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BOWLS LEAGUE RACE NARROWS DOWN

CRAIGENGOWER AND

CLUB DE RECREIO VIEING FOR HONOURS

BRADBURY'S FINE GAME

FOR CHAMPIONS

MANY UPSETS FEATURED

(By "SKIP")

R. F. Luz, above, who, partnered by his younger brother J. A was defeated by U. M. and A. M. Omar in the final of the Colony Open Pairs Championship, about to deliver a wood:

seen

am Holland

Callen all the w

some good work as lead, and the Logan, at number only one shot in at home four played

Tom Coleman putting in some out starding woods.

Although I enticipated a win for the KCC against the Hong Kong Football Club, I did not expect to see as big a margir as 20 shots in favour of the home team Frank Goodwin's rink ran right away from Hyde-Lay to begin with and kept up for the most part. Kempton day and although McKelvie was not the Footballers made luck would have it, also had an off to 6 by the 17th head, after which as the pressure to secure a lead of 28

quite t up to scratch, he was usually

effort and m

HE race for the First Division Lawn Bowls THE

League championship has virtually narrowed down to two teams, Craigengower Cricket Club and Club de Recreio as s a result of last Saturday's matches in which Kowloon Docks, in losing at home to the Kowloon Bowling Green Club have placed themselves out of the running for the time being against it and had to play into deficit by scoring on the last four

a veritable barrage of woods, many heads.

tion. -

GOODWIN SHINES

elated the

TO-MORROW'S MATCH BETWEEN THE CHAMPIONS AND which Hosking had put "in his THE DOCK TEAM MAY REVIVE THE LATTER'S HOPE OF eye in order to consolidate the post- None of the visitors seemed quite OVERHAULING THE LEADERS, BUT I DO NOT THINK THAT

happy with the green, but the home THERE WILL BE ANY CHANGE IN THE POSITIONS ON SUN-visitors and he found the woods right from the beginning, Frank Gill was prominent amongst the players, especially Craig, found it DAY MORNING.

running kindly for him, whilst it is Goodwin was again in fime form and perhaps a left-handed compliment, what little was left for him he did say with a quiet, but deadly confidence. After being 12 all at the 16th

а

SKIP'S FORECAST

one more shot to Fincher's seven! Overy played a useful game as Num- was ber Three to "Teddy," but the best- rink, iman in the rink was Bebbington,

GOOD STANDARD A good standard of bowls reached on Cooper and Guy's XXX££*££##+£181ZX6¢KEI m the latter scoring six in the last some of his shots being remarkable. couple of heads to win by that mum- Jack Rodger looked as if he was ber. Walker started off brilliantly going to swamp Jimmy Jack's rink, as lead for the visitors, and although who deserve great credit for Hold- he weakened for a few heads just ing on tenaciously enough to tie the as Mitchell struck form, he finished

The thirds

the (55) up as strongly as he began and through they were as much as 13

easily had the honours. (44)

The star shots in arrears, but scored in all turn, however,

Fergu-the last seven heads to make a tie ()son, who rarely wasted wood, of it. whilst Guy, the visitor's skip was

FIRST DIVISION

games

way

In the Second Division the Indians scored another good win after what I have written, to against the KB.G.C. and in doing so practically assured themselves that Bright and Lines always had of the championship. Club de Recreio, whom they meet at Soo- the better of their opposite num- head, Alec Macfarlane scored only kumpoo to-morrow, are their chief danger. The Portuguese Clubbers. have flattered to deceive in the Third Division, and as the result of two consecutive defeats, have dropped a long way behind the Civil Servants in the race for promotion.

Craigengower did not have it all their own way against the Civil Servants last Saturday by any means. On the contrary, they had to fight an uphill bat- tle, as after the first 10 heads had been played they were C.C.C. dozen or so to the bad: But by K.C.C the time another five heads had been reeled off, they were in the HEF.C. lead and, continuing to play steady bowls on all rinks, finish- ed up with a five shot margin.

Omar was again in good trim and it was his rink (Gomes, Atienza and "AM") which captured the points with a six shot win over Macgowan, who never recovered from the 9-1 Cc.c. lead which his opponent secured in the first four ends.

IR.C.

P.R.C.

WELL-BALANCED

(73) KD.R.C

(46) ↑ G.S:C.C.-

(-) a de

+K.B.G.C

(73) PRC.

(56)

(To be played at the Police Club).

SECOND DIVISION

T.R.C.

H.KF.C

BIII

(-) K.C.C.

(~-~~-~) HKF.C

(-) C. de R

(46) KB.G.C

THIRD DIVISION

(-) KEC.

(60) RHKY.C. (60)

(----) KT.R.C.

(57) C.C.C.

The visiting rink was evenly balanced, every man pulling his weight, but the home four were patchy, only Collyer maintaining a high standard throughout. Eccle- shall was right off his game with *C.S.C.C. Grimmitt and Macgowan good on

C. de R. occasion only, the latter's heavy ones doing a good deal of damage.

*HKER.C.

In the tied match between Brad- bury and Randle the former was the!

(-)

(57)

(* second division last year)" (Figures in brackets denote the re-

sponding game--last

outstanding man in the rink and snit of the

he valiantly carried the large amount season).

of work which was thrust on him

by the weakness of the men in front immu⠀⠀⠀

of him, of whom Cavanagh was the

at the hands

best LCR Souza could get little Dock team sustaine satisfaction from the green, whilst of the Kowloon Bowling Green Club. Coates bad patch continued. Of Playing at Hung Hom, they were the home four, Gellatly was easily expected to win but failed on two the best, whilst Jack Deakin show-rinks and were only one shot up

on the other one. A surprise ed more of his old form after couple of poor matches. There was a surprise was McKelvie's

great game between Hollidge and C. B. Hosking being the first skip Basa, the former raping home by to lower his colours this season and gle shot after a ding-dong battle he did it well. The home four were ividuals played outplayed on this occasion and could were very eventy produce nothing like the form which has enabled them to win their fire- seven matches.

BIGGEST SURPRISE

ggest surprise of the day

Pearson defeat which the Kowloon the time with Revie

lowing suit

was

M

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