THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 2, 1941.
LAWN BOWLS NOTES
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RECREIO "A" KEEP
"A" KEEP THEIR TEAM ALMOST INTACT Craigengower Expected To Offer Stern Threat K.B.G.C. AND INDIANS YOUNGHUSBAND'S AS STRONG AS EVER
By "Lead"
THE WEATHER, AT THE MOMENT OF WRITING, SEEMS TO HAVE SET IN, AS DEFINITELY AS IT EVER DOES IN THIS CLIMATE, FAIR AND WARMER AND THERE APPEARS TO BE EVERY LIKELIHOOD OF THE OPENING MATCHES IN THE BOWLS LEAGUE, WHICH STARTS TO- MORROW, BEING PLAYED UNDER PERFECT CONDITIONS.
The stage is now pretty well set and despite the difficulties brought about by rain and the fact that that same rain had the effect of prolonging the seasons of the footballers and cricketers up to only two Saturdays ago, teams have now been pretty well fixed and conveners are again considered the lo- west forms of animal life:
things, are making a great effort
STRONG KOWLOON
F.C. LEAGUE RINK
By "Lead"
They have a pretty tough time; playing happily together, orer-never change a winning combina-vices of Ernie Kern and Walter | of it these chappies who are res- come a rink of stars which lacks tion. Thus we find their team for thought it would be fairly sure
cohesion?"
THUS EARLY IN THE PROCEEDINGS, IT SEEMS TO ME FAIRLY CERTAIN THAT KOW- LOON FOOTBALL CLUB, WHO WERE RUNNERS- UP TO K. B. G. C. LAST SEASON, ARE THE STRONGEST TEAM IN SECOND DIVISION.
They will sorely miss Bob Hall,] who was Younghusband's No. 3 last year, but will have the ser-
Naef, former K.C.C. players, 1
ponsible for the selection of teams.
to-morrow's match against Crai-
that Kern, who has been a First My experience of the
with their average
identical Note that you bowlers. if you gengower,
Division skip for some years, lawn bowler is that he is a far think that you should have been combination of last year, with one more touchy individual than mosta skip or a No. 3 rather than a exception, C. Roza Pereira, who would be entrusted with a rink, games players and he is far more No. 2, give the blokes selected all played No. 3 10 J. J. Basto in the but I have had word that there apt to have an exalted value of the suport you can both on the "B" team, being brought into the and Younghusband will continue his own importance than inost Irink and off it: don't let them feel side vice C. M. Silva, who will be as a skip with Kern his No. 3.
are resentful towards playing lead for "J. J." Although them, and if all members of the Recreio can expect strong chal- rink adopt that attitude, even if lenges from K.B.G.C. and Crai- matches are not won they will gengower this season, I shall be vertainly be enjoyable.
surprised if the tried and seasoned With these words of wisdom 1 combinations, which are each of will proceed to the business the champions' rinks, do not carry the team through to their fifth success in Ave years.
feel justified therefore, at the that you opening of this, another season, to quote the words of my very effi cient predecessor, "Skip." penned at the beginning of last season; "The trouble with nearly all bow lers is that they think they are better than they really are! Then hand. the human element comes in. the most important of all I would say,
Good Policy
in
"A".
for hate many times have we seen The champions, Recreio
comparatively unknown four. are pursuing a very wise policy
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has been a last-minute change
With Nacf leading and Joo Eastman, who caused some up sets in the Open Singles Jast season, as his No 2. Younghus band should have a rink capable
of giving many a senior outfit a good game.
Other rinks
should be one of the chief chal-
though O. P. Remedios lenges to K.F.C.'s supremacy, al- remains the only old skip. will be skipped by J. R. Soares and J. A. Remedios, the latter re- ceiving deserving promotion from Field, no longer tied down by an erstwhile No. 2 berth. Naval duties, should be able to
Taikoo, always a strong team, Craigengower look to be some-turn out regularly, while Simpson will not be engaged in the League what stronger, although they have will be in charge of a useful-look-to-morrow and I understand that
The lost McNell to K.B.G.C evergreen B. W. Bradbury is back to the fold and will be skipping his # rink with Alf Coates right-hand man, Joe Leonard lead- ing and L. C. R. Souza No. 2.
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U. M. Omar has a very power- ful rink. A. M. Omar, who play- ed as a No. 3 last season, will be
ing out t
Powerful Team
Recreio, although they did in- explicably badly lust season,
The K.C.C, team looka strange
they will be a much different team to last year's. Chalmers, is the only old, skip, and Melrose and Watson, both No. 3's last season, are likely to take over the other two rinks.
Craigengower will be without Way (promoted) and Ernie Zim- mern, who does not intend to play
No. 1, with K. M. Omar and Dick to carry on. MacGowan, who was Bas--the latter skipped a rink No. 3 to Hollidge last season, will very much this year, but Lock and Randall are still available, with ast year and has returned from be skipping one of the rinks, while Medina to skip the other rink. Manila just in time for the League Harry Strange will be in charge Lock's rink looks particularly of the latter. Only member of opening the two and three res- pectively.
the Old Brigade still functioning good as Gaddi is an excellent lead Charlie Rosselet's rink looks to as skip is M. N. Rakusen, Former and Ladd has had any amount of experience វន skip and No. 3. he an experimental one. Joe Lan-members of the junior team who Lionel Lammert is a new recruit doll has been retained as third will be given a chance of playing who will assist Medina and an- man, but Bill Way, who skipped senior bowls this season are. Dan other notable member of the side
has Crawley. Charlie a rink in Second Division,
Strange and
is Ward--he did not play regular- been brought in as No. 2 and Y. A. Jack Carr, while Tom Seddon isty last season-who should streng- Rayack has also received well-back in the ranks.
then Randall's rink considerably. merited promotion.
I must say I like the look of the this season without Frank Good. K.C.C. team. I notice that Vic win and Ernie Kern and al. Labrum erstwhile senior, will be though they have a number of playing No. 3 to Tommy Carr, who comparatively Inexperienced
will also have "Sonny" Capell, an players, they should do well
accurate lead, and Tony Fabel. enough. If all shake down they are expected to. Teddy Fincher, the only old skip, seems to have a useful rink with Arthur Perry as lead and Smith and "Paul" Jack Pas his while Fraser, other front men. who, I hear will be going on leave shortly, should receive good sup- port from George Lee, Taylor and Ramsey.
The Craigengower team looks do and should well-balanced well against their great rivals. Recreio "A", to-morrow. K.B.G.C. Reinforced
and
K.B.G.C. "A" has been usefully McNeill, reinforced this season. coming in from Craigengower, and Randle from Civil Service, although the composition of some of the rinks has been changed. Alf Hall, George Sherriff and Adam Holland are still the three skips. Sykes, who met with most success in the last Club tournament, and is probably the most improved player, has been given a place in Sherriff's rink, in which he will
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The composition of the I.R.C. last team is much the same season with Dallah, A. K. Minu and M. R. Abbas the skips. Minu retains his rink almost intact, while Dallah will this season have the services of A. O. Madar, who was unable to turn out regularly
Some Changes
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Carr was one of the most suc-
cessful skips in Second Division last year, and he is likely to be even more formidable with this team.
mie 'Jack,
Meadows also has a useful four, with Tommy Hunter of the Police as No. 1 and Eric Curtis and Jim- Steven, former Civil Tom Madar will make his debut Service senior No. 3, will be in as a skip with Norman Bebbing-charge of the third rink. ton as his right hand man, "Pop" carsons as his two, and Bertie Well-Balanced K. Tong Guest, better-known as a hockey and tennis player and who only Kowloon Tong will be without took up the game a few months Spary for their match against will K.C.C. and Willie Howard ago, as his lead.
make his League debut in a serious match that is--as a skip. Balance is the keynote of the The two Bastos, "J.J." and "B", team, as is apparent in the fact will again be in charge of a couple that Harry Gittins, for many years of rinks of Recreio "B" with a skip, will be lead to Howard. A.. last season, as his No. 31
Palice will be without Jock"Doc" Guterres guiding the for-Madar is the only newcomer of Fender who is on leave, but tunes of the other. Quite a num-hote and should prove a very use- Wally Mair is back after a sojourn ber of changes have been made in ful acquisition. I gather that Hsu Down Under, when he played the rinks themselves but, with the is not playing to-morrow as he has
Ted Post, large number of young and im- been unable to get in any prac-. quite a bit of bowls. Mair and Jock Shepherd will be proving players available, this is tice. skipping and as all three have not surprising
Cricket Club will be without experienced No. 3-Carey will Last but not least we come to many of the old faces, notably be Post's right hand man-besides K.B.G.C.B Second Division Alec Mackenzie and Alec Pearce, earlier numbers who are no duf- champions last season. Veteran but Frank Goodwin-should streng- fers at the game, we may be rer-Bob Duncan and Guy both ex- then them considerably. tain that Police will do as well, as perienced men, should do quite as I am sorry, to say that I have they did last season..
well in better company, while been unable to secure any Inform Jock McKelvie, who played for ation regarding Prison Officers, the Docks last year and who is who, Third Division: champions taking over one of these rinks, is last year, make their debut in Kowloon Docks will be without no newcomer to First Division, | higher company. Jock McKelvie but have most of Pope and Cheesman, of last year's There should be a higher stand- their old players, while Civil Ser-team are not available but other ard in Third Division but I cannot vice, although they have been wise the team is little changed, pretend to be in a position to very badly, hit by lenves, retire- although the line-ups to some ex- comment on the teams until they ments and other such tiresome tent, have been altered.
have been in action.
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