BOWLING.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12467, 17 February 1909, Page 2

BOWLING.

NELSON V. ; PICTON. (From Our Special Correspondent.) The boisterous weather of the previous days had taken off and Monday was bowler's weather. The Nelson players arrived by the midday tram from Blenheim and after lunch proceeded to the green, where they had a roil up prior to starting the match. . The green had been Cut vory close and rolled twice, and looked very keen. One or two of the Nelson players were somewhat bothered by the wide sweep, ofthe bowls, but on the wh °l e dropped down to it quickly. lhe teams were the sanieas in Blenheim except that tt. F. Mackay took benns place as lead and the skips and Nos 3 in each rink changed places. 1 lay started at 3.30 and opened somewhat inconspicuously for Nelson on two of the rinks. At the call for tea Nelson had a small lead of three rink. Seeme h °P elessI y be hind on Noi Jw? S v* d ? Play ' ho *' e ™**, this, rink gradually drew up with their opponents and succeeded in obtaining a lead of one on the eighteenth head. Picton j then scored two, but were unable to maintain their position and the game ended m a draw. " b «t£? +^ 3 -^ nl£ ¥ elßon led f rom the nn It fi " lsh ?nd .won handsomely. fir2% N °i? T k P *<=ton' scored on the i£vtngloundßandNelSonoathefol--+l,?^ Z- yf r y even, from this on to the fourteenth head when Picton had a leadV of one.. , Nelson then got five finish mamtaine^ .^eir lead to ; the On No 5 rink Nelson secured a lead on the -second „h ead -and kept it throughout, butnever. got far away, the position on the 18th head behfg £u w^e g<?od for Nelson. b lhe PiQton^kip made desperate efforts to stop further scoring, and made tour or five dead heads in succession on the remaining heads. - The late, start cut things very fine «+«£ !i. •_"_• P la y^ rs » wi >o had -to catch the Pateena, but all answered to the roll call on board. ••■,.- --mS? - eatur ! , of bot »i the Picton and Blenheim matches was the fine steady play of the l new players and tot hem is undoubtedly due much of the success of the tour. . , ■ Np 2 rink. Nelson : Phillips, Heyward, Mansford, Hounsell (s) 24 ; Pic(s) n 24 ° n ' SaXith ' ' S* W> 'Martint -S? - 3 V Ne^, S( > n •* Crawford,. Levieri, Littlejohn Baigent .(sK,2a ;. .Picton Hansen, Greensill, Pugh,: Watson ,(s> No 4., Nelson ; de Castro, Harkness, Trask Dickson (s) 25 ; Picton : Cham! bers, Lecocy, B. Smith, Nicblifs) 20. No 5., Nelson: R. Mackay, Jacka. Swmey, Rutherford (s) 21 ; Picton : L. Smith, T. Pugh, Vickers, Riddell (s) .15. , Nelson 99, Picton 73.