THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 6, 1988.
RECREIO AND K.B.G. C.
HOLD SPOTLIGHT
THIS AFTERNOON
Bowls Season Nears Conclusion
(By "SKIP")
"REVIEWER'S" SPORTS COMMENTARY
Cricketers' Dilemmas
of one shot in their favour, which is
Two names which have been much of little significance, and they will do well if they can hold that advan-in the public eye of late owing to the cricket Tests between England and Australia are Denis Compton and W. Edrich, two of the most promising of the younger school of England cricke-
tage..
It will be anybody's game ALTHOUGH THE END OF THE SEASON IS DRAWING the odds slightly in favour NEAR, INTEREST IN THE LAWN BOWLS LEAGUE CON- home team. TINUES TO BE KEEN.
Club de Recreio having become
with of the
champions, little interest remains "SKIP'S" FORECAST FOR TO-DAY
in the top half of the League although the runners-up position is not definitely settled-so at- tention is chiefly directed to the bottom rungs of the ladder. Here to Kowloon Dock, who are due meet the Civil Service Club to- day, are two points ahead of their hosts so the game becomes of vital importance to both, pecially the homesters.
es-
But the Police are not out of the wood yet, either, and the defeat for them, which I forecast, will leave them in a precarious position should the Civil Servants win which I think is just possible.
Craigengower are not likely to be perturbed by the fact that the In- dians beat a slightly weakened Kow- team loon
Club Bowling Green
able to Saturday and should be
Soo- ..collect a couple of points at
kunpoo, whilst the Champions, with a lead of 11 shots, are not likely to let this advantage over the Kowloon Bowling Green Club slip out their hands.
of
SECOND DIVISION Chief interest in the whole pro- gramme will be centred in the Se- cond Division flight between Club
*Indian Recreation Club
Civil Service C.C.
Police Recreation Club
Kowloon B.G.C.
FIRST DIVISION
v Craigengower C.C.
(-)
V
:(57)
V
(62) V Kowloon Dock R.C. .(45) Kowloon Cricket Club .... Club de Recreio
. (48)
.(50)
(55)
SECOND DIVISION
Police Recreation Club
v "Civil Service C.C.
Craigengower C.C. Taikoo Recreation C.
Club de Recreio
(~)
v †Football Club “A”
(-)
(57)
V Football Club "B"
.(53)
(80)
P Kowloon B.G.C.
(51)
Football Club "C"
Kowloon Football Club Craigengower ¿C.C. †Kowloon Cricket Club
THIRD
..(66)
(59) v
DIVISION
Y
R.H.K. Yacht Club
(52)
(57)
Y
V
H.K. Electric R.C. Kowloon Tong G.C.A.
Club de Recreio
(58)
.(60)
. (-)
* Denotes, promoted team. + Denotes relegated team.
Figures in brackets denote scores in corresponding match last year.
Kowloon Bowling de Recreio and Green Club at King's Park.
The latter resume with a balance
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Another youngster who, in the has course of the present season created a very favourable impression for Middlesex as a wicket-keeper and bateman, is Leslie Compton, "brother of Denis.
The two Comptons are also on the Arsenal staff. Leslie, at the moment, ia, not as good a cricketer but definite- Denis. ly a better footballer than And Leslie, a centre who has made quite a number of first team appear- ances, will be at Highbury this win- ter. He is also with his brother's cricket club, Middlesex, but has not yet established himself in the county side.
are
But for Denis things
more
most difficult. He is probably the promising batsman England has had in the last ten years. He is a firmly. established Test choice. Nothing is surer than that he'll be asked to go to South Africa with the M.C.C. side this winter. When asked what he was going to do he said:-
And
"Football is a grand game. there is the money aspect to consider. I am on good money and am happy In two years I may at Highbury. get a benefit of anything up to £650. Such prospects are not lightly to be thrown away. If the South African question does arise I suppose I shall sce the M.C.C. and Mr. Allison, of the Arsenal, about it."
For Edrich, too, the problem is prossing. The season before last he looked like going right to the top of outside-left the football tree as an
with Tottenham Hotspur, Last sea- son he was released by the club to Craigengower should retain inter- go on a cricket tour to India. If he Club's gets and accepts a South Africian est by defeating Football "A".
Jack Rodger is not available invitation it will mean burning his football boats. Or should we say and George Duncan has been pro-boots? Two seasons are too many to moted from third man in Walter miss.. Gill's rink, to skip against his old Club.
The other Football Club team journey to Taikoo but their pro- spects do not seem to be too bright, whilst Civil Service juniors also look as though their journey to the adjoining club. will be fruitless.
THIRD DIVISION
Football Club “C” may have very narrow win over the Yacht Club but will have to fight hard for the points, a remark which applies equally to Kowloon Cricket Club, who entertain Club de Recreio.
Kowloon Football Club are a safer bet as the Electricians are their visitors and I anticipate an away win for Kowloon Tong, who take a trip to the Valley to play Craigen
gower.
(Continued from Next Col.) to the coffers of the Association and perhaps put it back on its feet.
The Soccer ·
Interport
The most interesting item of dis- cussion at the first meeting this sea- son of the Council of the Hong Kong Football Association was in connection with the Interport with Shanghai which was not played last year for a number of reasons.
Hong Kong still owes Shanghai visit, but apart from the political situation prevailing in the North, I am sure that Hong Kong cannot, with the meagre resources at its disposal, consider fulfilling this obligation this year.
Credit balance of the Association-to- day stands at a little over $4,000 and the cost of a trip to Shanghai would Leaving little or practically nothing for absorb the greater part of this balance running expenses or provision for rainy day, and, it would take littlo rain to wash this balance out.
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For the first time the Association have been candid about their financial position and are writing to Shanghai to the effect that owing to the low level of their funds together with the unsettled conditions in Shanghai, they would not be able to send a team to According to the rules of the In-Shanghai and suggesting that they terport, the games are to be played al- visit the Colony instead to keep the ternately in Shanghai and Hong Kong series going, and that any port in the Far East ||
playing the game according to the I do not know the financial position rules of the Football Association, are of the Shanghai Football Association entitled to enter.,
or to what extent they depend on any
Manila have already writton asking profits made on Interport games with if the Interport will be held in Hong Hong Kong in their port, but
Iam Kong and intimating that, if such certain that if Shanghai are in ga be the case, they would like to parti- position to do so they, will send a team cipate. In the event of Shanghai hero and no holl Hong Kong out for honouring us with a visit, there may such a series of games, would, with be sitarea, cornered contest which careful check on expensen," without.
to the interest: of] being niggardly as far as the visiEN
the Assos ang concerned, add quitar for, dojnrai
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