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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 27, 1988.

Lawn Bowls Open Pairs Final

Large Crowd Expected At Civil Service C.C.

HOWEL

CRAIG

SHOULD BEAT

SILVA AND SOARES

(By "SKIP")

Craig is slightly the better at dead drawing to the jack, with his opponent having a slight advantage when it comes negotiating narrow ports, putting half a pound on.

to

or

Both pairs have proved that they are fighters to the last, the Portu- guese couple having figured in

"REVIEWER'S" SPORTS COMMENTARY

Fourth Test Match

Reflections

enough close finishes to satisfy AS A. E. R. Gilligan said over the air

on Monday, "Hearty congratula-

LAWN BOWLS "fans" may be expected to turn most people for a decade. They tions to Bradman, and his Merry Men

Test Match."

.

up in full strength to see the final of the Open have been playing with confidence on their splendid victory in the Fourth

all the way through but after ma- Pairs at the Civil Service Club this afternoon. The ture consideration I forecast a nar- game is timed to commence at half-past four and row win for Howell and Craig: the contestants are C. M. Silva and F. X. Soares against J. S. Howell and R. G. Craig,

THE FORMER PAIR PLAY IN THE CLUB DE RECREIO SECOND DIVISION TEAM, WHILST OF THE OTHER PAIR, HOWELL TURNS OUT AS LEAD IN THE HONG KONG, FOOT- BALL CLUB'S “A” TEAM AND CRAIG IS ONE OF THE NUM- IN KOWLOON CRICKET CLUB'S SENIOR BER THREES OUTFIT.

Progress to the final has been reached by the following routes:-

C. M. Silva and F. X. Soares beat L. F. Xavier and C. F.

Remedios

17-15

beat F. A. Machado and F. X.

M. Silva

22-19

14-13

beat J. Hoosen and A. R. Minu beat M. J. Medina and J. Ca-

vanagh

18-16

19-16

Whatever happens now, the Aussies cannot lose the "ashes" even if they do not manage to put it across England in the final test of skill and endurance in the played-to-a-finish match at the Oval on the 20th of next month.

England may win this match, but, by virtue of the fact that Australia were successful in the last series "Down Un- der" against "Gubby" Allen's team, they once again take them home with them.

While awarding full marks to Aus- tralia for her victory and plaudits to Bradman, O'Reilly, Fleetwood-Smith and Hassett for the part they played

K'LOON CHINESE in it, one cannot but sympathise with

It can therefore be appreciated OUT OF FIRST

why their victories have not been

as impressive in magnitude as those DIV. FOOTBALL

of the British pair.

Silva Must Be Better

Than In Rinks Tie

Hammond and the England team in their defeat.

Royal Navy And Kwong Hammond and his men might well have

Wah Newcomers

A

When play ended on Saturday and England had apparently redeemed the very nasty situation resultant upon her. batting failure in the first innings, been forgiven for viewing the next two days' play with the utmost optimism.

This spirit of optimism, especially If C. M. Silva can produce his

We have been informed by Mr. among those at Leeds who were in the best form, his more experienced op-Chan Ying-hung, Hon. Secretary of best position to form opinions, is illus- trated by a further remark of, I think). ponent will have no advantage over the Kowloon Chinese Football team Arthur Gilligan, after the match con-

and their representative on the cluded. him as lead but he will have to do a lot better than he did in the Rinks Council of the Hong Kong Football He said: "As I was walking to the Semi-final which, it is only charit: Association, that his club is with-ground this morning, I was struck by able to believe, was one of the worst drawing from the First Division. the poster of a local paper which had beat G. N. Mitchell and J. C.

of his "off" days. Brown

The following clubs have entered plastered all over it "4 to 1 on England 26-16

Howell is a steady lead, if he can for the First Division of the Hong The two couples, it will be seen, appear to have had similar journeys settle down to his game, which can Kong Football League:

both to the Final-with-the-Portuguese bebrilliant_at_times so if

a rare tussle for pair having, if anything, the slight-strike form ly more difficult one, especially in supremacy should be seen. the early rounds..

Of the skips I would say that

beat A. Bakar and A. K. Minu J. S. Howell and R. G. Craig beat A. J. Coelho and J. Pau beat R. P. Phillips and J. Fraser beat A. M. and U. M. Omar.. beat W. E. Hillyer and J.

Hollidge

27-13 26-10

17--15

A REVELATION IN WHITE WINES

Winning."

During the brief interlude, when, South China “A”, South China "B", with Australia requiring but nine runs Eastern Athletic Association, Hong to-win, rain caused play to be stopped, Kong Club, Kowloon Football Club, The another commentator said that early in Middlesex Regiment, The Royal Scots, the morning he saw queues stretching The Royal Navy, St. Joseph's, The for miles, outside every entrance to the ground. "Now," he concluded, "it ap- Hong Kong Police and Kwong Wah,

Last year the Royal Navy with pears they cannot get out of it quickly drew from the First Division owing enough."

And I don't think anyone will say to the uncertainty of the ments of ships, but entered the that the Yorkshire crowd cannot take la beating. There are probably some Shield Competition.

of the finest judges of cricket in the Kwong Wah, winners of the world among the Tykes, and among Junior shield, are

applying for ad- those who keenly appreciate the game, mission to the First Division, and victory or defeat, matters not as much their case will be considered at the as the manner and in this case the brilliant manner-in which it is accom- first meeting of the Management plished.

CHATEAU CARBONNIEUX Committee.

VINTAGE 1927

CHATEAU BOTTLED. GRAVE,

THE IMMEDIATE CHOICE OF A CONNOISSEUR

move-

But one can appreciate their disap- pointment.

So much for reactions!

(Continued from Next Col.) he is not acknowledged to be in the same class as Hassett and Badcock.

As events transpired, Badcock, al-

It is fitting that the match which de- though playing an exceedingly useful innings, appeared quite unable to get cided the destination of the "ashes" the ball away, but both Hassett and should have been such a glorious one. Barnett took their courage in both Fortune fluctuated and on that last hands, punished everything that could hectic day, no-one could have said with possibly be punished, and the game was any certainty up to the last few min- utes of play, what the result was going

won.*

As has so often been mentioned by to be, critics in Hong Kong, it is difficult from

On the face of it, the 105 runs which this distance to understand many moves that are, made. It does seem, however, Australia required for victory, looked that Hammond persevered rather more a pretty good thing for them. How than he should have done with Bowes, ever, when Brown and Fingleton, those. having regard to the fact that it was two dour opening batamen, had been the Australian spin bowlers who did all dismissed, followed by the dismissal of Bradman and McCabe, and 444 runs the damage in England's innings:

It may have been that Verity was off were still required for victory-feel form, he was certainly far more ex that the odds were nearer evens, than pensive than he usually is. Wright, anything else. also despite the fact that he took the

CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & CO., LTD. wickets of Bradman; McCabe And Has I am not suggesting that the re-

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were rabbits, in normal circumst sett, was tossing up an abnormal num- mainder of the Australian batsmen ber of full tosses on the leg. Badcock, Hassett and Barnett are all

In any event, Hammond only had Edrich, to call upon as another change that he himself is still bowl, and at all times he had

iding

good for a century. The i however, have been singularlyt cessful as Test batsmen, andet Barnett made a very useful, h in the first innings of this ontinued at foot of