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JEHBE CHENS

AUGUST 18:

GOOD

BOWLS RINKS FINAL TO-DAY

GAME FOR

RECREIO

GREEN

HYDE LAY'S FOUR FAVOURED

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(By "Skip")

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The Open Rinks Final, the se cond event of the HKLBA's championships to reach that stage, will be played at Club de Recreio this afternoon and promises to be a good game with thrills in plenty.

The finalists are:-J. Watson, C. B. Hosking, R. G. Craig and A. Hyde-Lay, and J. R. Soares, J. W. Leonard, L. C. R. Souza and C. S. Rosselet.

Rosselet's four had the more dif-| ficult course to the Final Round, and had, especially tough proposi tions in the last two rounds. How well he overcame the last obstacle, the redoubtable Omar rink, is fresh in the memory of lawn bowlers. The Indians collapsed badly halfway through the game when they held a small lead.

Baron Gottfried von Cramm and Henner Henkel, the German Davis Cup doubles pair, are seen in the above picture to the left of the net, being congratu- lated by L. Hecht and H. Caska, of Czechoslovakia, after their Davis Cup European Zone Final at Berlin.

HOW THEY REACHED THE FINAL

A. HYDE LAY'S FOUR 1st Round

In the Quarter-Finals an extra head had to be played as was the beat G. G. Silva case in two of Hyde Lay's games, in the First Round against C. Gbeat M. R. Abbas Silva's four, and in the Semi-Final beat J. G. Meyer in opposition to B. Basto's Kowloon Tong quartettė.

beat J. C. Brown

2nd Round

**3rd Round

4th Round

Semi-final Taking the players individually, beat B. Basto the Kowloon rink looks the more C. S. ROSSELET'S formidable. As well as "Jockey"

1st Round Soares played against K. M. Omar beat E. C. Fincher

2nd Round in the Semi-Final Round, I think beat T. Armstrong he will have in John Watson, form-

er First Division lead for the Kow-beat J. J. Basto

3rd Round

4th Round

loon Bowling Green Club, a strong beat R. F. Luz opponent. Watson is a very hard

Semi-final

man to beat, dour and impertubable beat U. M. Omar in the extreme, and always.near the

jack on either hand.

HOSKING-LEONARD

Claude Hosking should have aj still greater superiority over Joe Leonard, especially if the

is heavy as seems probable.

ground

The last named, though getting in one or two good ones, was the

weak man in the rink against

Omar, and his peculiar style, a sort

of fore-arm push stroke with no may well do so again.

follow through, is not conducive to

to the First Division.

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NOT VERY CONSISTENT

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YORKSHIRE NEARER TO

CHAMPIONSHIP

MIDDLESEX ONLY MANAGE FIRST INNINGS POINTS

London, To-day.

Yorkshire crept a step nearer Middlesex in the race for County 24-23 Cricket Championship honours, when they beat Worcestershire by an innings and 9 runs at Bradford, while Middlesex, who are on top 22-19 of the table at the moment, only managed to secure first innings points from Warwick, H. G. Owen Smith being conspicuous with 6 29-13 for 68 to dismiss the Warwickians for 160 runs.

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Kent staged a fine recovery against Somerset at Dover and after falling for 134 in their first knock (Wellard 7 for 62), when 23-22 they were 212 runs behind their opponents, Woolley (193) and Todd (114) helped them compile 427 for 8 wickets, Somerset being skit- tled out for 130 runs in their second venture.

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but he year,

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Yorkshire had Verity and Smailes FRENJEKT8WXX0116£ØTEXTESTFEEEE to thank for their splendid victory, the former taking 7 for 38 to dis- miss Worcestershire for 120 runs in their first knock, while Smailes took 16 for 29 to dismiss them for one run-less than their first innings total

At Nottingham, Notts shared the points with

th the champions, Derby- shire, the match being featured by consistency. Hosking, on the other Hyde Lay has not been too con-undefeated centuries by Smith (Der- hand, has improved out of all resistent

canbyshire) and Keeton (Notts). cognition since. he was promoted still pull out spectacular shots as Results as cabled by Reuter,

was proved when he eliminated B.Iwere:- A very steady No. Three in the Basto with his last and match- Second Division last year, he has winning wood, which was a beauty. seized his chance as senior skip Rosselet specialises in heavy ones, with both hands and is now brim though no mean producer of touch- ~~ full of confidence though he willers, and the wood with which he admit that he played one of the carried the jack to bring about a worst games of his life in the Semi- five and Omar's downfall was Final Round.

excellet one.

LOWER HOPES

an

It should be a close game to-day, and I fancy the Kowloon four to It is lower down where the Crai-just about pull it off, though I shall gengower team will hope to re-be surprised to see more than four trieve their fortunes. If Souza can

or five shots in at the finish. produce such a high standard - of bowls as he did against A. M. Omar

6 WICKETS FOR 9 RUNS he will fully extend his opposite number, Bob Craig! The latter bas

IN LAST SPELL been consistently good all the year and his play has had much to do London, July 16. Warwickshire with Frank Goodwin's K.CC. collapsed badly before a remarkable. rink's successes.

spell of bowling by Gover at the Souza is playing in a position to Oval and, all out for 195, they fol which he is not accustomed, a fact towed on 299 behind Gover's clos- on which I remarked in my notes ing spell brought him six wickets before the Semi-Finals, but he filled for 9 runs in 5.4 overs, the last six position well in that match and Warwickshire batsmen going for 22,

-At Dover, Kent beat Somerset by

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Kent-134 (Wellard 7 for 62) and 427 for & dec. (Woolley 193, Todd 114). Somerset 346 (Cameron 100), and 130.

At Bradford, Yorkshire beat Worces tershire by an innings and nine runs... worcestershire-120 (Verity 7 for 38) Yorks 258 for 8 dec

and 129 (Smailes 6 for 29).

At Neath, Glamorgan beat Surrey on the first in mngas d

Mr. D. F. Lopes, Hon, Secretary of the Victoria Recreation Club has sent a telegram to Mr. S. A Bright, Secretary of the Shanghai Amateur Swimming Association, cancelling the Interport swimming contest scheduled to take place in Shanghai on August 26, 27 and 28.

At. Birmingham, Middlesex beat Warwickshire 160 (Owen Smith 6. for Warwick on the first innings.

68) and 10 for '1. Middlesex-207.

At Manchester, Lancashire beat Lef Surrey 57 (Clay 5 for 25, E. Davies cestershire on the first innings. (*) 4 for 12):

Leicestershire 185 and 70 for 0. Glamor

Lancashire 226 for 6 dec.

81 (Gregory 5 for 9).

Nottingham, Notts drew

DAY'S FIXTURES The following a to-day's matche hue 332 for 3 dec (Smith 102 Lords –Middlesex v Somerset. not

Scarborough Yorkshire v Gla

2 (Keeton 101 not out)- Southend Essex ▼ Nottingh

Birmingham Warwickshire At Cheltenham College ground, Sus- Worcestshire Worcestshir sex beat Gloucestershire on the first Manchester-Lancash

tonshire innings Gloucester 276 (Parker 102, James Dover Kent Glo

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