1937-06-03 — Page 44

THE CHIÑA MAIL, JUNE 4, 1937,

BOWLS TOURNAMENTS REVIEWED OMARS SHINE IN TWO BOWLS RULES

CHAMPIONSHIPS

REMARKABLE GAMES IN

KOWLOON

RECREIO'S STRONG COMBINES

(By Skip)

INTERPRETATION

New E. B. A. Book Lays Down The Law

SOME LOCAL COMPLAINTS

(By "SKIP")

this done either by players or the referee.

NOT COVERED

A point which is not covered by any rule, but more by the etiquette The Official Year Book of the of the game, is the annoying habit E.B.A. is to hand and although most which some players have of strolling of the information concerns clubs round the head when other players

THE flattering remarks about the "clerk of the at home, there is much of interest

to bowlers in general. I take the are about to deliver their woods. This weather" which appeared in my notes last liberty of reprinting excerpts from can be most aggravating, and, al- week must have fallen on deaf ears, for after a Page 273, which is headed "Bowl-though I hold no brief for a recent bright and sunny Saturday morning, heavy showing laws which are sometime for complainant on account of the dis- ers from noon onwards resulted in the abandoning of the programme.

or

gotten."

courteous way in which he made his A player when delivering his bowl complaint, there was a lot to be said must have one foot entirely on

the for the player when he “jibbéd” at mat.

one of his opponents, who committed A game stopped by darkness

this offence in a recent match. Things looked brighter on Sunday morning and it was possible weather conditions or by mutual ar Some players see nothing but their to play four of the scheduled Colony Open Rinks games in the after- rangement must be resumed with the objective when delivering a wood, but noon. Ding dong struggles were the order of the day, an extra scores as they were when it was stop-others find it most disconcerting to

ped. head having to be played in the two Mainland games. At the H.K.F.C. the Omar rink (three of them plus Razack) had a very the mat is the shortest distance the back of the jack.

Twenty-five yards from the front of have people walking round at the tight game against A. W. Grimmitt's outfit, comprising Eccleshall, jack can be played to. Simmonds and R. P. Phillips before emerging winners by four.

de-

The losers trailed for some distance, but eventually pulled up level with their opponents at the 19th., which was virtually the éiding head' as U. M. Omar, with a brilliant shot, took the jack through when Grimmitt's side lay, to score a couple.

Simmonds deserves

a special

mention as he played one of the best games of his career and was deadly with most of his. woods. Phillips was the weak link in the rink, a remark which also ap- three plies to Razack as the Omars were all in good fettle.

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A-K.B.G.C. rink (Waterton, Tet- ley, Petherick and Armstrong) met McGowan's four (Collyer, Gellatly| and Selby), and after trailing for half the game rallied well for win. Their revival coincided with Waterton's finding his weight and green, and he was very good in the latter half of the game, thereby leaving less work for Armstrong who had virtually carried the team until then, and who began to add' to the count instead of having to save it almost every head.

REMARKABLE

The two "extra head” games were reserved for Kowloon, and that at the Cricket Club was the more remarkable for the reason that each side scored a five in the last two heads to finish up level.

Mair's Police rink put up a very good fight against Dick Alve's side, which appeared to be the better combination and a little more con- sistent play by Fender throughout would have given the Police team a win.

Mair was in form throughout whilst Glendinning (senior) and F. V. V. Ribeiro shone in a lesser degree.

A MERITORIOUS WIN..

Interest was maintained in the Open Pairs competition, and the best win was that of Silkstone and Goodwin, of the K.C.C., who over- came Coates, last year's Singles champion, and Basa of Craigen gower..

The latter were favoured by many to go a long way in the event, but they met their match in a more consistent pair, who, after a most exciting finish, reached home by the minimum.

A

J. M. Jack, above, is seen de- livering a wood in his Open Pairs Lawn Bowls Championship game, when, partnered by his brother L. **** Jack, he lost to J. Howells and A. Brooskbank by 6 shots.

Gill and Hanlon of the K.B.G.C., the latter an "unknown," did well to better Ward and Way, another Craigengower couple; Gill was out- standing, but received quite good support from his partner, who fully held Ward.

BIG SURPRISE

|

If the jack at the first end or any subsequent head be thrown into the

ditch, or outside the boundary of rink or less than 25 yards from front of mat, the opposing player shall throw it anew, but shall not play first. He also has the right to take the mat back.

If the jack is driven by a bowl over the bank or into any opening in the bank, or into a step, it shall be count- ed dead. If the jack gets broken the head is begun anew. If the jack re-| bounds from the bank or from a tou- cher in the ditch on to the green again, it shall be played to in the same man- ner as if it had never been moved off the green, but a bowl similarly rem | bounding shall be counted dead unless

it-be a toucher.

COMMENT

Although these, as they stand, call for little comment, I will pass one or two remarks on them.

The first thing that occurs is that

It's time for "of a "spot Beehive Brandy

After

the word "entirely," which is print that

ed in italics in the book, must sure-

Before the daily

ly mean that a pontion of the foot thankless

must be entirely on the mat, for it

is almost impossible for most bow task

lers to keep the whole of the foot quite flat on the mat.

Of my own accord I would add to the above that IX (1) and Rules XII (3) are also frequently ignored -I might almost say totally `ignor-| ed. They indicate that the position of the jack or a toucher respective- ly which has gone into the ditch shall be accurately marked, yet I cannot recollect even having “

seen

viously too strong for H. E. Strange and Gelling, of the H.K.F.C.

The biggest crowd of the season turned up to enjoy the good fare provided at the HKFC. when four pairs... games were decided: on

After

the

game -

ounc

Before the shoot

BEEHIVE BRANDY

Wednesday. The game between Af game M. and U. M. Omar and Adal and | Dallah. of the IR.C., being the best. It was a regular ding-dong battle. All through Dallah was Three matches were played at prominent, and he sent down some the K.B.G.C. last Tuesday, and a spectacular shots at the right time. most surprising result was the His partner fell off towards the defeat of Medina and Cavanagh, lend, otherwise a' different, result former Open Pairs Champions, by{might have eventuated. The Omars E. Tuck and Whant, of the C.S.C.C. stuck grimly to their task, however, Howell and Brooksbank after trail-playing as if the deficit was not ing, did well to beat the Jack bro-there, and gradually pulled the thers, but the F. V. V. Ribeiro and game out of the fire to win by four C. G. Silva combination was ob- shots.

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