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THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 17, 1988.

FIRST INTERPORT DRAWN!

Another Head

Should Have Been Held: A Precedent!

the jack, the next head was all Dallah's, i as he first of all removed the offending wood with a perfect toucher and followed this with an other in the same category, the.

counting Colony eventually

couple.

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The leads were not good on the fifth end. Shanghai managed to sistently heavy and did virtually count one shot on a rather scratchy

WALLACE AND DALLAH nothing, although he improved a head. Hong Kong always held the

WERE BEST ON VIEW

LOCAL TEAM'S LATE START

(By "SKIP")

little as the game progressed. position in the next end and looked The outstanding player on the as if they were going to count two visitors' side was undoubtedly the or three, but Wallace saved some skip, Hugh Wallace. Having read by fitcking the jack in trying a of the reputation of W. J. Mac-draw and Hong Kong had to be Dermott who, I understand was content with a single, unbeaten in Shanghai this season,

I had rather expected him to be in charge of the rink, but that the confidence in

THE first Lawn Bowls Interport match against visiting captain's

himself was more than justified, Shanghai was played at Kowloon Dock yester-no one will deny. Time and again day afternoon and ended in a draw. The visitors he saved the side, a draw, a pound- on or a heavy shot coming from had good moral support from a number of ex-him with equal facility. Shanghailanders, amongst whom were Messrs. J. Ross, D. Campbell, Gerrard, Marshall and A. J. Hall to mention a few. H.E. Sir Geoffry Northcote, pa- tron of the H.K.L.B.A. honoured the game by his presence and evinced a keen interest.

SHANGHAI:-

J. M. C. LOPES

A. M. GUTIERREZ

W. F. MACDERMOTT H. WALLACE (SKIP).

HONG KONG:

A. E. COATES

A. R. DALLAH

J. MCKELVIE

B. W. BRADBURY/ (SKIP)..

LEADS SHARED HONOURS

Some amusement was caused on the next head when Bradbury, in trying to coax a wood to bend a little more, gave his opposite number a “kick in the pants,” not realising how near he was. Nothing came of the incident! Coates drew a nice first shot on this head, but Lopes managed to get inside it with a pretty shot. McKelvie, who had been consist- His No. 1, Joe Lopes, commenced ently short, but in a good wood, very well and had the better of but McDermott trailed the Jack Alf. Coates, the home lead, for the for a count of one or two, Brad- first-half of the game; but like the bury earning applause with a good rest of the team, he deteriorated draw to the jack and Wallace being towards the end. It may be said equally applauded for beating him that the leads just about shared to it. Bradbury was then unlucky the honours and neither was con- to take out his own shot to leave sistently good. Of the two second Shanghai with two. men, Tony Gutierrez played a very

COATES' TACTICAL ERROR · Wallace was again in the lime

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HE of the game was a draw of 21 shots all, a result sound game, A. B. Dallah, his op- The result of far as I can discover, never previously been re-posite number, was the best play-ight in the next head when he corded, the recognised principle being that a definite result must be er on the Hong Kong side, was

back onto the kitty and save a reached by the playing of an extra head as laid down in the E. B.A. inferior only to the skip on the faced a Hong Kong wood to drop

visiting side. rules.

"Jock" McKelvie had an off day. couple. The next head was short the game he could again, and Coates drew two shots For most of nothing right, yet on one or two the second of which he placed this wood but occasions he played shots that were right behind the kitty. The visitors

up to Interport standard, strived to remove well notably on the head when he first all failed and Hong Kong counted of all faced the second shot, which one,

Coates made a tactical error on was against him, and then with his second wood, he forced the shot the next end for when his skip through to lie two. His best head called for a full-head, he threw only a medium jack: This suited of the match.

As far back as 1932, when A. J. Hall opposed U. M. Omar a similar situation arose, and it was decided to play an extra head which resulted in favour of the Colony team. Why this procedure was not adopted yesterday, I cannot understand. The rule on the subject appears to be quite clear.

Yesterday's match was rather down and the green had slowed up peculiar in that at one time Shang- a little that the local players found hai were all over the Hong Kong their form.

MCKELVIE'S FAILURE team, who seemed unable to adapt

W. J. MacDermott played some the Northerners, who, when Mac- themselves to the weight of the J. McKelvie, as No. 3' to Brad-

McKelvie green, which was unusually fast. bury, was a case in point. For the good shots, but had a tendency to Dermott. trailed a few inches, were It was only after the sun had gone first half of the game he was con-be on the short side at the critical lying four shots, but

SOLE AGENTS

moment but he was never very far drew second shot, his best to date. away. Of the two skips, Wallace Bradbury gave the spectators à was the better and produced some shock when, in trying to draw, he very nearly took McKelvie's wood splendid shots.

Wallace drew a toucher to Bradbury was left with rather out. more to do than his opponent- and count two and with his second he buckled down to his task well, wood earned the biggest applause. without perhaps reaching the of the afternoon by almost facing standard of his adversary. But he the third shot, which was only

It was a was easily the second best of the foot behind the jack. Hong Kong players.

great effort played with a nice sense Hong Kong won the toss and of weight. Coates-made an auspicious start by

“STAR” HEAD

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Score at the 10th head: Shanghai placing one right onto the Kitty 10, Hong Kong 4. But it was not to stay there for long, Tony Gutierrez facing it for: A "star head" is how I have noted the first shot. Wallace, with a the next one. Lopes commenced the perfect shot, tucked it away behind ball rolling with a nice one on the the bunch of front woods and jack, which Gutierrez consolidated Shanghai secured the lead. Lopes by pushing through a little and re- immediately switched to a short maining there himself. Dallah se jack on which he laid his second cured a rather fortunate wick and

con- wood dead.. Gutierrez also

a toucher, but not the first shot. nected, but opened up the head

·(Continued on Page 21) dangerously, but MacDermott was able to consolidate with a nice

HOW THE GAME second shot. Wallace, landed one

WENT. in a good position, but failed to get in the way of Bradbury, who Heads trailed the jack beautifully, only for his opponent to trickle in off a side wood and flick the kitty to one of his own woods. Bradbury was unlucky to bump Wallace's first one up for a second shot. A great head.

DALLAH GOOD

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On a medium hend, Joe. Lopes 11 drew right onto the jack with his 12: first wood and the shot remained 14 there, the Hong Kong players at 15

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CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & CO., LTD. appearing to be scared of the 10

weight after the last very short 17 head. Although Lopes was again 19 prominent with a perfect draw to 20