BOWLING

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8653, 11 February 1914, Page 11

BOWLING

AUSTRALIA V. WELLINGTON VISITORS DEFEATED BY It) ■ ■ foists. ; ‘ Tho visiting Australian bowlcro played a 'fiOTenuunk match against, teams picked' from' aimoiig'thp iniffliheftf! Woffirigtjfci on-' iha W(6ph#on' g'rosri ys'ricrday A%r-: Itiodn. The lugh north wind Interfered;, iwitli play to' a'•oraisidfirfll)le extent andjj the yisitotrs, whose bowls took 'conffld-| erably more green than those of tlusj ilpchl'playero,‘Fcp# baffled .and unable 1 [to pl#y their nsual ’good draping 1 .game. At tljo eleventh head Welling-, ifcon was 17 points up, a lead That was;,, ■increased by (> two heads later, and at •thecojicireion .of ’ t‘% I head Wrilmgtpn, .was 4f) points up in |ihe aggregate. . * ' ' | j During tho morning tbe Australians i ' pvers' driven ■ rpund: the city, and wore the' guests of the 'Gl'ab. I I Pripr to. the compehooujCfli ’of idayj {in t'ho afternoon, Air 15. Moult (viep-j {president), in. the absence of the pres(ideut (Mr Donald McLean). welcomed the visitors on bglialf of the Wolling-j ton Club and the hope that) their friends (the Australians) would; pay another visit to the Dominion, or,; m the event <rf-.tb# being impossible,! that a teani from Agw Zealand would* .visit Auatral)®- The speaker said the :diniEs would bp found to be in excellent playing order, that afternoon, and, !he trusted the visitors would have enjoyable After rilseys Imd been given and' respondedto, play was soon in progress, tile results of tho games being as follow: ■ - -'■* ' a. w;

Morris, McEwan, Jenkins, Fitzgerald (s) 14 Lockie, Bennie, A- .Campbell, ■ e. j. Hiu (s) 23, Jones, . Bonner, Burton, Ilaffiap (s)- ............ i. 19 Patter, Focke, Haybittle, Moult (e) , 281: Irving, Hamilton, Hicks, 1 : Denygr Is) SI (Wylie, Maudsley, Bush, Ballinger («) 4-5,; •Joj|y, Collins, Hawke, "Wheel- 1 er (s) 10 ; Jones. O’Sullivan, Leslie, Magnus (s) .... 28 .Radke, Gale, Overell, Ma-ir (s) : 23 Ramsey, Saunders, Crane, Thompson (s) 13; Gay, Mullaney, McLean, i Clarke (s) 10 Ledger, Berrv, Gooder, Veitoh fe) 2fil Leslie. Walker, Valiely, Rankin (s) .. ■• 27 L. Blundell, Chote, Skinner, Still («) ................ 22,. Total 138 187: At .the conclusion of play hearty . cheers were given the visitors", who replied and sang “Long may thoyf Live.”

The Australians left for Lyttelton l last evening.