ROSLYN v. CALEDONIAN.

Otago Witness, Issue 1834, 14 January 1887, Page 27

ROSLYN v. CALEDONIAN.

The Caledonians have not made so good a start' this season as they did last year. They sustained a decided defeat in the first game they have played— a fact which will, I have no doubt, do the members an immense amount of good by inducing them to keep up their practice. The weather on Saturday was warm and sultry, and had the effect of making the green play extremely keen, but this should not, after the first few ends, have made much difference in the play, as ' they are nearly all old bowlers and should be able to lay down their bowl and judge as to the relative keenness or heaviness of the green as well as anyone. I only trust that the result will be a useful lesson to the Caledonians, The game commenced at 3 o'clock, the Roslyn leading from the start. At the end of the first half hour Roslyu was leading by 12 points, the scores being — Roslyn, 20 ; Caledonians, 8. At 4 o'clock Roslyn led by 21 points — Roslyn, 43 ; Caledonian, 22. At the end of the third half hour the visitors had pulled up four points, and it looked as if they were getting familiar with the green, and were going to reduce the lead to a very small minority, the score being — Roslyn, 61; Caledonian, 44. At five o'clock, when time was called, the Caledonians had lest the game by 19 points, the score being — Roslyn, 79 ; Caledonian, 60. The following are the names of the players and scores : — Bosly.v. Caledonian. No. 1 Bink. D Dickte J Wedderspoou W Wilson W Dawson WYuill EHotfg P M'Kouzie (skip) ... 19 J V Lonsdate(skip),., 11 No. 2 Rink. M Elliott B Wilson D Scott J barren S Conway P Wilson W Carltou (skip) ... 16 JOgg(skip) ... 19 No. 3 Bink. X Crawford H Mitchell J Curie , W Halligan C Fountain W £ Carmalfc A Matbeson (skip) ... 24 JTates(skip) ... 10 No. 4 Rink. J Wild J Davidson H M Botch O Greeoslade J White W Sutcliffe W Brown (skip) ... 20 Q Capstick (ekip) ... 20 Total ... 79 Total ■ ...60 Majority for Boslyn, 19. Mr Carlton, president of the Roslyn Club, called on the members to give three hearty cheers to their visitors, which was as heartily responded to ; , and upon the invitation of Mr Carlton they all adjourned to Host Conway's, when Mr Speight, president of the Caledonian Club, responded and thanked the Roslyn Club for the hearty reception with which they had befcn received.

CHHißTcmtmcH-sbwi,wa cttJuJklJ 'L The match plsjed on Saturday- afternoon- - between sides representing the Scotch and Eng» , ■ lish members of the Christchurch Bowling Club - was an interesting one.and/resulted in a win fo* the Scotchmen by 26 points. ~ The weather was pleasant for the occasion, ( and the game - wa« played in a very friendly spirit; * The following are the scores : — ' - „ < ENGLISH V.' SCOTCH. No. 1 Rink."'" . ' LBWood J A Bird SCFar'r WDWood - J d Guthrio H N Nalder RSfcruthers(skip)... 31 C Jackaon (skip) .... 1» No. 3 Rink. ■ ■ J Anderson Rev O Turret » , ~ W 8 Robinson 8 Manning . > „ Capt Marshall F Hobbs • A Corrick (skip) ... 21 J O Madditkra (ikip) ... 7* Jfo. 3. Kink. ~ A Scott 0 Nickel "' P Donald , O « BlaMston '■ H A Watt ' AFN Blaklston P Cunningham (skip) 20 J T Peacock (skip) ... 21 No. 4 Rink; J C M'Dowall - R Hawkins Dr Stewart , JMBatham Dr Thomas R D Thomas H Thomson (skip)... 21 C Cuff (skip) ... ,17 Total ... 83 Total ... ... 67 NKW ZEALAND BOWLING ASSOCIATION. A meeting of the committee of the New Zealand Bowling Association. was held on, Friday in the Grand Hotel. Present : Messrs . Thoa. Callender (president), J. Cnrle,, W. Carlton, A, Mowat, T. G. Young, John Yates, and G. Cap» stick. The following clubs have entered for the tournament :—: — No. of Club. Rink. Skips. Christchurch ... 2 R. Struthers, G. Thomson Balolutha „.. 3 J. Gow. P. Keddie, and B. Dunedin .„ 6A. M°6?armld,' 6. Russell, J. Hunter. A. 1 T. Anderson, T. • Sneddon, and C. S. Reeve* Caledonian ... 4 J. Yates, J. .Oga, x J. V. Lonsdale, and Q. Capstick , , < Southland ... 3 J. E. Hanniih.Jas. Braokenridge, and w:Y. Miller Roslyn ... 3 YuiU, Conway, and Brown Tuapeka «* 3 Capes, Macdonald, and Wood '■ Canterbury ... 2 ... ' ... ' ... Milton * ... 2 G.S. White and W.Taylor Nine clubs. 28 rfnks. The following are the resnlts of the draws, the name of the skip, the green, and the No. of the rink being given in each instance : — Thomson, Christ church, plays M'Donald, Lawrence, at Roslyw, JNo 3 rink. Yatrs, Cnledonian, plays Noi 1, Canterbury, at Dunedin, No. 2 riDk. M'Derraid, Dunedin, pjays Hogg, Balclutha, a» Caledonian, No. 1 rink. Capes, Lawrence, plajg Keddie, Balclutha, at Dun> edin. No. 2, Cinterbury, plays Miller, JnvercargHl, at Dunedin, No. 1 rink. White. Milton, plays Snoddon, Dunedin, at Caledonian, No. 6 rink. ' , A. T. Anderson, Dunedin, plays Capstick, Caledot niim.at KoslynrNo. 2 riak Brown, Rus'yn. plays O. S. Beeves, Dunedin, at Caledonian, No. 5 nuk. . D. Russell, Dunedin, plays R. Struthers, Christ- ' church, at Caledonian, fto. 3 rink. '.*, , } uill, Roslyn, plays Brackenrige, Invercargill, atr Dunedin, No. S rink. ' ' ' ' .' Taylor. Milton, plays Wocds, Lawrenoe,.at Dunedin, No. 4 rink. • v Ogg. Caledonian, plays, Conway,, Roslyn, at Dunedin, No 3 rink. , , Hannah, Invercargill, plays Lonsdale, Caledonian, ' at Roslyn, No. 1 rink.' ' ' • Gov/, Ba'clu»ha, plays Hunter, Dunedin, at Caledonian, No. 2 rink. ■ •' Mr Callender was appointed to take charge of the Dunedin green. ' Mr Curie, of Roslyn, and Mr Butterworth, of the Caledonian club, also act as umpires. It was resolved that - Friday^ the 11th February, be the day upon- which the matches shall be played, commencing at 2.30 and finishing at 5 p.m. A dinner will be held the the same evening. The Dinner Committee are ■ Messrs Callender, Butterworth, and Carlton. • Country clubs arc requested to notify the number of tickets they will require. Messrs Callender, Curie, and Butterworth were authorised to procure the cup for the tourna- , raent. The Secretary reported that the Balclutha and Oamarn clubs met on the Dunedin green to compete in the medal match and the Balclutha club had proved the winners, the scores beiug : Balclutha 67 and Oamaru 61. The medal had been engraved and' forwarded to the Balclutha club.