NEW ZEALAND BOWLING ASSOCIATION.

Otago Witness, Issue 1926, 15 January 1891, Page 29

NEW ZEALAND BOWLING ASSOCIATION.

A meeting of the New Zealand Bowling Association at Watson's hotel on the Bth was attended by Messrs Dawson, M.H.R., president, (in the chair), Miller, Smith, Mouat, Dow, Mendersbausen, C. Greenslade, R. Crawford, Carlton, Hogg, Forrester, T. Moodie, Mitchell, Davis, and G. Capstick, hon. secretary. COBRESFONDENCE. Letters were read from the Auckland and Wanganui Bowling Clubs explaining how the medal matches were played, and asking that the association- reconsider the matter. — It was resolved that the resolution passed at last meeting be rescinded, and that the medals be engraved and forwarded to the Auckland and Wanganui clubs.

Letters were read from Mr B. Hale (vicepresident), Christchurch, suggesting alterations in the programme of the bowling tournament ; also stating that the citizens of Christchurch would provide a number of valuable trophies for competition at the tournament. — It was resolved that the tqurnamenfc commence at Christchurch on Monday, the 9th February, and be completed on the 14feh February. Ifc was resolved that 11 silver medals be procured for presentation by the association.

It was decided to send a cablegram to the secretary of the Victorian Association intimating date of tournament at Chrisfcchurch. The following were appointed to represent the association at the match, Association v. Combined Clubs, to be played on the Dunedin green on Saturday, January 17 th : -

Carlton (akip), R Crawford, & B Smith, Wedderpoon; Oap9 tick (skip), Dow, Greenslade, Churton ; Sinclair (skip). H Wilson, Capf; Lloyd, Mendershaueen; Oughton (skip), Hogg, Hialop, Miller: Forrester (skip), Mitchell, Uavia, Moodio. Emergencies—Shore. Barron, Dawson, M.H.E., and G-ibeon.

Tho players to oppose the above •will be selected as follows : — Dunedin and Caledonian Clubs, one rink each ; Kaituna and Roslyn, each three players, one from each club acting as skip ; Green Island, two players, one to be a skip ; Walton Park and Taieri, two players each.

Mr Job Waia ha 3 presented the Public Library Association with a large number of bound volumes of the Australasian.

Of all indoor winter sports (says a recent Pall Mall Gazette), certainly the most popular on all hands is billiards, and at this the scoring has increased to a wonderful extent during the last decade. Breaks that 10 years ago would have been considered marvellous — nay, indeed, quite impossible — are now of daily occurrence, and a thousand "off the balls " is, even for a secondrate professional player, by no means out of the way. The climax was reached recently when Peall scored no less than 3304 in a single break, ending up with ft run of 400 consecutive spot strokes.