THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 11, 1938.
ESPLIN CUP MATCH WAS EXCITING
HONG KONG WON BY TWO COUNT
ON LAST HEAD
LOCAL TEAM FETED
(Exclusive To "China Mail")
Sixteen members of the Hong Kong Lawn Bowls Association visited Wanstead on Wednesday, July 20 for the annual match for the Esplin Cup. The whole match resulted in a victory for Wan- stead by 78 shots to 72, but on the match rink, after a ding-dong battle, the visitors defeated their hosts by one point.
Twenty-one ends were played, at the conclusion of the 20th Wanstead were one up, but the last end yielded two to the visitors, who thus won by 20 shots to 19. The match was watched by a large number of members and visitors, including ladies brought by the Hong Kong team, and afterwards supper was served in the golf house,
Mr. W. E. Stewart (president, of the club) occupied the chair, and proposed the Hong Kong Club. He said the visit was not merely one of a few friends Wanstead who happened to be in England, but was an official representative gathering of an organised association in Hong
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Frank Goodwin, above, played an outstanding part in Hong Kong's success in the Esplin Cup match against Wanstead Club, a full re- port of which appears on this page.
I. H. GEARE SECURES HOLE IN ONE
H. V. Summer Foursomes
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Semi-Finals
one,
CRAWFORD IN GREAT FORM
Wins Australian National Hardcourt Championship
It was fitting that Jack Craw- ford, one of Australia's tennis stalwarts, should be crowned dual champion at our first National Hardcourt tourney. His play throughout was of very high standard.
Right from the start of the tourney he revealed that beautiful artistry in stroking the rising ball that gained him fame throughout the world.
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McGrath was his big danger, and nearly encompassed his downfall in the final, by winning the first two sets with flery serving and, a spirited attack to Crawford's backhand, supported by clever volleying coups.
AN OLD ADDAGE
There is an old tennis adage that a game." player. "should never change a winning
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With two sets in hand, McGrath probably had this in mind, but after losing the third set so easily, he should have realised that he was not then
change of tactics was called for.
His failure to realise this saw a pros- pective victory for him changed into a great triumph for Crawford in the fifth set. 6-4 in favour of Crawford.
The score was 2-6, 3-6, 6-2,
Kong. It was as well to have it their wives or lady friends, but un-| Hitchens, holed the 7th hole, of the playing a winning game, and that on record that Wanstead had had the pleasure of entertaining
fortunately they had not arrived. To the Wanstead president he present- representatives of an organisation of such distinction. He had hearded a Hong Kong Club pennant as a
memento of that very happy that they were..
casion.
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OUT FOR BLOOD and sent out the wire north, south, EXTRAORDINARY PROGRESS east and west, and men came from The Chairman then presented the Scotland and other far-off places. Esplin Cup to Mr. Maughan con- Wanstead' were delighted to receive gratulating him upon his team's them with their ladies. The game prowess in having won it. had been wonderful, and the game Mr. S. Goddard, captain of the which the rink put up was mar-Wanstead Club, said he had played vellous. The fact that the visitors in those matches for many years,
I. H. Geare, playing with W. E. L.
Old Course, at Fanling, in yesterday evening.
The following are the results of the semi-final round ties in the Happy Valley Summer Foursomes: T. B. Low (11) and W. Ahern (16) beat J. B. Mackie (5) and A. M. Mack (16) by 4 and 3.
G. M. Park (7) and R. Young (6) beat L. Goldman (7) and C. W. E. Bishop (11) by one hole.
had won was more than pleasing to and the manner in which the visi- C.R.C. TROUNCE
the hosts.
It was good for com- tors had come along in their bow-
petition that the cup should not be ling was extraordinary. The team H.K.C.C. IN
"B" DIVISION
held by one side for too long. Wans-this year was the best they
had 667 tead wished them God-speed and sent, and the Wanstead men were hoped they would return next year delighted that the cup was going to take the cup away again. coupled with the toast the name of Mr. Bertie Maughan, the Hong Kong team organizer.
He back to Hong Kong. He expressed League Tennis
MR. MAUGHAM REPLIES The toast was drunk with musi- cal honours and Mr. Maughan re- sponded. Describing himself as a very happy man, he said too much had been said of him personally. When he was president of the Hong Kong Lawn Bowls Association he
felt it was time the Esplin Cup com- petition was recognized by the As- sociation, and was very happy when he was able to bring this about. This year he was fortunate in being appointed captain of the visiting
team.
his thanks to the Wanstead mem- bers who had supported the club in the rinks other than the cup rink.
Mr. R. L. Leeder, hon, secretary of the Wanstead Club, thanked the Golf Club for placing their room at the disposal of the bowlers.
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Mr. O. Percy, captain of the Golf Club, said there was a cordial lationship between the two clubs, each being pleased to help the other. The Golf Club shared the pleasure of the bowlers in entertaining the Hong Kong visitors.
Mr. Adam Holland, the visiting
Despite the fact that Crawford and McGrath have met on at least 21 occa- [sions, the singles final provided high- class tennis. Easily the best standard I have seen on hard courts.
MOST IMPRESSIVE
McGrath's play was the most impres- sive he has shown for some consider- able time. His double-handed back- hand was much more effective, and de- finitely more in keeping with the de- vastating stroke that made him famous. I was also very pleased to observe that he discarded the "drop shot," ex- cept on the most judicious occasions.
A pursuance of the type of stroking- employed by McGrath in this match may see him return to the high stan- dard that saw him. defeat Vines and Perry a few years ago.
In a "B" Division League Tennis match yesterday at Chater Road, the Chinese Recreation Club beat the Hong OUR SINGLES Kong C. C. by 8 sets to 1.
Scores:
BOWLS GAMES
J. J. Ferguson and E. E. Storey DECIDED
(H.K.C.C.).
lost to P. F. Choy and K. C. Ng 2-6 lost to C. C. Chiu and D. S. Sze. 3-8 lost to F. H. Kwok and S. W.
Liang
6-7
Four matches in the Third Round of the Colony Lawn Bowls Open Singles Championship were decided yesterday. On the Indian R. C. green, J. V.
A. C. I. Bowker and B. O'M. Deane Ramsay defeated J. Cavanagh by 21 (H.K.C.C.).
shots to 13 on the 24th head.
lost to Choy and Ng
lost to Chiu and Sze lost to Kwok and Liang
3-6
At Kowloon Docks, A. Hyde-Lay 1-6 bent A. E. Carey 21-17 on the 27th 3-6 head, while C. F. Remedios lost to G.
exciting game.
N. J. H. Railton and T. C. Monag- Sherriff 20–21 on the 28th head, in an han (H.K.C.C.). skip, said he had played that day on
beat Chov and Ng one of the finest greens he had ever lost to Chiu and Sze seen, against some of the best play-lost to Kwok and Liang ers he had ever met.
They owed a very great debt of gratitude to Mr. A. McNeish. His ORIGIN OF THE MATCH name was a household word in Hong | The Esplin Cup was then filled Kong, and he was known as "the and passed round, each member of- man who steers the ship when we fering an appropriate toast. arrive in England.” Although the Mr. McNeish, proposing the Wanstead players did their utmost health of the Wanstead President, to prevent the visitors taking the said how delighted ho was to have cup away, he was sure they were all been able to take part in the matóh. very pleased that they were going The gamos originated some yourA to do so. Bowls was the one game ago when the secretary of the Hong IMPOSSIBLE TO FOUL Kong Lawn Bowis Association had in which it was and these matches a son at Forest School, Mr. J. promoted a wonderful spirit of Esplin's cup had been won three good fellowship. He brought the times by the Hong Kong visitors, very sincere greetings of the Hong Speaking of Mr. Stewart, the span- Kong Association and expressed ker said they had had four presi- their thanks for the wonderful re-dents of the club, and each one had ception and entertainment accorded|been one of the best.
them. The visitors thought it would The toast was drunk with en-
7---5 J. A. da Luz defeated A. K. Minu 4-6 21-19 at the 23rd head, on the Civil 4-8'Service green."
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