THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 17, 1940.
LAWN BOWLS NOTES
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CHAMPIONS HAVE SOME ANXIOUS MOMENTS BEFORE BEATING K.C.C. Teddy Fincher In Fine Form Against Alves
HONG SLING AND K.M. OMAR CONTRIBUTE TO ROSSELET'S BIG WIN
By "SKIP"
THE WEATHER was kind on Saturday and the full programme of 14 games was played in the Lawn Bowls League. The matches, for the most part, finished as ex- pected, but there were some close and exciting finishes.
Taikoo, for instance just managed to overcome Kow- loon Cricket Club by a single shot thanks to a three count at the very last head.
for his
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the next. It is expected that draw for some of the events will take place. In the course of the week.
THIRD DIVISION
MORE BAD SCORING
By "Skip".
Craigengower did well to beat Kow- with the former just holding out long loon Bowling Green Club in Second enough,
opponent finished Division, whilst the Electricians will strongly and and scored on all but one take heart from their victory at Chat- | of the last seven ends. ham Road, where two of their rinks Craigengower gave their footballing were nicely up..
neighbours a severe trouncing, only. serious The big battle of the day was at Brooksbank putting up any
According to the printed fixture list, .Cox's Road, where the Champions pro- resistence. This he did against U. M.
Club vided the opposition and de Omar for 17 heads but, leading then Craigengower were to play at home the against Football Club and did actual- Recreio had many anxious moments by five, his rink collapsed and before they eventually emerged vic-anti-climax came when he lost that ly do so: but as the Football Club names are written on the score card -torious.
Brooksbank had been playing bril-where the home team's should be at liantly until the closing stages but he the left of the card, and the printed failed badly at this last head, both his reports simply say "At the Valley,' woods being far too heavy, whilst his the game might have taken place any opponent drew shots with both his.
Nine down after five heads, they had squared matters by the half-way stage and very gradually built up a lead big enough to withstand a belat- .ed revival on the part of the home -team.
Carlos Silva, in spite of brilliant make no individual efforts, could
three headway against Kern until
the way through ...quarters of the ..game but then a good six gave him the lead and he won by that number.
Kern was prominent for the home side whilst Marques always rendering good support to his skip.
was
"Spuggy" Silva took half a dozen heads to settle down but then he kept - Frank Goodwin on the figure 8 for 10 .heads and eventually ran out winner ..by nearly a dozen. Teddy Fincher and Dick Alves had a tough struggle until the interval when the home skip scored steadily to secure the only home win. Tommy Madar quite held ) his own against Leonard Xavier but of the other home players only Fin- ...cher had the better of his opposite
He was in great form and drew some very pretty shots to turn
score into his favour. Police entertained the Civil Ser- wants and scored a comfortable win, only Harry Strange being able
to
I hold the enemy, in spite of brilliant
was
Orem,
seven on the very last head!
woods.
Willle Hong Sling, whose game. I justly' oriticised last week, came. right back to form and on practi- cally every head he had both his woods sitting on top of the jack. K. M. Omar usualy added one more with the result that Lammert and Beb- bington were faced with an almost impossible task, whilst Joe Landolt and his skip could block or add shots almost at random. Five singles and couple of twos comprised the rink's reply to Rosselet's 34 shots!
A
Joe
'Dick Basa almost doubled Gill's score of 14 and had to thank Medina, his second man, for this result. Leonard was a shade better than Jack Howell who had several short woods, although he had one brilliant patch when bowling to a short jack for
about half-a-dozen ends, Coates was useful, whilst Basa in his nonchalant way, put in some god shots though they were not always direct
HUGE SCORE
where.
The footballers secured a very creditable victory, all rinks being up, although it need ed a two from George Graver's rink to achieve that favourable result. Wallington, Rozario, on the other hand. was all over
useful although, the latter put in some savers. Sid Strange with useful aid from Tom Rowell at second man, kept John Pau in check and-finished up with a strong burst to win by nine shots.
The Electricians did remarkably well to beat the Kowloon Footballers at Chatham Road Paul won the first half dozen ends to lead by seven but Peter Morgan negativ ed that in the next head! The Electricians' skip got going again and allowed the enemy to score on only five more heads, eventually, winning quite comfortably.
Stopani Thomson's men always had a slight edge on Dr. Smalley's in spite of some secured his second win, Jim Lunny being useful woods from Abbas, whilst Ben Evens his victim..
SECOND DIVISION
CARR AGAIN
By "8KIP"
There were thrills at the Anish of the game at Cox's Road, where Tai- koo, represented in this case by Munro, required three to win with the last head to go.
So well did Munro's men rally round that they had built up a count of six when Tom- my Carr, who had been deadly throughout, -- drew what turned out be fourth shot.
Actually I believe three woods had to be measured to decide the issue, there being only half an inch in it.
Carr, let me add ́at once, won by over: 20 shots and allowed the 'enemy to score on only six heads. His men were too good man for man for the Talkoo players, just as a visiting rink, skipped by Jimmy Chalmers, were out-playing Jimmy Jack's four. The latter chalked up a nap hand at the 20th head to make victory a possibility.
steady
over
Dick Keown's four were very against Bob Marks and won by dozen.
There was an exciting finish at the Valley where the Civil Servants just pipped the Cricket Club by a point.
It is a hard life for the scribe for what I thought to be the all-powerful rink of the Cricket Club side, was the only one to lose!
This rink of Archbuit's could make no im- pression on Syd Eccleshall's four and had scored only four singles up to the 17th head: the home team also went in for low scores and secured 11-singles in the course of what
proved a very low-scoring game.
Bert Maughan's rink won by
seven in
the Cricket Club skip drove badly with both. his woods. -Jimmy. Mouat and Dan Crawley both played perfect bowls as second men and, it is hard to say which was the better.
spite of losing a five late in the game, when
Charlie Strange got into the news by means of a natty plece of defensive play when he might have lost the game for his side had he tried to save his own reputation.
. As it was he blocked well and kept the enemy down to a singleton though it meant a loss for his rink by a couple of shots.
C.C.C. IN LUCK Craigengower had a clear cut victory at Austin Road but I imagine they will be the first to admit that the woods ran very kindly.. for them, to put it no more strongly.
Razack tried his hand at skipping and did well to beat Bob Duncan by nearly a dozen. Arthur Hamson was playing well for Crate gengower whilst both Levett and Cheesman, although bowling well for Duncan, most of the ports. Lewis, for whom Ernis
found
Zimmern shone at third man, just had the better of Harrower in a low-scoring game, whilst Bill Way pipped. Henry Lockhart on the post by securing a good three at the very last head. He had previously chalked up a couple of fives, incidentally.
K.B.G.C. rubbed it in very badly against the Indians and were half a century to the good at the finish. Adal could score on only were in good form all the time.
ve heads against John Dinnen's four, who Hamilton had the next biggest win against Wahab, who had little chance, to save, whilst
was proved at Chatham Road, where the ordan in spite of losing a five to Rumjahn
The game at the Cricket Club had a simi-home team scored on all these heads to win by three, Harry Gittins, ably supported by lar result, the Prison Officers quite over-
Jimmy Wong, was always beating Vic Chit- whelming the local lads. Tom Pile had a huge win against Cassidy and, like Omar i tenden, but Younghusband and Kew had a dour struggle before a couple of twos gave the footballer the spoils. Billy Simpson and. Tony Basto had a similar tussle only the
K. C. Seven shots to the good with two heads to go all round is a comfortable but by no means safe position for a team to be in, but that the latter part of my sentence is true
had 10 to spare.
LAWN BOWLS TEAMS
Kowloon Bowling Green Club pil-First Division, he finished up with a count of seven! Arthur Jillott overcame McKel- ed up the biggest score in this divi-lar, erstwhile Football Club player, by a
a holiday at home skip had to stage a revival to restore ⚫ resistance from Joe Carey, who
of the lead which had been his for the first great and saved time and again. Ar-sion when they scored 83 against the dozen, whilst Bagley, after
half of the game. seven against Ronhle, Edwards; -thur Rakusen was probably the best Indians, who replied with half a cen-home, opened his account with a win
tury and Sherriff's rink had the big- of the winners.
gest rink score in any division. Another skip to shine was who, ably supported by Perkins, al- Down by five at the tea interval, ways had the better of Collyer's four, this rink almost blanked out Abbas remained in its place although the latter chalked up a count afterwards, and chalked up 25 shots to
Fender the home side's singleton. of six early in the game.” and Hollidge had a closer game, es
but pecialy early in the afternoon, the Policemen gradually. wore down the opposition..
"Abe" Abbas was playing a lone hand for the most part, only Suffiad, his leading man, lending reasonable support. Abbas drew some perfect shots but in most cases, In the second stanza at any rate, the heads were us- SENSATIONAL' START
ually too consolidated for him to do -Commencing sensationally with a more than save occasionally. At the six, B. Basto's four looked as if they 19th. head he may have considered were going to give McKelyle's rink himself rather unfortunate, the visitors a severe drubbing, but the latter were lying four good shots when Ab- fought back well and were only two bas went down and with his first wood down at "half-time." McKelvie con drew right into the kitty. Sherriff tinued to play splendidly but he had came up to face him out was a couple little support and lost by nearly a of Inches short and got the second ..dozen. "B.B." was in good form for shot.
the Recrelo team as was Doc Guter- res, wh usually had the better of Bob.
and John Morrison, John Basto
empton had a high-scoring game
Abbas Just failed to block with
the Sht
BIX.
to secure
Alf Hall and A. K. Minu had a close game before the latter got home by about half a dozen. The numbers two, Bux and Waterton, shone in this game whilst Armstrong, after he had found his length, played well.
TAIKOO CLUB TEAMS Following will represent Talkoo Club Second Division team in Lawn Bowls League against Civil Service Cricket Club at North Point to-morrow:
W. Melrose, C, Bovaird, T. Stainton and w, Cunningham and D. Munro (Skip) and
J. Chalmers (Skip); R." Main, H. O., Gillies, F. Hillon, T. Grimes, J. A. Watson and Keown (Skip).
C.S.C.C. TEAMS
After trailing for half the game, Hall's men piled on shots in five ends and this turned the scales. "AK" Following teams have been selected to
represent Civil Service Cricket Club:- was useful with his heavy shots and
First Division~(v K.C.C., home) A. Ste- saved several by this method, but his ven, J. W. Deakin, A. W. Grimmitt and brother, on the next rink, was even F. J. Jones (skip); M. E, Purvis, W. J. better in this direction and he re Burling, M. N. Rakusen and H. E. Strange (skip); J. Gellatly," J. Hollidge, L. A. Coll- peatedly had Holland guessing,
Jeff Hoosen was in splendid form yer and J. F. McGowan (skip). as lead for Minu but Guy usually Second Division (v Talkoo," away)-J. R. Eccleshall (skip);SA, FI" Shepherd, H 7. turned the head in the visitor's Carr, P. D. Crawley C. J. Walker and 9. favour with his excellent woods, The Harper, H, Lord and C. Strange (skip); E. scores were pretty level all the way, Kirmen, H. Parrott, H. R. Wood and A. B. until Adam Holland, then down by a Allen (skip)
of shots, chalked up a three coun and a six to Anish sensationally.
Reserven
Hickman,
Fayden