 1. Allan McGill Turnbull Mowat Wilson Thorburn Falkner (skip) 15’A. Scoullar (skip) 7 Rink No. 2. Mentlplay Plimmer Pothorick J. G. Grey Muir Maudesley N. McLean (skip) 30 Churchward (skip) 11 Rink No. 3. Boyes Harris Bruuskill Rankin T. Scoullar Lookio Waddell (skip) 21 Haybittle (skip) 14 Rink No. 4. Payne - Campbell H. J. White Clothier Cordoza L. Blundell W. Gray (skip) 23 J. Brown (skip) H Rink No. 5. Riley Jones Hamilton Hill Whitehouse Reich A. Campbell (skip) 19 McKee (skip) 18 THE TOURNAMENT NEXT MONTH. Active preparations are going ou for the tournament to bo held in Wellington during the week commencing the 25th January. Teams will attend from all parts of the Colony', and there will also bo present players from Ana* tralia. The programme will be as follows Monday, 25th January, at 11 a.m., intor-club matches ; Tuesday, 2Gth, at 9.30 a.m., intorclub matches (continued); Wednesday, 27th, at 9.50 a.m., inter-club matches (continued) and commencement of Champion Pairs matches and Club Champion Fours matches ; Thursday, 28th, at 9.30 a.m., Champion Pairs and Club Champion Fours matches (continued) and rink match, Australia v. Now Zealand; Friday, 29fcb, at 9.30 a.m., Pairs matches and Club Champion Fours match (concluded) and Champion match, North v. South Island of Now Zealand j and any other special match that may be arranged by the Tournament . Committee. If necessary, unfinished matches will bo concluded on Saturday The prizes will bo ; Intor-olub matches—First prize (to > the club* securing the greatest number, of wins), Association’s certificate and four pairs silvermounted bowls ; second f>rize, Association's certificate and four pairs ivory-mounted bowls; clubs securing third and fourth placoa will receive Association’s certificates. Champion Pairs match —First prize, two pairs silver-mounted bowls ; second prize, two pairs ivory-mounted bowls. Club Champion Fours match—Four pairs silver-mountedbowls. The Northern Bowling Association’s Champion Banner will be given to the club afiiiliatod to the Northern Bowling Association which has the highest aggregate of wins in the iuter-olub matches, and will remain in possession of the winning club until the next tournament held under the auspices of the Association. NEWTOWN v. THORNDON. A match between two rinks from each of the above clubs was played at the Thorndon green on Saturday afternoon. The following are the scores Thorndon. Newtown. Newton Andoison Townshend Green Collins Wilson Webb (skip) 34 Bell (skip) 13 Holmes Mitchell Parsons Reed Archibald Tinney Wiggins (skip) 2G Steel (skip) 10