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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1935

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THE COLONY LAWN BOWLERS AND THE BRITISH EMPIRE GAMES

BOWLS INTERPORT

SUGGESTION

PRENTICE CUP SHOULD BE

DECIDED ON SHOTS

· INTEREST MUST BE MAINTAINED

(By "Skip")

THE bowling season which opens to-day must bring with it happy memories of other days, when able exponents of the game such as Gow, Wetherspoon, Hamilton, and Ferguson, not only upheld the prestige of this Colony, when the occa- sion arose, but found time to show budding en- thusiasts how to throw their bowls, and encour- aged them in the rudiments of the game.

The "Big Four," Russell, Bond, Gerrard, and Harvey, were also players of this type, and they were responsible for the Interport matches being inaugurated in 1918. They took a short holiday in Shanghai, challenged that port, but were defeated by shols to 11. The following year, however Hong Kong were revenged when they defeated a team from Shanghai here. by 27 shots to 13.

FORECAST BY "SKIP"

The Shanghai team was composed For McDougall, skip, A. A. Malcolm, Metallum, and A. Taylor, a very strong four. The match was play- fed at the Bowling Green and Hong Kong was represented by Ferguson,

The following is "Skip's" fore-skip, Wotherspoon, Gow, and W. cast of this afternoon's Senior and Gerrard. Never was a finer exposi Junior League Lawn Bowls games,

'favoured giving the capitais:

Senior League

C.C.C "A"

team

Civil Service ROWLING G.C. v. Kowloon

K. DOCKS Craigengower RECREIO. Pollee

Junior League

CIVIL SERY, "w-Craigengower

BOWLING G. C. TAIKOO R.C..

Kowloon

Yacht Club ·

I'OLICE

ELECTRIC

Reerrin

Football Club.

CHIEF AND PETTY

OFFICERS BEAT

tion of the game seen, Hong Kong i excelled, with Gow the star per- former, and, although the Shang- hai rink played excellent bowls, they could not match the cunṇing: and deadly bowling demonstrated by the Colony four.

Since that year the Interport matches have continued, odd years in Hong Kong · and even years in Shanghai. · · Each port · won on ita own ground until 1928, and at that| time very few considered.

ít DOA sible for any Hong Kong four to win in Shanghal,

PRISON OFFICERS ce, skip Ferguson, Lapsley and

STEEL

SNOOKED COULSON

lli

Over 100,000 people, including His Majesty the King, are expected to see West Bromwich Albion nad Shef; field Wednesday battle for the F. A. Cup at, Wembley Stadium, above, this afternoon.

His Majesty the King photographed at an F. A. Cup Final at Wembley?. He is here seen baying the players introduced to him befors the game.

FIRE BRIGADE

A Pleasant Surprise When a rink. comprising R. Wal-|

W. Gerrard lost by 16 shots, there did not seem much hope for the team which Holland captained that SURPRISE year. However, much to the sur prise of all, a rink skipped by Holland with Brown, Grim- WINNERS PLAY MUCH

mitt. and Laing playing be- fore him, successfully defeat-Saints Lose Badminton ed the Shanghal crack team. The On Thursday evening, the Chief performance of these players since

Mixed Doubles and Petty Officers Mess surprised then, dispels any needs for too Steel, Coulson Snooker League fol- much astonishment. lowers when they defeated the Pri

WEAKENED TEAM

non Officers' Mess in their post-

poned fixture by one point!

The most curious part of the en-" counter was that the winners were forced to play a much weaker team than usual through force of cir- eumstances.

Dr. Shaw, of the Prison, made A valliant attempt to come level with! Elsey, but, despite a break of 24, he failed.'

The scores were:-- Prison Officers C. & P. O,'s Perry

38 Jones Brimblocombe 48 Johns

McTavish 61 Ingram

HILI

Dr. Shaw

Athletic.

62 Savage

46 Elsoy

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Sports Diary

TO-DAY

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LOCAL BASEBALL TO-MORROW

Matty Chang's Nine

To Play "Tulsa”

WIN...

LEAGUE ENCOUNTER

LINCOLNS WIN

AREA ATHLETIC

CHAMPIONSHIP

THRILLING RACE WITNESSED

GOVERNOR, AND G.0,C, ATTEND MEETING

THRILLING SOCCER CLASH TO-DAY

"

SUBMARINES AND MEDWAY MEET

FINAL OF FOURTH FLOTILLA CUP

The final of the Fourth sub-

Displaying a better understand- ing the Fire Brigade defeated the | St. Andrew's Club by 7 goals to 2 in their Mixed Doubles Badminton

By obtaining first place in the marine Flottila Football Cup will League match at St. Andrew's 880 Yards Relay Race, the Javelin be played to-day on the Causeway Church Hall last night,

Throw, Putting the Weight and the Bay ground at 6 pm. between the The scores were:

Long Jump, and second place in Medway and the Submarines. E. F. Fincher and Miss M. Churn the Two Miles Relay, the Three No gate will be charged, but a Miles Team Race, Throwing the collection will be made on the field Hammer, the 400 Yards Relay, and in aid of the wife and dependants 10-21 the 480 Yards Hurdles, the Ist of the late A. B. Slayford.

Battalion the Lincolnshire Rexi

Captain Coltart, of H.M.S. Med- 13-21|ment, retained the H. K. Area Way, will present the Cup to the beat E. L. Fisher and Miss

Challenge Cup at the Hong Kong winners at the conclusion of the S. Dalziel

.... 21-17 Area athletic meeting at Caroline game.

A baseball gams is scheduled for (St. Andrews), to-morrow morning at 10 am. at lost to Mr. and Mrs. E.. L. H. the La Salle College ground, Kow- Joon, hetween the crack U.S.S. Tulsa lost to J. Gardner and Mrs.

nine and Matty Chang's picked

50 Tup-Notchers.

59

'07

Shute

Kirkwood

lost to Mr. and Mrs. Shute. 16-21 lost to Gardner and Mrs.

In the game played last week, the "Tulsa" nine whipped the locals by AB 10 to 4. It was the first real ball game played this season, and-to- morrow's game between these two 253 tears should provide some classy Kirkwood

baseball, as both teams will be at full lost to Fisher and Miss

Dalziel strength.

Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Coins

Meeting

(Sookumpo, 2.80 p.m.)." Lawn Berla-First Dilion

Craigengower C.. "A" v. Civil šeit.

vice C.C.

Kowloon. Bowling Green v. Kowloon

c.o.

Kowloon Docks

v. Craigongower

C.C. "B"

Club de Recreio v. Pelles R.C..

Second Division

16-21

SOUND SUGGESTION FOR NEXT GAMES

HOME PLAYERS ON A PAR WITH COLONY

COLONIAL TEAMS AND EXPENSES

(By "REFEREE")

in

"THE bowls at the British Empire Games was a lesson to many, and everybody is looking forward to the next session, which takes place South Africa in 1938, and in this connection I have a proposal for Hong Kong bowlers which should be carefully weighed before discarded," a well-known local lawn bowler, who witness Hong Kong's play in the British Empire Games, told me in an exclusive interview.

"Hong Kong were able to participate in the Games in England because there happened to be. several bowlers on leave at the time, but will the Colony be represented in South Africa in 1938?”. "One of the many solutions to this problem would be for the ten Lawn Bowls Clubs in the Colony to subscribe $100 a sea. son towards a fund which could later be utilised to make up for the difference in passage money for players who wanted to par ticipate in the Games, and who were able to divert their Home leave passage via South Africa, spending two weeks at the lat- -ter place.

In case the local. Association

did not see fit to send a team to

South Africa, the funds could RICKETTS WINS

continue for yet another four years when it might be possible for them to send a team to Aus- tralia or one of the other Dominions where the Empire Games are likely to be held."

Comparison Of Standard

"

CLUB SINGLES

CHAMPIONSHIP

LOSES

BUT ST SET

RECOVERS

SHUTE WEAK ON THE BACKHAND

(By "REFEREE")

"I witnessed the play wher Hong Kong met other Colonial and United Kingdom teams last year and am of a firm opinion that the best Co lony bowlers were on a par with G. R. M. Ricketts won his first Home bowlers. Of course; the lat championship in the Colony yester ter had the advantage of knowing day when he defeated E. L. H. their own.

greens and with this

they established a superiority over Shute, a newcomer to the Colony, |their visitors...

in four sets by 1-6, 6-2, 8-6, 6-2 The climatic conditions also play to win the Hong Kong Cricket a very large part in bowls at home, Club's Singles Championship.

The tennis was fairly good

for during the summer months one can commence a game at 6.50 p.m.,, and play for an hour or two, where throughout, and, although the score indicates a fairly comfort- as Colony and Colonial bowlers table win for Ricketts, he had to have been compelled to be content fight hard for every point except with a mere hour's play after of in the closing stages, when he scored repeatedly, with service "The bowls Clubs. at Home aces against a tired opponent. possess some wonderful greens, these being of Cumberland turf,

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fice hours.

ESPLEN CUP GAMES

Representative Team Required

LOCAL BOWL'S VIEWS

Shute was seen at his best in the opening set when he outdrove his younger opponent to take the set at 6-1, but in the second set Ricketts found his length and lacored consistently with a variety tot, strokes.

Ricketts Not Fast Enough

Ricketts has practically every stroke at his command, but he must speed up his play if he is to beat Sirdar Rumjahn for the Colony title on Monday, for he threw away innumerable points yesterday be Cause he refused to run for the

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. (By "REFEREE") H. Kew And Mise L Gittins (St. Hili yesterday. The East Lanca Andrews).

shire Regiment were a close second, were leading by about five yards was started in 1929, Hong Kong

"Ever since the Esplen Cup game ball. being only nine points behind and when Greigson started, but he won have never managed to register a having an aggregate of 131 points by a similar margin.

Before a large and distinguished

win. The game is an annual event ViceRVLET * Magnificent Sprint

between members of the Wanstead gathering, which included His Ex- The open three-quarter mile re- Club in London, and a team thepen 10-21 cellency the Governor, Sir William lay was also very interesting, from Hong Kong playera who hap The Tulsa has about 40 seasoned A. Broadbridge And Miss F. Pael K.C.M.G, K.B.E. and Lady H.M.8. Cornwall winning by a very pen to be in England at the right players, having just completed a

Wong (St. Andrews).

Peel, Major-General O. C. Borrett narrow margin, after running last time.". lost to Mr. and Mrs. Shute... 14-21 C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E., and Mrs for the first three men, P. O. Bar-former Colony champion and In-

Mr. M. Holland, series of games in Manila.

Matty Chang will have the fol- lost to Gardner and Mrs. Borrett, and Capt. Clough Taylor ton, who is reputed to be one of the terport, told me a few days ago.

nessed, the most latereating event Navy, gave them their victory by at the last game when a rink cổm- 16-21 some very good running was wit-best, half-milers in the British

Mr. Holland himself was present being the one mile team race, which, magnificent 440-yard sprint. The prising Rapley, kip, Nish, Mac- although the Hong Kong-Singapore other teams were the Royal Air Gowan and Ramsey were defested Games P. W. L. F. A. Pts. Brigade, Royal Artillery obtained Force, and the Hong Kong Police, by what Mr. Holland described as 11 10 1 74 25 20 the two major positions, was won last year's winners

"a large margin."

Kirkwood

lowing lined up to start to-morrowheat Fisher and Miss Dalziel 24-28

Table To Date

Joo Kau Ed Chang

Joe. Yee

Kít Chung

2b

M. Chang

Bb

W. Ching

D. Leonard

8. Chúng

H. Chang

11 101 68 22 20 88.10 114 7 58 41.. 8.

Recreio "B": *Recreio "A"

Fire Brigade C. R. Cr Talkoo

8 3 6 17 55. St. Andrew's 10 10 16 06 2 **Y, M. C. A po 17:00; 7 -11:43 - 0

* Game Forfeited.

Civil Service C.C. v, Craigengover with, Tommy Lee, Wally Ching, and Kowloon C.C., Kowloon Howling many others, an reserves.

Groo

Yacht Club v. Talkos R.C. “

Police B.C. v. Club de Recreio

Hong Kong Electric v. Hong Kong)

Football Club.

Tachting

Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club

Closing Cruise.

RACING NOTES ON MONDAY

Owing to extreme pressure on our columns to-day, "Rapler's" local racing review will be published in Monday's editions.

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9 5 442-68 by the 1/8th. Punjab Regiment. › At the conclusion of the meeting L/Cpl. Farmery, of the Lincolns. Mrs. O. C. Borrett distributed the was running first until the last lap prizes, wet. when the HK.S.R.A., entrant, pass- ed him with about 300 yards to go,

Aren Athletic Championship and it was with only if about

ENTER OF WATERLI "H‚K. B46. H.K.8., yards from the finish that the

RA: 22nd Fusiliers second man passed him

1.1st Bn., The Lincoln R. Another spectacular race was the 2.2nd Bn. The East Lanes R. : 181- 480 Yards hurdles which the East 3. H.E, Bde. H.K.8; B. A. Lancs, won on their last string, 4 1/8th Punjab Regiment Bn. The Fusiliers ! Fleetwood-Smith the Australlan Cpl. Greigson who ran for Eng-|| cricketer. has been married to Miss land in the Shanghal Internationall 2 Royal Artillery Mary Gertrude Elliott, of Melbourne. Athletic meeting, The Lincolng B. Small Units

AUSTRALIAN TEST CRICKETER

WEDS

Melbourne.

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FORMER OXFORD RUGBY FULL-BACK DIES AT DURBAN

The death is announced at 148

Johannesburg

of Peter Campbell 125/

Cochrane, who played full-back, In 101% the Oxford Rugby teams of 1889 90% and 1891, and took part in s trial for Scotland, He was later chief #71

magistrate of Durban.

Trump

The remarkable tombstone to a famous Kentish; bowlers ins (the) grounds ofőöne of the Esent Lawn wis, Clubs in Kent and England,