BOWLING

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12076, 2 March 1925, Page 8

BOWLING

THE SILVER KITTY CONTEST BETWEEN ST. ALBANS AND VICTOBIA CLUBS. VICTORY FOE VICTOBIA. The contest for the Silver Kitty, presented bv Mi I.' 8.. Oakey, of the’St. Albans Club, Christchurch, as the trophy for an annual friendly match between his club and'the Victoria.-Bowling Club. Wellington, was played on the Victoria green on Saturday between four rinks from each club. Two games were played, one of 31 heads in' the morning and one of 25 heads in -the afternoon, the aggregate scores to decide the winner. .In the morning the weather, conditions were all that could be.'desired,- and the green, in excellent order; but. in the afternoon there were frequent ■ showers of rain, making the green heavy -and the bowls very slippery. At -times the rain was so heavy that it seemed that the game must be abandoned; but . the players Btuck to it doggedly and completed 25 heads. In the end Victoria proved the winner by 176 to 145. The details- of the ’ games were as Under : FIRST BOUND. Victoria (R. Dixon.- :<2. G. Reid.) W. Tucker and, -Townsend,, s), 20; St. Albans (Spitzy; .Kingsland, Horne and Dobbs.’ s.), 16.' St. Albans--(F. Hebdon, L. B. Jordon, J. -N. Du Feu. and E) W. Wade. s.). 22; Victoria (Paul, Mirks, King and Jack-; son), 14. ‘ s * Victoria -(Haughton; Luke, Pale and Norwood, 8.), 1 17;. St. Albans (R. H. Mit. chell, C. H. Barscand, T. Kirker. and G. Brass, s.), ’ ,15. i, -) . . ' . Victoria.(J. r W. Martin, A,. Dixon, Bolton and Keith. , a,), 20; St. Albans (Colquhon, ,R. W.‘ Brown, Smith and Oakey, s.), is..' SECOND ,ROUND. Victoria (Norwood), . 26: St Albans (Oakey), 16. .' Victoria (Keith),’'27; St. Albans (Brass), ao. ; ; St. Albans (Wade); 25; Victoria (Townsend), 24.' - 1 • Victoria ' (Jacks'oh)/: 29; St. Albans (Dobbs), 13. . Aggregate.—Victoria, ' 176; St. Albans, 145. 1 SOCIAL GATHERING LIGHTENING THE BONDS OF ’ FRIENDSHIP. • ' • An enjoyable social, gathering was afterwards held, at which the healths of VThe Visitors" and, "tThe .Victoria Club" were drunk with musical "honours,"at the call respectively of Mr Townsend (president of the Victoria and' Mr Jordan (president; of, the)’Bt - Albans Club). Mr Townsend, in proposing ‘‘The Visittore," coupled with of Mr; Jordan and -Mr Oakey; expressed • the great pleasure that it had-given himself and the other, members "of- the- Victoria Club to meet in social intercourse and friendly contest with the, representatives of- the St. Albans Clcb, ill that tho'brst play: faith© Silver Kitty, so kindly presented by Mr H. B. Oakey, ‘ Club. (Applause.) That contest was going to do a lot of-good, not only to the victoria Club, • but .to the St. Albans ; Club;, 'because it -marked) the initiation of a more friendly bowling- .spirit and closer social intercourse’ between'-the two clubs. It simply meant that when a, member of the Victoria. Club went down to- Christchurch St. Albans would be his home; and tha.'same. applied' tq anyi’Jit; Albans - member who visited' • Wellington* They wanted them to . understand - that they were, to mako that their home ns if it were their own club, aud they ‘would always 1 : receive a hearty .welcome. (Applause.) They had had a. lovely morn, mg, but he was very sorry for the rain in the’afternoon. However, as bowlers, they had taken' the good with the bad; and the rain had made no difference to them. They had played the 25 heads in spite ,of it.. Unfortunately, the .nggrei gate, was against- St. .Albans, and: Victoria 1 would retain the Silver Kitty) which they would have to take down to Christchurch for jiext year's contest; But, in any case, Victoria would have kept the kitty this year: as ’it had .been decided that the trophy was always’to be retained by the home team—the team on whose green the match yfae'played-r-each year. - • Mr Jordan, .in responding and giving the toast of--The- victoria Club," said that he hardly knew - how to express the thanks of the St. Albans players for the generous hospitality extended to them that day, , He was sure , that it would tend to cement the friendship not' only | between the Victoria '- and St. Albans | Clubs, but between the, Wellington and the Christchurch. ‘Centres/ (Applause.); They would endeavour, when the Victoria club visited Christchurch next year | to return their hospitality in every way, even to the extent'of'giving them /‘a darned good hiding."’ (Laughter and] applause,), They accepted their defeat that day with -the**, sportsmanship that characterised all bowlers—(hear, hear)— ! and he hoped that when any members of the Victoria Club-came)to Christchurch they would make the St. Albans Club their home. (Applause.)'' He heartily thanked* on behalf of the visitors,, the ladies of tho Victoria Club who had provided the afternoon) tea; and expressed the hope that the interchange of visits would continue for many years to come and cement the'•friendship between the two cluns. Applause.) Mr Oakey, who was received with-;loud applause, thanked > the Victoria Club members for .their generous hospitality. He had.never, had such a-day in his I life, he said, not eveh ■■ on tho West Coast) where the bowlers were noted- for their hospitality; and nl»e . hoped two years hence to enjoy the Victoria Club’s hospitality again.-, , (Applause.) When 1 they came .south. the/St;. Albans Club

WO did extend the same- courtesy to )them. ” (Applause.) j , „- ,-. ; - The drinking, with musical honourawqf'i the health of the president of the i toria Club closed the proceedings. ’ ,

EASTBOURNE CLUB. ' ; The third, and final, Cup competition was held during the- week-end between the. city'and club members, resulting in a win for the club, which, therefore, became this.year's holders:of the trophy,' as it had won tVo opt of the three matches played throughout ■ the season. Six,: games were played on the present occasion, three of which were drawn, but the club was two points up on-the aggregate score—l3B to 136. . . . Special interest was taken, in : the fix- ’ hire, it being the first of the series to be : played immediately following the opening of the fine new pavilion.' ; -lii ’ thO a'b-, sence of the president’ thfe ' cup : ‘"was, handed over to Mr-W’.-Perry (tile-vice-, president). - The promotets' of' -the’ com- 1 petition are Messrs Arthur- Munro (sepretary) and Arthur Allens 'representing; the city members. ■ ...-.. , KELBUHN CLUB. Results of Saturday’s play Senior Pennants v. Seatoun. . - • : . Home. . - K. S. ■ Tomkies, F. S. Pope, Johnson, Caugliley (s) 28 PageI,'Bell, 1 ,'Bell, Parry, Stone (s)- 8 Ivory, Harton, Dempster. Kelly (s) 25 Millier, Webb, McGirr, Gilbert (s) 24 Number of games won by Kilburn-8; total score 91; number of games won by Seatonn 1, total score 65.

I. - HATAITAI CLUB* . , yT Khandallph. ' At Khandallah. ‘ ”V: ' f H. X, Carrad.WellingS,’ Martin, Bright- ' - " ing (s) —. ZK * Barlow, . . Hodgson, Robertson, ' Fletcher (s) ; li Watts, Moeller, . MeWhannell, . , Ramsay ' Wright, Bonrke, Whldie, Plimmer , * (s) .* ' - At Hataitai. • . Kershaw; Moston, Claridge, Fieldin'g (s) T ; 27 ' Lowing,-Crbmp, Nalder, 1 Bringans ■ • .(S). IS Grant/. Woolley, Holliday, Ardell (8) 29: Bath,- Munyo, Mulford, Butt (s) ; 29 Hataitai ‘Wen three games and drew one,’scoring 99 .points, against their ope ponents.*. :- .Friendly y. Khandallah^—Wells, Pon-der)'-Snow, Shepherd-Is) 24 v. Shew, Bridges, . Hale, Bellman, (q) 15. , ■ ‘' Frjendly- v. 'Newtown.—Carswell, Hone ter, Donald, ‘ Cluridgp Is) 20 v. Green, Gulley,' Hodgson; Powell (6 19; Josephs sob,’ Richards, Mdntoshp Gyles (s) 31vi Green, Gyles, BleUkinsop, Robbins (s)