Week-End Lawn Bowls
CHINA TOO GOOD FOR
PORTUGAL IN INTERNATIONAL SERIES Kermani Crowned Singles Champion
By ROBERT TAY
China, who became champions of the Colony lawn bowls inter- national competition for the first time last year, opened their defence for the title yesterday with an impressive second-round win of 21-12 over a Portugal four, generally conceded as one of the strongest combinations in the event.
THE RUNNER-UP; C. Gough delivering a forchand shot in his match against Kerman on Saturday.
Represented by the same four who did service for them last year-F. Lee, P. K. Lau, W. Hong Sling and C. C.. Ma- China gave a brilliant all-round performance in gaining their semi-finals, for which a draw is fairly comfortable victory.
15th hend
Scoring Spree
Tricky Green
I was lucky to win, 28 itself. Judging from the play Gough had the edge over me and it on the last three heads he had carried on the way he did on the previous heads, he would the game. But I have won never gave up fighting."
will see England pitted against be congratulated for noè only. Ireland, Iran against Hongkong winning the coveted title for the and Scotland ngalist Philip=first time, but
also for HG pinca. The winners of these piri ed fightback in the Inte games will join China in the ages of the game.
Hia suretor is all the more yet to be made.
worth considering that he took Another bighlight of the up lawn bowls “seriously - only. Each member of the four four heads, with a single, a came before emerging
vic-week-end's lawn bowls was then recently as in 1050. "I am contributed his due share of five and nother single, From, torious by 25-10.
final of the mod's open singles very much dazer" he said after consistent and accurate bowl- then on they maintained a mor-
cannot help After the score had
been championship played on Salur the match, "and
the Kowloon Bowling bursting into tears to let off all jug, with top honours of the gin of a five-to six-shot lead levelled at 5-6 on the fourth day at
iny post-up emotions." afternoon going to lead F. Lee up to 14-9 by the end of the bead, Australia forged ahead to Green Club. and slip C. C. Ma for their
10-0 by the 8th head and 15-10 exceptionally ne display.
by the 13th. The Portugal four of C. F
The Englishinek rallied with Rozario, E. M. Alarcoun, A. A.
scoring spree by two and a single and on the f Lopes and R. F. Luz, handl- them on the tugceeding four 16th head, a brilliani shot by capped by the inability of lead
bends as the Portugal four un- Įskip Purvis enabled 1hem to Hozarlo and Ne, 2 Alarcon to
sucessfully attempted to play chalk up a count of six to res for big counts, reproduce their usual accurate
put them, well gam the lend at 19-15. only two ends to go, Portugal cracked within victory at 20-9. With The Australians completely
up after that and lucky too, in that they were
To Charlie Gough, the only three managed to score only a single obiged to play on an extremely
one can only FUN Shots to their lölal against angainat their opponentsky-greon, which was put the rumme-up.
fault of the Bowling Green hard luck." He had the game single by China to lose out by thots on the last five heads to 12-21.
end up with the final score of Clab but of the heavy shower well within his grasp after 20 of rain that morning. One hand heads when he led 17-19, On In the other matches played, | 16-25.
> both the 21st head, he was lying two Was especially the Scotland four of G. Coles,
beauties, one about six inches going up and down Rude Shock G. Stark. A. Skeoch and
also fairly obvious in frm of the Jack covering It was ť. McLennan proved much
the backhand and the other Malaya, former champions on
that both finalisis were a little too good for Wales W. Rees, two occasions received a rude nervous hi their Hirst appearance about a foot directly in front of W. Pritchard, R. Hughes and T
shock when they were elimin-in the final of this event, and the jack. Had he been able Morgan winning by 35-9.
ated by Iran's J. Blimoria, with all these handleaps were draw two more, he would have G. Madar, R. K. Pavri and M. never able to produce any really probably won
Johnny Antonelli, shut out the Cardinals for seven innings to Once they hit Their stride, win his eighth game. hussever, the Braved ballooned
Another Speceraive singles by Charley they lead to nine games and
Neal, Bob Li, Gine Cimoli were never reriously threatened, and Carl Furilla 'gave the although the Pittsburgh Pirates Dodgers both thetr runs in the MeMalit, the hard-staged a late-season drive that seventh inning. Stanly Koufax Star from carried them Jato reennd plater.relved credit for his 11th Brooklyn, shut or the Redlers Today's victory Parve the triumph. -for-thu-l-Ewa kuninga
__Braves_Bier perinant clincher The Braves victor? mathe-two days earlier than last year. matically eliminated The Prite when they wrapped it up оп burgh Pirates, who were Idle September 23. because of man in Palladelphia. |
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The hist National League team culskle of the Ducers to win two straight penamats since the St Louis Cardinals won three in a row
In 1942, 143 and 1944,
The San Franebeo Glants de feated the St Louis Cardinals 7-4 and the Los Angeles Dodgem edged out the Chicago Cubs 2-1 other National League in the
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form, battled valiantly rough
ent with their backs against _the_wall_but_found the odds. too heavily stacked against thum.
Too Much Work Bath Lopes at No. 3 and Lutz at skip, were given too much work to do and to both of them must be actorded due.credit for saving their side from a much bigger defeat.
Lopes, in particular, 'was con- spicuous on a number of heads, when he spectacularly drew in the Brst shot against couts of four or five.
The game opened with Portugal scoring a three on the first head and China establish- ing a winning lead on the next
By Leo Falk and Phil Davis
managed to add
Strong Fight
England's team of H. Black, A. Eastman, B. Douglase and E. Purvis were given a strong
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come
Despite the fact that the two Analists, F. R. Kerman and C.
from different Gough club, there was a surprisingly small attendance at the final.
Both the contestants wore un-
'Hard Luck'
J. Divechs. However, with only high standard of bowls through- and then, two ex-champion members, A. out the whole match.
H. Seemin and A. R. Kitchell in
their teans and two youngsters Spirited Fightback
nigh by Australia's W. S. in 1. 1. Kitchell and A. M. Edwards, A. D. Duffy, C. Wahab, Jr., the Melaya four were funnfelt and G. Hong Choy for almost three-quarters of the
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the match there but la barkhand falled him and he could only repisier two shots on this head. Lending by 19-16, he con- 22nd a single on the coded Resling shots were conspicu-head, a three on the 23rd head a far-fetched team from thatous by their absence, only about and in the lost head when which won the title in 1951 and two heavy ahots were played by cruid shave won the match by
cuch player, and the whole trolling the jack anywhere be The Iran bowlers revelled in game resolved Itself lule a race hind, he wan not only narrow the medium-heavy green while as to who could get nearer the bat Anished up only fackhigh. the Malayons time and again jack, and even here, short and spelled their own defeat by narrow woods, some by almost bowling short woods.
two yards predominated
1952.
The next round of the Inter- | throughout. national series, which will be However, 50-year-old ex- played off at the Kowloon Bowl-Shanghal evickel, and hockey ing Grega Club next Sunday interporter F. R. Kermant must
To the credit of both players, i It must be said that the gama most was played under the sporting atmosphere and was a picasant and exciting though not of an exceptionally high standard,
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