I.R.C. SUCCUMB TO RECREIO"B": BASTOS LARGELY RESPONSIBLE
(By "SKIP")
Heavy showers which fell during Saturday morning not only caused the closing of one green, but seem to have upset some of the bowlers who were able to play for there was a surfeit of big counts...
Pride of place goes to W. Mel- Hong Kong Football Club in the Sec- rose, W. C. Bovaird, T. F. Stain-ond Division whilst in the third League, ton and J. C. Chalmers, of Taikoo come the Kowloon Bowling Green Club Kowloon Cricket Club did well to over- Recreation Club, who scored the at Austin Road. first possible of the season; their victims being J. S. Howell, E. L. Strange, J. S. Beach and J. A. R. Selby. Two sevens were scored; by J. Fender's rink against Jack Deakin and by Tommy Fergus- son against Riddell whilst no less than 10 counts of six corded. ✔
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BASTOS WIN
Although F. X. Soares found A. K. for him, the two Bastos (B. and J. J.) Minu and his brother rather too much both had useful wins against M. R. Abbas and A. R. Dallah respectively.
For the latter, Charlie Roza-Pereira as third man was-in good fettle whilst
it was C. F. Remedios who laid the
were re-foundation for "B. B.'s"
victory.
meritorious
In First Division, the Indians suc-
Carlos Silva had another great win, cumbed to Club de Recreio "g" (as I this time at Bob Lapsley's expense and hinted they might) and the "A" team his side never had to worry as always from King's Park took the opportunity held a useful majority. L. F. Xavier, to go to the top of the League, having won all three of their games to date. '0
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SECOND DIVISION
CHALMERS
HAS GOOD- AFTERNOON
(By "SKIP")
Taikoo not only obtained the biggest win of the season but in
so
4 doing tallied the highest total of 4shots to date--which is quite con
3 sistent of course!
as his lead was deadly and good con solidating support came from C. E. Marques, (especially) and
Jackie Noronha.
The home team scored on only four heads, which gives an indication of the superiority of the opposition.
F. X. M. Silva was brilliant against Glen Cooper and may be said to have carried his rink, although Charlie Silva was leading well. Bob Morrison, drawn against Dick Alves showed that his recent form was no flash in the pan for he was always saving the situation for his side and may consider himself unlucky to be beaten by the singleton which the enemy gained at the last head.
came
The Civil Servants
another cropper on their own green, the Police doubling their opponents score. Chief
honours went to Jock Fender's rink in
which Wally Mair came right back to form and gave
Leading by only three shots
a dazzling display.
at
the of the debacle that was to follow, for eighth head, there was little indication
the visitors chalked up no less than 29 in the next nine ends and eventually
Chalmers' rink, in addition to secur- 2ing the possible which I have mention-ran out winners by 33 shots which is 2ed, scored three fives which is pretty
this season's biggest rink win.
2 good going against Jake Selby. There
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was little in it up to the eighth end, THIRD DIVISION
from that stage onward the winners 2simply did as they pleased and ran up
41 shots,
SECOND DIVISION
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W. Hillyer (C.S.C.C.)
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J. S. Riddell (P.R.C.)
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G. S. Alexander (P.R.C.)
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G. E. F. Thompson (K.B.G.C.)
the teams being evenly matched, but
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A. Brooksbank (H.K.F.C.)
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H. White (K.B.G.C.)
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G. C. Moss (P.R.C.)
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THIRD DIVISION
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P. Younghusband (K.F.C.)
J. Gibson (K.F.C.)
Totals
T. W. Carr (K.C.C.)
O. P. Remedios (Recreio)
B. E. Maughan (R.H.K.Y.C.)
J. Russell (H.K.F.C.)
P. J. Hamilton (K.B.G.C.)
H. L. Lockhart (K.B.G.C.)
H. H, Pegg (H.K.F.C.)
L. G. Coombea (K.B.G.C.)
T. Pile (P.O.C.)
V. Walker (H.K.F.C.).
W. B. Muskett. (H.K.E.R.C.)
G. S. Ladd (C.C.C.)
P. A. Yvanovich (Recreio)
A. W. Brown (R.H.K.Y,C.)
V. Petherick (K.F.C.)
J. T. Smalley (K.F.C.)
J. Pau (C.C.C.)
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I understand that the visiting skip lent a hand in securing the first possi- ble of the season, by obligingly remov- ing his side's nearest wood!
Bob Wallace was all over Norman Bebbington, who had won all his pre- vious matches, and finished up with a couple of dozen in hand whilst Brooks-
PILE'S FINE RECOVERY
(By "SKIP")
On K.B.G.C. green Kowloon
bank did well to get the better of Cricket club gave
Munro, though it was only by a single
GOOD WIN,
Kowloon Football Club, did exceed-
team
the home a: good 'beating, only Lockhart being on the winning side:
ingly well to beat Police at the Valley. his eight shot margin against Jim- Down by 14-3 at the half-way stage,my Jack was quite meritorious. Tommy Fergusson virtually monopolis-
ed the scoring thereafter and scored P. J. A. Hamilton, after a run of 30 shots to Jock Riddell's three.
three successes, came a cropper at the Alexander had the. only win. for the hands of Jack Hirst who was, in tip top home team and well deserved. it as he form and could do little wrong: his pulled up from a losing position: [drawing paid him well. Johnston gave him more than adequate 4 support.
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The home skip actually led at the twelfth end but then the cricketers Vic Chittenden was in good form but, scored three fives and a three in four 4usually up against it.
Kowloon Tong commenced
heads and eventually won by the very baker's dozen. Tommy Carr was all
3 strongly against Kowloon Bowling over Johnny Dinnen and won by 18, A. Green Club at Austin Road but could Madar contributing more than his not sustain the pressure: Tony Basto share to the big win.
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C. M. S. Alves (Recreio)
W. Excell (K.F.C.)
K. S. Robertson (H.K.F.C.)
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„A. E. S. Alves (C.C.C.)
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G. E. Costello (R.H.K.Y.C.)
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J. Sloan (H.K.ER.C.)
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J. M. Jack (K.C.C.)
W. W. Hirst (K.C.C.)
T. Gooding (P.O.C.) .......
J. Watson" (K.BG.C.)
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C. Champelovier (K.F.C.)
A. A. Lewis_(C.C.C.)
R. H. Wild (R.H.K.Y.C.)
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J. S. Dinnen (K.B.G.C.) **
1 0
C. M. Gowland (P.O.C.)
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J. Ross (K.F.C.)
W. McNeill (C.CC.).. P. Morgan (K.F.C.)
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ran into a lead of 15 to NIL against Hong Kong Football Club did well
2 Jock Logan but the latter's rink fought to beat Club de Recreio for whom O. P. back well and were within one of their Remedios retained his 100% skip's re- opponents with three heads to go. cord. Jock Russell had a comfortable Basto, scored on all of these to win win against C. A. Lopes and V. Walker 2 by five, the margin which Ted Thomp-won by the four shots he scored in the 2 son with a re-arranged rink, had over last two ends.. 2"Spud" Spary, whose heavy woods, G. S. Ladd carried, Craigengower's
were exceptionally accurate.
third team to victory over Kowloon Football Club, his win of 19 deciding the issue as McNeil was well down to Petherick and the other skips tled.
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Harry Gittins began, well against Joe Meyer and had a lead of 7 shots to 2 but a strong burst towards the 10 end of the game gave the home skip » win by a dozen shots. Jiminy Wong was playing well as lead to the Kow loon Tong skip, especially early in the game, whilst K.. O. Hamilton made, a great game at Number Two for Meyer The latter was beating Gittins who had bad luck: in disturbing the woods and .108 52 52. 4 2095 2095 280 280 108 he gave shots away on two or three
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At Stanley in a game in which no less than five sixes were scored. Yacht Club collected another couple of points, thank chiefly to Bert Maughan who beat Tommy Gooding by nine, th
George Costello, had a lend af, 20-0 against Tommy Pie but the home skip stuck grimly to his tank "and got to within a couple of his adversary.
etually at one time, ldsing, eventually by Ave,