THE CHINA MAIL; THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1935 -
Sporting Page
COLONY FAVOURED TO WIN FIRST LAWN BOWLS INTERPORT
INTERPORT
BOWLERS
SHANGHAI TEAM
HASTEN THEIR
ARRIVAL IN PORT
NOT THEIR BEST
COMBINATION.
EMPRESS COMMANDER'S
SPORTING GESTURE
(By "SKIP").
The event to which all bowlers in the Colony have looked for- ward to with enthusiasm through- out the season, has arrived at Inst the Shanghai Interporters -ar- rived here yesterday afternoon by the Empress of Russia, in time to play their first match. The team consists of J. Munro. (S.L.B.C.) captañ, C. W. Glover (SLBC.) C Richards (S.L.B.C) W. H. Train (S.LBC.) J. W. Brierley (Yangtsepoo) and J.
4
Lopes (Club Lusitano).
C. G. SILVA"
RICHARDS ALMOST CERTAIN TO SKIP NORTHERN QUARTETTE WHICH WILL INCLUDE GLOVER
R. F. LUZ
LEADING SKIP
IN HIS SECOND
INTERPORT MATCH│R: F. LUZ LOOKS
FORWARD TO HIS
THIRD INTERPORT
SILVA AS RECREIO PIONEER
EFFORTS WELL REWARDED
(By "SKIP")
C. G. Silva (Recreio) is playing
TRAIN AS LEAD?
LOPES WOULD
BE BETTER IN
NO. 2 POSITION
Surprise Setback Gives Colony Confidence
WELL BALANCED HONG KONG
FOUR FIELDED
(By "SKIP")
L GUY
In view of the fact that Hong L. GUY'S UNIQUE Kong's rink to meet Shanghai this DISTINCTION IN afternoon on the Recreio Green in
INTRA-CLUB BOWLS the first of the Interport Lawn Bowl encounters is regarded as BETTER KNOWN AS the best combination of the three,
SINGLES PLAYER
On the wharf to greet them were Mr. H. Nish. President of in his second Interport match, the FORMER RECREIO STALWART
the H.KL.BA. Mr. C. B. Hosk-first occasion being in 1933 when ing. Hon-secretary, Mr. G. E. he travelled north with R. F.
(By "SKIP) F Thompson. Hon treasurer, Laz's team.”
With the exception of Omar and Mr. B. E. Maughan, a past- Silva has been playing for the Holland, no other player in the President of the Association, Recreio consistently for the past team has achieved as much as R. and Mr. R. P. Phillips.
10 years, and has been with the F. Luz (Craigengower)- He first Despite a rather rough passage) team through both the good years gained Interport recognition the whole team were in high and the lean.
1930 when he skipped Hong Kong spirits. and greeted the local When several players left the in Shanghai. bowlers with enthusiasm, most of Club following a dispute. Silva whom they have met before.
Early Arrival
in
The following year he was once carried on, and chiefly by his more included in the Hong Kong efforts and encouragement, the team, this time as No. 2. It is In an interview with a China Recreio finished second in the lea-principally as a singles player that Mail representative. Mr. J. Munro gue table this year, with Silva's Luz has distinguished himself - explained how it had been possible rink leading the skip's table.
he won the Open singles in 1929, Silva admits that he is essential-as well as being finalist for them to reach Hong Kong in
and has seldom following year and in 1933. time to play their match with the a rink man.
| Recreio, but left that Club'in 1934
תו
the
combined rink from the Civil Ser-shown great keenness i open Luz formerly played for the
vice and the Police RC Accord-tournaments. ing to Mr. Munro's explanation: it;
with
and taking yesterday's encounter between the visitors and a mixed Police and Civil Service rink as a criterion of the probable, Shanghai strength, the Colony are expected to emerge victorious to-day.
COLONY BOWLS TEAM FOR TO-DAY
LE. NORONHA
YOUNGEST
INTERPORT
BOWLER
SHANGHAI BEATEN
ROUGH PASSAGE.
HAS ILL-EFFECTS
ON VISITORS
MIXED BOWLS RINK TRIUMPH
SHEPHERD DISPLAYS BRILLIANT FORM -
(By "SKIP
Although the Shanghai Interport team were not expected to be at their best yesterday, as they be- un playing less than an hour after they had disembarked from the Empress of Russia; after a rather stormy journey, it never- theless came as a surprise, when HOCKEY AND RUGBY "CAPS" they were defeated by a combined
J. E. Noronha Makes Debut
(By "SKIP J. E. Noronha (Recreio) is the
team from the Civil Service and the Police R.C. by 22 shots to 15
The
PIONEER MEMBER Yongest member of this year's In yesterday.
terport "twelve" and the honour OF K.B.G.C.
standard of that has been bestowed on him is throughout was mediocre, and play unique inasmuch as this is his any signs of brilliance that were CAPTAIN THIS YEAR first year in First Division bowls apparent came after long and Altogether Noronha has only infrequent intervals. Brierley. "SKIP**)
been bowling for two years. for, who was playing No. 3 for L Gar (KBG.C.). together although he took up the game in Shanghai, gave a very poor dis- with J. E. Noronha and J. McKel-1931, when he played for the play, and was quite the weakest vie. is playing in his first Inter-Recreio juniors, he did not play number of his side. He never port, Guy is an accomplished bow-in another match until this year. settled down properly, and was ler about whom too little has been "From the beginning of the sea-invariably short or narrow. heard. principally because he has son, despite his long lapse, be dis- The green was inclined to be never entered any of the Open played fine form, and even then heavy, and this seemed to affect competitions.
was spoken of as deserving of his the Shanghai side more than is He is one of the oldest members |"cap.”
did our own players. J. Lopes, of the Club, and hardly a year has
He has played throughout the who played lead for Shanghai, passed that his name has not been season as No. 1 to C. G. Silva, who was another of the visitors who inscribed Op the competition has proved himself this year's best did not give a very creditable (skip, finishing the season at the performance, although be played He has the honour of being the top of the skips" table with the some really good, woods at inter- only player to have won all three loss of only one match.
vals. W. McLeod (Police BC), competitions, Club championship, Noronha will not suffer from who played lead for the combined President's and Vice-President's stage, fright as he has already team, had him completely out- in the same year.
represented the Colony at both classed, and recovered very quick- The Colony's rink is composed
He captained the Bowling Green hockey and rugger.
ly from an erratic start
are playing in their correct third position in the league table combination inasmuch as they so them greatly in obtaining the
the Colony's first Interport Lawa The following will represent Bowls Rink against the visiting Shanghai team this afternoon on
the Recreio green:
J. E. NORONHA (RECREIO). L. GUY (KOWLOON B.G.C.) C. G. SILVA (RECREIO)
R. F. LUZ (CRAIGENGOWER)
(SKIP)
boards
He was eliminated by B. Wto play for Craigengower, would have been more suitable for Bradbury in the quarter-finals of whom he has associated himself of four bowlers who form a good senior team this year, and assist the Empress to dock here at about the Open singles this year.
bowls
since. He has numerous
5 pm., because of the currents. His place as No. 3 to R: F. Luz titles, both open and handicap, to which would not have been such a is nothing if not well-deserved his credit.
and the rink should do well as the menace at that time.
SMALL BALL SOCCER
+
When this news was intimated pair are old Club-mates and un- to the Shanghai team they ap Iderstand each other's methods proached the commander of the vessel and told him that the delay! would mean that they would be unable to play off their fixture. The commander very sportingly agreed to see what he could do about it and the result was that the Empress of Russia had tied up at the wharf before 2.30 p.z. and the bowlers were soon on their way to the Police green for their match
South China Stars In Action
GAME IN SHANGHAI
NEW ENGLISH TABLE
TENNIS SECRETARY.
positions and have the addi-HR: rink finished eighth în the tional advantage, with the ex- skip's table. ception of Guy, of having play-
ed together before. Further, Bowls Club. C. G. Silva and J. E. Noronha
At the beginning he was in- POLO GYMKHANA
clined to be either heavy or short, although he found his green early in The Hong Kong Polo Club will Shanghai's No. 3, were the only thegame. He and Train, be holding a gymkhana at the outstanding players. Palo ground. Boundary Street, Kowloon, on Saturday, October 26
Rough Weather Effects CRichards, Shanghai'a skip
Taking yesterday's match into at 2.30 pm-Cost of tickets for are Recreio players and R. F. consideration, W. Train, who admission to the ground will be and hero of several Interporta, dia Luz is a former member of the played No. 2 yesterday, would be $2-including tea. Tickets will same Club.
of greater advantage to the visi-be on sale at the entrance gate. tors if he were to be placed at lead, as he has been playing in
PING PONG CHAMPION HAS OPERATION
not approach the form he showed when he last bowled in Hong Kong in 1933, although he played a useful game. It is understood that the rough weather during the trip to Hong Kong affected him, more than it did the other members of the team, and this,
Mr. W... Pope has been ap-
Brierley Replaced? pointed secretary of the English Table Tennis Association. He Although the composition of the was the first secretary of the as-Shanghai rink is as yet unknown, that position for his Club in sociation when it was formed in it, is almost certain that Shanghai, while Lopes could be in- 1926, and was organising secre-Richards will be playing skaptroduced in the No. 2. position. Itary of the world championships J. W. Brierley, who played in
The following is the complete tennis champion, has entered & doubtless, had a good deal to do V. Barna, the world's table in London last February. So yesterday's match, will probably Interport Lawn Bowls programme: Budapest hospital for an opera- with his lack of form A small-ball exhibition soccer great has been the growth of the be replaced by C. W. Glover as No. The party crossed the harbour game will be played in Shanghai association this year that central 3.
To-day in a launch flying the HKLKA after the National Games between offices, with a paid staff, have fully skipping during the past Recreio green.
The latter has been success- Shanghai Hong Kong fag and the Empire Games pen-a team from the Hong Kong been set up.
season for the Shanghai Lawa (Continued on Page 3)
nant.
players and the Shanghai Chinese, ¡Team.
To Play Bowl! Mr. Munro later went on to The following will probably re- ! say that he was unable to name present Hong Kong:-Lai Shui- the rink for to-day's game He wing, Lee Shek-wai Wong Mee thought that the present arrange-shun, Leung Wing-chui, Cheuk ments for their entertainment Shek-kam. Lee Kwok-wai, and Yu during their stay in the Colony Hing-yuen.
were excellent, but emphasised the There are only nine players on point that his team did not expect each side in this kind of football too much of this, as they had come matches.
down principally to play bowls:
Mr. Glover, another member of ranged to take place this morning the team, said that Shanghai had on the Kowloon B.G.C. green, and a fairly good side: but it could when this was concluded, the party hardly be described as the strong-attended the opening of the new est they had ever sent down. · · Hong Kong and Shanghai Bark
A practice match WAS ar-building.
Interport Cricket Trial.
Among the notable absentees, M. Ricketts, A. CL Bowker, P. C from to-day's Interport cricket|Frost, Cpl Ballard, GC Burnett, trial in preparation for the ER Duckitt, Major V. J. Bonavis, Shanghai match on Armistice Lt Persse and LT. Ride ---- Day are T. E. Pearce, who is officiating at the races, HW.
Mr G. S. Dunkley's XI: G. SI Dunkley: AE-Ming, F. D. Pereira,
Baines, C. C. Garthwaite, J. P.F. Goodwin, T. A. Pearce. E L
Williams. B. Lee and F. Zim- Gosano, E. C. Fincher, J. E. Rich-
mern.
ardson, E.-F. Fincher. A. H. Madar
The following are the two and 1 Melmes
teams:
Mr. AW. Hayward's XI-A. W.}{
Hayward, N. A. E. Mackay, G. - E.
道 be played on
ide commencing
tion on his right arm. and it is on doubtful
Shepherd (Police R.C.), whe whether he.
be able to defend his title in this showed some of his former bril- skipped the Hong Kong rink, year's championship.
(Continued on Paje 9)
Scores:
Head
Shanghai I Lopes W. Train
J. Brierley
W. McLeod,
8. "Alderman
A. 0. BrawD
C. Richards J. Shepherd.
(skip)
(skip)
-214
26
16
7/12
17.
16:
18
13
***--*-88N
CLUB WIN FRIENDLY HOCKEY MATCH
In a friendly hockey game at King's Park yesterday, the Hong Kong Hockey Club defeated the Fusiliers by 3 goals to 1, Divett (2) and Pote Hunt scoring for the raile Johnson replied for