1937-08-27 — Page 27

THE CHINA MAIL AUGUST

MORE CONSISTENT THAN A. E. COATES

DALLAH

DESERVED

HIS SUCCESS

BUT RANDLE AND OMAR

WERE TOO GOOD

KCC

HKFC.

IC. de R

K.C.C.

JKBGC.

FIRS

(59) KDRE

Code I

SECOND DIVISION

€0.0.

(59) PRC.

(51)

(-) Taikoo

()

THIRD DIVISIÓN

KEC

(-) C. de R.

*HKERC (38) RHKYC.

-) CCC

OPEN SINGLES REACHES LAST EIGHT A series of showery days culminating in a heavy dowpour last Friday and more rain the follow- ing Saturday caused the Lawn Bowls League pro- gramme to be postponed. The list of fixtures can- not now be completed until September 18, so per- of corresponding game last year.] haps it is just as well that there is little prospect of an Interport match this season.

(69)

O

C.C.C. MAY OVERTAKE INDIAN R.C.

BUT MUST WIN ALL REMAINING GAMES

FIRST DIVISION

AND RELEGATION

(By SKIP

Apart from the Second Divi- sion match between Craigengon-

(*In Second Division last season) [Figures in brackets denote results er and Club de Recreio, to-mor-

row's fixture list is really fea

tortureless. Should the Valley team

win this match at King's Park,

his object or to put it more plainly and their return engagement, given could overtake the Indian R. C. On the credit scheduled for September 4, they being team who would, however, have to lose at home to the ECC a

THE IDEA OF MEETING FOR INTERPORT ROWLS HON--he had a wick! OURS WHEN THE MORE SERIOUS AFFAIR IS IN PROGRESS side, however, he must be UP NORTH IS TOO INCONGRUOUS TO BE SERIOUSLY praise for pulling up after THOUGHT OF. AND THE CANCELLATION OF THE SHANG well in arrears. · Overy HAI TEAM'S VISIT MUST SURELY BE A FORMALITY WHICH about a dozen without response at not very probable contingency THE POOR HARASSED SECRETARY HAS PROBABLY HAD NO TIME TO COMPLETE.

With the Open Rinks and pairs events played off attention is now centred chiefly on the Open Singles, which was reached the Quarter Final stage, thank to an improvement in the weather and to the Gutierrez International Shield competition, the first game of which will be played next Sunday afternoon at the Kowloon Bowl ing Green Glub.

one period of the game.

scoring

The match between A. S. Russell and J. Cook at the K C. C. was

B

by 21 shots to 6 shots in 13 heads

and took such a short time to do so,

that the press were caught on the hop and reported that the match had not been played!

(Continued on Page 20).

On the other hand, should Club creio win both matches and

fiasco The K. B. G. C. entrant won the IRC to a play-off. But I

also their remaining the HKFC, they could force

The issue at stake will really be cannot imagine this will happen!

who is going to be the runner- Last Monday evening, the last exciting struggle. The loser scor

up in this League A win for of the Third Round matches in ed the only four of the game.

Craigengower would make them MORE CONSISTENT:: the Open Singles event was play-

GRIMMITT'S DEFEAT · ·

There was a totally different miss their chance.

secure, and I think they will not ed off, when A. E. Coates, the A programme of six matches, the match on the next

rink where reigning champion, encountered remaining ties in the Fourth Omar and Armstrong, as I predicted, A. R. Dallah. The match was Bound, was played last Tuesday had a very tight game and a high Whereas the winner was always played on the Hong Kong Foot and Sherriff created the biggest standard of bowling was watched there or thereabouts, Armstrong ball Club's green and provided surprise of the event by beating by a good number of spectators. fully merited the applause which he neither an exciting game, nor a Arthur Grimmitt by no less than That Omar deservedly won was pro-received for some really spectacular good exhibition of bowls.

21 shots to 101 The ground was not bably due to his greater consistency (shots On a heavy green I was The green was of course on the as bad as anticipated, though by no land fishing power, as his opponent surprised to see Omar putting up heavy side, but was drawing quite means good.

appeared to crack just towards the long jacks, but that be was right well and could not be blamed for Sherriff was undoubtedly the bet-end after having quite as much of was proved by his superiority on the poor standard of bowls which (ter of

the two on the day's play, the game as Oma, until the crucial them, Armstrong getting most of was served up. Coates could not and seemed quite happy with the stage had been reached.

This shots on short to medium heads. get the weight at all, and Dallah heavy conditions, drawing the shot Strange as it may seem, the K. B

(or shots) with clock-like precision. G. C player scored the

The last eight are therefore, more Omar Tandolt and Gomes, of He played a great game.

brilliant shots but he could not sus-Craigengower, Xavier and Alves, of Dallah's success of the previous tain the presure and had too many Club de Recreio, and Randle, Sherriff evening was of little avail as he met slack ones to beat a player of Omar's and Russell, of the Kowloon Bowling his "Waterloo" against Sam Randle, calibre, who had a much easier task than he had against Glen Cooper, in the Third Round, and was leading all the way

was possibly worth his win a as being the more consistent of the two But what bad

2

error: he

made at the sixth head! With a

score of 5 to 3 in his favour, Coates drew a lovely shot right in front of the jack Dallah had the second wood about three feet

past the “Kitty,” - (an indication of the standard) but for some unknown reason could not restrain his pen finishes at chant for driving. Just missing ing Green his objective he took his second wood away to give Coates four

RECREIO PLAYERS WIN. There were

two very close the Kowloon Bow- Club, the ulti- win for the remaining two Club mate results being a nice double

[de Recreio entrants, Dick Alves and FAIRLY GOOD BOWLS LXavier, both of whom had to fight Over at the Civil Service Club, a to the bitter end to gain their vic- good crowd assembled to watch the tories. The latter had possibly the first two matches in the Fourth harder match, as he was trailing Round. Here again the green was against Victor Ramsay most of the ptionally heavy and without game and had to make a good re

- the wi-covery to win. ing the play in any way, it is quite fair to With amsay

conditions did not lend

good bowling. Con-

everything the standa

bad. By a finished at

cidence

thre

beirt sh

20 shots.

who rarely

one Green Club.

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