MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1927.
SPORTS
RIFLE SHOOTING.
In
"ARGUS" TEAM DEFEATS DOCKYARD.
TWO POINTS MARGIN.
LAWN BOWLS.
TAIKOO RECREATION
.CLUB,
CLOSING OF SEASON.
THE CHINA MAIL,
upon three rinks on the old part of the grean, I may state here that we could not get more than three rinks on our green during this season. This is, indeed, a serious state of affairs on a green which is capable of supply ing six rinks. I am not going to venture an opinion myself, but if there is any one here who would give his opinion and advice we should be grateful, but I will say this--if Taikoo is going through many more seasons under the same conditions as the Berson just finished I venture to say A pleasant gathering assem- that Taikoo as a Bowling Club } bled at the Taikoo Recreation will steadily decline. It is essen- Club on Saturday afternoon on the tial that the question of what we occasion of the closing of the are going to do with the bowling lawn bowls season, in which the green be taken up at once and in Club has distinguished itself by no half hearted manner. (Hear, winning the Spey Royal Cup and hear.) I wish now on behalf of being runners-up in both the Taikoo Recreation Club (Bowls First and Second Divisions of the Section) to thank the donors of League. Owing to the state of the handsome prizes you see be- the green rendering it impossible fore you. (Applause). We are to play on more than three rinks indeed lucky in this respect in the usual invitation to sister having those gentlemen who come 30 27 83 Clubs to send rinks had unfor-forward year after year with
friendly rifle shoot at Stone-i cutters on Saturday a team of eight men from H.M.S. "Argus" defonted the Royal Naval Dockyard Rifle Club by the narrow margin of two
points.
The full scores wera:-
H.M.S. “Argu».”
200 500 600 TI.
Yds. Yds, Yds,
Comd. Grn. Barber 27 34 31 92 Wr. Tel. Nash.... 27 Corp. Willet .... 26
31 29 67
Marine Reeves ... 26 29 26 80
Ld. Tel. Wilkins.. 24 31 23 78 tunately to be dispensed with, but handsome prizes for the various 24 25 76 a game of three rinks, President competitions. I often wish the: 30 22 73 versus Vice-President, was play-donors would drop on to the
Marine Hartnoll. 27
~Tota
21
19 23 21 63 ed, ending in a victory for the green during the various rounds former by a majority of only of the competitions and witness 632 eight shots, 15 heads being play-the keenness displayed by the ed. The following were the re-competitors. Truly the man who
Sgt. Hook P. O.. King
Count Out
А. В. Коле
Dockyard R. C.
A. Cook
31
33 31
95
W. Garrett
.C. F. Young
Gossett
Lewin
J. Littleton
C. G. Mitchell
S. V. Wickenden
Counted Out.
24 16 16 55 apective teams:
President. 25 34 30 89 T. Grimshaw
A. Craig
28
S1 24 83 H. C. Resker 27 23 26 76 J. Sloan
H. Coombs
J. J. Whyte
wins a prize in Taikoo has cer- Vice-President. tainly got to play for it. (Hear, hear). It gives me great plea- aure to thank the donors of the various prizes on behalf of the members of Taikoo Recreation' Club (Bowls Section) and I am sure we are very pleased to have them with us this afternoon and hope they have thoroughly en- D. C. Walmsleyjoyed themselves. (Applause). G. Morrison
21 26 27 74 | W. Wotherspoon G. McLeod
24 26 25 74
(Skip):.16 (Skip) ..12
K. E. Greig .-D. Spiers
28. 27 16 71
28 27 13. 68 D. Templeton
R. M. Keown
Total
630
Jas. T. Dobbie
Dawson
24 25 18
67
16
W. R. Latham
23 26
9
57 Jas. Sloan
J. D. N. Rich-
mond
HOME RUGBY.
SCOTLAND BEAT WARATAHS AT EDINBURGH.
London, Saturday,
| J. Laing
(Skip)
D. Munro
R. C. Wallace
(Skip) ..11
Total.. 43
There' in one more pleasant (Skip) ..10 duty I have to perform-that is, Ito thank the ladies who have pro- N. Drummond
J. B. Chapman J. Chalmers
J. Muirhead
(Skip) ..13
vided the teas for the First and Second Division teams during the season. (Applause). I am sure we all appreciate that cup of tea on Д hot day and are grateful to the ladies who come along Saturday after Satur Total..35 day. On behalf of the Taikoo bowlers I would ask the four
At an appropriate interval a ladies to accept a small token of
group photograph of the players and lady friends was taken.
our deep appreciation of their services. (Applause),
At Edinburgh, before a crowd of 50,000, in frosty weather, Scotland heat New South Wales by 10 points) to 8, in a thrilling Rugby match-sembled in the Club-house under sented with souvenir Vases,
Reuter..
A Tribute.
Rugby, Yesterday. Scotland had the honour of win- ning the first Rugby football inter- national match against New South Wales team.. whom they beat by ten points to eight at Murrayfield, Edinburgh, yesterday,
At the close the gathering as-
The four ladles, who were pre-
the chairmanship of Mr. G. Mor- were Mr. Morrison, Mrs. rison, convener of the bowls sec-Chalmers, Mrs. Speirs, and Mrs. tion, when the various prizes won Whyte. during the season were present- ed, together with spoons to the winners on the President's side during the afternoon.
Chairman's Review. For the first time during their Mr. Morrison, at the outset, present tour the New South Wales said that he had the greatest forwards, who were at full strength pleasure on behalf of the members came up against a pack at least their equals both in the serum and in the loose.-British Wireless Ser- vice.
BOBBY JONES.
NOT DEFENDING BRITISH
TITLE.
Atlanta, Ga., Yesterday,
Con-
Tournament Prizes.
Mrs. Morrison presented the prizes won in the Club's tourna- ment during the season as fol-i
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The Old Quarry Bay.
Singles
Mr. Robertson said that he felt prize presented by Mr. D. Tem as soon as Mr. Templeton rose to of the Club, in welcoming Mr. pleton)Winner, J. Laing; 2nd, speak-or at least before he sat and Mrs. Robertson and family G. Morrison; 3rd, R. C. Wallace. down again that he was in for
that afternoon, there
it. (Laughter). He would like! Rink Competition for the "Reid to say that it was a
source of tinuing, he said:—
Shield," 1st Prize (Replicas of the great pleasure for him, and Mrs. Before the presentation of Shield presented by Mr. K. E. Robertson and their daughters to prizes I would like to say a few Greig) :-Winners, P. M. Stewart, be present with them that day. words. I am not going to take J. D. N. Richmond, C. B. Mat- That was not the first time he had you back to the time when thews, W. Wotherspoon (skip); been present on such an occasion Drake played howls on Plymouth 2nd, D. C. Walmsley, R. B. Bell, as the closing day of the Bowling Hoc. Neither am I going to tell J. J. Whyte, T. Young (skip); Club. He had been connected
you when and where the game of 3rd, J. Chalmers, J. Mitchell, H. with Taikoo since 1891 and since bowls originated, but I will say McKechnie, G. McLeod (skip), that time he had wondered at the that the Taikoo Recreation Club,
Four Bowls Fairs (1st Prize great development of Quarry Bay. Bobby Jones has announced that by their keenness, foster the presented by Mr. H. C. Resker): But he was sure that notwith- he will not defend his title as Bri-spirit of rivalry and so keep up Winners, J. Wald and J. Laing; standing that development, the tish open golf champion owing to the enthusiasm for the game in 2nd, J. Chalmers and H. Dinnen; reputation of Taikoo in the mat- his law studies and will not parti- this far outpost of the British 3rd, C. Young and W. Wother-ter of hospitality to their visitors cipate in the British amateur cham- Empire. We have now come to pionship, but will participate in the official closing of the green spoon. the United States open
na- for another season. I cannot say tional amateur championships in September. Reuter's American Service.
and
had never diminished in the slightest degree. As Quarry Bay Open Singles Handicap (1st had developed so had, he was we have had a successful season. Prize presented by Mr. W. J. quite certain, the hospitality of In the First Division we finished Hill): Winner, P. M. Stewart; Taikoo. It had given him great second, Kowloon Dock Recreation 2nd, T. Young; 3rd, A. H. Max-pleasure to be present that day, Club being winners for the first well. time in the history of that Club.
-HOCKEY.
them
CLUB 1ST XI v. WANDERERS.
thus on
and he could assure them that it
Singles Handicap for those who would not be the last gathering of We, the members of the Taikoo hnd not previously won a first the kind at which he would be Recreation Club, congratulate
winning the prize in a Singles Competition present. (Applause).
(1st Prize presented by Mr. N. S. League. (Applause). Our second Brown) :-Winner, J. Chalmers: team finished second in the League, Kowloon Cricket Club 2nd, P. M. Stewart; 3rd, A. H.
Maxwell. winning the Second
Two Rowis Paira (1st Prize
Division.
A Veritable Waterloo.
Mr. Dobbie ventured to hope that a "still small voice" would be
The following will represent the We have quite a few promising
the U.S.R.C. Ground on young players in our second team presented by Messrs. Davie Boag heard, coming from the only who are gaining valuable experi- and Co.) The final in this has visitor from the other Clubs in ence in the different positions in not yet been played off but the the Colony. On behalf of those the various rinks-players who finalists are:-P. M. Stewart and Clubs of which he was a member will one day uphold the honour of J. Laing; John Sloan and The could say that the closing the first team when the old men Grimes.
function that afternoon had been a great success in every way. He
Club on Wednesday at 4.45 p.m.:-
W. T. Lockhart-Smith, J. W. Henry, D. Lyon, L. M. S. Lloyd, A. A. Dand (Capt.), J. E. Noronha, R. K. Valentine, F. G: L. Wheeler, E. L. Sim, W. Woodward, B. D. Evans,
are sitting on the bank thinking Mrs. Morrison was presented considered, however, that the of the good old days. So really with a vase of flowers at the Chairman, Mr. Morrison, had been from a Taikoo point of view it hands of little Annie Weir.
Mr. Morrison suitably respond- The following will represent the has been a disappointing season. Hong Kong Hockey Club 2nd XI on We were unfortunate to lose the ed. Tuesday on the Marina ground, services of Mr. Drummond, one of at 5 p.m. sharp, v. the Hong Kong our skipa, early in the season Singapore R.A. 2nd XI-F. Sowing to illness. This upset the Nicholls; A. N. Other, L. F. Nichol balance of son; W. R. Greenhalgh, Rev. J. P.
L. P. Thomas, F. G. L. Wheeler,
W. A. Nowers, T. P. Saunderson,
HONG KONG UNIVERSITY.
Teams for Farewell Match To-morrow.
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too modest and too deprecating of the part that the Taikoo Recrea tion Club had taken in the work of the season just brought to a close. He had omitted altogether Mr. D. Templeton said that mention of the winning by the our First Division owing to Mr. Brown's natural Taikoo Recreation Club of the Murray, Rev. N. Evans; R. R. Todd, team to a great extent, and I do modesty it fell to him to add to Spey Royal Cup. (Hear, hear). not know what we should have the Chairman's words of welcome To win that trophy from the done if three of the old hands had to Mr. and Mrs. Robertson and holders - the Craigengower not come forward and pledged the Misses Robertson, and to Cricket Club-was only another themselves to play howls in the state how pleased they were to testimony to the prowess of Tai- League. I will not mention see them there that afternoon. koo, which had for many years names, but I take this opportun- In replying to the expression of been the Waterloo of many ity to thank those gentlemen on appreciation of the prizes present-player and many a Club.
The ed all over the Colony and when. behalf of the Bowls Committee ed by the donors of prizes, it had Chairman, had dwelt on the dif- ever an invitation was extended and the bowlers of Taikoo been his great pleasure to inter-ficulties of the ground-difficul to other Clubs the members (Applause).
eat himself in lawn bowls at the ties that some of the other Clubs gladly responded by reason of the
London, Dec. 5. Earl John Rushworth Jellicoe, The following will represent
Another cause was the state of Taikoo Recreation Club for a fully sympathised with, particu- limitless hospitality extended to the two teams in a farewell our bowling green. We had the great many years. If the various larly the Kowloon Bowling Green them. With regard to the parti who ran away from school at thir- match to Dr. R. A. Ponsonby Fane consent of the General Club Com-donors were not seen on the Club, but these were not insur- cular function that day all had teen to join the navy and subse do (new) and Mr. B. P. Ng tomorrow on the mittee at the end of last season rinks as often as they might, that mountable and no doubt Taikoo spent a most enjoyable afternoon quéntly rose to commandership of H.K. Ropes (old) **.
do. (new) University ground at 2 p.m. sharp: to use our own judgment in the did not betoken a lack of interest, would within a short period be and one that would be remember the Grand Fleet, quietly celebrated United Asbestos
Dr. Ponsonby Fone (capt), matter of what we should do as they often enquired as to who found once again producing a ed not alone on account of the pre- his sixty-eighth birthday to-day.
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Stores, dic. Dr. D. Laing, W. Hong Sling, A. with the green-as a matter of were in the running for the vari- bowling green that could hold its gence of A. Rumjahn, C. W. Lam, F. Zim fact, we had the power to returf ous prizes. He had pleasure in own with any in the Colony. On visitors as Mr. and Mrs. Robert gratulation from all parts of the Dairy Farms morn, A. B. Sulfoman, F. Hiptools, the whole green if necessary. In congratulating Mr. Laing behalf of the visitors who had son and family but on account of his sagacity and caution as techni. Der A. Wings
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