O.S.C.C. SECURE FIRST WIN Dallah Scores Six And Seven Against Fincher Champions Pushed WHEN A RINK
By K.B.G.C.
(By "SKIP")
First League results last Satur-
Dick Alves had the biggest win, beat- ing Adam Holland's four by eight shots
day were as I expected. Civil Ser-and in spite of a lack of cohesion in
the losers rink, the Portuguese boys were good value for their win,
Carlos Silva and Alf Hall, who play-
but Jackie "Fisherman" Noronha had
vants secured a worthy initial win at the expense of Kowloon Dock, ed against each other as third men in who had a very useful team out, an Interport game at Shanghai as far back as 1930, met as skips in this Fred Jones celebrating his rematch and honours went to the visitors. appearance in local bowls by hav-The two leading men were about lovel ing the biggest win of the game, a slight edge on Frank Cheesman. Both skips played good bowls, the though all three rinks won.
winner's dramatic shots-if you know Kowloon Cricket Club beat the In-what I mean-making just the differ- dians as expected but it took Goodwin's fence. Willie Macfarlane played huge victory over Minu, hitherto lead-great game to beat F. X. Silva's rink ing skip, to bring about this favourable by five shots, and he received good support from all his men, Archie Rus- Craigengower beat Club de Recreio sell as lead being outstanding. "B" but the latter's first team had (2 hard game against Kowloon Bowling Green Club before emerging narrow winners.
result.
Minu's First Defeat
a
Civil
With a rearranged team the Servants did much better and although they had green advantage their win against the Kowloon Dock team was a good one for they won, on all rinks.
The return of Fred Jones had the desired effect: he played a great game
PLAYS SHORT
It is not often than a team turns up with a man missing but this happened on Saturday and. once again a lack of knowledge of the rules was shown, the win- ning skip having divided his op-
ponent's score by four and added this number to his own total.
Rule IV Paragraph 4 (B) reads :-
In the absence of ut single player, from one or both sides, the game, whether a friendly game or a game for a trophy, prize or other competitive award, will proceed and the number of bowls shall be made'. up by the playing of the odd bowls by the first and second players, each playing one bowl each end, but one fourth of the total shots scored by any rink playing, three
mon shall be deducted from its score at the end of the game.
Although the net result, as re- gards the result of the match and the skip's personal record, is the same, the fact remains that his total of shots scored should not have been increased.
Read up your rules, Bowlers!
In the game at Cox's Road, Good-and Arthur Grimmitt as his right hand win's team could do little wrong man pulled out some fine shots to so- against A. K. Minų, at one period cure a nine-shot win over Bob Morri-Herbert Randall, who was skipping for chalking up no less than 21 shots with- son's quartette. Hollidge, who took the first time, as was Ernie Zimmern. out reply. From the lead downwards over the rink previously skipped by they were out-bowling their opponents Jack Deakin, won by a similar number Comfortable Victory to such as extent that it would be as of shots in spite of all that Malcolm invidious to single out any of them for Ferguson as second man to. Johnny praise as it would be to blame any of Brown, could do. He was splendid! the losers.
Harry Strange was eight down to Abbas and Kern had a close finish, Sammy Gray after four heads but in the former winning by 4 shots. He the next 12 he chalked up 20 shots to was one to the good after 18 ends, the 2 and finished up a winner by three score being 18-9 but then the E.C.C. points. He had hearty support from man got 10 in three heads only to be Bill Burling, as number two, whilst blanked out for the remainder of the Rakusen showed improved form. game whilst the visitor put on three thrces and a brace of twos.
Abbas was the best man on the rink and he drew some beautiful shots. A very high standard was set оп the other rink where Dallah got home by one against Teddy Fincher in a high- acoring game.
The visiting skip's second score was a seven (after a count of four) and when he next worried the scorer it was for a count of six. The bigger score was rather fortunate as Fincher in trying to follow through on to three of the enemies' counters, was a shade
blocker which Dallah had cannily put
some justice in the world for, on the
a one-shot deficit!
Craigengower Confident
SECOND DIVISION
TAIKOO HEADING
FOR HONOURS
(by "SKIP")
THIRD DIVISION
HIRST STRIKES GOOD PATCH
The Third Division provided the most surprises, chief which was Club de Recreio's heavy defeat of Kowloon Cricket Club. Craigen- gowers did well to win at Ming Yuen especially as
one of their rinks was down by nearly 20, whilst other good wins were re- corded by Prison Officers' Club, at home to the Kowloon Bowling Green Club, and Hong Kong Foot- ball Club, visiting Chatham Road.
Kowloon Cricket Club caused the biggest-upset in Third Division by go- ing down badly to Club de Recreio, who, are now level with their victims and the Hong Kong Football Club. O. P. Remedios preserved his unbeaten re- cord but Tommy Carr lost his first game of the season, Eddie Souza who was in good form, being his conqueror. Jack Hirst continued in winning vien and has now won four games in suc- cession.
I did not expect Craigengower to beat the Electricians at Ming Yuen, but Pau, with the highest total and the big- J. C. Chalmers had the biggest win the bacon: Leonard made a successful gest win in any division, brought home for Taikoo in their game against Kow-debut as skip but Bert Muskett was all loon Bowling Green Club Bay, his 15 shot victim being Ted Hong Kong Football Club had the
at Quarry over A. E. S. Alves. Thompson, who had little support from better of the argument in the Football his first two men. The home four "derby," thanks chiefly to H. H. Pegg's Melrose, Bovaird and Stainton being big win against "Doc" Smalley, whilst the others played a brilliant game, the Kowloon Bowling Green Club although skip's drawing to the jack being up to winning on two rinks, surprisingly lost the standard which gained him Inter-to the Prison Officers' Club. port honours. Bob Wallace was also
BIG SAPPER VICTORY
in good form against Joe Meyer, his ARMY TENNIS heavy woods, especially, making a big difference to the result, Armstrong who is right back to form, and Hamil ton were beating their opposites but Jim Watson, chiefly in the first dozen heads, usually levelled matters by his splendid play. Then Wallace who had. the better of his opponent, did the rest. Logan had the only away win and his team played well to a man to 22nd. Company, Royal Engineer, beat re-achieve a soven shot win over Munro 9th. A.A. Battery, Royal Scots, by
"Busty" Bower was leading remark-8--1.
Capt. M. T. L. Wilkinson and
Playing at Sookunpoo yesterday,
ably well whilst the visiting skip play-QW. Rivett (R.É.).
ed his best game of the season.
and
L/Bdr. L. Stevens: S/Sgt. M. Mitchell and Spr. C. Shaw
(RE);
beat Manly and Savage beat Wilson und Baraclough beat Thompson and Stevens
L/Cpl. (RE).
Hovall, and Spr.
I commented last week on the excel- lent team spirit which Eccleshall dis- played in a recent match, when he was lost. to Manly and Savage content with a win for his side irres-beat Wilson and Baraclough. pective of his own personal record. It beat Thompson and Stevens is strange therefore that a similar
There were two unexpected narrow and knocked up the perfect sults in Second Division the victory
the drawing hand. But there is of Hong Kong Football Club over loon Tong at tea time but fell away Savage
Police were only three down to Kow. beat Gunner G. Manly and L/Bdr. other head, Dallak should have drawn the Civil Servants on the latter's badly after the Interval to lose by 25 beat Bdr. H. Wilson and L/Bdr. a seventh after a wonderful drive
vegreen could not be described as against Harry Gittins, Tony Basto beat Bdr. R.: Thompson
in spite of a win for George Moss Baraclough which took the jack sideways into bunch of his own woods. Fincher also sensational, there being only three kept Riddell down to eight singles and secured a useful court of six which put him within striking distance near the shots in it at the finish, but the well over a dozen, whilst Spary's vic by steady scoring all through, won by wish but she delite well satisfied magnitude of the Kowloon Foot-tory over McHardy was similar.
ball Club win over
That Team Spirit Craigengower certainly was a surprise! Craigengower had a good win at King's Park where J. J. Basto's rink
Taikoo Jumped to the top of the did remarkably well to overcome Dick League as a result of a good win over Basa's, though the margin was the Kowloon Bowling Green Club and Crai smallest. Machado was having the gengower's defeat, and will, I think, better of Ramck but it was Ribeiro as take a lot of deposing. The team is situation should arise last Saturday in HOME CRICKET third man who did most of the damage strong in all departments and is un- a game in which he was playing for the home skip. "Baha" Remedios doubtedly fired with "the will to d do" Brooksbank's rink after a long period did not receive quite the support he Kowloon Tong hád - an easy ...... game of trailing, were down 22-20 at the should have done and it left him and against Police, being well up on two his third man with rather too much to of the rinks and losing only small do, with the result that Omar rink, margin on the other. all of whom played well, won easily, Kowloon Football Club administered Starting off with a nap hand, Brad- a severe beating to the Craigengewer bury kept ahead of B. Basto through team, Tommy Fergusson taking advan their, game and eventually won by that tage of the absence of Charlie Rosselet number: quite a good result for the to win by 29-11.
Hillyer and Selby had a dour game Portuguese rink although I am told Ernie Zimmern took over the absent with the former staying the course that had their skip been on form the skip's position and he and his two as-ter, whilst Bebbington was half result might have been reversed. sistan put up a good show, unt near to good against-Bagley..
the finish when mi The actual score in
Champions Close Call
ST but the had: 850
The Champions, as I have indicated had no close a match as they wanted against Kowloon Howling Green Club. ød deducted. (I ha Down at five and ten ends they staged about
a revival in the next five to gaina ang comfortable lead and winning on two for of the rinks, eventually in by
is els
had a put one
20th head while the other two, having finished, showed a margin of three in H.K. Football Club's favour. When he and Eccleshall went down to play mirable restraint, he used both Brooksbank lay a couple, and, with ad woods for blocking rather than take risk and win his own game.
V.R.C. WIN AT WATER POLO
Playing, at Home 1
to a Recreation
ESSEX WINS
Sislay
London, To-day. Essex scored a big victory over Somerset in a county champion- ahip cricket match at Westcliffe, which coneluded an innings and 40
two days, by
orset
120 and 187 1^6 for 67) and Essex