1941 LAWN BOWLS Saturday's Sports
SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP OPENS THIS
EVENING
Due to the Manning Exercise, away match against Craigengower, and their five-game charity series to knot the sports programme was very though they still have two matches the count at 2-gdmch all. It was a much curtailed on Saturday, al hand, they will not be able to afford good game that had to go four entra though the little that we had in any more reverses if they are to carry Innings before a décision could be
off. hondura for the, season. cluded two upsets in the Lawn
reached.~ and the crowded stand was very appreciative of the foreserved Bowls League, one in First Divi-
up to them. sion, where Indian Recreation. Club, playing at home-only. Re- creio "A" have beaten them at US THE 1941 COLONY LAWN BOWLS SINGEES Sokunpoo beat Craigengower Hong
Cricket Club, who had, however, CHAMPIONSHIP GETS UNDER WAY THIS EVEN-ready won the Championship and ING, 14 MATCHES BEING DOWN FOR DECISION
The champion, M. N. Rakusen, will not be playing until Wed- nesday, but I. A. Gutierrez, win- er in. 1932, and B. W. Bradbury: 1938 holder, ex-champions
are
who will be on view to-day.
MADAR AND ABBAS IN
I.R.C. FINAL
The semi-Anal of Indian R.C. lawn bowls pairs championship, between A. M. Madar and M. R. Abbas against M. I. Razack and A R. Minu, was decided yester - day when the former won 15-11, over 15 ends.
The final of the rinks competi- tion; between rinks led by Abbas and A. M. Wahab, which was to have been played last Friday, was postponed until a date to be announced later.
At Kowlódi PIC,
L. F. Xavier v J. C. CHE J. C. Aitken v E. Curtis
At Kowloor #.G.C.
H. F. Shields v A. J. Hall A. E. P. Gaost v ; A, Guttierraz At Civil Service C.C. E. Kirmon
H. E. Strange T. C. Monaghan v F. Nolan At Craigongower Cid,
J. W. Harrop VA, H, Humjahn C. Dowman vW. McLeod-
At Club de Reoralo-
E. C. Fincher
H. Nish
R. Leigh
v J. McKelvio v W. Nash
At Kowloon C.C.
v Y. H. Tang
บ
At Hong Kong F.C..
บ A. M. Omar
VR, T. Broadbridge
A. Eastman
J. S. Riddell W. Ward
were, therefore, not affected by
the loss of the points van
In this game U. M. Omar completed his "double”” over A. R.. Dallah wliom he beat for the secondì time in the League. It will be recalled that when Indians played Craigengower for the Arst time this season, three weeks ago at the Valley, it was Ombr' will over Dallah that gave Craigentower the match by 3 shots. Incidentally as a result of bis latest win, Omar kas de sured himself of the title of Champlon Skip for the sensor, an honour that 100 per cent, deserved for consistent ly good form
*
I noticed that-five or six of the Indy"
NAVY came through with fly-spectatora in the grandstand kept co
ing colours when they beat books of their own; and were following Kong: All-Stars in the fourth of the game with the kecanter interest, te came as a surprise that" members of the fair sex were no interested in base ball,
VALLEY GOLF ENTRIES
THE
HE PoliceKwong Wah, football match at Boundary Street, "which the_lat-
Entries received up-to-date for the Valley Golf Championship, toter won 7-3, was more in the nature of a practice than anything else, and be played on September 14, are while Kwong Wah forwards showed as follows:-
Police attackers were wanting in more themselves to be a smooth-working line, ways than one:
HH Mundy and K. S Robertson, D. Wass and G. E. Willerton, A. J. Dennis, and F. C. Barry, T. B. Low and
Two bathing, galas, mo at. Chung R: Cairns and W Stoker, R. M: Keown Service Bathing Club, were held, and K. Collinge, *M. A Shing and the other at Chinese Civil and N, J. Bebbington, G. T. Lowry and though nothing outstanding took place. V Greaves, GW. Sewell and J. Ng Nin showed that he is still a torce Linaker, N. J. Booker and J. M. Thibm- to be reckoned with by winning, at the son, W. F. Buller and A. E. Clark, G Chung Shing gala, the 200 Metres free- Miné and J. D. Thomson, T. J. Price style quite comfortably in 2 mins. 37
B. W. Bradbury POLICE Recreatier Clubs who are and H. N, Williamson, E. McElven and sees.
la the, ruiting for Third Division R. Ells. holpurs, had “ai rude shock when theyThe pairings are merely for starting were
beaten in their Täird »Division I'times.
W. E. L.
"'YOUNGSTERS" WIN AT
HONGKONG C.C.
In a one rink lawn bowls game at Hong Kong Cricket Club on Saturday, "Youngsters" (S. Lloyd, R. Young, H. F. Shields and T. C. Monaghan) bent "Oldsters" (J. Owen-Hughes, L. E. N. Ryan, E. S. Doughty and P. S. Cassidy) by 30-19.
to
The winner led 15-6 at the 9th, scored 2 5 3 4 105 1 lead 27-16 at the 17th.
The losers had to
make a
contribution to the Bomber Fund.
V
C.C.C. BOWLS
RESULTS
Following are the latest Craigengow-
er Cricket Club lawn bowls results:
RINKS COMPETITION
Al-
First Round: -L M. Roza, Y. bas. H. W. Randall and J. S, Landolt, (skip) beat V. A. Benson, G. S. Laşk. M. J. Medina and R Basa (skip): Second Round:W, E. Broadbridge. A. E. S. Alves, W. Ward and A. E. Contes (skip) beat J. H. Xavier, R. K. Pavri, D. A. Rozurio and L. C. R. Souza (skip); S. R. Solina, M. A. Baptista, W. J. Howard and B. W. Bradbury (skip) beat C. W. Lam, Li Sul-wing. D. Zimmern and W. K. Way (skip).
PAIRS COMPETITION
First Round:-W, E. Broadbridge and D. A. Rozario heat A K. Ismall and R. Basa.
"MY CHOICE ABOVE
ALL OTHERS!".
BURLEIGH
RIGGS WINS TITLE
Bobby Riggs won the American lawm tennis men's singles champion- ship at Forest Hills, beat- ing Kovacs 5-7, 6-1, 6-3 and 6-3.
Kovacs went completely to pieces at the beginning of the second set and never regained his form in the face-of-the-determined and methodical Riggs, who was be coming steadier minute by minute and did not lose a servico ace in the last three sets,
In five times that he served in: the last set Riggs conceded, only two points..
..
It was one of the most one- sided: Finals in history. T Reuter.
£ Two, matches in the Opan · Basketball League. will be played at Kowloon {Chinese YM.C.A, to-night; V.R:C. Will dhoot Wah Ki and Bank Union: wili bo
against Chinese
BURLEIGH
CIGARETTES
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