“ENJOYABLE.”

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16942, 26 January 1926, Page 5

“ENJOYABLE.”

“BUT TOG STRENUOUS." BOWLING TOURNEY. ENGLISHMAN BRAISES NEW ZEALANDERS. (Special to the Herald.' ( HRLSTaii: 11(11, this day. “Very enjoyable, but a hit too strenuous,” was the way Mr William Crawlord. of Tit wood. Glasgow, one of Ihe visiting British bowlers, described the recent Dominion bowling tournament in which lie look part in Dunedin. “We joined the tournament, under a misconception," said Mr Crawford lo a Lyttelton Times reporter. All the tonrnanients at 'home, lie explained, wore played on the knockout, principle, arid members of the tournament entered for the tournament believing the same principle would also apply in New Zealand. Instead, they found the New Zealanders went in for sslmiunns Umrnaipeii'ls-, and they also found themselves lied down throughout- the whole of the .section play. On the hist day he hail played in Ihe pairs championship, said Mr Crawford. He and his lead had lo start playing ul 11.70 a.m. in order to finish a game that had been inleirupted by rain the previous evening. They played seven heads of that game, and with on 1 v a break of an hour for In mill played three other gaums that day. finishing at 7.20 p.m. “[ can fell you we were not sorry when we were beaten ior the section, although we would have liked to have won if we could." he remarked. Mr Crawford had only one free day during I lie fort night be was in Dunedin, and on that, dav, to use his own words. “I'm hanged ii’ I didn't go down and waleli the others playing." New Zealand bowlers, said Mr Crawford, were the best players the I cam had met in ils tour. They were much heller pin vers Ilian Ihe Auslynlinns.