BOWLING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 9380, 21 March 1892, Page 4

BOWLING.

. . «»■' TOWN AND SUBURBS V. COUNTRY. The first bowling match, Town v. Country was played on the Hilton. ; green on Saturday The town and suburban players journeyed by thi south express train, the station master havinj kindly placed a special carriage at their dis posal. After the last players had been pickei up atMosgitl.ameeting.was held, over whicl Mr J. Hislop (president of the Dunedin Club presided, and rinks were. r .arranged. Afte arrival at Milton some practice was indulged ir and the town and suburban players with thi rinks from. Kaitangata, Balclutha, and Law rence then sat down to a substantial dinner pro vided by Host F. Bastings. The match wa afterwards commenced; and a most enjoyabl one it proved to be, one and all expressing i hope that it would become an annual fixture When the totals were added up it was foun< the country team were in a minority of 3' points. Scores and players. NO. I RINK. T C Gatfleld (Green Islamd), Prentice, Wedderspoon, and Leaiy (Taieri), sk ... 28 W A T.?7 loli,P r ?* id> F- Twiss>w- Moore (Milton Club), sk \.. . ... a _ ' no. n rink. : F. Peake (Dunedin), D. Gillibs (Walton Park), James Hislop and J. Thomson (Dunedin), sk 23 J. Fruish, A. Bishop, J. Nelson, S. Con' way (Balclutha Club), sk 1 NO. 11l KINK. P. Fagan (Caledonian), P. Dow (Roslyn) Geo. Capstick (Caledonian), W. Carlton (Roslyn), sk .30 Darton, Nicoll, Chalmers,, Wakeneld (Lawrence Club), sk ...~ 1 NO iv rink. J. -G. Spiers, Jas. Ferguson (Kaituna) C. Samson (Green Island), C. Fynmore (Kaituna), sk 23 J. Nicholson, W. Shaw, W. M'Laren, J. Shore (Kaitangata Club), sk ... ... a Totals ... 104 7i Majority for the town, 34. At the conclusion of the match, Mr Jamei Hislop, in proposing the health of the countr; clubs, expressed the wish that the gathering would be an annual one, and the play entirely in the country districts, the return match nex year being played at the Taieri. Mr J. Nichol son, in reply, said that the match had been : most pleasant one, and would be the means o making bowling more popular. He quite con curred with Mr Hislop that it should be ai annual affair. He proposed a vote of thanks ti the Milton Bowling Club for the kindly use o the green, and the tiptop condition in which i had been prepared for the match. Roslyn Club. The match Highlands v. Lowlands was playei at the Roslyn green on Saturday, and attractei considerable attention. The first match wa won by the Highlanders by 3 points. The Low landers strained every nerve to reverse thi decision, but only succeeded in making a tie o it. Owing to the interest taken in the game, i has been decided to fight it over again on th< 2nd April. Players and scores :— no I kink. H. L A. Anderson, E. M. Roach, J. Gibson, Alex. Matheson (sk) 19 W. Mercer, J. P. M'Kay, W. Morrison J. Crawford (sk) 15 NO II KINK. J. Wilde, R. AVatson, D. Scott, P. M'Kenzie(sk) 19 A. Smith, W. Scott, W. Brown, R. T. Wheeler (sk) • 2! NO. 11l KINK. A. Matheson, W. Wilson, R. Crawford (sk) 32 J. Corbett, J. D. Perrett, D. Dickie (sk) 1( Totals 70 7C OUR VOLUNTEERS. ♦ On Saturday afternoon the second class shots of the Dunedin Engineers fired the second of a series of competitions for Mr A. Burt's gold medal and other prizes. The ranges were 300 and 400 yards; seven shots and a sighter at each. An unsteady wind interfered with the shooting to some extent. The following members secured points :— 300 400 yds. yds. Heap. Tl. Pts. Engineer Cable ... £2 24 scr —46 6 Sergeant Barton ... 24 22 scr —46 5 Engineer Eagle ... 20 15 7— 42 4 Engineer Thomson ... 18 20 2— 40 3 Engineer Megget ... 9 20 10 —39 2 Engineer M'Glashan... 17 14 4—35 1 Fifteen points are required to secure first prize. The following points have been obtained:— Sergeant Barton, 10 ; Engineers Cable, Eagle, and Routledge, 6; Engineer M'Glashan, 5 ; Engineers Thomson and Lamb, 3; Engineer Megget, 2; Corporal Russell, 1. The Peninsula Navals fired their fourth and last competition for prizes at the range, Vauxhall, on Saturday afternoon. The conditions were seven shots at 200, 300, and 500 yards. The following were the highest scorers :— 200 300 £00 _ yds. yds. yds. Hep. Tl. P.O. M'Gregor 19 30 11 5-65 P.O. Bremner 20 20 11 4— 55 Gunner Parsons ... 19 19 7 8— 53 Gunner Hambletou ... 20 16 2 10 —48 Gunner Coxon 22 16 7 2— 47 P.O. Coxon 24 18 2 scr —44 P.O. Fairbairn 17 9 8 10 —44 The competitors beiug allowed to count their three highest scores out of the four competitions, the following are the prize - takers in their order:— Ist 2nd 3rd 4th _ „ comp. comp. comp. comp. Tl. £0- Coxon 75 52 59 ISG P.O. M'Gregor ... 6S — 48 65 — 181 Gunner Coxon ... 51 61 50 162 P.O. Bremner ... 54 — 53 55 — 162 jimner Parsons ... 41 — 50 53 — 144 P.O. Newsome ... 53 44 40 137 The Port Chalmers Naval Artillery fired their nnal competition for the company's belt and medals on Saturday. Owing to the strong, unsteady N.K wind, the scores were not very Targe. The conditions were:—First competition—Seven shots at 200, 400, and 500 yards. Second competition—Seven shots at 200, 30C, and 500 yards, lhird competition—Five shots at 200,300,400, and 500 yards (small inner). The following are the highest scorers:— Ist 2nd 3rd _ comp. comp. comp. Tl. P.O. Irvine 66 50 64-180 Seaman Percy 69 54 36 —159 Seaman Marshall 50 47 39 — 142 P.O. Warden 41 44 49 — 134 Seaman Crawford 52 215 37 — 115 — The average marrying age of a French- | man is 30 years.