THRILLS IN PLENTY IN SATURDAY'S BIG MATCH
Civil Service Start Well But Fade Away Howard Scores First
SECOND DIVISION
"Possible" Of Season HARRY GITTINS PLAYS
By "Lead"
LAST WEEK-END WAS A NOTABLE ONE FOR LAWN BOWLERS AND UNDER PERFECT WEATHER CONDITIONS A LARGE AND INTEREST- ING PROGRAMME OF MATCHES WAS COMPLET ED. HIGHLIGHTS WERE THE DEFEAT OF RECREIO BY K.B.G.C.A. “A”, THE MARGIN BEING ONLY ONE SHOT, AND THE SHATTERING OF RECREIO “B's" UNBEATEN RE- CORD BY CRAIGENGOWER ON SUNDAY, WHICH NOW LEAVES SEN- IOR DIVISION MORE OPEN THAN IT HAS BEEN FOR YEARS AT THIS STAGE OF THE PROCEEDINGS.
were rather lucky to beat Civil Servire
At the ten-interval. Civil Service were
WELL FOR K. TONG
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KOWLOON TONG surprised Prison Officers and themselves with the convincing manner in which they won what everyone thought would be an extraordinarily close match.
It is possible that the visitors | had difficulty with the green-ti is admitted that on two rinks there { were various ridges and furrows that made consistent bowling very difficult--but in any case Kowloon
of the local lawn bowling fraternity. He was right there any time a big count came off, his splendid founda. tion work loaving littic for the lower numbers to but consolidate. Billie Giuns also did well, while Howard was in deadly form.
well up on two rinks and although Tong were never in any trouble, Although badly trounced. Bagley's Meyer's visiting Pink were never Any trouble against Charlie Strange, their margin was not nearly big enough
The season's first "possible" was registered by Willie Howard--this is his first season as a skip by six shots. for Kowloon Tong against the Prison Officers in the "needle" match in Second Division which, contrary to expectations, resulted in a crushing victory for the suburbanites. K.F.C., potential champions, ad- vanced yet another step by securing maximum points against K.C.C.
K.F.C. are also in a strong position in Third Division ጸና they inflicted on LR.C., erstwhile leaders, the second successive defeat suffered by the Sookumpoo Club, while K.B.G.C. are also well in the hunt as the result of a decisive winfagainst Recreio, who, incidentally, lost all the matches in which they were engaged over the week-end,
to offset the differences on the other rinks.
After ten, however, a new complexion came over the game Guy got away
men did not do too badly and Harrop Stephens was usually thereabouts, Gittins' fine and work notwithstanding. Bagley, with the lie against him practically every me he went down to bowl, however, simply could not bring his shots off.
chief point of interest in the later
whether stages being could put it over Gowland thus Kive the clean sweep Stephens managed it all right but he had a tough tussle and th issue was in doubt right up to the
A1th 2 SIX Autaci i three and a EWA placed him on level terms McGowan final head mathe FA Kreat effort but he WON JUST
Stephens det not have 13 very happy not good enough, a thine and a brace ; afternoon and only occasionally was he of twos giving Guy a three-shot mai able to repruduce the form 112 hak KIN Gu himinell was in gread forny · shown in all three If MEN Previous Urdd he retrived ult the support be engagements Actually Gowland's rink wanted from George Sherriff
man for man, had a slight edge, and Rakusen WAS She s horne shop for an opposite result would not have sur-
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The manner in which Kowloot Bowling Green Club pulled the fat out of the fire at practically the last moment was most praise. worthy for up to the last ༤་་Ç heads Recreio were
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very favourable position and had every chance of registering al clean sweep.
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dramatic Hall's rink for their rally.
Valuable Two
rink
not did Though McKelvie's beat C. a. Silva's they had the satra
two faction of scoring a
at the Can' head which gave their side the aggre. gate win by one shot.
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Hong Kong Football Club, winning on two rinks. beat Cricket Club, who have not been able to get going this year, fairly comfortably, although there was title in it on any of the rinks.
Duncan, deputising as skip for Frank
well and was the Goodwin, did very
win, albeit by only home skip fo HOW margin Gill was 4-8 down at 7th but 3 single, a three and a six.. placed hist in 24 comfortable lead
however, which,
ho was unable to maintain as Durican came back with a rush and did well to win by a couple. Costello started badly against Mac- farlane and al
stase was 4-14 downi Be recovered well, however, and got to within striking distance but Macfarlane fought alf the challenge and won eventually by eight shots.
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Brown also took some time to settle down and was 4-16 down at the tea- interval. A four immediately after the breather, started him on the road to was only beaten' by
Easy Win For K.F.C.
Kowloon Football Club, like Kowloon
guns at Tong, are going great
the moment and these two teams are now the only unbeaten sides in all three divisions of the League--Recreio "B" met their Waterloo on Sunday against Craigengower.
Kew's Latest Victim proinele a wood, which he did success. fully, but unfortunately for KBGA
Getting all the support he wanted he did rather more than was naked of from his froni 7. Kew, champion htm, moved the jack Six <t eight skip in this division last season, scored inches, and Juft "Rak" with Hve his fourth win in a row, his vielim on Purvis supported Rakusen well
this occasion being Juloit. Tommy recovery and he Gellatly and Kirmon were very good Pule, at No. 3 for P.O.C., played a four shots. until tea. when they rather fell away great game for the losers but did not
Meyer scored 10 on the Arsi four
have much support. heads and was never in any danger Howard hit the headlines this week With two rinks completed K.B.G.C. | thereafter. Colledge was poor al the
virtue of his "possible"-the first and the excite start but improved later to give a good of were one shot dowry
the season-but as the head on ment was Intenso, spectators lining
Becount of himself against Peckham, which this feat was performed has the embankment for the dramatic and Ebbage generally had the better already been described. I can see no finish. Led at the 18th end by 14-21
of Gill, who was inclined to be short, useful purpose in trying to add to what Marques, who had been playing well Burling was not up to his usual stand- has already been written. there seemed little hope of them making up the deficit but a much-the whole afternoon, drew the first shotard and Waterton, who has since gone behind the jack but Hyde-Lay placed on leave, had a slight edge. while nerded seven at the 19th brought one closer in front. Marques did not Meyer himself was all over Strange. them on level terms and the last alter the He and Hyde-Lay drew thurd two heads brought furth some shot, also in front of the jack Ribeiro good bowling on the part of both
short with his first wood Drew secured shot with a beautiful rinks. The 19th head was not a particularly brilliant one and when first wood a few inches from the Jack the skips went to bowl K.B.G.C were lying four or five to which Hall added another with his first
wood.
th. Luz tried to reduce count with his woods but failed and Hall with a good draw added Drew's blocker. McKelvie tried to another to make the score seven and place his rink on level terms for the first time since the 6th
end.
That Last Head
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At the lust head Hall was lead- ing
one and the home team had the shut when the skips went to bowl. Recreio's second shot was in front of the jack.
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Ribeiro failed with a drive and Drew placed blocker, though somewhat attort
The home team now had the neces sary two shots when the skips went to
Silva's first wood crashed bowl
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stop the opening but was not quite up.
1 a m told that the man of this match was veteran Harry Gittins. who must just about be the doyen
GOOD WIN FOR K.F.C.
K.F.C. had little difficulty against K.C.C. and wan on all three Tinks although Field had to fight hard to keep Meadows from drawing level. Meadows made ክ great effort at the last two ends after being five shots down with two to go, and only lost by the narrowest possible margin.
Steven, starting with 2 brace of threes and holding on grimly until the 14th, lost his grip and went down to
10. Fergusson by
rink The K.C.C. the front numbers were very
the fact well matched all through
were rather handicapped by Doc Karan-
that Bowden bruke his glasses early on
By "Lead" Playing on their own rink us ground K.F.C. beat I.R.C.jla's four completely outplayed Paul's and for the remainder of the match Sitva was now up against it and drove by a majority of six shots juurtelt while Gaddi had little trouble was virtually & passenger.
Jagainst Sloan, who was not at his best. and though he disturbed the head the in Third Division but K.B.G.C. are
McKelvle's last wood was destined they did not have things they had an
their own way, the pull up of Pereira, who conceded a games on each rink be-seven at the first end and a six at the ing keenly fought.
home team still retained the two shots.
for "Talkoo"!
Another Madar
Recovery
K.C.C, lost badly to Police on Satur- Madar saving them from a clean sweep
that
now favourably placed In the League table and on Saturday easy win over Recreto. Feature of this encounter was the fle
6th but yet won by two shots. In the early stages the inexperienced Recreio front men appeared overawed by the occasion with the result that Pereira was given little support, but later they to recovery.
Cart was up against it all the time against Younghusband's powerful quar- tette and lost by 18 shots. Man for inan, the K.F.C. four were the better
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players and Carr nearly always had
Luz might have been able to day only a late recovery by Tommy | Smalley. After the home team had settled down and started on the road thelle against him when he went down
when he said "There is not a weak link in the rink." Phillips struck В
defeat.
8-17
soon
Most exciting match was between S. M. Rumjahn and Dr.
run away to a 9-0 lead by the third end, Rumjahn tied the scores at 19-19 at the 18th and three ends later the scores were again At the last end tied at 21-all. K.F.C. were lying two but Abdul- Razack, No. 3 for Rumjahn, came in for the first shot only to be displaced by Abbas. The L.R.C. skip, however, rose to the occa-
his initial wood and then put in a blocker with the second to win by 23-21
They finished exceptionally strongly as they were four down with two heads to go but scored 梅 Four to draw level and then finished with a two to secure a valuable point,
Unlucky Carvalho
Carvalho lost to Wallis by six shots but, I am told, he was exceptionally unfortunate. On two occasions he
made efforts to trail the jack for big counts but although he got his touchers, the kitty sprung the wrong way (both choose
to bowl.
At one head, Carr's fortune appeared likely to change for the better, as he was lying & certain seyen, with an eight not outside the bounds of possi- bility.
Imperturbable Younghusband, How- ever, came up with his fast wood to draw a peach for the very first. I should think that must have knocked any remaining fight out of the home rink!
Taikoo Break Duck
draw the shot and so tie the rink score at 21-alt, but he took
Jack Shepherd made no mistake won with a gamble, and lost, when ho
against Teddy Fincher and attempted to promote the sac-
something to spare. The Police skip's ond shot and score a two for a front men were far better than their win. He unfortunately failed opposite numbers, Dall in particulur and nicked the jack to give his being in deadly form, and with only Luz thus lost Teddy Fincher offering any serious re opponent three.
Bistance, he was never in any trouble. his unbeaten record.
Tommy Madar staged a spectacular The Recrelo four played consistently well throughout and this statement is/recovery against Post after being downsion and drew the first shot with borne out by remark made by Hall the drain to the tune of late in the game to some spectators after tea.
don't know what Madar fed his team at tea but there was simply no
Taikoo broke their duck on Saturday comparison between them prior to There was little to choose be-umes. There was nothing to It is possible that the green becoming the latter having bad luck in that tween the two skips, Wallis also being was a very exciting Brish and after the break for refreshment.tween Ogden and Abdul-Wahab, between the front men and the real at the expense of Recreio but they had
interest lay in the great struggle be rough passage in doing so.
and the White never wasted a wood: he heavier late in the match had some his front men, after a good start, in deadly form,
visitors secured victory on the last a thing to do with this as
wood of the match bowled by Melrose know, is not too keen on a fast green. In any event the whole K.C.C; rink
in his game with Soares. score 14
O. P. Remedlog made a great'effort pulled their weight well to shots on six heads and so win by three! None of the Police players were The game between Holland and F. X. very impressive and Joe Caray in par Silva was evenly contested throughout ticular could do nothing right,
Mair had little difficulty against Joe ence in the score. At the last head Fraser once he got in front and he Recreio were lying the
won eventually by nina shot when Randle, with his last wood, sprang the scores were level at 12-all-as late as Jack to leave it in position for the the 17th, but..Mair finished with, two skips to draw to it. Holland with his threes, a two and a single. Peter Lloyd. in' his Senior first wood drow the shot but Silva. re hear, played well turned the compliment. Holland could League debut.
good patch late in the game, when ho sent down several very useful woods, while Lockhart played steadily through- out. placed them where directed at times. The skips had a rare tactical
duel and though Luz usually had A slight advantage when he want to bowl, Hall did well to prevent any big adverse
count.
and at no time was there much disfer-
not improve with his last wood.
Madar, I
shots, The
place. Evans played a sound game and was well supported by his No. 3. Charlie Fuller,
C.C.C. Get Going
who The
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pearly.
fell off considerably.
Hughie Nish, erstwhite senior player, A. O. Madar played a good completely outclassed Noronha, game but was let down by his had a very unhappy afternoon. No. 2. Hassan, who could not find superiority of Mish's rink is illustrated for the home team and his margin of
victory over Chalmers,, very the green and was "all over the by the fact that it scored on no.fewer offset the losses' of the other two skips.
than 15 heads,
Hong Kong Football Club had a sur-"OP" was never in any real difficulty. prisingly easy win over their cricketing Beltrao was steady at lead and usually
Strango brethren, Graver and
both laid the foundation, and the other two scoring comfortable wins, Graver was players also did their stuff well on never, in trouble' against Mitchell but occasion.The Taikoo rink just could Hong Kong Blectric, who surprised Strange was up against it all the time not get going. everybody the previous week by beat- and did not get his nose in front until J. A. Remedios had a ding-dong ing the hitherto unbeaten-1.R.C., fáil- the very last head, when he scored a struggle against Watson and only a ed to maintain the improvement on five to win by that margin. Mansell couple of twos at the last two ends Saturday, when they were well and had a great struggle" against Lacon gave the visitors the.point. truly beaten by Craigengower, and was level at 14-all at the 17th. A Melrose, well supported by his front
Coelho caught. de Rome on an off couple of threes in favour the, men, was: never, in trouble" against, although full marks day and his "slight superiority just cricketers, however, decided the issue Soares and thoroughly deserved his
win. must be given them for their fine rally; I turned the scales in favour of the home in their favour.
Hero wan a great chance for" Bilva Rather Fortunate
to win the game, but he was short
and had to be content with; a division of the point, Par
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