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Lawn Bowls

R. Duncan Ousts Luz In Keen Match

J. S. LANDOLT GOES DOWN TO W. GILL

WATSON BEATS FIELD BY NARROW MARGIN

ON 27TH HEAD

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 26, 1988,

Open Singles

LAWN BOWLS INTERPORT DEFINITE

According to Information just received by "Skip," the Lawn Bowls Interport will de- finitely be held. The Shanghai team is leaving for Hong Kong in the Empress of Canada on October 5.

AUSSIES RETAIN

THERE were very few surprises in the 20 games

played in the Second Round of the Open Sin-ASHES" gles Lawn Bowls Championship yesterday though several close encounters were witnessed.

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Sensational Day's

Play At Leeds

London, To-day.

R. DUNCAN, A FORMER CHAMPION, OUSTED ONE OF THE STRONGEST CONTENDERS FOR THE TITLE IN R. F. LUZ, ALSO A PAST CHAMPION, BY 21-SHOTS TO 17. J. S. LAN- DOLT OF CRAIGENGOWER WAS UNEXPECTEDLY BEATEN After a sensational day's play at BY W. GILL OF THE HONG KONG CLUB BY 21-SHOTS TO 13. Leeds, in the course of which 14 wickets, representing the cream of At the Civil Service Cricket Club,stage, revelling on long heads and the world's batting, fell for under two interesting games were wit-being more accurate in his draw-200 runs, Australia made certain nessed between the police pair, A. ing while Mair was rattled with of retaining the "ashes." E. Carey and W. Mair and M. R. the long heads and rarely found the Heroes of yesterday's play were Abbas and A. Hyde-lay.

green. He redeemed himself when Bill O'Reilly, described as one of W. Mair started very promisingly he scored a possible (4) on the 22nd the finest bowlers of all time and and at the 8th head was leading head to bring the score to 18-20.

Fleetwood-Smith, for some amazing Carey by 9 shots to 6. At the 12 head

ALSO INTERESTING

bowling which had the whole of the score was 12-8 in his favour. The game between M. R. Abbas the English team back in the pavi- From this point Mair cracked and A. Hyde-lay was also interest-lion before lunch, and the badly, while Carey scored on the ing inasmuch as though Abbas stout-hearted batting of A. L. Has- next six heads and included a three.scored on more heads, the pair were set, who hit up an invaluable 33 Carey was playing well at this tied at 18-all on the 18th head. when prospects of an Australian

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TO-DAY'S OPEN LAWN BOWLS

Luz v. F. X. Silva Main Attraction

"REVIEWER'S"

SPORTS COMMENTARY

Return To Youth For

Fascinating Sport

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My subject to-day may not come within the recognised category of sports. In fact it can be more ac curately described as a pastime. I nevertheless make no apology for holding forth on as fascinating sport or pastime, have it as you will, as has ever wiled away a hot Sum- mer's afternoon.

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Newcomers to the Colony could not but have noticed the large numbers of kites to be seen flying over prac tically every fairly largely populated area. If they have studied them closely they will have noticed the various manoeuvres performed by these kites.

They may have seen, for instance, majestically high up in the sky, sud- one particularly large fellow riding denly swoop down on some other small kite, with the velocity of fighter aeroplane in a power-dive, and, after a brief engagement, Bee the amall fellow sail away.

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Before proceeding any further, few words of explanation might not prove amiss.

Kite-flying, from time immemorial, has been a favourite pastime of the Chinese and, I believe, the Indians I don't set up as an au- as well. thority on the history of this pastime but can only conclude that in course of time just flying the kites, possibly with huge tails to prevent too much motion, as is now done by, small boys: Hyde-Lay had scored two fours and collapse, despite the comparatively in Europe and America, became a three up to then. With both easy task confronting them,

tame and other methods of brighten- players requiring only three Hyde-not altogether out of the question.ing things up, were sought. Lay scored a two on the next head. The final Test will be played to a On the last head the winner was finish at the Oval but the best Eng lying three shots when Abbas at-land can hope for is a tie on tempted to draw the shot with his series. They cannot remove last wood and was just a trifle nar-"ashes" from the possession of

tralia..

row.

The biggest defeats of the after- noon were when H. A. Alves beat First innings

V. N. Atienza by 21-3 and A. Dallah-beat H. G. Cooper 21-6.

THRILLING GAME

ENGLAND

Second Innings

RC. J. Barnett, Barnett, b Mc-

Cormick'

W. J. Edrich, st. Barnett, b Fleet-

wood-Smith-

R. Hammond, J. Hardstaff, b O'Reilly

O'Reilly

C

Brown, b

WAS

too

In any event, nowadays, the kites are so constructed that they can be manoeuvred with great dexterity by an experienced "flyer," and, wound on rollers, some larger than others, is the hundreds, sometimes thousands of Aus-yards of "glass string," with which

the kites are flown.

the

In Hong Kong, this string is made by hundreds of shops. but the finest 223 of its kind has been one of the chief businesses of two very old enterprises with-works in Bridges Street,-for- 29 years and years.

Powdered glass is applied to cotton 28 of all textures by a special process 11 and when this is fresh it provides a cutting edge which augurs ill for any 0 string with the glass possibly worn 21 off, with which it may come in con- 15 tact.

Of the eight games to be decided this afternoon in the Second Round of the Open Singles Lawn Bowls Championship, four should be very Bowls of high standard was seen interesting and close affairs with at Recreio when J. Watson beat the encounter between J. Luz and W. V. Field by 21 shots to 19, after F. X. Silva, both of Recreio, pro- 27 heads had been played.

E. Paynter, not out viding the main attraction.

Watson played good bowls and D. Compton, e Barnett, b O'Reilly J. Luz, who, with his brother his drawing when the lle

W. F. Price, Lb.w., b Fleetwood- was Smith reached the Final of the Open Pairs against him was exceptionally good. H. Verity, b Fleetwood-Smith competition last year, has been His opponent. was also in good D. V. P. Wright, e Waite, b Fleet- playing as lead throughout the form and was accurate on Jack wood-Smith. v. season and in this respect may have an advantage on F. X. Silva them to reach. 14-all who has been skipping a Recreio head and at the 25th. head the rink this season, but Silva should score was 19-18 in favour of Field, have enough up his sleeve to enable In the next head, Field was lying 2 (Hardstaff) for 73, 3 (Hammond) for Fall of wickets-1 (Barnett) for 60, him to reach the next round.

two shots when Watson with a 73, 4 (Edrich) for 73, 5 (Compton) for C. Dowman, conqueror of S. drive removed one of the woods and 96, 6(Price) for 116, 7 (Verity) for Randle in the First Round, meets got the shot by the narrowest of 116, 8 (Wright) for 116, 9 (Farnes) for

123, 10 (Bowes) for 123. A. Brooksbank of the Hong Kong margins.

Bowling Analysis

Steady bowling by a med. Farnes, b O'Reilly

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17th.

W. E. Bowes, Lb.w., b. O'Reilly

- Extras

Total

Owing to the expense involved in

6 laying in the necessary requisites for O cutting, this particular phase of kite-flying is usually indulged in by

0 the adult males in a family.

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128

"O." M. R. W.

11 4 18

of

to McCormick

Waite O'Reilly Fleetwood-Smith

21.5 .16

56

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AUSTRALIA

Football Club and should win by a The last two heads were well small margin while the encounter played, but Watson managed between D. W. Waterton and F. V. score a single on each. V. Riberio should be a close affair. The following were the results

A good tussle should be witness-games played yesterday:

J. C. Brown beat R. A. Harding ed between J. S. Logan and G. C. 21-10. Norman at the Hong Kong Football Club while there should be little difference in the store between C. H. Basto and A. K. Minu.

R. Ellis, S. Eccleshall and LF. Xavier should have little difficulty in reaching the next round.

The following is to-day's pro- gramine:

Bilva

AT E.C.C.

J. A. da Luz G. G. Norman AKMinu. J. V. Ramsey KONG F C

T. Coleman beat S. M. White 22-9.

J. Watson beat W. V. Field 21-19, | First innings A. E.. Caroy beat W. Mair 21—18.

Second Innings

A. E. Contes beat F. V. V. Riberio W. A. Brown, b Farnes 21-15.

J. H. Fingleton, l.b.w., b Verity

A. Hyde-Lay beat M. R. Abbas D. G. Bradman, c Verity, b. Wright 28-18,

S. J. McCabe, c Barnett, b Wright AL. Hassett, c Edrich, b Wright C. L. Badcock, not out B. A. Barnett, not out

Extras

E. Zimmern beat E. Tuck 22-10. C. E. Remedios beat H. Steven 21-11.

B. W. Bradbury beat W. J. Bagley

21 7.

A, R. Dallah beat H. G. Cooper 21-ů. H. Alves, beat V. N. Atienza

Silva beat Wa

best J.-M. Jacl

** Total (for 5 wkta.)

Stocks of glass cotton the more the

0 better, as will be appreciated later

6 are laid in, kites are purchased and

all is ready for the fray.

The kite is sent up to a height of suitable opponent having been discover- anything up to 200 yards and, a

ed, the fight is on.

There is considerable jockeying for

As in aerial combat be position. tween fighter aircraft-with which kite-cutting has a great affinity--the top position is usually the best as it enables the flyer to withdraw when he likes, and then, with cotton cross- ing, both flyers let out as fast as they

can go.

To stop for a fraction of a second means the loss of the kite. There...!: are all sorts of factors which de-. termine the eventual victor, The kites 242 might drift apart although the linea are still crossed, and one might lose 9 the wind. The other fellow letting 9 out faster quickly cuts through and 16 while one kite floats away-out of 15 control, the victor rises majestically 33 high into the air while its operator 5 winds in as quickly as he can go to 15 prépare for the next combat.

And so it goes on!?

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Fall of wickets-1 (Brown) for 17, 2 (Fingleton) for 82, 9 (Bradman) for 50%4 (McCabe), for 81, 5 (Hassett) for 91

Bowling Analysis

Kite flying has recently become Very popular at Club de Recreto 1 had heard of this but, until I visited that Club on Saturday afternoon and saw the number of kites in action, I hadn't- realised to what extent, it was being carried on.

Belleve it or not, oven-this stron hold Int lawn bowls has been penetrated Ind ing is proving a keen counter-