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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 18, 1988.

OUR LONDON

AIR MAIL

SPORTS NEWS

British Rugby Team's Injuries

Roy Leyland, the English Interna- tionalist, Army and Lancashire, Rugby centre three-quarter, travelled to Jo- hannesburg on July 1 to receive treat- ment for a strained leg muscle, caused

WOMEN'S LAWN

TENNIS

CLASSIC

SCOTLAND TO MEET AUSTRALIA

London, Yesterday.

The women's international lawn tennis match between Scotland and Australia will, it is announc-

club's courts, Glasgow, on Friday and Saturday, July 29 and 30.

in the match against Western Trans-ed, be played on the Pollokshields vaal, R. H. M'Kibben, the Irish cen- tre, is still recovering fromi concussion received in the match against Western Province, and as a result of these mis- haps J. L Giles, the Coventry and England scrum-half, will play at cen- tre three-quarter in the match with the Orange Free State at Bloemfontein..

C. F. Grieve, the Scottish interna- tionalist, has recovered from an injur- ed ankle, and will play at full back..

Other injured members of the team are V. G. Jenkins, the Welsh full-back, with a pulled thigh muscle, and J. A. Waters, the Scottish forward, with an, injured knee.

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Frank Woolley Honoured

Two interesting teams have been chosen for the Gentlemen and Players match at Lord's on July 18, 14, 15.

In the first place, recognition has been given to Woolley, who, in his 52nd year, is taking part in his last season in first-class cricket, by honouring him with the captaincy of the Players.

Walter Hammond led the Players last summer,, and now he leads the Gentlemen. This is surely without precedent.

The Australian players will be

Mrs. H. C. 'Hopman, Miss N. Wynne. Miss T. Coyne.

Miss D. Stevenson.

These players will be 'opposed by the following Scottish team:-

Mrs. W. M. Simmers.

Mrs. E. G. Macpherson-Grant. Mrs. A. Robertson.

Mrs. J. B. Fulton.

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SATURDAY'S BOWLS AT A GLANCE

Civil Service G.C. Kowloon Cricket Club Club de Recreio Kowloon Dock R.C.

FIRST DIVISION

(61) · 65). (—):69. (75) 58

Craigengower, C.0 Indian RC.

Figures in brackets denote result of corresponding match last year.

BOWLS LEAGUE TABLES

First Divisio

(66) 64

(-) 51

Police R.C.

(48) 48

(50) 47

Kowloon: B.G.C.

(65) 69

SECOND DIVISION

Kowloon R.G.C. Football Club... “B” Craigengower, C.C. Taikoo R.C.

58

Football Club “A”

.52

(-) 49

Civil Service C.C.

68

(74) 78

Police R.C.

(570) 34

(49) -53%.

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THIRD

DIVISION

Kowloon Football Club..(57) 80 H.K. Electric R.C.

Yacht Club

(54) 38

58

Kowloon Cricket Club.

(-) 59.

Craigengower C.C.

(80):51

Club de Recreio A

*(88)*65*

Football Club

(55). 86

Kowloon Tong G.C.A.

(78) 64

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It is expected that the Austra-Police RC. lian players will also meet an Civil Service C.C. East of Scotland team in. Edin- burgh on the Monday preceding the international encounter; and they may, in addition, ~play in Dundee on the Tuesday or Wed- nesday.

I.R.C. RINK DEFEAT RECREIO QUARTETTE

Notable absentees from the Players are Barnett, Wright, and Verity, but no doubt it was desired not to weaken the counties unnecessarily, Hammond The last game in the Quarter Final Kowloon Football Club will have an opportunity of studying Round of the Open Rinks Lawn Kowloon Tong G.C.A. further promising material to form Bowls: Championship was. held Club de Recreio England's attack in the fourth and yesterday, when A. R. Dallah's rink Craigengower C.C. fifth Tests, for he will face four formid-defeated that skipped by L. A. Gutier HK. Electric R.C. able bowlers in Nichols, Smailes, Pol-rez,

Kowloon Cricket Club lard, and Peter Smith.

D. M. Khan, M. Y. Adal, A. K. Minu|Football Club Indeed, apart from Hardstaff, Price, and A. R. Dallah beat P. A. Xavier, A. R.H.K. Yacht Club and Paynter, all, the Players bowl for M. Xavier, M. A. Carvalho and L. A. their counties. The Gentlemen, too,

Gutierrez 24–19. have plenty of good all-rounders.

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Essex give four bowlers to the match in Farnes, Stephenson, Nichols, and Peter Smith, and this will cause Mr. Brian Castor and his committee a pret- ty problem, for the Kent match at Col- -chester clashes with this-Lord's-fixtúre. (The Gentlemen beat the Players; while Fagg, of Kent established a new world record by scoring 244 and 202 not out against Essex.)

The teams are:-

Gentlemen:W. R. Hammond. (Glou- -cestershire) (captain), P. A. Gibb (Cambridge University, B. 0. Allen (Gloucestershire), R. E.. S. Wyatt (Warwickshire), N. W. D. Yardley (Cambridge University), B. H. Valen- tine (Kent), H. T. Bartlett (Sussex), F. R. Brown (Surrey), R. W. V. Robins (Middlesex), Capt. J. W. A. Stephen- són (Essex), and K. Farnes (Essex).

Players: Woolley (Kent) (captain), Hutton (Yorkshire), Edrich (Middle- sex), Hardstaff (Notts), Paynter (Lan- cashire), Compton (Middlesex), Nichols (Essex), Smailes (Yorkshire), Smith (Essex), Price (Middlesex), and Pol- lard (Lancashire).

DISCLOSURE OF OFFER TO FINLAND

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