TODAY'S LOCAL BOWLS FEATURE
KEC TO BUILD NEW CLUB HOUSE
BOB LAPSLEY MADE LIFE MEMBER
ANNUAL MEETING HELD YESTERDAY
A unanimous vote of nearly 50 members of the Kowloon Foot- ball Club in favour of rebuilding the present Club house at a cost of about $6,500 was the most im- portant issue decided at the an- nual meeting of the Club held yesterday
Mr. B
founder mem-
Jock „McKelvie above, the Kowloon Dock senior division skip, will be given another severe test to-day, wheather permitting, when the Hung Hom team clash with Recreio at King's Park.
ber with a record going back to ARRANGED FOR
1893, was made a Life Member, and Mr. G-G. Wood, an architect who
RINKS FINAL
has done much honorary for AUGUST 18
the Club was made an member Major C
FINE ASSET
Manners.
Open Singles Third Round Drawn
KOWLOON DOCKS TO ENCOUNTER CLUB DE
DE RECREIO
CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE
IN THE BALANCE
PORTUGUESE JUNIORS TASK
AGAINST C.C.C.
(By SKIP)
KOWLOON DOCK'S great win having placed them in the running for the Lawn Bowls League Championship once again, chief interest in to-morrow's programme will devolve upon the match between them and Club de Recreio which is to take place at Hung Hom
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THE
BOTH ARE, I UNDERSTAND, FIELDING STRONG TEAMS AND A VERY CLOSE GAME IS BOUND TO BE SEEN. PORTUGUESE HAVE SLIGHTLY THE BETTER RECORD AND FOR THAT REASON I FORECAST A WIN FOR THEM, IN SPITE OF THE DISADVANTAGE OF PLAYING AWAY FROM HOME.
Vice-President, was in the chair and Mr. R Hall, Chairman, with Mr. AS Bliss, (Secretary) and Mr. J. White (Treasurer) were A meeting of the Comvetition present
Sub-Committee of the Hong Kong Major Manners, who took the Lawn Bowls Association was held
Next interest will be in the game at Craigengower where the place of the President, Mr. T. A yesterday, when the Third Round Police will be entertained. Followers of the game will re- Mitchell, who is in hospital, said: of the Singles Competition was collect that to-morrow's visitors surprised the Champions on the drawn and the final of the Rinks Police green quite recently, and Craigengower will be out to You will note that $400 has heen Championship *was fixed før avenge that defeat. written off as final depreciation on August 18. the tennis court which has disap- Two pospponed games in
the The KCC are at home toƒIEN peared to make room for the bowl- Second Round of the Singles Cham-their neighbours and in view of ing green. This is a fine asset and pionship were amanged for next last Saturday's revival, should its splendid condition is largely due Monday
beat the Kowloon Bowling Green to the fatherly interest of our The Competition Sub-Committee of Club, although there should not Chairman. The cost of laying the the Hong Kong Lawn Bowls Associa-be much in it at the finish. green was met by several members the following matches to be played The Civil Servants clash with the CCC
met yesterday and arranged for by gift or loan, and the best way next week.
HKFC. on the former's green and KGC. we can show our appreciation is to The following are the fixtures:
here again a close encounter may rally round and make it popular.
Open Singles (Second Round)
be expected. I hear that the Foot KD.R.C MONDAY, AUGUST 9
ballers are trying out two new
CS.C.C skips, but still I favour the home- sters to retain the points.
The election of officers resulted: President, Mr. T A Mitchellvice. S. M. White v I S. Howell President, Major C. M. Mammers; Chair- (Chaigengower).
man, Mr. R. Hall, Treasurer, M. J.A S. Gomes v C. G. Silva P. White; Secretary, Mr. A. S. Bliss (Hong Kong F. C. green). (temporarily until Mr. A. IG. East-
man can- take over), Captain, Mr. A.
Open Singles, (Third Round) MONDAY, AUGUST 9
WL Walker
S. Bliss; vice-Captain, Mr. R. Evans; A W. Grimmit H Gittins General Committee, Mesa, C. MAJ. Cook Hall, Y. C. Labrum, 1 McKelvie, W. J. C. Brown Mackie, J. Smith, R. Milis. –
AS Russell
v JAR Selby EG. Post
v T. Armstrong
Major Manners said it gave him (Club de Recreio).
G. Perkins great pleasure to propose the elec-U. M. Omar Y J. Pau tion of Mr. Bob Lapsley to Life 4 E. Coates YA E. Dalah Membership: He had taken part (Hong Kong F. CE in the affairs of the Club as a play-
TUESDAY, AUGUST 10: LF. Xavier v B. Basto er, member and committee man w. C. Simpson v H Overy since 1893 and had stayed with the (Kowloon B.G_C.). Club though it had three times died J. V. Ramsay LD. Skimmer and been resuscitated. He was the D. W. Waterton v G. H. Sherriff
HG Cooper v S. Randle oldest member present at the meet-
(Kowloon C.C.); ing and was continuing his interest WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11 in the Club by turning to the bowls
green..
J.
C. Gill
HA Alves
R. F. da Luz
(Indian E.C.).
THURSDAY, AUGUST 12
J. S. Landolt
GSilva
The proposal was carried with applause. In acknowledging "a T. Fergusson- YA S. Gomes or signal honour Mr. Lapsley said he had sons, growing up who woulds continue to associate his name with the KFC
M White or (Civil Service).
J. S. Howell v A. Hyde- Lay (Kowloon Dock)
Open Rinks WEDNESDAYA
NEW CLUB HOUSE "The time has now come when something must be done about it. am quite sure every member w to have a comfortable club house, place to which she can bring his with pleasure and pride and
of
the KFC Basto. ago our Mr. C.
flag.
Me Hall
which
scheme eived
ac anticipate, re
the Club lend
kelet
2ND DIVISION FEATURE The big match in the Second LR.C Division is between Craigengower CCC. and Club de Recreio, at the Valley
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The match is virtually a fight for K.BG.C. the runners-up position in this PRC Division, and it should prove to be
a close game. The Indians should have no difficulty in beating c. de R. the K.C.G., nor should the KB.G.C. fail to beat Taikoo, but there will K.TR.C be few shots dividing the Police and
H.K.F.C. the Footballers when they f
finish,
SKIP'S FORECAST
FIRST DIVISION:
(55) P.R.C.
(51) RBG.C.
(51) C. de B
HKFC.
SECOND DIVISION
(KCC
C. de R.
(Taikoo
---) HKF.C.
HIRD DIVISION.
(-) K.F.C.
() cscc
(-) cac
8 8 5 1 1111 111@
with the Police having the better EKERC (38) RHKY.C (69). of the encounter.
Figures in brackets denote the result
The Civil Service team will no doubt continue in winning vein at Waterloo Road, where they will do battle with Kowloon Tong, but I favour the home team in the re-the motion forward. maining encounters.
of the corresponding game last year.
arly understood that the annot go
through
from
dual-
the Club
ALREADY APPROVED now formally propose that the Committee be
rene
sum of $6,500
club
itation in putting tion of his