BOWLING.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVII, Issue 996, 8 April 1909, Page 11

BOWLING.

INTER-CLUB MATCHES ROCKY NOOK V. MOUNT EDEN The inter-club matches played between Rocky Nook and Mount Eden on Saturday resulted as follows:— Rocky Nook —Bain, Colledge, Hirst, Wakerley (skip)—l6, v. Mount Eden —Walker, Fernandez, A. W. Jones, Hudson (skip)—2l. Rocky Nook — Sayers, McLeod, Small, Martin (skip)—24, v. Mount Eden —Rendell, Dickey, Coe, Hooper (skip)—2o. Rocky Nook —Leece, Alexander, Kayes, Butler (skip)—2o, v. Mount Eden —Braithwaite, Cordes, Tattersail, Gill (skip)—l9. Rocky Nook —Gdadding, Prickett, Manson, Bouskill (skip)—l4, v. Mount Eden —Woolier, Brimblecombe, Ross, Rankin (skip)—2s. Rocky Nook —Dutton, Scott, Needham, Moir (skip)—33, v- Mount Eden —Gavin, Mackie, Ferguson, H. O. Brown (skip)—B. Rocky Nook—White, Jenkin, Bryden, Ellisdon (skip)—2l, v. Mount Eden —Little, H. Jones, Miller, Surman (skip)—l7. Rocky Nook—W. Jenkin, Weston, 'J. Jenkin, Hodgson (skip)—l6, v. Mount Eden —Gatenby, Newland, Garland, Young (skip)—32. Rocky Nook- —-Peace, Taylor, Gribble, Fletcher (skip)—2l, v. Mount Eden — Trayes, J. O. Brown, E. Walton, Brookes (skip)—9. Totals: Rocky Nook, 165; Mount Eden, 151. Majority for Rocky Nook, 14. First-year Players: Rocky NookWilliams, Smith, McGregor, Wainhouse (skip)—22, v- Mount Eden — Harle Giles, Dickinson, Marshall, May (skip)—l7. GREY LYNN GREEN. RICHMOND V. GREY LYNN. Richmond —Driffel, C. Jeffries, F. Jeffries, Short (skip)—l3, v. Grey Lynn—H. Buckley, Bruce, J. J. Rich, Swales (skip)—27. Richmond —Roulston, A. Donald, Roads, Morley (skip)—l9, v. Grey Lynn—J. Knight, D- Buckley, Campling, Jones (skip) —18. Richmond —Patterson, Rowe, Bennett, Tomlinson (skip)—ll, v. Grey Lynn—James Ferguson, Jno. Ferguson, W. Baildon, jun., Casey (skip) — 24. Richmond —Haultain, Walker, McLeod, W. Murray (skip)—2o, v. Grey Lynn—J. Pascoe, Volkner, T. Mills, G. Baildon (skip)—l9. Totals: Richmond, 63; Grey Lynn, 88. Majority for Grey Lynn, 25. GREY LYNN V. OTAHUHUOtahuhu —Harbutt, Sturges, Everitt, Mclndoe (skip))—2s, v. Grey Lynn— Cowden, Dimery, W. Mills, Webley (skip)—ls. Majority for Otahuhu, 10. PONSONBY V. ONEHUNQA. At Ponsonby GreenPonsonby—C. White, M- Sairs, W. Smith, J. McLeod (skip)—2o, v. Onehunga—Garden, W. Reid, Haslett, Neill (skip)—lB. Ponsonby—Oldham, S. Miller, J. Becroft, G. Webb (skip)—23, v. Onehunga—Noakes, Kenny, Nicholls, S. Bradley (skip)—lB. Ponsonby—Atkinson, Peacock, Crabtree, Kirker (skip)—l7, v. Onehunga —Gallaher, Laird, F- Court, James (skip)—2o. Totals: Ponsonby, 60; Onehunga, 56AUCKLAND GREEN. Handicap Pairs (final): Ryrie and Gilmour, 27, beat Allsopp and Donald, 24. On the twenty-first head they tied, Gilmour laying three in the play-off and winning. The following teams have been selected to play against New Plymouth on the Auckland Green on Good Friday morning:—Pearson, J. J. Holland, Garlaw (sen.), Tyler (skip); McMaster, Elliot, G. A. Buttle, Lambert (skip); Coldicutt, Mewburn, Brookes, James

(skip); Eversleigh, Diddams, Osmond, Dingle (skip). Any members who cannot play are requested to notify the secretary at once. DEVONPORT GREEN. The following is the result of the "Edwin stars" amteh: — Devonport (holders) —Mason, Grattan, Warren, Armstrong (skip)—2s, v. Mount Eden (challengers)—McGregor, Davies, Tutt, Mercer (skip)—l7-

Apparently the lengths of greens' trouble is not quite settled yet. The Melbourne “Leader” says: “The annual matches between the Victorian Bowling Association and the country associations were set down for play on Saturday. The North-Western and Goulburn Valley Associations met .on the Carlton and Victoria greens, but Ballarat refused to play. The cause of their declining to take part in the games was owing to a disagreement over the maximum length of green. A conference was held in Sydney last Easter, and it was then agreed between the States and New Zealand to fix the length at a maximum of 120 feet for all the inter-Sjtate matches and contests between New Zealand and the Commonwealth. Victoria dissented. It would now appear that the Ballarat Association, which has no voice in the management of inter-State bowling, is desirous of assisting to force the hand of Victoria. Naturally the ruling body declined to be dictated to by any subsidiary association such as Ballarat, and the engagement was declared off. It was clearly set out at the Sydney conference that the 120 feet maximum was only to affect inter-State matches, so that the action of Ballara' is causing some amusement among the bowlers associated with other provincial associations and metropolitans. The Ballarat Association has no more right to dictate to the premier association of the State than the Croajingolong Association, if (here be such a body, as to the depth of the greens.