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THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 15, 1941.
OMAR'S RINK DEFEATED
THE SENSATIONAL DEFEAT OF U. M. OMAR' RINK (A. M. OMAR, K. M. OMAR AND-B. W. BRADBURY) BY 1 SHOT AT THE LAST END BY A. J. HALL'S FOUR (L. SYKES, W. MCNEILL AND R. DUNCAN) WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE COLONY LAWN BOWLS RINKS CHAM- PIONSHIP SEMI-FINALS PLAYED ON THE CIVIL SERVICE CRICKET CLUB GREEN YES- TERDAY.
ON THE ADJOINING RINK, IN❘to dictate the ends, with 1 4 3 2 1 Not THE OTHER SEMI-FINAL, M. discouraged by this recovery of form R. ABBAS'S FOUR (J. HOOSEN, by their opponents, Abbas' four, lead- A. M. HUMJAHN AND
lng 10-13 at the 12th, finished up with A. R.
1 0 0 2 2 0 0 3, conceding in the mean- DALLAH) BEAT W. McLEOD, W.
time three singles and a two. B. HARRIS, W. $. DALL AND J. SHEPHERD BY 7 SHOTS FOR THE RIGHT TO MEET HALL'S QUARTETTE IN THE FINAL ON SUNDAY, SEPTEM- BER 28. AT KOWLOON FOOT- BALL CLUB.
Whereas the Omar-Hall game was close throughout, the other match saw Abbas jump into an early lead of 16-2, and, though Shepherd recovered partially later on, this early advantage stood the Indians in good stead,
Skips Outstanding
In the Omar-Hall match the skips were outstanding, each in turn coming to the rescue of his own side at critical moments. Duncan, 445 Hall's night hand man, sent down some frst class woods, and was better than Bradbury
on the run of the play. McNeill and
K. M, Omar were about even, but Sykes was A. M, Omar's superior.
There was never any very big differ- ence in the scores, which were tied al Gall, Ball, Ball and 14-ali, but two singles In A row gave Omar 24 JG-14 lead at the 19th.
The 20th end was such a closely call tested one that more than five-minutes was taken in order to decide, by various menne of measuring, at which almost everybody on the rink took a band! No decision could be agreed upo will calipers were sent for, and thus bure oul Mall's claims for the shot.
In this connection it is interesting to state that before Hali sent down his second shot, he inspected Gid position and Was convinced he мла lying the shot, As there was every danger of removing this If ho had attempted to draw the second shot, he "ditened" his last wood to make certain of one,
When the skips went down to bowl nt the last end Omar was lying four. and possibly five. Hall drew the shol with his first wood, and when Omar bowled he knocked up one of the opposi- tion's front woods for the second shot Hall blocked effectively with his second and Omar was wide for Hall to win by one shot, detailed scores being :--
OMAR: 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 10
2 0 1 1 0 0 — 16
HALL:
0 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2
0 3 0 0 1 2 - 17
A. M. Quan
K. M. Omar
L. Sykes W
MeNell
B. W. Bradbury 1 Duncan
UM. Omar (s) 16 A. J Hall
(s) 17
Good Team Work
In
Every may pulled his weight Abbas's four, who beat the much-fancied Police rink comprising McLeod, Harris, Dall and Shepherd by 25-18.
The Indians settled down at once to play a brand of bowls that augurs well
y for their chances in the Final, running away into a 16-2 lead with a run of 5 0 3 1 2 1 4. Then the Police rink started scoring, and it was their turn
Detalled scores were:- SHEPHERD: 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 2 1 0
0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 18 ABBAS: 50G 12 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
0 2 2 0 0 3 - 20
W MeLemi
W. B. Harris
W S. Dall
J. Hoosen
A. M. Rumjohn A. R.
Dallah
K. TONG RECORD
Kowloon Tong set up a new Second Division League Bowls! record when they aggregated 93 on Saturday against H.K. Cricket Club. The previous best was 91. by K.F.C. against Talkoo.