BOWLING NOTES BY "SKIP"

Southland Times, Issue 19198, 9 November 1903, Page 2

BOWLING NOTES BY "SKIP"

Tin- Southern bowling enclosure presented a spectacle last Wednesday that must havo liecn gratifying to r.ll who take, an interest in thu game locally. Kight rinV.s from Northend tried c. rtlusions with a similar number repie^-i't ing tne older club, a sight only possible hitherto al the Easter tournament. TluNorthend players are to be complimented on the progress they have i aide in ihe game. Neither they nor their opponents anticipated quite so close a Uiiish. and certainly it was not expected that they would score a w-in, yet an analysis of "tho gaiues shows that the senior club went perilously close to defeat. With only ono end to go to complete the guide the scores stood—Southland 138, Noithen d 135. The final end was chpn-cter-ised by Ihe same evenness as marked the whole "game, the South team putting on 7 points to 8 by their opponents l'p to the 18th end Northend led. then the Southland players managed to forge to the front, ai the 7th end the score Was Southland 42. Northend 47 ; i-Hh end. S. MP, N. 95 ; and at the 21st end South had wiped off the deficiency nnd won by 14.1 to 143. When one looks into unother aspect of the game and compares the number oi* ends won the result is again an indication of tbp closeness of the contest. In four cases Southland scored 11 entln to Northenri's 10, the other four rinks heing respectively H'-11, 13-H. 8-13. und 9-12. This shows a total of 84 ends to each club. When in addition to this it is found thut J. Findlny and .1. Taylor scored 17 points each and A E. Smith's rink 22 points against an equal number by Ronnie's the wonderful closeness of the match is still more markedly emphasised. The game n '«s of a most pleasant character, and 1 am sure that the membero of tnji winning club felt satisfaction aiuiost as great as that experienced by those of Northend. There is no great piear.nre in a contest that is a foregone conclusion, and now that the player, from the younger club have made progress sumc'ent to enable them to force any opposing team to play their best to uvoid defeat a great innny interesting games n a*y bo looked forward to.

Ihe playing surface provided by the Southland Club for the occasion "could hardly have been improved upon. T have ijeen on many greens but have never played on a better one than the Southlaud green as it is just now.