BOWLING.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2501, 14 May 1909, Page 5

BOWLING.

THE GISBORNE CLUB

The green of the Gisborne Bowling Club was in very good playing order -■ yesterday afternoon; a large’ number ‘ of members of the club mustered thereon, and some enjoyable games took i place. Among those present were the- i lions. J. Carroll and It. McKenzie, and Mr. W. D. S. MacDonald, M.P. J r. Carroll, who is a member of the | club, took the position of skip in one j of tile rink games, which had begun j before ho did so, and though he did not win, he had the satisfaction of re- I. ducing the figure by which the oppos- ! mg team was leading. Two matches in the Champion Singles were played. F> V 7. Petrie beat J Mackintosh by 28 to G, and thua iron JJ in the B section of the competition. ' J'. J. Martin beat E. Williams in the ! A section by 27 to 19, and won the section. This game was a remarkably interesting one. At first the play was entirely in favor of Martin who, at the 11th head, had scored 20 to his opponent’s five. Williams made three on the, 12th head, two on the 15th, and one on the 18th, when Martin's score was 27. The latter did not afterwards score, while Williams made two threes and a two. raising his final score to 19. In the C section of the competition, - F. A. Martin and M. Craig, who have each won five games, have to play off. The winner, F. W. Pettie, ana J. J. Martin will play in the deciding round. The other games played yesterday were as follows:

Miller, Lucas, Benzie, Simson (skip) 24, heat Seympur, J. F. Pettie. F. Harris, J. Carrol (skip) 13. Colcbrook, Williams, Mackintosh. Gaudin (skip) 10, beat Boulton, H. Eysnar, F. W. Pettie, J. J. Martin (skip) ] 8. f Kyme, Morgan, Corson, Ponsfora (skip) 18, heat W. Pettie, Townson, Ambridge, Crawford (skip) 16. Pavitt and Eure 26 beat Lewis and Robertson 20. fWhen the Hons. J. Carroll and RMeKenzie and Mr. W. D. S. MacDonald, AI.P., came on to the green, play was temporarily stopped, and, on. the call of Mr. W. Pettie, president or the club, the visitors were received with, three cheers. After the conclusion of play a number of the members assembled _in the pavilion, where, on the proposition of Mr W Pettie. the health of the Hons. J Carroll and R. McKenzie and Mr. W. D. S. MacDonald was drunk with musical honors and three cheers. The Hon. J. Carroll made a very happy reply, in which he remarked that oil a great historic occasion, when England was in deadly peril, Englishmen went from a game of howls to win, upon the sea. the victory which preserved the Old Land and rendered possible the existence of the British Empire of to-day. He believed that _ a time was coming when, in the Englisl Channel or the North Sea, a seconc armada would have to be met and over come, and when that dav came the ole British oak would be all the stronge bv reason of the support of the sturdy off-shoots which had been planted u these seas so far distant from the Ulc Hon R. McKenzie and Mr. W D. S. MacDonald also replied to th toast.