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Otago Witness, Issue 956, 16 May 1889, Page 27

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A match was played off on the Dunedin green between representatives of the Dunedin City Council and the Post Office last Saturday. I have had some difficulty in obtaining particulars of the event, because it proved so very disas-. trous to the members of the City Council. It was the quickest game of 21 points <on record, I understand that six ends only were played. Bowlers can imagine the manner in which the councillors must have played (!). The players were-r-Post Office : E. W. Butts, J. Fergusson, G. Bi Dall, J Cowie (skip), 21; City Councillors : James Barron, Mark Cohen, — Haynes, M. Sinclair (skip), 2;— majority2 ;— majority 19. The coun- _ cillorp led off with 2 at the firet end, the Post Officd making 1, 1, 6, 5, 8. I imagine it was Councillor Cohen who at the fifth end proposed resigning ; < but before he had time to cart y his proposition into, effect the game was lost. It is to be hoped that at the next election the > ratepayers will elect men to represent them on the* bowling green as well as in the Council Chambers. Auckland Bowling Club closed their season on Saturday afternoon, 4th May, with a match between the representative team who went to Taranaki jmd a team from the remaining members of the club. The representatives in a game of 21 Heads defeated their opponents by the decisive number of 39 points. At the close an adjournment was made to the pavilion, where a couple of hours|were spent in social harmony.- ■ Tb(e members of the Christchurch Bowling Club'closed their season on Saturday, 27th A.pril, J with a match, English v Scotch. The following were; the rinks: — , , <"' , ' , ; ' engiish' V.'spoTCH.' j B:— 3, A Bird,' J BKing, J -Hobbs, Hon 3 T Peai ! cock(s). ' ' - - <'' ' I B.— J R Johnston, Dr. .Anderson, G- M Marshal, H : i Thompion (s). E.-A F N Blakiston, Mollett, O Cuff, S Man- , j ning (s). S.— & Hose, W BobinsoH, P Donald, Gt L&mbie (*). B— BpSB Nalder («). • S.-T S Guthrie,,Dr Thomas (s). K.-r-C B Blakieton, W H Lane, J M Bathwu, S O I Maddieon (s), , S.— A Urquharb, A!M M'Kellar, L B Wood, B , Struthers (s). The 'conditions were 21 heads up, and the result ishqwed that; the Scottish were the vjctor's by five points, the scores being—Scottish, 63 j English, 58. . ', A 'general meeting of, the Phoenix Bowling Club; was held at Oamaru on Tuesday evening, 7#i infct., at the Star and Garter Hotel, to con^, eider 1 the financial condition" of 'the club.'- t Mr *£. Meek, the president, occupied the chair. The treasurer read a statement showing the present position of the club, with liabilities at £31 15s Id. A 'discussion took place as to the best ',. means of, disposing of the present floating liabilities, when it was proposed by Mr Headland and seconded , by Mr Davidson — " That a subscription list be opened in the room, and that each gentleman.be asked to give what he could; affprd." The, members present cqmtributed £18 15s 6d, and it was , thought that on appealing to absent, members more than the required amount would be obtained. It was resolved that the., green should be closed on May 25. A vote of, thanks to the chair closed the meeting, ' , The Canterbury Club on Saturday, May 11', played the final match of the season on their green, which was in excellent order. The sides were chosen by the President and, Vice: president respectively,' and the game was 25 heads at each rink. The match was not finished till nearly 6 o'clock — in fact' some of the last' heads had to be played by the light of matches.' The result was a victory for the Vice-president's side, which scored 103 to the President's 100. The following were the rinks : — PBpSEDBNT V. VICK-PRESIDKNi; P.— S Manning, 3Q Harris, H Toomer, sen., 3 Taylor (8) ... ... „. 36 V-p.-i-H Thomson, A D Fraser, F Peake, B Hale(s) ) ... ' ... 2$ P.— J Drummond, J Alexander, B N Newby, B OAshby(B) ... ... ... 27 V.P.— O Lightband, A B Kirk; V Parsons, J Delbridge (s) ... ' ... ... 31 P.-J Mercer, A Carfcwright, W Savage, H W Toomer (s) ... ... ... 34 | V-p— L Bergh, H A Davis. J Carl, H Oakley (s) 20 I P.— B Buchanan, WG- Woodman, D Chrietie, Q- Coleman (s) ... ... ' ... 23 V-P.— B L Knight, 3 Toovey, A Urquhart, W Thomson (s) ... ... ... 2 After the match had concluded the players gathered in the pavilion, and the president (Mr Ashby) proposed the health of the "Vicepresident's (Mr Delbridge) side." Mr Delbridge returned the compliment. Both toasts were drunk with musical honours. " The Bowling Association of New South Wales gave i a complimentary banquette the Central Ballarat Bowling Club, at Campagnoni's, on Saturday, 4th May. The gathering was a large and representative one, the chair being occupied by Mr John Young. After honeuring the eu*fom»Sytbonventional toasts, the chairman

gave the healtti of the visitors, coupled with the 1 name of Mr Bririd, their president. He referred •to the series of matches played by the visitors, and the excellent form displayed by them, as weir as giving some' interesting particulars of bowling from the time of its inception down to the present, and made 1 some flattering remarks on being able to exclude the pernicious influence of betting. ' Mr Brind, in his reply, spoke of the 1 very pleasant time they had had in Sydney, and the enjoyment the game and the association with its followers here had afforded them, expressing on behalf of his team their highest appreciation of all that had taken place in connection with. it. He promised an equally hearty reciprocation of the many kindnesses received' when the New South Wales team Visited Ballarat, and proposed the health of the New South 1 Wales Association. The remaining toasts were " The Bowling Clubs of ''New South Wales," and to Bowling." : '•;•■' ' • On the Napier Bowling Green on Saturday, '4th May, the following games were- played :— ' Morrison, Hodgson (a) ' ... ' ... ... 19 Bevem, J Dinwiddie (s) ... ... ... 21 Miller, Williams, Yatei, Luxford (b) ' ... 14 Sweetapple, Holt, Cook, Balfour (c) ..,, , ... 12