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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 12, 1937.

TWO "D" DIVISION GAMES PLAYED

F. Cullen, above, the Kowloon Docks Skip will be seen in action to-day against Craigengower Cric- ket Club in the First Division of the Lawn Bowls League.

LAWN BOWLS MEETING

Re-Arranged Fixtures

NEW RESOLUTIONS

WEATHER AT LAST PERMITS TENNIS

AT

IP BROTHERS MAINTAIN PROMISE

RECREIO AND POLICE

WIN COMFORTABLY

(By "ADREM")

TO-DAY'S

LEAGUE BOWLS

Interesting Games

The outstanding game in to-day's

un-

unbeaten Kowloon Docks Re-

First Division, who have so

far

long last, the weather.cleared sufficiently to Lawn Bowls programme is enable a certain amount of progress to be doubtedly the clash between the made with sport. Sunny though most of yester-creation Club and Craigengower day turned out to be, three of the five "D" Division Cricket Club, the Champions in the tennis matches were postponed, the only games only lost one game, and that being played were at King's Park, where, consider- Club de Recreio, the strongest con- ing the rain of the last week, the courts were in surprisingly good condition.

to

tenders for the title.

Should the Kowloon. Docks be able to field their best team or one

RECREIO ENTERTAINED CIVIL SERVICE AND FURTHER equal in strength to that which DEMONSTRATED THE WEALTH OF TALENT AT THE DIS-beat Kowloon Bowling Green Club POSAL OF THE PORTUGUESE CLUB, WHO APPEAR TO BE last week, they should, with the IN A CHALLENGING POSITION FOR ALL DIVISIONS OF THE advantage of playing at home win, LEAGUES IN WHICH THEY ARE ENTERED. THEY WON BY though a great tussle is anticipat- THE CONVINCING SCORE OF 8—1 AND ALTHOUGH THEY WERE NEVER REALLY EXTENDED, THEY GAVE AN EXCEL- LENT DISPLAY OF AGGRESSIVE TENNIS...

Recreio had among their ranks a newcomer from Shanghai, in the person of M. Guterres and his form augers very well for the That in the event of the illness future. In partnership with M. Guterres, he won all his sets in the of any of the competitors, the club easiest possible manner, only conceding seven games in the process. at which they are scheduled to play.

H. Gonslaves was probably the stages but when the latter had ac- must be informed at the earliest

on customed himself to the conditions possible time, and that the points best individual Recreio player

needed will be conceded to their opponents view, despite the fact that he figur--the grass on the courts should they not turn up on the reed on the losing end of the score arranged date, before the draw for in his last set. the ensuing round, was one of the resolutions passed at the meeting of the Colony Lawn Bowls Associa- tion held yesterday.

His was

ed.

Club de Recreio should col- lect both points from the Hong

Kong Football Club who so far have not proved to be as strong as ex- pected, while the Portuguese team are playing very well at present.

EFFECT OF CHANGES The Police are making several. Bowling Green and it will be inter- changes in their team against the

fect the team. Carey will skip one cutting he acquitted himself with esting to see how these changes af- good credit and they won C.S.C.C's. soli-[of the rinks, while other newcom-

tary set.

all-round game and well up to the standard of a higher division.

A. E. Xavier, who last week re- presented the "C" team, was again In the event of rain, competitors brilliant in patches and displayed a in the Second round of the Open strange mixture of really first class Pairs Competition must endeavour strokes with others that would not to secure rinks on the green allot-have done credit to a novice. ed to them and decide the fixture at least a day before the ensuing "draw is scheduled to take place,

was the other resolution passed.

The postponed fixtures in the Second Round of the Open Pairs Competition were fixed, and the draw for the Second Round in the Open Rinks Competition was made.

POSTPONED FIXTURES

R. M. WOOD-OUTSTANDING

ers to the side are Nolan, McWal- ter and J. Orem The Bowling Green team is unchanged.

The remaining Civil Servants, were definitely on the weak side, with the exception of J. Bentley, who re- In the Second Division, the big vealed flashes of his normal form, game will be between the Indian despite the fact that he was not Recreation Club and Club de as speedy in covering court as of Recreio and the draw of rinks will old.

play a great part in the final re-

The following is Skip's forecast:

BOWLS FORECAST

FIRST DIVISION

C. Xavier and M. Guterres (Recrefo) [sult.

6-4 beat R. M. Wood and C. Sloan Easily the best player on the beat G. F. Imrie and J. Imrie..... 61 6 2 visiting side, was R. M. Wood, un-beat J. Faro and J. Robertson.. accountably demoted from the "B" H. Gonsalves and C. Pereira (Recreio)

lost to Wood and Sloan..

4-6 team to the "D", in the course of beat Bentley and Imrie

6-1 little over a week. He received little beat Faro and Robertson support from C. Sloan in the early

The following are the fixtures for Hoosen and A. R. Minu (Kowloon the postponed matches in the Second Docks). Round of the Colony Lawn Bowls Open Pairs Competition:-

Monday

Tuesday

M. A. R. Souza and C. S. Rosselet vị L. A. Collyer and F. MacGowan (Kow-

J. Revie and J. C. Brown v A. Jloon C.C.). Groves and W. Green (Recreio)..

G. Perkins and F. Cullen v C. M. S. Alves, and H. A.. Botelho Cricket Club).

(Kowloon

OPEN RINKS DRAW

6-1 K.D.R.C.

A. Xavier and H. Ribeiro (Recreio) beat Wood and Sloan beat Bentley and Imrie beat Faro and Robertson

POLICE v S.C.A.A.

6-8 C.S.C.C. 6-2 6—2] C. de R.

*P.R.C.

Police Recreation Club beat South China Athletic Association by 6 sets to 3 at King's Park..

(51)

(47) K.C.C.

C.C.C.

(--) H.K.F.C.

(52) K.B.G.C.

(* To be played at K.B.G.C.) SECOND DIVISION

(—) · T.R.C.

K.C.C. The damp courts made the bounce | H.K.F.C. of the ball deceptive and the play. ers found it hard to keep their feet.C. de R. The Ip brothers were outstanding K.B.G.C. for the Chinese team and maintain- Cooked the promise shown in their pre-

The following was the draw of the

TO-MORROW

E. Lines and W. Russell v F. X. Del-rinks: gado and V. N. Atienza (Civil Service C.C.).

S. A. Bright and J. E. Henson v W. Howard and E. Zimmern (Givil Ser- vice C.C.).

At Club de Recreio

J. G. Meyer v R. O. Read or J. (Postponed fixture).

SUNDAY, JUNE 20

At Kowloon Docks ̈-

A. Macfarlane and J. Russell v J. V. Ramsey and J. McKelvie (Civil Service G. H. Sherriff V A. R. Dallah C.C.).

G. E. Stephens and P. C. Morgan v J. S. Logan and J. G. Meyer (Kowloon W. Gill C.C.).

F. X. da Silva

A. K. Minu and A. Bakar v B. Parks. and M. Ferguson (Kowloon C.C.).

W, Mulcahy and J. W. Brown v E. Kirman and J. Pengelly.

M. Purvis and J. Hollidge y H. Git- tins and J. Houghton.

F. H. Haynes y J. M. Jack

At Kowloon Cricket Club..

A. M. Holland VU. M. Omar At Club de Recreio A. Hyde Lay v M. A. Abbas

At Indian Recreation Club F. Nolan

v C. F. Remedios At Civil Service C.C. B. W. Bradbury v F. Cullen”

VA, E. Carey Bad At Craigengower C.C.

S. Eccleshall and A. W. Grimmitt v V. N. Atienza F. P. Anslow and W. Kershaw.

E. W. Knight and J. Hollidge v. N.J. J. Castro

v J. K. Sloan

B. Fraser and J. S. Riddell (Craigen- A. Brooksbank v J. Orem : gower Cricket Club), 5:

At H.K.F. Club

J. Forrest and A. E. Carey v A. E. T. F. Stainton ... v J. F. Riddell· Silkstone and F. Goodwin, dan

E. M. Hanlon and J. C. Gill v J. S

Rodger and J. A. R. Selby.

C. S. Rosselet v T. Armstrong

At Kowloon Bowling G.C. H. A. Alves

A. R. Minu VE A. Guiterrez At Taikoo Club

H. E. Stoneham and C. B. Hosking B. Basto.

v J. S. Landolt and B. W. Bradbury.

J. A. da Luz. and R. F. da Luz v J.‘A. Macfarlane

C. Brown

+

(-) C.C.C.

— LR.C.

(68) · P.R.C.

THIRD DIVISION

H.K.F.C.

vious game. Both were good off K.F.C. the ground though they lacked un- +R.H.K.Y.C.

derstanding when the ball was sent

up the middle.

the S. Smith and C. Pile were best Police pair and won all their sets. Pile was good at the net, while Smith's service was devastat- ing.

Y. H. Leung and P. Sze (S.C.A.A.) lost to L. H. Calthrop and

A. R. S. Major beat B. G. Baker and G.

Carruthers

lost to S. Smith and C. Pile.

Y. Ip and L. Ip (S.C.A.A.) · beat Calthrop and Major beat Baker and Carruthers.. lost to Smith and Pile

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K.T.R.C.

+C.C.C.

(-)

(43) C.S.C.C..

(-) C. de R.

§ § 13 0 0 1 § 1 €19

(68) H.K.ER.C. (45)

(in second division last year)

WATER-POLO MATCH POSTPONED

The friendly water-polo match be- tween H.M.S. Tamar and the Na- val Dockyard Police Club,⠀⠀ which 64 was to have been played last even- 5-7 ing at the Dockyard, was postpon-

7-5

S. Cheung and K. C. Wong (S.C.A.A.)|ed. lost to Calthrop and Major

lost to Baker and Carruthers. lost to Smith and Pile

57 It will take place some time next

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