BOWLINS TOURNAMENT.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1642, 8 January 1906, Page 2

BOWLINS TOURNAMENT.

NORTHERN ASSOCIATION. (Special to Gisborne Times.) Wellington, last night. boivy rain on Friday evening and Saturday, tho weather has now cleared, and thero is every prospect of it being fine for tho opening of the bowling tourna ment to-morrow. Tho town is full of [ visitor?, thero being upwards of three hundred players from different parts of tho colony. Auckland and Carlton are favorites for the tournament, and one of the two should get in the final. All arrangements are complets for the opening, which will teks place on Monday morning next, when gamc3 will be played on all four of the City greens and at Pel one. Alt the bowlers will assemble at the

j Wellington green at 8.45 a.m., when adI dresses of welcome will be made to them 1 by Mr F. W. Uaybiltle, on behalf of the 1 Northern Bowling Associa'ioD, and Air A. Veitch as representing tho bowlers of Wellington. A novelty in tho firm of bowling by night is to be got off during the tournament week, arrangements to that end having been completed by the Wellington club. Six powerful electric arc lights have been installed at the green, and the club has decided to institute a riok competition for composite team?, that is to say, a team may be composed of four members from centres as far or futthor apart than Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Invercargill, or bo composed of four players from one club, provided the nominations are those of players belonging to recog- [ nised clubs. Valuable trophies for the competition havo been allotted by the Wellington club, the first prize being worth dG2O, and tho second prize £lO. Play is to be started on Monday night aud ' continued on tho following night, 1

A Press Association message on Saturday states : —“ Mr Dixon writes that the feeling of members of the team was most cordial, and from this it would appear that the statements ae te dhsensions have been grossly exaggerated. Referring to tho Irish match, the manogor fays that novel 1 before has he seen such brilliant rushes as those stt up by the Irish for* wards.” The “All Blackb” consider that the foctba'l , pactatcrs in Dalliu are tho most polite in the British Isles. Gallahor was orde cd lo bod directly on bis arrivbl in Dublin. Ho was fullering from a na ty kick on tho sb'n sustained during the Brit sh tour, and tho wound required constant fomentation. Wsl ace, “ tho flying Scotsman,” as ho has been termed, is very keen on correcting the general impression that ho is of Scottish descent. His father is an Irishman and once lived in London. The “ All Blackb” are simply 6nchantod with the Irish character. 11 Tho crowd seemed almost as pleated at our victory as they would at their own,” said one of them after the international. In the course of a conversation after tho Dublin match, which Mr Dixon had with tho representative of the Athletic Nows, the former remarked that ho was quite gratified with the result. Ho is said to j have paid a handsome compliment to the Irish forwards. Tho Daily Graphic tenders its thanks to New Zealand for “ slitting up the embers of British amateur football into a new activity.” The opinion is expressed that the forecast that tho New Zealanders would probably return uubeatsn to lha colony has every chance now of being fulfilled. - , Casey played a sterling forward game against Ireland. Before hs left New Zealand hisfather, who it is perhaps somewhat unnecessary to state is of Hibernian extraction, is roported to have said, “ Sam, me bhoy, ye need not be after troubling to come home if yez don’ whip tho old country."