BOWLING.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XIII, Issue 786, 30 March 1905, Page 13

BOWLING.

The finish of the Auckland and Pon>onby match on Saturday proved very exciting. Auckland wanted two to win, and there was but one game unfinished and one head to be played, this being between James and Littler. Lambert, the Auckland No. 3, rested the -jack scoring one, and James also drew another. Littler drove to take Lambert’s bowl off the jack and missed, and every bowler on the green knocked off to watch the last howl played. Littler after coming up to examine the head decided to draw against the second shot, which was 2ft off the jack, with a view to making a tie of it, but played wide, and Auckland won by a single |oimt with a score of 158 to 157. Ballajityne played a great game for Ponsonby against Lyons. The latter’s team seemed'quite at sea on a particularly bad green, while the g< nial penciller could no more get the; hang of it than his men, the result Leino- a defeat by 30 pints to <>. Itcmiicra won a very even match against Devonport on Saturday by 124 1 i<». Gardner beat Court rather badly but the other games were rather evenly contested. * * * * Carlton, playing three rin’s away and three at home, defejatt d Cn-hunga by 11 points. * ♦ * * A ten rink inter-club match between Mt. Eden and Rocky Nook was played on Saturday, live rinks playing at each ground. At Mt. FHen-. Rocky Nook won by one point, while at the latter’s ground Mt. Eden proved successful by 27.

The challengers, Crane and Lelievre, have carried off the Devonport Challenge Buckles from the holders, Armstrong and Hasty, by 23 to 21. A Grey Lynn quartette tackled I’cm uera for the Edwin Stars on Saturday, but failed to wrest away the twinkiers from the holders by 24 to 17. *♦* * * Lambert’s team have won the Auckland Club’s Gold Buckles from Thorne’s men, the holders. The finish was somewhat sensational. Thornes was a point behind on the twentieth head, and was lying three within three inches of the jack. Lambert with his last bowl took a pot shot, and although it was almost dark carried the jack for two. Tn the last head Thornes drew the shot, hut had to put up with defeat.