CRAIGENGOWER WORTHY SUCCESSORS TO RECREIO AS SENIOR CHAMPIONS
By “Skip”
THE FACT THAT CRAIGENGOWER HAD BEEN PRACTICALLY A 5 SURED OF THE FIRST DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP FOR SOME
TO-DAY'S
PAIRS- MATCH
The postponed Fourth Round game in the Colony Lawn Bowls Pairo Cham- pionship between 8. R. Sofing and K. M. Omar and 6. Eccleshall and J. Shepherd, will be played to:day........._at_ Kowloon Bowling Green Club.
WEEKS PAST ROBBED THEM OF THE GLORY K.
AND HEADLINES WHICH WERE THEIRS.
Rarely can a championship have been won so easily, for they recovered rapidly from their setback in the first match of the season and have had their noses—and necks as well front ever since.
in
In congratulating them, tribute must be paid to their consistency and keenness they are worthy
whose run successors to Clubide Recreio,
of four successive championships had possibly begun to The latter take some interest out of the League. Club, I am sure, have no regrets that the honours are going round again. THE champions -- the new
THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 5, 1941.
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BE WITHOUT CHARLIE ROSSELET TO-MORROW
DUE TO THE FACT THAT ROSSELET WILL BE AWAY ON VOLUNTEER DUTIES SOME CHAN- GES ARE BEING MADE BY CRAIGENGOWER CRICKET CLUB FOR THEIR FIRST DIVISION LAWN BOWLS MATCH AGAINST INDIANRE- CREATION CLUB AT SOOKUNPOO TO-MOR-
TONG ROW. AGAIN
FAIL
By "Skip"
Landolt, usual No. 3 to Rosse- let will be skipping, with Razack, Coelho and Souza as his front men. Rosselet's rink last week comprised Razack, Franks Landolt,
MONAGHAN GOES DOWN
FIGHTING
By "Skip"
In Third Division Indians had a
Omar's rink. remains urichang- ed, but in Bradbury's four Leon- ard will be in the No. 1 position, filled by Souza last week, Souza this time being 'No. 3 to Landolt. Craigengower rather upset On August 24, Craigengower. things by beating Kowloon Tong beat LR.C at the Valley by 64 on all rinks in Second Division.shots to 61, thanks to U. M. Omar's Pretty even as regards the Randall win by 14 over A. R. Dallah, C. S. -Kew and Way-Spary
games, Rosselet losing and B. W. Brad- but a regular rout of "Steve"
bary tieing. Stephens by Tommy Lock, whose
For their Third Division game very easy time against the Chater four were
bowling consistently against Police, a great number of Road team on the latter's green, Stephens, I notice, had a new lead changes have been effected. When which I hear is bumping in pat- in Roza, who has not played lately they last played two weeks ago-ches. ones, proved by the fact that the home if I recollect correctly.
they were resting last week- T. C. Monaghan, better known Franks led Pavri, Leonard and that is had an easy victory team won all three rinks.
as a tennis player, put up a great Indians made up some ground over Civil Servants on Saturday,
Randall. This time he will have fight against the experienced whilst Police did quite well to by similarly beating Hong Kong
as Wahab but could not quite repeat beat Kowloon Bowling Green Club Cricket Club at Chater Road, but THE game at Chatham Road finishedA. N. Other, Curd and Lam
unexpectedly in favour of Prison his front men.
two the win he had when he made his "B" at Austin Road, but the lat-the two leaders are. I feel sure, oficers' Club due
dramate rinks are so much changed, about riebut. Col. Doughty, who studies 1er's "A" team made
horse for Police Bagley, who finished up with twelve in that they can best be compared the game from every angle, is im- . a regular flogging a dead
a row to keep Ernie Kern pegged down by giving to-morrow's rinks with proving as the season wears on. bush of Club de Recreio "B", must assuredly earn promotion.
three League Certain Holland breaking
duties in connection to the unlucky number. Admittedly.the previous ones in brackets, as
the way from the follows:-
I hear good reports of E. W. records and the Club thereby with the Manning Exercise over the winner led all
Pudney and am told that he too equalling the highest
F. Lee, Pavri, Modi and Ladd improves consistently. Strength to winning the coming week-end--I hope 7th head, but he did not look set for a margin of the year.
have not disclosed a secret-have
Percy Younghusband. won again, (Todd, Lee Modi and
Medina), his arm. His skip, Alec McKel- made it almost impossible to ret McCutcheon being his victim, whilst and Li, Alves, Delgado and Lam-lar, went down badly to Suffiad
Field only Just scraped round for a line of dope this week B
home mert (Broadbridge, Alves, Karan- and Archie Nissim simply collaps- to save the second jia and Lain). so I must ask my readers to bear against Gowland
ed after the 10th head. He was valuable point. with me-not beer with me!
In Second Division Kowloon Tong, who seem to have cracked under the strain, again lost, but they did not lose as much leeway as might have been the case had Kowloon Football Club
beaten Prison Officers' Club by the clear- cut rolite as expected-they lost! instead!
Club
did
Hong Kong Cricket well to beat their Kowloon rivals
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Omar Once Again
The Master
N the Craigengower game at the Civil Service Club, the Omor
at Cox's Road, only Bob Meadows was once again of the home side winning.
the master, and The trials of war" prevented it was put to that his Taikoo from playing their game me against 'Hong Kong Football Club, brilliant play which puts them three games be-almost intimid- hind all the other clubs in this ated his up- division, though these can avail} ponent, them nothing but anticipation of Burling. the pleasant afternoons which one felt almost un- usually associates with our game worthy to at-
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Bill who
tempt similar
**Police Must Assuredly shots!
Earn Promotion" HONG KONG Football Club upset calculations by beating Kowloon Bowling Green Club in Third Division, but that there was no fluke about it
CRAIGENGOWER CELEBRATING
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Although Arthur Raku- sen played had
well and good support from his lead,
BURLING
Rosselet's four were just that much too good, despite the not too. impressive play of the two arst. men. Bradbury and Hillyer had ag titanic struggle which the former won by means of a five at the 18th,
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Unusual Incident
At K.BiG.C.
Bagley To Rescue
13-shot deelding win,
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10 The
Cassidy Does Well
W BROWN had a fine win against
A. Jimmy Jack When Hong Kong
The other
On August 16, Palice beat Crai- gengower on all rinks and by 28 shots on the Police green.
Selected Teams
The selected teams are as fol-! lows; —
CRAIGENGOWER
First Division (v "thdian 'R.C., away,
only one down at that stage but could chalk up only a couple of twos afterwards, whilst "Sambo" Rumjahn scored: 221
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Cards Again Wrong ACCORDING to the cards which
I have before me G!-W. Craw-
simultaneously,
Cricket Club met Kowloon Cricket Club at Cox's Road, and he had a lot to thank Cassidy for-he played a
fine game as second man. Frank Goodwin trailed to the seventh then there was only one team in it and he won by B. at 4.30 p.m.):-J. W. Leonard, W. Ward, ford of Hong Kong Electric play- Bob Meadows had the better of George A. E. Contes and B. W. Bradbury | ed in two rinks Costello, quite comfortably. and thus (skip); A. M. Omar, K. M. Omar, R. which seems incredible. More had his revenge for the possible which Basa and U. M. Omar (skip); A. A. casy to believe is the opinion that he lost to this same player earlier in Razack, Ä, J Coelho, L. C. R. Souza the Second Men--and the skips
and J. S. Landolt (skip).
the season.
Third Division (v Police R.C., home, STILL do not know their duties. visitors sur - at 4.80 p.m.):-Li Sul-wing, A. E. S. It beats me. The 35-11. No excuses offered Or Alves, F. X. Delgado and L. E, Lam- prisingly won, though only by a taken, they were just outbowled. mert (skip): F. Lee, R, K. Pavri, F. single shot, and secured four of As Dallah beat Teddy Fincher by K. Modi and G. S. Ladd (skip); A. Nthe points. H. M. Xavier had a over Jim Lunny and 13 and Abbas had the better of Other, W. J. Curd, Dr. C. W. Lam and big win
finalised matters with a 6 at the Tommy Madar by a similar num-E. S. Franks (skip). ber, the visitors can be said to
last end. have had a rough time of it.
知
Bill Hollands Carries
· Team To Victory
INDIAN R.C.
A. K. Sumad, M. B. Hassan, A. M. Rumjahn and M. R. Abbas (skip): U. A. 'Rumjahn, „A.“K, Ismail, J. Hoosen and A. R. Dallah (skip); D. M. Khan,
Minu (skip).
POLICE R.C. J. E. Hayward, J. 9. Riddell,
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100
'Wallis' Mauled
S. Yusuf, A. H. Rumjahn and A, KN the game on the Hong Kong Football Club green Wallis, the most successful Kowloon Bowling Green Club skip, went down pretty badly to Bert Man- sell, but
ALTHOUGH there was never Nolan and J. C. Altken (skip): A much in it, Jim Shepherd Soutar, W. M. Smith, J. Orem and J. finished more strongly than Lock-w. MacDonald (skip); L. C. Pennell, hart at Austin Road and was able F. Channing, A. Johnson and A. E. to win by half a dozen, but it was Carey (skip). Reserve:-G. E, Witter Bill Hollands who really carried ton. the team to victory for he was in "great form' against Len' Sykes, the
best of the Kowloon Bowling R.G. RINKS FINAL
Green Club four, incidentally. Two!
Craigengower Cricket Club are celebrating their success in First Tis in no spurt of soft soap-Johns, McKelvie and Fender, met Division of the League with
ness that I say that Johnny on the other rink and it was the dinner, followed by a concert, at Remedios' four were unlucky to former who gained the spoils after which the "Cosmopolitans" will suffer such a huge defeat at the drawing level at what might be, entertain, on Wednesday, Septemhands of "Guy, Deacon; Hyde-Lay called the treble ten. ber' 17.
and Holland, for they really play-
It is understood that the con-ed better than the score indicates. cert may be followed by a dance, Just to mention one instance but nothing has been definitely Holland, then leading by 38-2, lay arranged for that part of the pro-a couple of nice ones at the 20th
gramme.
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Great Form
THIS EVENING
both the other rinks lost SO he visiting
not entirely blameworthy. was George
beat. ¡Graver
Jor- dan by three shots, the same mar- gin as divided James Ralston and Hughie Nish, whose drives were not!
Aitken Led 20-1 POLICE beat Kowloon Football Final of Indian Recreation Club at the Valley by over a Club's rinks championship will be dozen, of which Aitken claimed decided this evening, when G the majority-he was leading by Singh, B. el Arculli, U. A. Rum no less than 20-1 at one stage but jahn and M. R. Abbas will be the opposition, skipped by Dow- playing against M. Razack, M. man, made a better fight of it P. Madar, J. Hoosen and AM subsequently. Joe Carey and Bob Ogden decided their game on-the Wahab.
last head, where a two to the home skip gave him the honour.
*most of the Abbas rinktis conceded more time. Alec than an ever chance of winning.
In the IRC-pairs event, the semi- Colman, thanks]
finals are due to be decided next week to these ag as follows:-
head, when · Remedios came KOWLOON Dock, at home, were through with a perfect wood to never in the picture against carry the kitty for three. Mark last year's champions, for whom This game was originally ar you, the home team played well, Carlos Silya turned out again, And ranged for Wednesday but was but the woods ran their way. he turned out fine again, too, his postponed at the last moment be-
Bob Duncan started. brilliantly heavies being simply scintillating cause of rain. against Albert Rodrigues, and he kept up his good form to win by a dozen shots. An unusual but amusing incident occurred at the 18th head when the home two was called away from the green, Al- though he was back before the 10. minutes allowed, the home one and three each played one of his woods, which he found on his return to be almost literally glued to the jack. As Duncan scored five the obvious implication was
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their temporary absentee.
Although Alf Hall was not well it was decided to play him,' and his team rallied round to score a useful victory, which I am told was not due' so much. to their own good play as to bad form by the others.
Indians Out-Bowl Kowloon C.C.
FERGUSON
gressive tactics, A. H. Madar, and M. P. Abbas v M.
could score at 1. Razack and A. R. Minu, only 4 ends! - K. „Nazarin" and 8. Yusuf -v. U.
Charlie Roza-Rumjahn "and ́A: "Bakar, Pereira, who is Madar and Abbas' are hot favourites fine for the title, with Rumjahn and Bakar playing
as the ather likely finalists.
bowls Just
now, was in- dividually bet- ter than Fer-i gusson, which probably made
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JAPANESE SPORTS
STADIUM IN SH'AI
More bad scoring here only 20 heads recorded in the game be- tween Macdonald and Fergusson, at close of play the datter was. leading by three shots but for all one, can tell Fergusson may have. had a possible" at the last end.
C.B.A. MEETING ON THURSDAY NEXT
The Annual General meeting sof Central British Association will be.
for his V A large stadium with facilities held on Thursday, September 11, whilst Dick for baseball, tennis, and track at the Club-house and the report Alves' four and field meets, as well as an to be presented states that the lent his side open-air theatre, a hall and rost year under roylew was a difficult enough support to beat Cullen pavilion, will be built in the near one. quite comfortably.
BASKETBALL
future by the Japanese Residents Evacuation robbed the Associa- Corporation, according to the tion of many of its lady members. "Tairiku Shimpo". The stadium with the result that the Ladies' will bo built on grounds adjacent hockey teams were considerably to the Naval Memorial on Kwang-weakened, though a team was chung Road. Funds for the sta-raised and participated in the dium will be secured through Seven-a-Side tournament.
companies and from the publia, visits to Macao during the reason.
Youths will met Ping Ching at 7.30 p.m. and Residents' Union EBBINGTON met his Waterloo will be seen against Kowloon
• at Sbokunpoo, A. K. Minu Chinese YM.C.A. at 8:30 in the donations from various Japanese The men's hockey team » paid trouncing him to the extent of Basketball League this evening.