BOWLING

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19478, 23 December 1925, Page 4

BOWLING

BRITISH TEAM’S TOUR BEATEN IN AUCKLAND TEST. [Per Press Association.] AUCKLAND, Dec. 22. The British bowlers played a Test match against four Auckland rinks at Carlton green this afternoon, ami were defeated in all four games, the aggregates being: Auckland 9S, visitors oJ. Fine weather prevailed and the green was in good order, but a tricky south' westerly wind made play very diflieult at time’s. Results were as follows (British players mentioned first): — Mobbs, Wake, Wade, Wright 15, v. Keatley, Contis, Woolley, Parsons 35. Inglis, Fleming, Malcolm, "Lawson 9, v. Clarke, Scantlcbury, Crowley, TrusSi. Lcgcr, Whitaker, Thomas. 'lac,dougall .13, v. Pascoe, Ramsey, Kilgour, T. R. George, 18. MeAulev, Bryson, Minto, Crawford 16, v. Buckley, Wright, Langsford, Walker 23. Four unofficial games were played by members of the British team against local (dubs, the result being two games each, the local clubs leading in the aggregate by 86 to 68. A feature of the Test mat eh was the fine leading of the local men. all four playing good games. The British loads wore not up Io the same standard as the locals. Number twos were also superior, but more oven play was seen between number threes and the skips. Ma<douga!l played the finest skip game for Britain. Timo and again he camo along ami robbed the local men of a good score. To-morrow the visitors will play ;.t Remuera green against seven teams representing local (dubs, and two from the Northern Waikato Association.