THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 7, 1988..
James Bruen Leads Field
OUR LONDON AIRMAIL SPORTS NEWS
Padgham And R. Whitcombe
In Sparkling Display
Marcel Dallemagne Offers Challenge HENRY COTTON FOUR STROKES
BEHIND AT MOMENT
London, To-day.
James Bruen, the sensational 17-year-old Irish Walker Cup player and acknowledged as a coming champion, was the leading amateur and one of five players, four others of whom are pro fessionals, who led the field with a score of 70, at the end of the First Round of the British Open Golf Championship, which was held over the Royal St. George's and Prince's Courses, at Sandwich
Sparkling golf in a heat-wave amaz- ed spectators during the eighth round of the Penfold $1000 Professional yesterday. League tournament at Sandy Lodge (Herts.). Two exciting halved matches,
W. J. Cox, Ernest Whitcombe, John Fallon and Marcel Dalle in which the leader, Bert Gadd, was magne (France) are the four other leaders with scores of 70.
concerned, have left the issue open. With three games to play. Gadd has a total of 12 points, and is unbeaten..
His nearest rivals are Percy Alliss and. Reginald Whitcombe, each with 11 points, and so keen is the competition that P. J. Mahon and Abe Mitchell, who share last place in the table, are the only players in the field of twelve without a chance of winning the first prize of £200.
Mitchell's 4 points have been obtain- ed from two Open Championship win- Yesterday he caused a surprise
ners.
"B" DIVISION
TENNIS
LEAGUE
Four tennis matches were yesterday played in the "B" Division of the Lawn Tennis League.
There were no surprises, all results being very much as anticipated.
Charles Whitcombe, Reginald Whitcombe, Alfred Perry, former Champion, Bert Gadd and Richard
TO-DAY'S BIG WATER-POLO ENCOUNTER
The following have been selected to represent the V. R. C. in a friend- ly water-polo game against the 6.15 p.m. sharp. Army to-day in the V.R.C. pool, at
M. M. de V. Soares; W. F. Kerr and AJ Hussain; W. Lawrence; C. E. Roza Pereira, A. A. Guterres and Stanley Lee.
Reserve W, Sprinkle.
The Army will be represented by the following:
Pte. Berry (Middlesex); Gnr. Ho- well (R.A.) and Pte. Harris (R.A.M.C.); Lieut. J.M. Calvert (R.E.); L/Cpl. W. Ashford (R. C. Signals), Pte. Stemp (Middlesex) and Pipe Major Johnstone (R. Scots).
Burton, are at present lying second Lawn Bowls
with scores of 71, while Henry Cot- ton, the present holder and world champion, returned a card of 74.
· ama-
The prominent Australian teur player, H. S. McKay took 14 strokes at the 14th hole to equal the championship record, eventually
by beating Henry Cotton, thus follow- RECREIO ♥ KOWLOON INDIANS returning a card of 87.
ing up his victory over Alfred Padg- ham. Cotton scored only
At King's Park, Recreio beat Kow- one point from the day's golf, but, with a total loon Indians by 6 sets to 3.
of 8, he still has an outside chance of A. M. Rodrigues and L. A. L. Silva challenging for first place.
(Recreio).
B
The most amazing golf of the week lost to S. A. and S. S. Hussain... 5-7 was played by Padgham and Rbeat F. and M. A. Khan Whitcombe in a halved game, which beat M. Ramzan and D. M. Khan 6-2 H. Gonsalves and E. Xavier (Re- prevented the latter from retaining point-leadership with Gadd.
Each creio). was round in 65, and of five 28 which lost to Hussain and Hussain were obtained, only one was good beat Khan and Khan enough to win a hole. Padgham had beat Ramzan and Khan the extraordinary experience of go- M. A. Oliveria and L. A. ing out in 32 and finding himself one (Recreio).
down at the turn. He had been two lost to Hussain and Hussain down, but he holed from nine yards beat Khan and Khan for a 2 at the seventh, and this was
beat Ramzan and Khan too much even for Whitcombe, who was out in 81,
3-6
6-1
6-1
FIRST ROUND RESULTS
The following were the scores at Carvalho the end of the first round, as cabled
by Reuter:
CRAIGENGOWER v K.C.C.
2-61
63 Marcel Dallemagne. (St. Geri 6-0 main, France)
John Fallon (Huddersfield)
beat Ernest Whitcombe (Bourne-
mouth)
Whitcombe continued the fireworks At the Valley, Craigengower by hitting the hole with his pitch from Kowloon by 6% sets to 24. a bunker at the tenth, and a 3 there -J. W. Leonard and G. Choa (C.C.C.). made him two up. Five halves follow-beat F. Grose and E. Blum ed, Whitcombe holing from four yards beat D. J. N. Anderson and R. E.. for a 2 at the fifteenth, and Padgham beat H. Miller and H. Januszow-
Lee getting down from three yards for a ski---
half.
James Bruen (Cork)
6-0 W. J. Côx (Wimbledon Park) 68 Alfred Perry (Leatherhead).
Bert Gadd(West Cheshire)
0 Richard Burton (Sale)
J. J. Busson, (Pannal)
6-6
Charles Whitcombe B-3 6-8 Hill)
Whitcombe, with victory in sight, A. Kitchell-and G. Lai (C.C.C.).". took three putts at the sixteenth, and drew with Grose and Blum Padgham squared with a "birdie" 4 at beat Anderson and Lee the seventeenth. Padgham appeared beat Miller and Januszowski to have won the match when he holed
(Continued from Page 18) a great game and scored towards the finish to make the score board read ning shone, secured the vital 20-20-20, but Booker, for whom Chan- point with a brilliant shot, on the last head. Dalgarno was the outstanding player in Jan Tuck's rink, which in overcoming the Senior Glendenning secured the only home victory. couple of nap hands earlier on made all the difference, for after the second one, the visitors quite held their own. Tuck played some pretty drawing shots, but was not generally forceful enough to secure the bigger counts, which the side's-score justified his essaying.
·BIG DEFEAT
to
The surprise of the match between the Civil Servants at home, and the Football Club "A" was the big de- feat which Jack Rodger inflicted on Hillyer, there being nearly a couple of dozen in it at the finish. With Howell laying a sound foundation, the rest of the visiting rink played well man and were all over the opposition, only the skip playing up to form.
Walter Gill, with a new second man, 70 also had a useful win, but Brooksbank found Syd Eccleshall a hig problem 70 and reached home by only three shots,
LAID MUSKETT DOWN.
70
70
70
718
71.
(Crews
71
F. R. Zimmern and W. J. Howard Reginald A. Whitcombe (Park-
from 15 yards for a two at the eigh (C.C.C.). teenth, but Whitcombe put his bail lost to Grose and Blum down from four yards for a half in 2, lost to Anderson and Lee to end a remarkable display.
beat Miller and Januszowski
The cards were
Whitcombe--
Out-4 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 4-31 In-3 5 4 4 4 2 5 5 2-34
Padgham-
Out-4 4 3 4 4 4 2.3 4=32 In-4 5 4 4 4 2 4 4,2-33
C.S.C.C. v L.R.C.
3-6 4-6
stone)
R. G. French (West Surrey)
6-2 Jack M’Lean (Buchanan Cas-
tle)
At the Valley, Civil Service beat In- dians by 6 sets to 3 in the "B" division N. Sutton (Leigh) of the tennis league yesterday.
A. Dailey (Wanstead) L. Pengelly and I. Agafuroff Dai J. Rees (Surbiton)
(C.S.C.C.).
beat A. R. Kitchell and M. R.
Abbas
S. B. Roberts (Prestatyn) 6-0 James Braid (Walton Heath, beat S. A. Bux and M. Hassan 6-0 Arthur J. Lacey (Berkshire) beat A. R. Suffiad and A. R. Rimm 6-2 Sam L. King (Knole Park).
B. Agafuroff and J. Bendell
Alfred J. Padgham (Sundridge This left Gadd with the task of win-] (C.S.C.C.).
66 Park) ning or halving against Alliss in order drew with Kitchell-and Abbas to preserve his lead. He found the beat Bux and Hassan going difficult, for Alliss, thank to beat Suffiad and Rimm some fine pitching and putting, was B. G. Baker and C. Sloan (C.S.C.C.).
out in 34, and turned two up.
lost to Kitchell and Abbas
63 J. J. F. Pennink (Royal Ash- 62
down Forest) 26 Henry Cotton
(holder)
66
The golf was only moderate on the lost to Bux and Hassan way home, but Alliss was still one up drew with Sufflad and Rimm with two to play. Then he hooked two
C.R.C. v SOUTH CHINA - wooden club shots into the trees at the At Causeway Bay, Chinese Recrea seventeenth, and allowed Gadd to tion Club beat South China by 8 sots snatch a point.
to 1.
BI
In the previous round, Gadd was five. S. W. Wong and L. F. Hon (C.R.C.). up with six to play against W. J. beat H. Y. Hsu and H. T. Bee Branch, and two up with two to play, beat N. K. Ma and K. H. Lee but the Leicestershire professional had beat, J. Hau and W. H. Ho
an "eagle" 3 at the seventeenth, and P. C. Choy and K. C. Ng (C.R.C.).
a "birdie" 2 at the eighteenth to square. beat H. Y. Hsu and Bee
A feature, of the seventh round was beat Ma and Los the victory of Mitchell over Cotton. The lost to J. Hau and Ho Champion failed to take his changes at S. W. Llang and F. "the start, and halved the first three (C.R.C.).
holea. Cotton went over the green at beat, H. Y. Hau and Beo the fourth to be one down, and Mitchell beat Ma and Lee
rammed in a 15 yards putt for a 3 at beat J. Hau and Ho
the sixth, thus increasing his lead to
two, and from that point Cotton strug
gled unavailingly against his 51-year-
old rival's stendy golf. W
Later, Cotton was forced to share
III
(Ashridge)
SOLVED
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A well-known member of the Yacht 71 Club remarked to me some weeks ago, 71 that the Yacht Club are always news.
Up to now, it has been Yacht Club lose again" or "Yacht Club suffer re- cord defeat" but now, though still in the headlines it is in a more cheerful way. All congratulates them "on" very useful-victory over, the Electrici 71 ans, AW. Brown was the hero of the 72day, as he was 15. up on Bert Muskett, but the other rinks, not to be out- done," also shared in the glory. 72 Kowloon Football Club certainly 72 came a cropper against Club de Re- creio, only the ever-steady Billy Field 73
winning and thereby retaining his 100 73 per cent. record. He overcame Eddie 74 Souza by half a dozen, scored in the 74 last three heads of their game, but Tommy Fergusson. went down badly to Ivanovich, whilst Charlie Roza 74 Pereira scored a couple of threes on the last two ends to beat Joe Gibson by that number.
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The Craigengower third team were all over the Football Club outfit and 74 had over 30 shots in hand at the finish, whilst Kowloon Tong were only a little less severe in their handling of Kow- 74 Loon Cricket Club, at Cox's Road.
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