BOWLING.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13672, 10 April 1908, Page 5

BOWLING.

;teW J ZEAfkti&Eß& IN VJOTORIi& LOSE THE THIRD TEST. 5 - By Elei&rie Telegraph.—^Cbpyn^ht. MELBOURNE, April 9. ? ' Victoria defeated New Zealand in the third match by. 121 to 95. ' The, match was played on the Carlton, green, which was in perfect condition! .There was a fair attendance. . Glorious /weather prevailed. The New Zealand-. were heartily welcomed. "* DETAILS. , % V New Zealand — Smith, Martin} CoH/f man, Goldstone (skip), 18; Victqria-Tit Oliver, Trickett, Wright, Waxmani (skip), 21. It was an even game unti^ the sixth end, when the New Zealand' ers led by two. During th& next five^ , ends the Victorians failed to . score. •Waxmaxf then gained several singles^ followed by a brace ,and a. four. . At the twentieth end the; New Zealanders were leading by 3. Victoria scored at. the remaining ends. New Zealand— Smith, Broad, Waddell, Bißhop (skip), .18; Victoria— Jamieson, Wood,' Collins 1 , ' Stephens (skip), 23. For the first seven ends the visitors scored only two, made a$ the opening end, Victoria getting nine. Fbr N the next ten ends Victoria scored six, five, ends yielding nothing. At the tenth end Victoria led by four. At the twentieth, the game evened vp a by steady scoring on the part of 'the tors, who were leading by two. i Victoria got four in the twenty-first, end,followed by a pair and a single. The visitors scored three . in the twenty?* fourth end, but failed at- the last t e*d k . New Zealand— Wallace, Gee, Findlay, Ham (skip), 2% ;l; l Victoria— Morrison/ W, Woods, Gravell,. Smith T&kig)724, At the fifth end Smith, got seven in, making the total nine against the New 'Zealanders' three. In the following' eight ends Ham* increased the. score to 36,. while Smith brought his total to IQ. The remainder of the game was of an even character. Both captains, were/ ! well supported. Ham scored at thirteen ends, but lost his' three points M the last six ends. Now Zealand-^Chegwin, Golsiebber, Allnutt. Johnston (skip), -18; Victoria — Strieff, Shaw, Hannah, Leeouillard (skip), 17. This game was. remarkable loe low scoring, neither sside getting * more than two at any end. The play was even throughout. At the tenth end tho game was six all. ' At the fifteenth end thq New, Zealanders were leading by one, having ' overhauled their opponents, who lost five ends. New Zealand— Bunting, Manning, Bastings, Bentley (skip), 22; Victoria —Warner, Jackson, Grut, Hari* isdn (skip), 36. The New Zealanders scored .at, the ; first two «nds. They failed jbo do anything during the following .six, while * the local men scored -- f ceely* gaining a two and a five. At the eighth end .the Victorians were 18. At. the nilath end Bentley scored five. At the twelfth end. Victoria -led by.12." Then they failed at several ends, while the new Zealanders carried the scorfe to 18. Thenceforth the -New Zealand-* ers scored at only one, end, .^making, three, while their opponents missed only one end, scoring a one and a five. Tlie" teams were' entertained to-night at dinner by the president of the - Victorian Association Charles Woods). MR. THOMAS'S DEATH. . MELBOURNE, Apr \l 4. - • Thomas didd at the hospital of diabetes. He will be buried to-morrow;. The bowling flags are at _ half-mast. The New Zealanders and the Victorians are sending' wreaths.