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LEAGUE BOWLS
THE CHINA MAIL SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1956
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK ON THE TWO IRC TEAMS IN THE FIRST DIVISION
By “TOUCHER”
As the Lawn Bowls League enters its sixth week this afternoon, the spotlight shifts to the two Indian Recreation Club teams in the First Divi- sion and the crucial tilt between Craigengewer and the Hongkong Police Sports Association in the Third Division.
Whether or not defending First Division Champions Recreto will be able to repeat their success of the last two years of overcoming early season lapses and eventually finishing up as Champions will largely depend on the outcome of their match against IRC "Blues" this afternoon.
F An
Da compared to the With both tennis well in the matches
Championship Indings' four volts, they are PARKING
keen closur
Craigen- contenders to extremely honours,
the Kower than the Indians ns tussle is expected. The fact that
short
latler still have to face KCC of maximuto nothing
and KBGC In first round games points will allow either team to
day within striking distance of while Recreio have only KOC to
contend with. Craigntower Longue leading should contribute to enlivening the proceedings,
CLOSER CONTENDERS Although the lecreio bowlers have dropped 04 points in tour
The IRC Blues" are fielding
team the same
that blasted Filipino Club by 5-0 last week. whille Recrelo will show only Jackle positional change. one
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Noronha takes over the skip's role from Connie Pereirs, who will revert to the No. 3 position. On current form this change BeCras to be for the betler for the Recreio squad.
duc
the With
to respect Indian bowlers, who must admit a much weaker that they are leam than they were in previous
and bi years,
spite of their ability to take one point from Craigengo wer as compared to Recreio's 0-8 blankout, thakt they will have to bowl really well this afternoon to be able to stitch even one point from this match.
To the valiant "Davida" Indian Recreation Club "Gold" will be entrusted the mummoth tusk of stopping the winning streak of their "Gollath" ap- ponents, Craigengower.
After the log display put up by the "Gold last week against the KBGC, I do not think that they will provide as easy meat for Craigengower na the poten- tial champions might expect,
IF ONLY
only the IRC "Gold" bowlers will remember that the Craigengower green 1st very much heavier than their own, if only they can curb their Exuberanco and
forget CUSTER tricity
and
all and spectacular shots but just draw and draw to the jack, they may yet succoed where five other jean of greater repute have falled in handing Craigengowar their Arst defeat of the season, and earn for themselves the honour of being the team of the week and even of the sadzon,
ап
of
For KCC, who will be guests of the Flipino Club at King's Park, the task will not be as much to win the match as 10 collect maximum points.
Al Austin Road, Talkoo will be given
opportunity making up for thier gallant fallure
just
week against Cralgengower. If they play as well as they did last week, they have a very good chance of fully extending the Kowloon Bowling Green Club if not of winning by a 3-2 margin.
SECOND DIVISION
The Second Division graines will SOC the two unbenten teamy, Kowloon Dock "Blue" and Recreio, further consolidate Their leading positions, The Dockren will have no difficulty in taking nve points from the Fillptro Club and Recreio expect to do the same agatost Prison Offloors' Club.
this
The
best match in
a
can
ea
division. will be that between the Hongkong Football Club and KCC at the Valley. Both teams
are about even strength, with the Football Club helding the slight advantage of playing on a home green,
Craigengower will start favourites for 4-1 wis against Pallee Recreation Club and In the remaining Second Diviston gamo Kowloon Dock "White" will bo given
good opportunity of braking their "duck" against the Hongkong Cricket Club should they catch the cricketers on an off-day,
THIRD DIVISION
tasale
The Third Division gam will be highlighted by the crucial
botweets the League - leading Craigenrower twelve and second-placed Hong- kong Pollee Sports Association
Whether they were ...taking. things too easily or whether it was just a form of handicap to other teams, the HKPSA, with no fewer than six of lost year's. First Division howlars started the season by
two they have
defeats
Slace then, however, they
come back with a vengeance and at the end of, then, artex- noon's anatch" wil'. probably Jump up to the top of the League table
to winy there until the ten- ende. On a heavy groom five points kle for them but on
drop
one
Ton
point may possibly
Honto the contenders,"
Football Club and Kowloon Bowling Green Club, will also be given steen
ition this acemoon, Play
at homo
footballers.
отро
puma Miair: Bamo ogainst Filipino Club' « touch and go watadi” with the Filipino bowlen enjoying aught oddsalg Unas Their game! affected by the greek, the Kaw. Toon Bowling Green Club thirds have a good chance of climbing
badly
ONE OF THE MANY PUNCHES LOOKING BACK OVER THE SEASON. THERE ARE.
Combined Services beat the London Amateur Boxing Association by seven bouls to six at Royal Albert Hall on May 29. In picture, J, Barnes (left) receives one of many representing the LABA hard punches during his Light-Welterweight battle Jacobs won on with Pte. J. Jacobs of the Army.
points.
DAI DOWER VIRTUALLY CERTAIN
TO BE NEXT ON MARTIN'S
LIST OF CHALLENGERS
SEVERAL SALIENT FEATURES WHICH STRIKE THE SERIOUS STUDENT OF HK SOCCER
By I. M. MeTAVISH
With the season's honours won and the wooden spoons duly distributed it is time to bring down the curtain on Hongkong's 1955-56 contribution to the soccer
record books.
However, like those who go to the theatre it is probably a good thing to have a final glance back at what we saw, form magnificent mental plans of how we would change things for the better if only we had the power, and finally -after due deli- beration decide to leave important decisions to those who have to accept the con- sequences of their 'wisdom.
While these fanciful deilbern-Club's basic problem per for new International opponent tions are harmless enough they ticularly na short-term National for next season and one can but constructive Servicemen spend only a brief hope that our chooth players thought and, after all, the mental period in the Colony.
are necessary
to
paths we tread 50 (often the roads to jand productive ideas,
easily are worthwhite
Looking back over the season
b
will accept the real spirit of challerigo in theso matches and
ght every inch of the way. for victory.
It is difficult to saggest any rool and Jasting solution but the fact that many of the
and so soccer rests unti
As |there are several salient features Voterm players who so spart | September
anishing fans blue thought it was nice to hear that which must strike the serious ingly donned the student of Hongkong football, and white shirt to make up the at least I finished the season in on the feam must be giving serious One of these was the commend thought to hanging up the same side of the fence as the
agreement with, and able try South China to make boots makes the situation, all
Sports Cavalendere....it just good the ravages of departures
shows you,...there is something and injuries which slashed their the more complicated. brilliant 1954-55 side to ribbons,
Everyone who has the good in the aid story of Bruce and They come within a solitary of the game at heart will our Spider......but...... point of retaining their Cham- that the Club officials can and
I find it hard to decido {pions" title and many are the satisfactoy answer to their whother I'm Bruce Of the
moments of bitter remorse that perplexing problem:
power skier....Letters on this subject njust have been endured at {ful, influential club sidq ka Bare taboo (OT the good reason Caroline Hill when their sensa vital
necessity
Hongkong that macaron is nov
over. tional late defeat by Sing Tao football.
Sharing the Saturday
Soccer was weighed in the balance of
A special word of praise must spot with all of you has been a the final Logue reckoning.
go to the Royal Navy who in privilege indeed...a privilege I spite of all their THEIR BRAVE TRY
difficulties have enjoyed to the full....I managed to keep their head hope you did so too.... was much to admire slightest doubt that there is
There is not the: above water, about thelt brave try to stay 8118 on top and the
Flemish special affection for the sailor was the fact that once or twice in the Colony and their many come of their players in their nothing but add to that feeling. courageous shows this season did enthusiasm allowed their con- One can only hope that the duct to slip below the standard swing of the very fickle Servica
this grand one expreted from
scales will tip a few top class club.
players into their sido for next KMB were a great disappoul-season. They are due a real
want to break. season per- as quickly as they forget their early possibly con. The side certainly pulled together much better in the later stages of the League programme, but they lost many friends by their robust efforts against South China in the gnal of the Stanley Shield.
Sing Tho never lived up to expectations.
There
formances
only
Dai Dower, British and Empire Flyweight Champion,ment and they will is planning a fight a month programme until the end of August when he aims to be in peak fitness for a title bout of Spain, against European Champion Young Martin Dower is virtually certain to be next on Martin's list of challengers.
DISAPPOINTING SEASON
From an Army point of view, it was a disappointing sendon!
SPORTS QUIZ
arc
1. William, Harrison
the Christian names of a former World Champion boxer. How was The better known? in the 2. Place these events
order in which they hap pened: The first Wembley Cup Final, the first Wimble- don Lawn Tennis Cham- pionships, and the first Test match between England ond Australia.
Many of the experienced player who arrived in the Colony prior Harry Bentley, for 32 years a top boxing referee, has
to the start of the League pro- gramme failed to adapt them- resigned his licence over "a matter of principle." Mr
selves quickly enough to local conditions.
Vital
point
were Bentley, who represented Ben Green before the Boxing
lost while they orientated them- Board stewards when they held an inquiry into the Gavilan-Waterman fight decision, opposed an amendment, Their fast and clever young selves and although the side had
season it at last week's annual meeting of the Board, which alters forwards often Zalled to get the a most impressive run in mid-3..
extra goals to offset the short-
never made up the the rota system of selecting referees to control fights.
comings of a defence that was ground lost curlier on.
for, speed,
There is one Interesting point fashion? The Union makes con- frequently beaten
alde about this... and I have seen is for promises Nevertheless, this
which
the future with it reflected over several seasons. from the Cominitiee. Then the
much more ocrfidence than Good young players who come clubs refuse to back the Com-
from the United Kingdom sadly Just get nowhere many of their opponents. The interestimate the class of the mittee. We
team needs only a Change or two fast."
Chinese
They tako footballer. to make it one at the best in
all the
_warnings 'with pre-season the Colony ..and if MINOR LEAGUE GAMES
rumours Mervyn Griffiths, who be-
Indications of things to sort of "We'll show them" it the result is that titude and cause of his age (47) has been
come these
vital changes may
when they are the ones who get taken off the Football League well be effected.
the pun-around their confidence
Jimmy Guthrie, Chairman of the Footballers' Union, is angry with the clubs of the Football down 3 League who turned
to ruise the bonus proposal
draw. money for a win and a The proposui,
the made by Use League's
Com- Management mmittee, was defeated because it failed to get the necessary two- thirds majority,
Says Guthrie: "How can one negotiate in this
Sports Diary
TODAY
Bowia 1st Division: Recreio v MC "Blue"; ARC "Gold" V CCC; FL v KOC; KBGCTC
2nd Division: HKFC v KCC; HKCC v KDC "W"; KDC "D" v FC, CCC
PRC; POC v Becreto, 3rd Division: CCC HKSPA:
censions in returra
•
Charlton
аге
can face
4
Who has won the moet Test matches, England or Aus- tralia?
4. Will White, Douglas Stewart and Harry Llewellyn brightened the British sportint scene in 1952. How!.
5. Name the odd tennis play- Ar out, Tony Trabert Frank Sedgman, Lew Hoad and Pancho Gonzales.
6. What sportsmen eflifage in
* "punnilt" recs?
Who it the only, golfezi to win both the amateur and professional championships -of-Britain and America?
B. With what spor'S gre. the following connected: Harry Bradshaw, Peter Collins and Henry Cooper?
world
0. Juin Fangio is e
champion. At what sport? Two brothers, christian names Jop and Fred, have been world champions at the same sport. Súrñême please and what is the sport? (Allawten Sco· Page 173
list, has turned down an offer On the other side of the scale suffers a nosedive, to take over the school for
IoT Club and St Joseph's musi
It is a fact that as far as the referees run by the Uruguayan surely face the future with no Army and the Royal Air Force Football Federation. Only Welsh
more confidence than they can toams are concerned this hus and Minor League games are
noticeable feature of open to this Morimouth school- look back with satisfaction on been
the season just finished. Their recent years. It is significant he can still master, although take charge of internationals it best playing records are unim too that both of these teams pressive and their playing regenerally play better around the
middle of " required.
the
...but season... sources are almost threadbare,
10. then-being quite fair-one can Sid Q'Linn.
needed to realise that it takes A great effort is
young Athletic's South African wing restore then two old clubs to player some time to recover from former glory and with the soul destroying carly season half, has accepted an invitation their to sign for Consett the-Tyneside the possibility of promotion and experience of countering the top club
relegation being Introduced next speed wiles of men like Mok Le cricket HCFCV FC: HKENC v Kade; KCC O'Linn had a season with Whit-eason the need is as vital as it Chun-wal, Ho Cheung-yau and
Yiu Cheule-in, l burn in the Durham Senior 1 urgent.
One well-known Service League. In 1951 he joined Kent
Theoretically at least the player who had to do it in one. and the following year mored Soints are in the more favour of his first matches in the Colony over 1,000 runs, including
able pillon They have a sald recently that he frequently valuable century against Surrey wider field of choice, but there has nightanares about it even
Hancocks will are many diffoullies in the way, now. A The importing of established I have already congratulated sadly missed in First Division next; serába., Wolves Eddie Firmani,
has not Eastern on their double succes have bought Hirey Tooper, the former players from Maco Charlton Inskie-forward who proved to be the SUCCES
cess that and there is really little more West Hom Unfied, to replace was transferred
to Sampdoria, was expeeled and for many rea- to say about them. They have the man with the smallest feat for £30,000, sons the club may be forced to problems alvend but the enterin big time Soccer. Hancocka the Ilallan club, has just Gnished his first season cilscontinue the idea...on the
son's eleven together should for the Wanderers since leaving
Y PAC,
TOMORROW
Boccer
Federation Cup: SCAA V Eastern at Caroline Hui, 8.30 p
Whoot FIKRA PIRCtice Shoot at Kal Tak Range and prizes i am.
over Hongkong Eléctrle Recrea- tion Club,
So for the Third Division com- petition has been an interesting one and it is a pity that there are only eight teams in this division as compared to the 11 teams in the Second Division where most of the games are one-sided affairs.
TODAY'S GAMES
First Division
* Recrato v. IRC "Blue" IRC "Gold" v. CCC FC KCC KBGC v
якт
Second Division
V. KCC. HKCC v.
v. KDC "White". KDC "Blue" v. FC
COC V
PRC
Recrolo POCK.
Third Division. CCC v. HKPSA FIKFC v. FC HKERC V. KBGC KCO v. PRO
· POP · ·,
"AS YOU SAY,SIR:
IVE ‘AD' SOME
BOOD SPOR IN ME TIMI
at the Oval.
•
MARKSMAN.
NOT WANTED Johnny
football
bo
of
in Italian football. Saye Firmani, 】 other hand it may be the only rise which collceted this sea-has played 343 League matches
who collected £600 in bonuses way to toccer salvation for the keep them in the forefront next Walsall, scored 157 goals-28 of
as well as the | Sofnis.
over the eceived for glutes
£6,000 ha "It's been hard going. I wasn' used to the Italian way of play ing, and I haven't played centre- forward before, But now, we've got to know each other, we get along fine,"
GRAVE ANXIETY
scaron
them penalties. He has equalled. of the other sides Police were the record of Erle Houghton, probably the main disappoints now Villa manager, of double The Club positions is one that men with many fine pinyers figure goal aggregates from the in their llue-up, they promised Wing in ten consecutive seasons, must be causing grave anxiety big things. However, weakneste
committee. Their potential field of talent, is very team down to very ordinary in vital positions pulled the restricted and the sad truth is levola
but three or four that promising young player changes would lift them right are no longer caning to the up sining the leaders, t
to their
OUR EXCURSIONS
Memorable Over
Alan Quartermain, opening bat in the required number POOR REWARD.
and off break bowler of Abbers!! loss during last season of
Jey
nearly (Birmingham). Tonyrefall Cricket Club Chair-
mun like Taylor. Paton Fai-
WILSONG Our excursions into interachieved the bowler'a ambition Grimkhs,
of a wicket with eacy ball of an món, Mervyn
ind coner and Keane
blow for suitable replacements national football against visitors over pgainst Bayton He took served the club and the game ii.
from various parta of the quickala with his fist four des South Wales for 21 years, He were, hard to find. decided to ratire, and to mark Many servicemen found their world were hardly impressive... liveries had an may chance
away into the Club sido and in fact it was not mearly nem dropped off his fifth and finish
while that may prove to be pressive as it should have boned this memorable over with Indeed might have another wicketfivo in six a palliative measure again next
1.and season it is no solution to the been. Already we are looking balls.
the occasion he camtalied scratch Bide against Tonyrefail With what results? Hir pals bowled him for «" “duck"f
"DID YOU EVER
FISH FOR WHALES
KŃOV
Capped!
CHERRY HEERING