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Otago Witness, Issue 1942, 7 February 1889, Page 25

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I have not heard much bowling news during the past week saving that each of the local clubs are busy practising for the annual carnival. I hear that the Dunedin Club intend to put some very strong rinks into competition, rinking together the ablest players they have, and that they are determined to make a gallant struggle for the chief prize. The Caledonian Club's teams are also playing occasionally, but the members of the rinks chosen to play in !the tournament have some ties to play off, and they are not able to practise together so much as I should like them to do. The Roslyn players are at it regularly too, and it is the general opinion that whichever rink wins Messrs Speight and Co.'s handsome prize will have some warm contests to go through. Still, in bowling the results are so uncertain that I would not be at all surprised to see all those crack teams go down before a rink which perhaps has had no—or scarcely any— practice together, and which in racing parlance would be termed a " rank outsider," There is now on view in the shop window of Mr Ricketts, Oamaru, a handsome solid gold medal (Maltese cross), presented by him, to the Phcenix Bowling Club, to go tq the champion bowler. This is the third medal presented to the club by Mr Ricketts. The players of the limestone city evidently intend to go in " lemons " at the tournament. I observe from the Daily Times of Tuesday that no less than 30 are coming down to take part in it. Bravo, Oamaru! May good luck attend you. Judging from the reports in the local papers and from their successes hitherto, I should say that the Eaitangata Club is not to be despised. They have beaten Milton and Balclutha this season, and it is a well-known fact that the Tokomairiro players are pretty hot members, and when they can defeat them on a neutral green for the association's medal by 11 points, and the Balclutha Club on their own green, I again repeat that they are not to be held in light esteem, and if they have any luck at all, I am fully prepared to see them lower the colours of some older and perhaps more pretentious club next week. * ,1 do like pluck, and most certainly if the Green Island Club have many difficulties to contend against in having scarcely » green to practwe on, yet they have indomitable plaok.

Even if they have lost every match they have played this season still that does not dishearten them — they seem to be made of that stuff which Napoleon the First said the, Britons were made of: that they did not know when they were beaten, and that they would continue the battle until they had won the victory. I am not a prophet nor the son of a prophet, but mark my words, that that club will in the' near future show the other clubs the straight road to the winning goal or I am much mistaken. The result of the match .Roslyn v*' Caledonian, on the green of the latter on Saturday afternoon, was a surprise to me. With the majority of the Caledonian Club, I fully anticipated that they would get a beating, and I. am certain the result was au agreeable surprise to the Caledonians. Mr Wedderspoon, the vice-president of the club, whilst thanking the Roslyn players for their visit, said he was placed' in a novel position to him, inasmuch as previously when he had to make a speech on the conclusion of a match his club always happened to be losers, but in this instance he was proud to think that the tables were turned, and he was very glad indeed to have at least one opportunity of appearing as spokesman fora winning team. in a club match. 'Tis true the Caledonians havo had too often during the last two or three seasons to take a back seat, but now the tide may have turned in their favour. As I stated in my notes last week, Miss Gebbie, of the Shamrock Hotel, promised a prize to the rink whioh scored the largest number of points in the match, and Mr John Ogg's Caledonian rink, with 28 to their credit, secured it. A promiuent member of 'the Roslyn Club whilst chatting with me on Monday about the match laughingly remarked: " Bother John Ogg. Whenever there is anything to be won he's always about at it." Let him be as successful next week and then we shall all be echoing the remark : " Bother John Ogg." The following are tho scores : — Boslyn— W Morrison, J Crawford, P Dow. 0 Fountain (skip), 20, played R M Marks, T Young, H Baverstock, X Hogg (skip), 23. Eoslyn— M Elliott, E M Roach, D Dickie. W Oarlton (skip), 11, played G B Dall, J Robertson, 0 J Barlow, John Ogg (skip), 28. Roslyn -J L Weir, D Scott, P M'Kenzie, W D Allnufc (skip), 17, played D Logan, H Fenwick, J Davidson, J S Capstick (skip), 18. Boslyn R Chisholm, G Armstrong, R Crawford, A Mathesoa (skip), 20, played J Aris, J Wedderspoon, G Walker, John Blaney (skip), 13. Boslyn. Caledonian. , Mr Fountain's rink... 20 Mr Hogg's rink ... 23 Mr Carlton'B rink ... 11 Mr Ogg's rink ... 28 Mr AJlnub's rink ... 17 Mr Capstick's rink ... 18 Mr Matheson's rink 20 Mr Blanoy's rink ... 13 68 82 DITNEDIN V. GBEEN ISLAND. The return match between the Green Island and Dunedin Clubs was played on tho Dunedin Green on Saturday afternoon. The game was 21 heads, and resulted in a victory for the Dunedin Club by 29 points. The following were the players and scores : — No 1 Rink. — Dunedin— A Hobartson, 0 Pynmbre, F Seideberg, M Mendershausen (skip), 29 ; played Green Island-W F Elliott, I) MoDonald, S Prlngle, H Harraway (skip), 11. No 2 Rink.— Dunedin— J Fergusson, B D Butts, S P Stevens, W Cowie(Bkip), 29 ; played Green Island— A Lindsay, J Mackay, X HLeary, J Blair (skip). 11. No 3 Rink.— Dunedia-ft Brown, W Wood, J Garden, H Dodd, (akip\ 14 ; played Green Island-W Bayley, 0 Snmson, G B Smith, D Wattera (skip), 21, Dunedin. Grben Island. Mr Meadershausen's Mr Harraway's rink' 11 rink ... ... 29 Mr Blair's rink ... 11 Mr Cowie's rink ... 29 Mr Water's rink ... 31 MrDodd'srink ... 14 72 43 The usual complimentary speeches and cheers at the conclusion of the game brought the afternoon's sport to a close. Lawbence v, Green Island. The first interclub match between the above clubs took place on the local green on Saturday, 26th January last, and proved an easy viotory for the Lawrence players. The following are tho scores :—: — No. 1 Rink.— Lawrence— A M'Lean, H J Abel, Wakefield, Woods (skip), 18 ; Green Island— D'Oyley, D M'Donald, Samßon, Baily (skip), 9. No. 2 Rink. —Lawrence— Johnson, Uren, Chalmers. Macdonald (Bkip), 32 ; Green Island— G Harraway, Fasbier, M'Donald, B H Leary (skip), 5. Lawbkncb. Grekn Island. Mr Wood's rink ... 16 Mr Baily's rink ... 9 Mr Macdonald's rink ... 32 Mr Leary'a rink ... 5 48 14