LAWN BOWLS NOTES
THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 5, 1940
K.F.C. WITH THREE NEW SKIPS BEAT K.B.G.C.
Hong Kong C. C. Do Very Well Against Taikoo
KEW SAVES POINT FOR K. TONG
By "Skip"
The finish at Quarry Bay was most exciting, and I am told that it took no less than nine minutes to measure the. shot at the last head.
Keown had finished six up against Costello, who, like Maughan, had a
last scratch rink owing to
minute defections, and the latter was a couple to the good against Jimmy Chalmers! rink, which was no mean feat. So, with Brown being three to the good, he needed one to tie the game. He was lying at least one when Hillon, who does not usually play as three, put up the disputed shot guessing nor the tape measure could decide the issue, calipers were sent for and the verdict-dead head was reached in an electrified atmosphere.
As neither
Stephens' Recovery
won
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At Waterloo Road the finish even closer than in the above game but not so exciting as Kew point by means of drawing another shot when he was already lying couple. A great effort and one TC- quiring lots of confidence as well as skill! This rink did well to beat O.P. Remedios as did Stephens' four overcome Yvanovich after losing seven at the eighth head, which was preceded by a four. Heavy going:
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MASONIC LAWN BOWLS MATCH CANCELLED
The
Masonic Inter-Constitu- tional Lawn bowls match which was to have been played on Sun- day on the Kowloon Cricket Club green has been postponed indefinitely.
The second round of the Open Rinks, Bowls Championship which was not played last Sun- day owing to the weather will now be played this Sunday.
the
who led 19/5 at one time, and Crai-
by gengower eventually couple he got on the last head.
won
to
the
Civil Servants went over Police Green and administered a se- vere beating to their hosts. Charlie Strange was in excellent fettle against Riddell and was 17 to the good, though the Police skip could not be blamed for the big deficit. Eccleshall finished up strongly to beat still an- other debutant skip in Macdonald, but Bill Hillyer, with two first team men in his rink, only just overcame Chan- ning's four. Purvis as lead, was not which up to the general standard, was high, but Burling played well as third man.
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LAWN BOWLS TEAMS
TAIKOO
The following have been chosen to repre- sent Talkoo Recreation Club in the Lawn Bowls League on Saturday:-
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Division Second
I-R-C. SENIORS TROUNCE K-C-C.
By "Skip"
I WILL PREFACE my notes this week by an apology for their brevity: an atmosphere of jitters due to the evacuation and to Volunteer duties, prevails as I endeavour to collect my thoughts, just as I am told it did on many greens on Saturday.
But, in spite of this feeling, the deadly form. dreary weather all the week and a torrential down-pour on Friday, a fairly full list of matches was played in the Lawn Bowls League.
Teddy Fincher was certainly not to blame for his defeat by Minu as he played a fine game and virtually saved his side, which, after leading by four at the break, went all to pieces. The home skip had more than pulled his weight before tea but he had to be brilliant later on to keep the score down; on two occasions he drew the first shot when the opposition lay four and five respectively. All the Indian rinks played well with the possible The Second Division programme was exception of the third man, who tend- Hoosen and Sufflad, who is showing splendid form, were ed to be short. drawing well to the jack and A. K. very accurate with his Minu heavier shots.
In First Division the game between the Civil Servants and Club de Recreio "B" was put off for the above reason but
of misunderstanding some sort caused the postponement of the game at Hung Hom, where all the home team and some of their Craigengower op- ponents turned up.
completed but the matches at Stanley
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and Sookunpoo were not played.
The Indians achieved à fine perfor- mance in severely beating Kowloon Cricket Club at Cox's Road, all rinks being up, whilst in Second Division there were two outstanding results.
was
K.B.G.C. Extended Kowloon Bowling Green Club were com- expected to beat Police · quite
Whilst Kowloon Football Club, with three new skips and a more or less scratch team, did well to beat Kow-fortably at Austin Road but such did loon Bowling Green Club, I think the not prove to be the case, and it was honours must go to Hong Kong Cricket not until late in the game that they Club for their splendid fight at Quarry could claim any advantage, to even- Bay, where they lost by a single shot tually win by seven. after lengthy measuring had proved the last head to be dead.
Alf Hall's rink was responsible for the favourable result as he had the In Third Division the Electricians better of "Jock" Fender by the above their winning sequence, margin, Holland being one up on Carey continued whilst Craigengower, although down and Sherriff down to Shepherd by the on two rinks, beat Hong Kong Foot-same number. Of Hall's rink Tommy
C.C.C., Home): W. Melrose, C. Bovaird, T. Stainton and J. Chalmers (Skip); R. Main, A. McArthur, F. Hillon and D. Munro (Skip); O. Gillies, W. ball Club quite comfortably.
and J. Watson
Cunningham, (Skip).
I.R.C.
R. Keown
I am told that the big count should Stephens not have been recorded as in an attempt to take the jack back to his won woods picked out Jimmy Wong's saver which was third or fourth shot, The latter player was in good form and saved or scored many shots First Division (v Civil Service Cricket for his side, whilst the visiting skip Club, Home):-D. M. Khan, K. M. Rum
and M. R. Abbas was the outstanding man on the Club jahn, A. M. Rumjahn
Suffiad, A. R. de Recreio side. Eddie Sousa's rink (Skip); J. Hoosen, A. K. had the only win for the visitors and Minu and A. K. Minu (Skip); A. H. Rum it was well merited, all four players jahn, S. Yusuf, M. Y. Adal and A. R. Dal-
lah (Skip). bowling well for the visitors. Harry Gittins proved the best of the Kow- loon Tong four, who were never able to settle down to their usual game.
The teams for the game between G. Sufflad and A. Bakar (Skip); M. B. Kowloon Football Club and Kowloon Hassan, S. A. R. Bux, U. A. Rumjahn and Bowling Green Club were, as I have s. M. Rumjahn (Skip). said, quite disorganised and the Cha- tham Road were the chief sufferers as they had to play substitute skips on all rinks.
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Third Division (v Hong Kong Electric Re-
creation Club, Away):-A. S. Sufflad, J. M. A. Ramjahn, A. H. Madar and A. M. Wa hab (Skip); M. Hassan, A. R. Kitchell, A.
K. TONG
The following have been chosen to repre sent the Kowloon Tong Garden City Asso- clation in the Lawn Bowls League on Satur- day:
Two of these, Atienza and Simpson, Second Division (v Kowloon Bowling were successful, the latter having Green Club, Away) ;-N. A. E. Mackay, H. big win at the expense of Ted Thomp-Y, Hsu, H. Gittins and A. H. Basto (Skip); son, whose rink, after being only Y. H. Tang, T. K. Lim, J. N. Wong and one down at the 18th., collapsed com- J. L. Stephens (Skip); H. A, Castro, A. E. pletely and lost 13 in the last five H. Castro, W. J. Howard and A. J. Kew heads.
Atienza always had a lead on Bob Duncan and won by Ave, whilst on the other rink Harry Drew played a very sound debut game to beat Joe Henson by three shots, in spite of great display as lead, by Joe Gibson..
Way Beats Carr
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Huge Win For Alves
Club de Recreio won on all rinks against Hong Kong -Football Club, as expected, but Dick Alves' huge win
over
me.
were
After running into a lead of 9/1, Holland was blanked until Carey had added a dozen shots, but then Holland had his turn and chalked up 12 shots to two in six heads to have an ad- vantage of half a dozen shots when two heads remained.
Armstrong and the skip himself proved the best though the standard of bowl- ing was not high. The former started off well, fell away a little and then came right back to form when the winning effort was needed.
Waterton Both White and Norman Bebbington surprised Leonard Xavier was in as bril-patchy, whilst Hall brought off some Of the opposition liant form as Timber Wood was not excellent shots. and, with Guy Stephens playing his Fender was outstanding and he scored worst game of the season, the visitors many shots, one spectacular heavy one put up no sort of opposition, though on the backhand turning an adverse Brooksbanks and Bebbington tried hard one into a favourable two by sinking to make up the leeway. Raoul Luz the kitty, which had been moved to was at his best and Dick Alves did all the side of the rink. Soutar was only moderate, Brown did some damage he was asked, be it draw or block.
C. G. Silva commenced with a four with his weighty one, whilst Willie his Dall, though he had some good shots, against George Duncan, making
as skip in place of Pop Gill, was on the short side. debut and never looked to be in danger though Duncan brought off some very good shots and was quite the best man on his side. But Joe Luz as lead was giving C. G. Silva too big a start for the opposition to hold: he was brilliant. Ken Robertson was in great form
By sound play the visitors secured a against Spuggy Silva, whose rinks has struck a bad patch, and he must have three and a two to lose by a singleton. Busty Bower, originally selected for been very pleased with his display. Leo Silva was in better form as lead the third team, came in as a reserve In this rink, whilst Charlie of that ilkand played a good game for Holland, way his usual good self; the other two who was not at his best and was out- however, could not touch their best, shone by Joe Carey who had plenty The Indians soon settled down to of opportunity to use his stone-on some steady bowling against Kowloon shot which proved very effective. Cricket Club and, taking the lead at
Shepherd's Fine Debut the fifth head, they never looked back he Spary Abbas had the biggest win and
On the other rink, Jim always had the measure of Goodwin's-and-Orem, his third man, four. Labrum and Khan were about outstanding players. equal but S. M. Rumjahn played a making his debut as skip, saved re- prominent part in Abbas' win though peatedly, especially in the early The following have been chosen to repre- the latter was also good, as was Frank stages of the game, whilst Orem was some of always useful, a beautiful draw at the sent Police Recreation Club in the Lawn Goodwin. Joe Fraser, like Bowls League on Saturday:-
the other members of the team, seem- last head securing the victory for his First Division (v. K.D.R.C., Home):-Fed worried by the green on which it rink. The visitors were a man short was the first time they had played this and R. P. Phillips, although out of season.. Dallah's rink ran away from practice owing to illness, turned out Ernic Kern at the beginning and for them-and just about held his own dftof leading by 18/4′′finished up 10 against Deacon, who was the most to the good. The visiting skip was inconsistent of the home four.
(Skip).
K.C.C.
The following have been chosen to repre- sent Kowloon Cricket Club In the Lawn
Bowls League on Saturday :---
First Division (v K.B.G., Away):-A. W. Smith, G. Lee, W. Mulcahy and E. Kern (Skip); T. Madar, G. Moss, H, Overy and
E. C. Fincher (Skip); V. C. Labrum, J. W.
J. M. Jack (Skip).
and A.
M. Brown, J. Fraser and F, Goodwin (Skip). Second Division (v C.S.C.C., Away):-- Craigengower were all over Kow-c. J. Tacchi, R. B. Wellwood, A. W. Ram loon Cricket Club, their three rinks sey and T. W. Carr (Skip); R. Leigh, C. sharing in the spoils, with Bill Way Champelovler, G. Taylor when having the biggest share
he (Skip); W. Parsons, L. Jack, R. Marks and beat Tom Carr by over a dozen,
Ernie Zimmern, for whom Razack Reserves:-F. A. Fabel, A. C. Tribble, played well as lead, had the better W. Lee, A. Madar and E. Curtis.
P.R.C. of Spary by 10 shots and was good value for his win as he played excellent game himself and had good support from Randall, though Rosario was off his game. Spary saved a Nolan, W, B. Harris, W. S. Dall and J. C. number of shots for his side whilst s. Fender (Skip);. E. G. Post, W. J. Cam- Parsons was the next best in a side eron, G. Perkins, and A, E. Carey (Skip): and. J. which, especially after the interval, W. McLeod, H. Brown, J: Orom was not strong. Alf Lewis pulled up Shepherd (Skip).
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an
wered
the former,