BOWLING.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XX, Issue XIV, 2 April 1898, Page 418

BOWLING.

SCOTLAND V. THE WORLD. On Saturday afternoon the postponed match, Scotland v. the World, was played on the Grafton Road Green. There were 13 rinks a-side (52), there being 104 men engaged, the largest number in a local match which has yet been played. The game was 21 heads up. The Scottish team wore Stuart tartan rosettes, furnished by Mr Thomas Finlayson, while the world were arrayed in “Red, White, and Blue,” with a flash of green. Piper Fotheringham, late of the famous “ Black Watch ” (42nd Highlanders), who wore the Royal Stuart tartan, and Piper Mitchell, in the garb of the Gordon Highlanders (92nd), were present. At half-past two o’clock sharp, Piper Fotheringham played the challenge, “ Hev, Johnny Cope, are ye Waukin’ Yet?” when the game proceeded. During the afternoon Piper Fotheringham played “The 42nd’s Gathering,” “Cock o’ the North ” (Gordon Highlanders’ Quickstep), “ McKenzie’s Farewell to Rosshire,” “ The Queen’s Welcome to Deeside,” and a number of strathspeys and reels. Piper Mitchell gave “The Highland Laddie,” “ The Haughs of Crondale,” “ The Barren Rocks of Eden,” and a number of strathspeys, etc. The game resulted in a victory for the World by 53 points ; the World : 289 ; Scotland : 236. The World won in nine rinks, and Scotland in four rinks.