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FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1933.

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BOWLING

GREEN PLAYERS

Hints For The Bowls Novice.

FINDING THE GREEN

Turn To Face The Line That The Bowl Will Take

HERE

By H. P. WEBBER.

are three accepted methods of

"finding the green," that is, finding the curvel

a bowl will take for a drawing shot.

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venience if the jack is shift- ed. (4) The delivery becomes automatic, so that undivided attention can be given length.

SATURDAY'S GAMES.

WALLACE

FINDS FORM IN

DOCKS DERBY

Kowloon Dock Skips Do Well.

K. C. C. SKIPS EQUAL 1930 RECORD

Macfarlane Best No. 3

(By SHORT HEAD.)

to

TAIKOO

NAIKOO reversed

last year's: defeat at the hands of Kow-

To keep the eye on the jack is loon Docks by emerging victors by

The first is to aim for a mark

the bank. any corrections as important a matter as

necessary being made by alter

to 16 shots from the encounter 00

HEAD THE SENIOR

TO-MORROW'S MATCHES

First Division

Craigengower (60) : Taikoo (51) Kowloon, C.C. (60) v. Civil Ser

vice (55)

Kowloon Docks (56) v. Police (58). Bowling Green (59) v. Recreio (66) Second Division Civil Bertice (60) T. Yacht Club

(53)

Police (-) v. Indian R.C. (-) Recreio (69) v. Bowling Green (66) Electric (46) v. Craigengower (65) Figures in brackets decote results Last of corresponding game year and black type indicates probable winners.

SKIPS'

TABLE

HOLLAND AND NISH TAKE THE LEAD

WALLACE ONLY UNBEATEN PREMIER LEAGUE SKIP

ADAM HOLLAND and H. Nish, both of whom

are from the Bowling Green, are at present LEAGUE TABLES TO DATE. leading the premier league skips' table.

ADAM HOLLAND,

K.B.CC. (8) cc.c. 1

Police

CN.C.C. (8)

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keep the eye on the golf ball dur- their green. The rink skipped by PERSONALITIES NO.. 3

ing the point of aim by so much ing a stroke. inside or outside the mark.

On a fast green more

J. Chalmers enjoyed the biggest | land win, beating R. Lapsley's four by

The second method is in select a will have to be taken for full-8 shots; the other two rinks. won mark on the green-such as a dark length jacks than for short patch of turf and to regulate the although on a heavy green difference will be almost

green by this.

The disadvantages common to appreciable. both these procedures are:

(1) The it is impossible to keep

the eye fixed upon the jack and

(2) that new marks must be

selected should the jack be

moved.

NATURALLY, AMOUNT OF LAND

A QUIRED ON

THAN ON A FAST GREEN. R. great form, and soon estab-

cannot

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First H.K.

Skip To Win

In Shanghai

Game In Which Liang Used Wrong Bias.

WINNER OF THREE SCRATCH EVENTS IN ONE YEAR

Adam Holland's Career -

T.D.R..

K.C.. (4)

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8.8.4.c. 15 CS.C.C. (31 Yacht (2) Recreio (4) 5.0.0 (7) Police Electric (8) Indiana (-)

First Division,

Khote

P. W. L. F. A. Up D. Pa andby 2 3 4 5

3 5 200

4.00 $2 200

$ 472

15 4 4.4156

• 7 € 402

8 2451 8461 480

Second Division.

.... 1 403 E

4130

A 403 375

7354 80%

44470

44 45-4

& 412

400 0 20

5:00

0 147

26 415 18447

2

Pigem is brackets -Brande poate bold by theclusion of last the "respective clube st

Ron. The Polkes and ludian R. C. sm nea euners to the junior dieiion in the absence of the Takeo necond string.

ning by 21-20. This was the year in which R. Lapsley won the title.

In the junior division W. V. Field (Craigen- gower) is still in the lead, but F. Rapley (Bowling Green) has displaced A. Razack (Craigengower) for second place.

R. Wallace (Taikoo) is the only First Division skip with a 100 per cent, record. In the junior division there are seven skips with similar records W. V. Field, W. H. B. Maskett (Electric), Sir Thomas Southern (Yacht Club), R. R. Davies (Civil Service), A. R. Dallah (Indian RC), E. Kern (Kowloon CC.) and A. V. Barros (Recreio). H. A. Alves has not yet been beaten, but he has drawa two of his three encounters.

FIRST DIVISION.

Complete Skips' Records To Date.

A. Holland (E.BG.C.) H. Nish (K.B.G.C.) U. M. Omar (C.C.C.) B. W. Bradbury (CC.C.) R. F. Luz (Recreio) F. Callen (K.D.R.C.) G. C. Moss (Rolice) C. E. Marques (Recreio) R. Wallace (T.DRC.)

ones, by 3 and 5 shots, respectively. At the the tea interval, Taikoo were lead- in-ing by 30 shots, but the Kowloon team reduced the deficit after for- THE tifying themselves.

RE- HEAVY WATSON BOWLS WELL GEEN WILL BE MUCH LESS

WALLACE'S four were. in Finding the length

On the 11th end. easily be explained in cold print,lished a lead.

J. Watson, drew dead to the Jack but constant practice will The third and by far the best educate the nervous co-ordina-with both woods, and, with his op-

The following year saw Holland method is to turn to face the tion that the muscles of the ponents failing to alter the lay.

captain the Hong Kong side to line that the bowl will take. hand and arm will unconsciously Wallace improved the position by

victory against Shanghal in the Some difficulty in the early adjust themselves to the neces-trailing the fack for four. On the

(By Referee.) 15th head Wallace repeated his

northern port. He skipped a rink trial stager may present itself as to sary pitch after a few

previous performance, with his how much to turn, but once the throws.

Skip of the first Colony rink to comprised of J. C. Brown (No. 3), A. W. Grimmitt (No. 2) and J. amount

of green has been The experienced bowler will last wood, trailing the jack to take visualised, and due allowance find his weight speedily under all two from an adverre lay of one. win on Shanghai soil, a representa Laing (No. 1), the first Coloriy

At the 19th, Lindsay and Ramsay tive of Hong Kong in two other team to win on Shanghai soil, made, the player will instinctive-sorts of green conditions.

A useful hint, If playing both drew well to the jack to give Interports, and winner of the Co- It was probably the most re ly take up a correct position, and

short or vice versa, is to go to their side a three shot lay, but lony Championship in 1930, Adam markable game in the history of automatically modify it to suit

Laing played his any change of length.

the other extreme and then try with a well placed shot. Ramsey, Holland, the popular Bowling Green the series. The advantages

of the second shot with the wrong bias, of this working up or back to length, method are: (1) The eyes can'

Finding a length is most dif-however, came up again with an-skip, is undoubtedly one

heartened. He followed it up by be kept on the jack. (2) The ficult on a drying green; for this other fine shot, which was not im- leading personalities in local bowls. but he was not in the least dis- J. Fraser (K.C.C.)

The Taikoo Docks Recreation sending down the shot that gave movement of the arm, relative reason the afternoon, when these proved on.

+

Cub had won the League cham Hong Kong a 20-19 triumph when most likely to to the body, is always the conditions are

WOTHERSPOON'S DAY.

pionship on five consecutive He placed his last wood directly (3) There is no incon-prevail. is ideal for practice.

casions when Holland joined that behind the jack and almost touch- "ULLIE" Wotherspoon had a Club in 1919. They won it again ing it. It was in this game that "WELLIE" you" sink, that year, and in 1921 and 1929, inxhir Grimalt niso made a kame and, though the final score of 20 Holland skipping in the latter year for himself. to 15 does not indicate a great for the, first time.

Three Out Of Four Opens victory, the result was never in

Joins The K.B.G.C.

In 1929 Holland was lost to locat doubt. J. Polson and A. Stalker

Holland went home in 1924 and bowls, being Home on holiday. were also on form for Talkoo, on his return in 1925 he joined the He, however, won the Attaboy T. Gooding and A. W. E. Davidson and although Cullen was playing & Kowloon Bowling Green Club, and Shield, presented to the Bowling beat J. C. Chambers and W. Waterton, good game, Wotherspoon repeated-was No. 3 in A. R. Whibley's win Green by D. F. Warren, when he ly bent him to the jack, often by ning Spey Royal Cup combination

same,

CLUB TOURNAMENTS

First Round:-

The following are results in Club Tournaments since last Friday:

KOWLOON C. C.

R. Duncan and J. B. Logan.

HANDICAP SINGLES

DOUBLES HANDICAP

First Round:

Drummond scattered the woods

F. Rapley and G. N. Mitchell, beat a fraction of an inch.

| Preliminary Round:-

C. J. Roe and H. O. Huber (+8) | F. Rapley beat H. Overy. heat A. E. Hayward and A. Wright |

(+7) 16-9.

NORTON CUP

First Round-

F. Maddox, beat R. Rathmell 28-17 V. C. Labrum beat S. J. Houghton 28-17.

CLUB HANDICAP

First Round:-

A. W. Wright beat FG. Kerridge

24-22

E. Kern beat R. Rathmell 25-17.

NONE-PRIZE WINNER'S CUP First Round:-

W. Waterton beat A. E. Terry. J. C. W. Charlton beat N, Watson.

E. Elliot- 2. H. Budding beat C. Heywood.

CRAIGENGOWER

*

CLUB HANDICAP

Second Round: -

#

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CHALMERS' DRAWING SHOTS.

CHALMERS' rink beat K.

J. Lapsley's four, side

being responsible for some great drawing shots.

ALL-ROUND K.C.C. WIN.

all round play by the

In that year he lost the Bowling Green ́› Championship after leading Adam Gourlar 20-17 at the last head. He was lying 3, but Gouring sent up a powerful drive with his Inst wood to score a sensational four after not having a wood within a yard of the jack be- fore his shot. It was one of the sensations, of the season.

1926 Holland

G Nowloon Cricket Pub armed soint-Final of the reached the

skipped J. G. Meyer, K., C. Hamil ton and R. S. Nichol to victory.

The year 1930 will stand out as Holland's best year. He proved all-conquering, winning three out of four scratch com- peiitions. In the Open he beat R. F. Luz by. 21-14 in the Final, and followed this up by carry- ing off the President's Cup and the Vice-President's Cup at the Bowling Green. The only open event that eluded him was the K.B.G.C. Championship, "

It was also in this year that he

for them a splendid victory over pionship only to be beaten by U.) H. Milton (+1) beat C. 5. Rosselet the Club de Recreio at King's Fark. M. Omar-Gourlay beat the Crai-won the Harvey Memorial Shield The Cricket Club's 3 skips, A. gengower, player in the Final. He, by one ahot, from H. Nish, the W. Ward (-2) heat M. J. Medina Hyde-Lay, J. Fraser and A. E. Silk- however, won the President's Cup Holder. C. Atkinson and C. S. Bent

C. J. Roe bent T. Fergusson 21-8. | (-4). Second Round-

A. W. Wright beat J. M. Pym (wu) | (+1).

CHAMPIONSHIP

Second Round -

E. C. Fincher, received a w.o. fromį. J. M. Pym.

S. J. Houghton received a w.o. from

A. W. Cole

PRESIDENTS CUP

First Round:-

A. E. Silkstone received a w.o, from

CHAMPIONSHIP

First Round:

E. Tuck beat J. Driscoll.

FAIRS COMPETITION

Second Round-

V. Pearso and Y. Abbas 17-18.

POLICE RC.

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stone played great bowls, each at the Bowling Green, securing a clean-cut victory.

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are the only other winners of this handsome trophy.

First Interport Game It was in this year that Holland Two Wins Against Shanghai received his first Interport recogni

W. Wotherspoon (TDRC) R. P. Phillips (CS.C.C.) A: W. Grimmitt (U.S.C.C.) W. E. Hollands (Police)

L- Guy (K.B.G.C.)

7 5 2 0 36

7. 5

Shots

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A. E. Silkstone (K.C.C.).

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A. Hyde Lay (ECC)

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F. X. M. Silva (Recreio)

2

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SECOND DIVISION."

J. C. Chalmers (T.D.R.C.) I. Lapsley (K.D.R.C.) R. Basa (CCC)

W. Mair (Police)

N..Drummond (T.D.R.C.) J. Denkin (CSCC)

W. Headley (K.DRC) H. Overy (K.C.C.)

T. Young (T.D.R.C.).

F. J. Jones (C.&.C.C.)

W. Weir (T.D.R.C.)

J. C. Brown (K.D.R.C.)

Complete Skips' Records To Date.

WV. Field (C.C.C.) F. Rapley (K.B.G.C.) A. Razack (Cic.c) -W. GII (CC.C.)

S. Eccleshall (TS.C.C.):

A. H. Basto (Recreio)

W. H. B. Muskett (H.K.ER.C.)

27 20

2. 49..

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Shots

P

W.

L. D. F.

7

7 0 0 67

8

61 1

43

5

10 55

7,5

W. 8. Drake (E.B.G.C.)

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A. W. E. Davidson (K.B.G.C.)

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R. R. Wood (C.B.C.C.)

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A. Macfarlane (R. HLKY.C.)

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F.. Button (RILLY.C)'

A. F. Paul (EKERC)

R. Marks (Police)

1. M. Jack (K.C.C.)

L. Jack (K.C.C.)

The biggest surprise was the de- feat of B. F. Luz's rink, who fell

In 1931 Holland was a member away after the 13th head. On this tion. He played No. 2 in "Wullie of the only Hong Kong rink to J. Cavanagh and W. K. Way beat H. head Lux sent down two great Wotherspoon's rink (R. Lapsley and record a win in the Interport

woods to register a 4, Silkstone

U. M. Omar). The Hong Kong against Shanghai in the Colony. Sir Thomas Southorn (R.HKY.C.) falling to draw with an open jack quartette, however, lost up in Shang F. Cullen's rink (J, Puncheon, A.. H. F. Rosario. (Recrelo) · L. Souza could not find the green, hai by 19-17 to G. L. Campbell's M. Helland and J. Fraser) beat T. F. H. Holdman (C.S.C.C.). and Silkstone registered, a 3 with

Main's four by 25 to 16. He also L de Rome (H.KERC) |rink. a splendid draw at the 14th. 'At

in 1927 Holland again reached skipped the Bowling Green rink w. Glendenning (Police) J. Fender (+2) beat, G. Davies the 15th Luz made the best shot of (++8).

the day. Silkstone was lying 5, the Semi-Final of the Open, but he (R. 8. Nichol, R. Hall and E. W. L.A. M. Wahab (LR.C.) 7. S. Riddell (4-4) received a w. and Luz, with very little room was again beaten; J. C. Brown win- Hoghin) to victory against a strong . P. Robinson (K.C.C.) B. J. Houghton received a wg, from from Charman (+8).

J. Chadwick. ·

VICE PRESIDENTS CUP

First Round:----

J. Frazer beat A. E Silkstone.

J. Chadwick.

#

Third Round

BOWLING GREEN.

• PRESIDENT'S, CUP

Preliminary Round

J. C. W. Charlton best J. Boylance.

A. Ore beat N. Watson..

W. S. Drake beat IL G. Sherrif 21-11.

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

Preliminary Round

A. Hyde Lay received a wo, from W. Hatt,

J. Frazer received a win, from N.

Watson.

CLUB HANDICAP

First Round:-

W. Mair (scr.) beat R..F. Marks {(43).

CHAMPIONSHIP

First Round:

W. Mair received a wo, from A... Kirby.

W. McLeod beat C. F. Alexander,

T. Perkins beat J. B. Riddell...

NOVICES, COMPETITION

First Round

McNamara beat Cletherea

Keohane beat Mintey

CIVIL SERVICE.

CLUB HANDICAP

J. E. Logan beat A. W. E. Davidson. Second Round:

VICE PRESIDENT'S CUP

Preliminary Round to

J. Frazer beat W. Spencè

G. EF. Thompson best J. Watson.

First Round 1 day?

FV. Whitta bost V. Petherick 22-16,

R. Hall beat A. McIntyre,

HANDICAP DOUBLES

Preliminary Bounda

carried, the jack through for one.

By winning on all three rinks the K.CC equalled the 1939 'record of Craigengower. who visited King's Park and won on all three rinks for aggregate of 67 to 33.

FINCHER ON FORM.

∙an

C. FINCHER bowled remark

visiting team (C. W. Glover, H. LA E. Carey (Police) feature on this rink was the splen-Peck, T. Main and C. Richards), K. M. Omar (LR.C.) did drawing of A. E. Hayward, who winning by 24-91 |22||

is finding some of his Shauthal Last year Holland eliminated form

U. M. Omar, the holder, to reach the Third Round of the Open, but he gain lost to B. F. Luz year Holland is favoured to reach

POLICE LOSE HEAVILY.

This

L. Guy's four played havoc with the Final He will meet 1. B. their Police opponents,beating Logan in the Second Round, and Moss's four by 25 to 16 after lead-there is the possibility of

Ing 19-4 at the twelfth end. A ring semi-ânal game between he

Grimmitt

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R. R..Davica (C.B.C.C.)

A. R. Dalish (LRC)

A. V. Barros (Recreio)

E. Kern (KCC) V.

F. V. Ribeiro (Recreio)

C Lopes (Recreio)

E. M. Hemedios (Recreio)

8. Deacon (IKERC). NM. Currie (HKELC.).

Alves (Recreio)

Ele ably well, placing and block seven to the Folice on the next end and Crimmon in the Hong A 0, Brawa (CBC.C.)

Was

ing with great precision. On the Ing by Moss, 19th head. Hyde-Lay carried the re

3. Alderman, (—1) beat N. Collyer jack through to lay 1, but with aw, MACFARLANE BEST NO. 5. (+2).

Eccleshall better shot Marques cleared Hyde-

P Jones (5) beat (str.).

CHAMPIONSHIP

Second Round

----J; Deakin best T. Laing,

HANDICAP DOUBLES

First Round Piknu

JB Sloan and F. V. Whitta beat 2,1 L Lack and Te Whant (1) beat J.

Watson and B. Hall...

· Fitzgerald and 6. Crossny: (17)

Kong team to meet Shanghal in J. P. Lungy (ELKER.C.).

J. Bentley (RIKY.C.) October, Hollard was invited to skip Scotland's team in the Gutler BA Hyder (LR.C.)

CF. Alexander (Police) res Ehled, but declined on the Leading by 19-2-at-the-eighth score-that he is now playing too H. V. Pearse (CCC) end after a seven Adap Holland's much bowls,

G. Basto (Becreis)

4. Chapman (RIKY.C) rink beat W. Maine's by 66 to 14 He skipped the winning P.W.D. the biggest win of the day, Wille team in the Goscombe O'Sullivan J. S. Niddell (Police)''; FRASER'S quartetta were all Marfariane was in great form, Cup (Government Inter-Depart-W. McLeod (Polies), on top of their form, and F. He is undoubtedly the best No. 3 mental competition) in 1928 and 8 A. R. Ismail (LR.C.).

again last year.

J. J. Basto (Recreio) "A now playing ln the Colony, Silva was blocked frequently.

Lay's wood to reverse the position.

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