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ON THE BOWLING GREENS.

Rhestrau Manwl, Canlyniadau a Chanllawiau
Dyfynnu
Rhannu

ON THE BOWLING GREENS. Busy Time in Store for Local Clubs. I (By WOODROLLER.") I The month of August promises to be Tat her a busy time i'or local woodrollers. ?o? only will the Aloud Shield produce many exciting games, but the Inter- national" tournament should arouse the u?ual interest on the next Hank Holiday, while later on the inter-league match with the South "ale and Monmouthshire .:k -C, r Victoria Park on August 12th will be sure to create much excitement. Welsh Associations of the town have already had their annual meetings, and have decided to take part in the tournament. The Scottish Association hold a meeting on Monday evening next at S.30 p.m. at, the Royal Hotel. All Scottish bowlers resid- ing in the town are heartily invited to be present, and I am sure Mr. Neil Melndeor ■will be pleased to enrol new members. VISITORS AT PLAY. Recently several visitors from beyond 'the Cheviots have been putting in a good deal of practice on tho local municipal greens, and would be an acquisition to the Scottish Association if they could be in., duced to become members. A fortnight ago a. number of them took part in a ■friendly game between St. Gabriel's a.nd Cwmdonkin, and their enthusiasm on that occasion was simply contagious to all around the green. The tournament for the Eden Cup is annually placed between the Scotch, English and Welsh bowlers of the town, a.nd has produced some excel- lent sport, in past- years. The games hate ¡.been fixed for next Bank Holiday on Bryn- iriiil Green. Last year, it wili be remem- bered, the Scottish Association did not •take part in the competition, and only one game—England v. Wales-was played. Wales were successful by 17 shots, and I -became the holders of the cup. They will, rhonrever, have to be well represented in the coming competition if they intend to -n-etain possession of the trophy, as both the English and the Scotch bowlers are exceedingly anxious to be the guard- ians for ttw forthcoming year. DEFEAT AVENGED. On Saturday Victoria. succeeded in avenging the defeat sustained earlier in the season at the hands of Park Llewelyn, they won by two shots -oil the Victoria Green. The game was equally as exciting as the first game at Park Llewelyn, and the last ends were watched with keen in- terest. The green was in excellent condi- tion. and as was becoming to the reputa- tion 01 both sid. the bowling was of the .best. The Victorians were the first off the craark, and at the fifth end had secured an cidvanra-ge of five sliots. In other games this might have been considered very small. but on this occasion it was of great magnitude to the home wood rollers. Neither side could take liberties, and when lialf the heads had been completed the iposition was much the lme, as the home- sters held a five shot lead. Five ends later Victoria,n.s were still up by four. A NARROW MAJORITY. They stuck tenaciously to their lead, and "when three of the rinks had finished the [Llewclvnites had a fine chance of winning. Skip Fred Heed, however, was coolness [personified, and never made a mistake. "with the result that the Victorians just managed to get home by two shots. As might be expected from the narrow majority, the rink victories were evenly ■divided. On Rink 1 the visitors settled down cfuickly, and soon began to build up ■A useful lead. At the 1011i end Skip W. Griffiths and his partners were; up nine, on ML score of thirteen, but (J,riprw;¡rd", the Victorian*, under J. "Bowler," made -matters warm, and drew level at the fif- teenth end with sixteen all. The Landore <)Hart?. however, quickly recovered, and b v raising: t.h?rtotalto22ov?rtopp'?d their opponpnt?' a?Erre?ate bv four. The flgh on Rink 2 was exceptionally k?'n. and the totals of the quartets directed by k¡J1 Hy. William* and Oeorge Clark -were never far separated. At the fifth end ^be ,vores were level at four all, while five ends later each claimed nine shots. EXCITING STAGES. A.s the last --ii(t approached each side tried its utmost to ,<ra.in a lead, and ulti- mately the homesters were well satisfied when they finished up three shots in front after scoring 10. On Rink the contest -wa.s not so close, judging by the scores, ,bnt the Victorians, under the direction of Skip Fred Reed, had to go all the way rto hold a seven shot lead at the tenth end, a position tbey also maintained at (the fifteenth end. Skip J. Clarke tried all thp could to keep the homesters in check, as he knew that the success of lilt; club- auatos on a neighbouring rink might pos- sibly retrieve the fortunes of the day. •Skip F. Reed and his clubmate-s, however, were equal to the task, and finished up rwith thirteen shots to sparp after compil- ing thirteen. Park Llewelyn's most <*w«fu! rink consisted of F. Brewer, D. J. Williams, T. Jones, and Skip Tom Miles. TRANSFORMATION SCENES. At ore period of the game they seemed 3ikely to be severely trounced, and in the rfirst ten ends could only muster five shots 3n response to twelve by the Victorians under Skip J. Hanson. Afterwards a com- plete change came over the game, and the I.andore quartet began to add shots so quickly that when the fifteenth head had fbeen completed they had not only wiped out their defictt. but were two shots in rfront. In the raeantiipe the Victorians struck a had patch, and could enlv score tnn». The visiters continued to makes con- siderable headway, and at the twenty. ,first end claimed a total of --Ii shots, which vivo ten too many for the. homesterK. Thefc two points .should now put the Vir- torians in the running for league honours. [Much, however, will depend on the result of the game played at Pare Howard day- 1F PARC HOWARD WIN. I/tea I bow lei* will be anxious to har the result, as should Park Llewelyn have enccpftded m repeating their earlier per- formance over the Howardians, they can hardly Vie deposed from the bead of Sec- tion B unless later on St. John's spring a surprise. It the result., however, i* favourable to the Howardians, the Itioll will become very interesting, and the Ultimate winner* "'is section will be problematical. Man-elton, are aL the head of Section A," /iOtill continue on their victorious career. On Saturday they visited Neath, where tliey defeated the Kailwaymeu by 5:3 shots. The Mansel- ionians have every reason to remember the Mount Pleasant green, as it was here they opened the season with a defeat in- flicted by Melvn United. On that occa- sion the visitors were ^hurt-handed, but on Saturday took great care that this fault ehould not be repeated. The Railwaymen were unable to keep pace with ihe visitors, find at the 1.enth end were well behind, a.s they could only score :18 shots in reply to 55 bv five Manfteltonian*. WIDENING THE GAP. Five end s later the totals were still fur- ther separated, and the visitors held a lead of tO tshots. Assured of victory, the Manseltoniaus played confidently, and de- spite the pecuiiariiiep of the green, topped the century by nine. while the Railway- men had to be content, with .)1: The vi,si- ten up on three naks, while on the other rink the Kail way men secured the verdict by one shot. The Manselton quar- tet directed bv Skip Morgan John opened well, and ai the fifth end were ,six up on a. -core of eight. They then lost the kitty fur the npxtfiye end- and the Fail way- men, taking advantage ot this, raised their total to eleven. SEVEN TO THE GOOD. At the fifteenth end the Manseltonians regained the lead, and never looked back, eventually winning by seven after accumu- lating 21. Skip Felix Lewis and his clnh. mates were in a happy mood, and, although down by one at. the fifth end, soon rectified the position, with the result that half-way through the game. they were eight up. Afterward s the Railwaymen were very rarely able to claim I he" kitty, and finished up with a dozen shots, in the meanw h ile the Maiiseltonian.s pro- ceeded to .score rapidly, and terminated the, iilst end with an aggregate of S3. Play ■a.s even more in favour of the Mansel- tonianson the next rink, where P.C. Jones. D. Spraggon. LI. Harris, and Skip Trevor Weaver were hardly at, any time in diffi- culties. SCORE MOUNTS QUICKLY. During the fjrst: ten ends the Railway- men held possession of the kitty once onl v. consequently the score of the visitors mounted quickly. At tile t-n(I tlie-v held an advantage of 18, and continuing in the same winning vein. claimed 34 shots to 8 at the termination of the game. The visitors under Skip (J. Be van looked like- having a cheap victory, as at the 12th end they held an eleven .shot advantage. The Railwayman, however, made a tine re- covery, and though down by five a4. fli(I completion of the 19th end, managed tt. !■ win by one after compiling 22. "RIFT IN THE LUTE." Dyfatty can generally be relied upon to field a, representative side, but on Satur- j; day they were badly let down owing to a couple of players 'tailing to 'turn up on the Morriston Green, wheore Morriston were opposed. There has been a little "rift in the lute" recently, but the players should strongly support the stand taken by the committee end give them all ( the assistance that they can. Had Dyfat-ty been able to command a full quartet on each of the rinks, they would ha.ve gained the League points. They managed to ex- ceed the points scored by the. Morrssion- ians, but were obliged to submit to the usual twenty-five per cent, deduction or two ri nks, which brought their total be- low that, of the homesters. Dyfatty prac- tically held the lead throughout the game, and at the 15th end appeared to have the poin<? we]I in hand, as they had scored 58 shots to 41. They, however, gradually lost the advantage, and their excess ot ?ots at the termination of the same was not sufficient to counteract the deduction made. A. Johnson, T. Ree«, and "van Hill were opposed to i quartet con- trolled by Skip Haydn Eees. KEEN-AND CLOSE, Throughout the game play was keen, and neither *ide could claim a decided advantage, though at. the 19th end the visitors had gained a four-shot lead after scoring 21. The MorriMonians in the last couple of ends placed a two and a single, thus making the Dyfatty majority of the smallest possible dimension. As this was one of the short-handed rinks. the exeeSB of shot s was not large, enough to give them a, win proper." The quartets directed bv Skips W. Hewitt and Tom Morgan put. up a fdmilsr and tbe kad fre?ju?n.tl? veered from one sid e 1.0' the other. At the 1.6th end the totals were on a pa.r, while, at the J9th end the result, was still indeiei-sive. Skip Morgan, how- ever, had the betjter of the ln«*t couple of end?. a.nd won by two cbotq on a total of 16. Skip B. John, who wain control of a Morriston quartet, on tmanceuv red the ;i. Ai<)rriston oiitnia.p.?iiiv rr,<, till' hold their own until the seventeenth end. but from this stage fell away. The home- sters afterwards placed a eouplf of fours, which increased their total quickly, and ultimately placed them. at. the head of affairs with ten s hots to spare. E. Grist, P. -lames, and Skip P. Jenkins, who repre- sented Dyfatty on the remaining rink made a gallant effort to save the game- Right from the outset they outplayed the Mo rristomans. and iicoring rapidly com- j piled the fine aggregate of 27. The home- sters could not make much progress, and fell sh ort of their opponents' total by 16. DEFEAT OF NBATII. ISeafch have neen doing ao well recently against, (Jllbs at the bead of their division that Alexandra anticipated a, tousrh propo- sition at Dyfatty Park, where Neath were I the visitors. The Castellnedd trundlcru in fact. made a good opening, and at the fifth end commanded a seven-shot lead. The., however, wer., unable, to keep up this early form, and the Alexandrians quickly made inroads into the Neath ma- jority, and at the tenth end had soored 44 shots to 34. Five ends later the position re- mained unaltered, but before the termina- tion of the game the home bowlers had in- creased their advantajr? to seventeen, after collecting 83 shots. 'On the actual score, hot.i sides claimed two rink victories, but a. 25 pc:1 cent. penalty on the Neath quartet, directed by A, Jewell deprived the Neath- it. ? of that adxantipe. &kiu A. Jewe? and bis two dnbmate" during the opening ends evidently found the srreen much to their 14kine, as at the fifth end they had got ten I (cnntI'wh¡¡e fbeir opponentK. under ?kip .T. R Goker. could pniy claim a sinzlp. At the fifteenth head they were still ten but here their sricoe-s-s stopped #hort. 1'bR AU-TanHrian* scored on the »ixt*ertth head, sud held the kitty for tbe remlÚndflr of the irame, and decreased the Neath Wd to threo A DISASTROUS TIME. The N~e-itb four directed by Skip J. Morris experienced a disastrous time dijring ihc eariv ends and the Alexandrians, taking achantaee of a little laxity on the part of a couple of the Neathites, qui* kly estab- lished a commanding1 lead, which the visit- ors found impossible to wipe out. The Alex- andrians on Ritili 3 seemed to gain thcir shots in peculiar fashion, ami Skip W. Nor- I man. after beinc down by six at the flfth .-nfl, managed to draw levi at the tenth end. at nine all. Aeain t,he home qiwtet fell away, and the visitors gained a seven- shot lead. The Alexandrians managed to reduce this to five, after seorrnjy 27. P. i Jfc'oley, W. fileeman, II, Sweeney, and Skip ¡ A!f Coker made no raiatfike asainst the visitors who were controlled by Skip 1). J. JJavies. The homesters led almost from thn .opening end. and a' the 21st end totalled 22. an aggregate which the visitor? failed to i-eaeli by ten shots. FALL OF MELYN. I Melvn United have been doing remarkably well this season in the Shield competition, but on Saturday they oame a cropper at Jersty Park The Eastsiders scored rapidly, an t their total cached within two oi the century, while the Melytiites were limited t J 67. The Mclyn trundlers were evidently unable to get the run of the green, and the great majority of the shot < were nar- row. The length generally was good, but, the green at Neath seemed to IIKUC forced them to take little land, The F^aMside skips also showed a better conception of head- buiiding, and the visitors should h:nl> •earned several lesions in this phase of the game- It is no good trying to get all the wood' on the jack, especially if shots ora badly required; a few "poiiccmfii," or back woods, arc generally very convenient Some of the Melyn side, however, draw shots very well. and E. Mort and W. David were most persistent, tome of the best bowling I have seen for some time was given by Thomas as third man to Palmer, and th<' fight between him and Mort was inter- esting. MEETING CANCELLED. ?uico writing my opening notes CŒICêru-1 iTt? the international ames, I have cpivpd a ncti?t-ation from Mr. ?Mnrtcnr ffp f't.1tf' that in consequence I")f ihe can- j celling of the August Bank Holiday he has decided not to oall a. meeting of the Scot ti-m Association on Monday next, as he had previously arranged. ,Manselton v. Park Llewelyn. Played at Pa r k Llewellyn on Thur&dar. Score-s:- Manselton. Rink I.-A. JobTj&on. Bowen. T. Wea- vor. LI. liarriec 1S Rink 2-—J. William-, D. Davies, D. Jones. Campbell » 17 i Rink —L. Griffiths. W. J. Williams, P. Jonivs, T. Daviess 36 Rink I. \). Jonos, H. T'ranord, M. John, E. 27 98 Park Llewelyn. Bink 1 ,— R. Abraham, L. Brewer. D. John, J. Cla,-k 13 Rink 2.—S. Matthews. D. Griffiths, T. Jones, LI. Williams 17 ] Rin k .-F. Brewer, F. Umisgoork, G. j Thomas, T. Miles 15 j Rink 4.-H. Fry, K. Kloinp. J. Mor- gan, W. Griffiths 6 51 VICTORIA v m. JOHN S. League match, played on Manselton gi efcti. V ictorj. Kank 1.— D. L. Owen, W. H. u hite, W. Evans. W. A. Hammett (kip). 18 Itjnk 2.—W. lioed, W. Picton, 1). Davies, J.H.tnM)n (skip). 22 Rink ;}.-J, Jones, J. JJoyd, W. J. Da\ies, K. McMichael fiskip) 17 Bink 4.—J. Nicholas, W. Gougih, W. Y. Evans F. Reed (Sl\jp). 30 87 St. John's. Rink 1.-H. Sparks, D. Wayo, S. Lewis, D. George (siii)) 13 Rink 2.—E. Walters. A. Taylor, J. IwioS, T Lewis (skip) 31 Rink 3.—J. Powell. J. Morgan. J. Davjea. C. Griffiths (skip). 20 Rink 4.-W. Thomas, P. Brazell, & Phil- lips, J. L. Jt-wnos (SKIP) 7 Tota1. 71 I.II.. M, I

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