RULES
to forward the name of the suppliers, must be obeyed. Further when not in on request.
the act (sco book X).
The question of the size and weight of woods and the size of the jack does not affect the individual player as the manufacturers look after that side of the game.
Rule III deals with the conditions of a game, whether so many heads or shots or for a given period of time: it also states that a game stopped on account of the weather, on any valid reason, shall be resumed with the score as it was when play was discontinued. It is also of interest to point out that when the game is resumed, two further trial heads may be played.
Rule IV-Rinks of players contains little of moment except that the side which last scored shall play first at the next head and as laid down in a sub- sequent rule re mats, the leader shall have the privilege of placing the mat down.
An unimportant rule under this same head is that a player shall not play until his opponent's wood has stopped: the penalty, if the offending wood has not, in transit, touched any other one, or the jack, is for it to be sent back to the player to be delivered again.
An Option
Should the offending wood, on the other hand, have touched any wood or the jack, the opposing skip may either let it remain where it is, or have the head re-played; from the same end of course.
The same penalty is imposed for a wood played out of turn, but a wood sent up which is not the player's will be re-placed by his own wood. A bowl delivered, which rests less than 15 yards from the front edge of the mat, is considered dead and must be remov
The idea of the loose thread being left may not appear to be obvious at first but on consideration it will be seen that it may serve a useful purpose in the event of a jack or a toucher being of the rink: the thread would then be driven into the ditch close to the limited. stretched taut to the afore-mentioned pin in the face of the bank, to serve as a guide as to whether the wood or It should be jack is still in play. noticed also that it is laid down that GREEN LINEN THREAD shall be used. This, although not obtainable The next rule deals with skips, whom locally, is being advertised in a home- it says have sole charge of their res- instructions side Bowls paper and I will be pleased pective rinks and whose
This law is frequently broken by players standing at the side of the head, say jack high or short of it; the wording "behind the jack" does not necessarily mean immediately in a line behind it, as obviously there is not room for all the players to be in that position, although I may mention, in parenthesis, that many players insist on crowding round the head to the annoyance of the skips in some cases.
When not in the act of playing or directing, players must stand behind the mat or behind the jack, and as soon as a bowl is delivered the player di- recting, if in front of the jack, must retire behind it.
The Mat
The mat is dealt with in the next leads, rule and bowlers, especially would do well to study this. Although the gist of the law is known to most, there are one or two little points which are a little tricky.
Advantage is rarely taken locally, I notice, of the ruling which allows the mat to be placed where the jack finish- ed at the last head. Then there is the hardy annual "foot-faulting" which I see in "The Bowls News" is still a sourse of trouble at home.
The law says that a player shall have one foot in contact with and entirely within the confines of the mat: which seems clear enough. The trouble is that no workable pen- alty is prescribed: true, it is laid down that a player, after warning, shall have his bowl removed by the Umpire should he again offend: but there is normally no Umpire in a rink game, especially in the League.
name
So the offenders-I could dozen who are most regular-get away with it!
Section 4 (b) of this same rule, deals with the question of a player being That an advantage can be gained in absent in a rink game: in this case, as some cases is beyond doubt: there are is generally known, the first two play-one or two "side-stepping foot-faultera" who deliver ers deliver three woods each instead of playing in local bowls, two and a quarter of the rink's total their wood from a point much nearer score is deducted.
the tape than it should be delivered: and thereby gain an advantage which is unfair.
(To be continued)
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Some Interesting Games In Open Pairs
(By “SKIP")
Entries for all the open Competitions closed on Monday and it
Lawn Bowls is gratifying to see that entrants for all three events, singles, pairs and
Teams
FIRST DIVISION P.R.C.
W. McLeod, C. Dowman, J. Shepherd and A. E. Carey (skip).
J. Forrest, G. C. Moss, G. Perkins and J. Orem (skip).
H. Brown, F. Channing, W. Mair and J. S. Fender (skip).
SECOND DIVISION
P.B.C.
J. Edwards, J. C. Aitken, F. J. Kelly and W. MacHardy (skip).
rinks have reached new high levels. (How I hate that over-worked word "records!") | |
It is interesting to note that, since 1930 the numbers of en- trants for the singles has very nearly doubled, whilst, against only 52 pairs in 1934, when that event began, we now have 84 pairs: and the number of rinks entered has, like the singles, practically doubled.
Although in passing, it is of in- J. W. MacDonald, J. Hunter, A. J.terest to note that nearly all the Johnson and G. S. Alexander (skip).
N. B. Fraser, S. R. Farlow, J. B. NacWalter and J. Riddell (skip).
T.D.K.C.
R. Main, T. Grimes, W. Seath and D. Munro (skip).
W. Cunningham, W. Bovaird, T. Stainton and F. Chalmers (skip).
H. Gillies, J. Whyte, W. Melrose and B. Wallace (skip),
K. Tong C. Mose, J. Tang, J. L. Stephens and A. Spary (skip).
A. E. Castro, Y. Abbas, A. J. Kew
and A. H. Basto (skip),
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J. N. Wong, T. K. Lim, W. J. Ho- ward and H. Gittins (skip),
Reserves:-T. `M. Gregory, H. Y. Hau and H, Castro.
K.F.C.
B. Evans, H. Bunje, W. Simpson and J. Gibson (skip).
J. Brown, B. Thomson, W. Groves
and W. Field (skip).
J. Eastman, A. Moss, and P. Younghusband
Chittenden
available open champions are com- peting, R. Wallace, R. Lapsley and L. A. Gutierrez are notable absen- tees.
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I will confine my few remarks to the pairs which the Competitions com- mittee wisely play off at the bogin- ning of the season when the evenings are nice and long: for a pairs game is a longish one and two hours must normally be allowed for the game of
21 heads.
Interesting Games
Some interesting games are down for decision in the first or prolimin ary round in which 40 couples do bat- the leaving 20 winners to go forward with the 44 pairs who have drawn
byes.
First pair out of the hat are J. S. Logan and 7. G. Meyer, of Kowloon
Bowling Green Club who will have their work cut out to beat A. Bakar and A. K. Minu of I.R.C..
The latter pair, if I remember cor- semi-final- last rectly, got into the year after some notable victories. The favourites and Indians must start will probably win by a half a dozen
shots or so.
Another good game should be_that between Fred Cullen and Charlie Thom against Luigi Souza and Charlie Ros- selet on the same green. The Cral- gengower pair should win by having the advantage in leads.
A. E. COATES.
Wednesday and I fancy Dallehand fortunately clash at Craigengower on Adal to beat Khan and Abbas nar- rowly.
Domestic Clashes
Police pairs also clash that evening and Joe Carey and Ted Post should Another Kowloon Dock pair in Fer- go into the next round. Joe Eastman, an the Footballer, and "Digger" Groves guson and Morrison should have equally hard fight against McLeod and and Hodge and Gowland from Stanley they may play at Hong Kong Football Club the Dall, of the Police, but
same day and I refuse to forecast the winners! meet with more success.
Also at Kowloon Football Club.the
The only game on Thursday 'so08, same evening will be a Portuguese
Alves and F. V. V. Robbie Lee and Norman Mackay, both pair, "Dick"
and world than as lawn bowlers, playing up with Bob Craig last year,
and Frank Ribeiro against Jack Howell, runner (so far) more famous in the cricket Norman Bebbington, of Hong Kong against Laurie Collyer Football Club. The latter will have Haynes, of C.S.C.C., and I put my the advantage in leading but I rather money on Experience! think that will be enough for them to carry the day.
Jack Hollidge and his left-handed partner Bill Hillyer, should have and Brooksbank if they make sure little difficulty in over-coming Gelling of mixing the back woods.
Two pairs from the Indian Club un
The pick of Friday's games will be that between J. Forrest and J. Orem of the Police and A. M. Calman and J. C. Brown the Kowloon Dock pair. with much depending on the leads, of Some good bowling should be seen whom, if he is on his game, I imagine the Dock player is alightly the better,