1935-07-05 — Page 4

THE CHINA MAIL FRIDAY, JULY'S 1935

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LEADING SKIPS POSITIONS IN RACE FOR 1935 BOWLS HONOURS

MOSS PLAYS

BOWLS FOR

LEADERS AGAIN

FAVOURED

HOLLANDS POLICE SIDE HOLD LAWN BOWLS 13 YEARS UP ALL-CONQUERING RECREIO Local Representative SIDE BY BEATING SILVA'S FOUR Bowling Green Out

At Wanstead

ONE OF POLICE MAINSTAYS LUZ'S RINK PLAY TOO

the well-known WELL ON SOME HEADS!

Moss G. C. senior division Police skip, has had a long and varied career as a bowler-extending over 13 years -during which time he has con- tributed materially to the success of the Police, BC team. Taking up the game in the good old days when the late W. Gerrard and Peter Grant were familiar figures | on the greens, he admits his in- debtedness to these two bowlers fo what success he has achieved. At that time there was only one Police team, and it was not long

SIX BOWLS CLOSE TO JACK

MAY CAUSE DEFEAT

BACK WOODS MUST BE CONSIDERED

L

AST Saturday was one of the hottest days we have experienced this year and local before Moss gained his place in it, bowlers participated in their favourite pastime

beginning as No. 1 and gradually

progressing until he was able to take up reigns as à skip, where he has now played for many years.

G. C. MOSS

under sweltering conditions.

At the same time, enthusiasm was in no way abated and each contest was played out to years one of the leathing skips in a satisfactory conclusion.

The greens were true and fast, and, in all probability, the form disclosed in general was a better guide to future results. than that which we have seen in past-matches.

Cavanagh, who was drawn against McKelvie was in a merciless mood, and Field, his No. 3 was right on the top of his form The skip here, how- ever, whose steadying influence the had a direct bearing on Craigengower success-did very effective work in his quiet

unassuming way, but in faired, but rather on the success that ness to McKelvie and his men w. E. Hollands' achieved when it must be stated that any luck opposed to F. I Silva's. that was going went against them.

Palice Improve

In my belief, the rink skipped

DERIA,

Although regularly entering for

The Craigengewer green is not the Colony Singles Championship, Mr. Moss smilingly admits that be supposed to be dead level, and if by the latter player is the second

it means that best four of the Eecrelo. has been eliminated with the same such be the case regularity. His ventures in other visiting Clubs are at a disadvant-and is a much more formidable competitions, however, have met age to a certain extent. The gen combination in every way.. The

the

winners

on their

For Revenge

POLICE MAY HOLD UP

CRAIGENGOWER E

(By "SKTP"")

Craigengower “A” can scarcely allow themselves to be humiliated to-morrow when they meet Kow- loon Docks, when taking into con- sideration the fact that their "" teams won so easily last week from the shipbuilders; yet the home team cannot afford to take their visitors too cheaply as they are capable of soaring to greater heights than they have done late-

B. W. Bradbury, for severally. the Colony, is staging a comeback after a period of indifferent play.

GUTIERREZ annex the

SHIELD

PORTUGAL AND INDIA SHOULD

BE PROMINENT

WALES UNLIKELY

N°

TO ENTER

AUSTRALIAN TEAM?"

(By "SKIP")

The Club de Recreio enter tain the Civil Service CC, and. cannot permit defeat to be their portion again if they are to championship There does not appear to be Jany reason to doubt their abili- ty in their encounter, and many imagine it to be an easy thing for the Portuguese.

Bowling Green Lesson

The Bowling Green, keeping in mind- an earlier experience when pitted against the Indians, cas be depended on to leave nothing to chance this time and will be out to prove the previous result was all wrong. It is fully ex- pected that they will succeed, but the Indians may extend them to

The closest match will lie be-

(0 matter how true the well-the last-head

known axiom in connec-

LUZ LOSES HIS 100 PER CENT, RECORD

PHILLIPS BREAKS DUCK AGAINST GUY

PURVIS MAKES POOR DEBUT

LTHOUGH the leading positions in the Lawn Bowls League

A skips ablen remained unchanged as the result of Satur

day's mate RF. Luz the Craigengower “A” skip, lost his 100 per cent record-only U. M. Omar and J. Shepherd have the road distinction.

|

R. P. Phillips, the ECC Interporter, recorded his first vic- toy as the result of an mespected win over L. Gay.

J. Purvis made an inauspicious debut against W. Ward's rink, but A. Kitchell's debut was a successful one.

The following are the complete records of every skip for the 1935-season:

First Division Table To Date

C. G.. Silva, (Rec.) U. M. Omar (CCC “A”) AM. Holland (KBGC) Le Gay (KBG.C) J. Shepherd (Police) BW. Bradbury (CCC. “A”) A. Hyde Lay (K.C.C.) F. L. Jones (CSCC) A. B. Dallah (TRC) C. S Bamele (CCC (F°) F. Callen (DRC) - F. X Silva (Rec).

·J. McKelvle' (KDRC) RP. Luz (CCC\"\"}" E. el Arcelli (CCC "B") -J. Cavanagh (CCC "E") w. E. Hollands (Folice) H. A. Alves (Rec-) J. Fraser (RCC)\___ J. Hollidge (CSCC) IC Brown (KBGC) E. G. Past (Police) W. Greig (KDRC) E. M. Omar (LRC) R. Base (CCC “A”) A O. Madar (LRC) W. S.Denke (KBGC)

A. R. Minn (LRC)

A W. Grimmitt (CSCC) G C Mors (Police)

with greater success for last year eral belief is that, playing from Police team has now gained the tion with international sporting tween the Police and Czigen-1 R. P-Philips (K.CE) W. Carey, T. Forrest and W. Club is uphill, at the same time earlier in the senson, and seemgood feeling may be, there is are elated, and justly so, by last] S Gray (KDRC)

concluding it must be granted that the little be firmly established as almost not a vistage of doubt that it week's results, when they de Mair, reached

own produces some very interesting feated the Recreio and the Kow- stages of the Gutierrez Shield be difficulties found in this grand certain

results-results which are fol-loon Docks, respectively. It is fore being forced to bow the knee old sport are very often confined to xreen.

pre-lowed with greater interest than quite within the power of the holders of the sent

League in any other kind of competi-Folice twelve to pull through to A. W. Grimmitt's all-conquer-ground peculularities which lend

2 greater interest to the game.

badly tion Championship,

with ing four.

This is the case [shaken in the battle for points bowls as with other kinds of Junior Leaders Task Recreio's Defeat

with the unlucky Civil Service sport, so that the international

Mr. Moss might have represent- ed the Colony, in the Interport

against Shanghai sore few years ago had not pressure of business) prevented his making the trip the Recreio were North.

The Craigengewer "A",

• were

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Playing Too Well!

G. Cooper (K.DRC) GE-Manques (Recreio)

R. Lapsley (DRC)

A-M. Wahab (LEC).

H. Nish (KBGC)

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Second Division Table To Date

Shots

P.W

Du Pts.

In some senses it is a pity that team. That the champions are contest for the Gutierrez Shield, The Craigengower juniors, even defeated last not just moving as sweetly as now in its third year of exist after the overwhelming victory Saturday. The Portuguese have many expected they would is quite ence, although some time dis-they enjoyed last week, will fand apparent, and the comparative tant, is very much in the air in the Trikoo enclosure a dificult aber, however, in 1930, he did made such a valiant effort in failure of Luz's four is as dis- bowling circles, and names are site for point collecting and it manage to play for Hong Kong cent weeks, and, even in the mocouraging to the Gazigengower being mentioned as to what should occasion no surprise if playing No, 3 to B. W. Bradbury ment when they felt victory si faithfuls, as it is astonishing players will represent the

they faile |vazions countries: in the annual match at the Wan-ping from them they went down

The Civil Service, with a de J. Chalmers (TDRC) stead Bowling Club, London, and bravely, with. C. G. Silva making

Although the Shield was pre-pleted team are up against a G. I Sherrif (EBGC). onslaughts on the

That this rink is playing good although the rink was defeated, desperate

Police citadel:

bowls, from a drawing point ofsented by a Portuguese gentleman, stiff problem. They are due to G-E.F. Thompson (K.E.G.C.) .. Hong Kong's four put up a goodi fight and only went down by 4 The Police team have made great view, is admitted; the difficulty so far Portugal has not been meet the Recreio and should give J. J. Basto (Recreio)

progress during the course of the really is that at some heads it is. last few matches, and, in the playing too well, for siz bowls in opinion of many are on level close vicinity to the jack all be TO-DAY'S ENCOUNTER

terms with the best twelve in the longing to one side, cannot be League The result of their considered sate now-a-da Weather permitting, a good match with the Portuguese side should the opposing skip draw to he has bowls game, in the Fourth Bound will go a long way to support this the top of the is of the Colony Pairs Championship view. Meritorious

the instantly placed himself in

unbeatable posit will be witnessed on the Craigen-win of Shepherd and his men most an rower green this afternoon when over the rink skipped by H. A especially since he is almost cer- Armstrong and C. Strange meet Alves, yet it was not on this retain to have some back bowls. S. Eccleshall and J. Shepherd: sult that the Police victory hing. Should he decide to push the

shots.-"Skip."

Postponed Games To Be

23, Was

than ever as

jack through, the opposition would be in a greate dilemma

their

own bowls, way of

skip, The inks, who OL BOD

the

fare in the

[drawing

have brou

Decided Next Week beste, this

The Singles and Pairs Lawn Bowis Championship matches which were postponed this week owing to the inclement weather will be played on the correspond ing day next week-

The games" are::

“MONDAY

Hood H. F. Westlake

(Taikoo R.C. Green),

WEDNESDAY..

A M. Holland v P.31. Farrell

(Club÷de Recreio Green) AM Runjahn A. Hyde-Leg

(Civil Service CLC. Greet M. J. Medina and I Cavanagh

FJJones and A. Wi

*R. Dunern, and L

WRK; Way and

thank simlar

hing of

ently strong to win it them a good game. It is not exH Westlake Sz. (CS.CC) and Scotland are the only pected that the Bowling Grees F. Stainton (TDRC)

which have had that will be unduly extended in their GH. Stewart (T.D.R.C) E ear, the former being the pre-match with the Electric, but HH Rose (K.BG.C)..

holders. Things will pro-will behove, then to be careful.

W. Way (CCC) CATAI be different, this year, how-Muskett, that steady and reliable) 4 Brooksbank (H.KFC) ever, for Portugal will be able to member at the Electric team, will FX. Stares (Recreio) 7 Fald a very much

stronger com- unfortunately be absent this bination this year than she has week, and, his place will be hard

fill satifac done previously

(Continued on Rage 13.) 37 (Continued, on Foge 15.)

FORECAST FOR TO-MORROW

CRAIGENGOWER “A” (88)

CLUB DE RECIZIO)

KOWLOON.RG

POLICE-RC

TAIKOO

DIVISION

KOWLOON DOCKS (49);

CIVIL SERVICE (46)

A. F. Paal (HXERC.) A. W. Smith (Police) "H. Overy (KCC)

A. Macfarlane (HKFC))_ W. Ward (CCC). H- Romazic Recreio) J-P. Robinson (ECL) G. Logan (Police)

J. W. Bonnar (RÁKYC B. E. Manghan (RH) W. Glendinning (Polic W. B. Muskett (E-KE B Remedios (Recrei GCostello (£* C. Strange

A Webster

Hampton 3. Watson

A.Jackson A Kite

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