BOWLING.

New Zealand Times, Volume LVX, Issue 3130, 17 May 1897, Page 3

BOWLING.

THORNDON CLUB. The alphabetical match A to L against M to Z resulted, after an interesting and exciting gam© and a close finish, in a victory for the Mto Z’a by four points. Subjoined are tho scores;— A TO L. M TO Z. Rink No. 1. Longton Townshond Leslie M. C. Smith Collins Mowbray Letham (skip) 18 Webb (skip) 22 Rink No. 2. Archibald., S, Percy Smith Darrdoh * Hood Jameson Waatneya Flanagan (skip) 14 Rose (skip) 20 Rink No. 3. Quick Newton Eliott Skeet Heywood Dr Macgregor Hon J.Carroll(skip)l9 Ross (skip) 24 Rink No, 4, Burns Parsons Cottle McKay Koch Wright Barry (skip) 26 MoGlashan (skip) 15 Rink No. 5. Dr Grace Turnbull Banka Mclntyre Hickson (skip) 17 Young (skip) 17 Total for Ato L 94 Total for Mto Z 98 Majority for M to Z, 4 points. THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT. The little men scored a brilliant victory on Saturday—that is to say, the players of the Wellington Bowling Club who are below 6ft 7in in height effectually defeated those who are able to boast of a stature which is over that standard. There are not wanting those whq allege that some of the players amongst the “little” men are really over tho regulation height, and looking at the teams on the ground one could well believe so. However, wo would be the last to seek to deprive tho low-sized team of a well-earned victory. No doubt tho players were measured by experts. The following are the scores s Below sft 7in. Over spt 7in. Rink No. 1. Mowatt Thorburn Gray Barron Wix Cordoza Ballinger (skip) 21 Gale (skip) 30 Rink No. 2. Jones Riley Archibald Russell Grady Maudsley Churchward (skip) 27 Lookie (skip) 20 Rink No. 3. Miller Plimmer Findlay D. McLean Whitehouse Muir .... A. Scoullar (skip) 20 Falconer (skip) 16 Kink No, 4. W illeston Stephens T, Jones MoDougall Boyes Lawson Petherick (skip) 25 T. Scoullar (skip) 12 Rink No. 8, White Jenkinsou McGill J. Mowatt Wilson Brunskill Lindsay (skip) 25 Ollivier (skip) 14 118 03 Majority for the small men, 26. A return match will probably bo played on Queen’s Birthday. WELLINGTON v. VICTORIA CLUBS. A team from the Victoria Club visited the Wellington green on Saturday, and played a match with a team of the Wellington men on rink No. 5, The following was the result: _ Wellington. Victoria. Hill Hamerton

Edwin Hewitt Mentiplay j. Bhieston^ Sample (skip) . 31 Allen (skip) 8 Majority for Wellington, 23. THE NEWTOWN MATCHES.-

In tho semi-finals for the President’s trophy, at the Newtown green, Underwood has defeated Bell, and Bary has defeated Hosie. The scores in the second match between Bary and Hosie woreßary, 28 j Hosie, 5, In the third match the following was the record Bary, 30 ; Hosie, Bary and Underwood now remain in, and will play off the final round this week; the winner in two out of three games securing the trophy. This trophy has been awarded by Mr Banks, the president, and is to be a prize of the value of £2 2s, to be selected by the winner. A number of scratch matches wore also also played at the Newtown green on Saturday, amongst them the following Alpo Anderson Rutter McGowan Prince McLean Brogan (skip) 27 Gibbea (skip) 23

An alphabetical match, in which players whose initials range between A and L will meet those whose initials are included between M and Z, has been arranged for Saturday next at tho Wellington green.