BOWLING.

Otago Witness, Issue 1880, 2 December 1887, Page 22

BOWLING.

(Continued from jwge 27.) THE NEW ZEALAND BOWLING ASSOCIATION. The following additional business was transacted at the meeting on Tuesday night r — It was decided that as the Australian associations had agreed to their interpretation of the laws of the game, the various clubs connected with the association should be at once communicated with so as to ascertain how many representatives from each club would undertake to visit Australia, leaving Dunedin about 15th March, so as to arrive in Melbourne some da^s before Easter. Applications were read from the Mosciel and Phcenix (o<imam) Clubs to be admitted to the association. The request whs agreed to. and it was lvsnlved that the Phcenix and Mosgiel Clubs bo drawn to compete for the association medal to ba played on the Koslyn green. A letter waa received from the Canterbury Club aching permission of the association to play th« Mt-ilal match between the Caledonian and Canterbury Clubs at Christchiiroh during the tournament vtvk instead of al Oamarn as drawn. It was decided that the association had no power to alter the place ot meeting as previously arranged It was resolved that the secretary remind the clubs that their subscriptions are now due. KOSLYN v. LAWRENCE. The first inter-club match of the season was played on the Roslyn green on Wednesday, advantage being taken of the holiday, which was

general throughout the Province of 0 fcago. The Lawrence bowlers arrived by train in Dlinedin at 11 a.m., and wer,e met at the station by a detachment of the Roslyn players; whd escorted the visitors to Ro3lyn; where they were entertained at luncheon at the ttoslyn Hotel; Skip Oonway being the caterer. After partaking of luncheon, the whole of the players, then proceeded to the green and had a little practice. At a quarter to 1 play was commenced. The weather was all that could be desired, and the green was in very fine order, showing that the caretaker had spent not a little of his time in getting the green to such a point of excellence, and which added to the enjoyment of the game. The following are the names of the players and the scores .' — RoSLYX: No. 1 Itink.-S Wildo, D Dickie, P M'Kenzie, S Conway (okip). Ljltvkevca: J JohnBton, M MacLeah, j Harrop 1 , A M'Donalcl (skip). No. 2" Rink.— E M Boabh, W Morrison, J Whitb, A Matheson (skip) ; V Wren; B P Campbell, Q O laylor, J oha!mer(Bkip). No 3 Kink.-M Eliotfc, J Gibson, C Fountain, W Carlton (skip) ; G W Urquhart, J C Arbuckle, G Jeffrey, J J Woods (skip). The following are the scores at the end of every half-hour :— Roslyn. Lawrence. 1.15 ... ... 14 18 1.45 ... ... 29 25 2.15 ... .;. 42 35 2.45 ... :.. 61} 02 3.15 ... ... 86 (5B The match was decided to be of two .hours and a-half, and at the end of the first half-hour Lawrence was leading by 4 points. The itoslyn Club gradually go* ahead until time was called, when Roslyn proved the victors by 20 points. No. 1 rink proved the weakest for the Lawrence team, and it was that rink that virtually lost the game, while No 2 rink played very steady all through, and No 3 rink finished up with a tie. Mr Carlton proposed the hpalth of the visiting team,which was heartily responded to, and cheers were then givon by the visitors, who expressed their gratification at the hospitable way in which they had been received;