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K.B.G.C. Virtually

Virtually Assured Of Second Division Bowls Title Triple Tie Possible But Highly Improbable

CRAIGENGOWER CERTAIN OF BEING SENIOR RUNNERS-UP

By "Skip"

H.K.V.D.C. TOURNEY

"CHINA MAIL" CUP

By "Skip"

The Inter-Unit Knock-pair. out Rink Competition for the "China Mail" Cup is well under way and sets of

BOWLING ALLEY JOTTINGS

(By. “STRIKE”)

THERE has been a tendency in between the "Asheville" C.P.O.'s the Alleys of late for pairs and the "Asheville" -Ship's team challenge matches, the idea being on September 28, which resulted for the weaker pair to ascertain in a very decided win for "Ashe- their standing against a stronger ville" C.P.O.'s by no less than 427. A. J. Bishoff of "Asheville” and I am inclined to foster this idea H. B. Wilkins of Royal Corps of because as a rule the weaker pair, Signals played in the place of THERE WAS LITTLE of interest in the Lawn

with the added incentive, produce C.P.O. Summers and C.P.O. Coo- a standard above their normal. ley. The individual scores were

There was such ર Bowls League on Saturday although the three teams

challenge as follows: match played last Thursday be- "ASHEVILLE" in the running for the top position in Second Divi-rules, together with en-tween four players, all of the sion all won their games, Kowloon Bowling Greentrance forms, have been Royal Corps of Signals. Club, who are the most comfortably situated, having the biggest win of the day and Kowloon Football Club the second best.

Taikoo finished their programme with a win against Police and now have 28 points-the same as the Austin Road team who play the Civil Servants away to-morrow in their last match which they ought to win.

Should they be beaten, however, there could be a triple tie if Kowloon Football Club win both their remaining two games.

sent to all Unit Comman-

ers.

C.P.O.'s

Total

744

E. L. Wood · 779 G. Birkett and H. Hall chal-H. B. Wilkins 769 lenged J. H. Watts and H., Blount G. C. Merkel to a 5-game match, which resulted A. J. Bishoff 741 Ifor an easy victory for the latter pair by 133 pins. The individual scores being as follows:-

Total

G. Birkett H. Hall

The rules, a set of which have before me, are quite simple although the one which reads:

"Providing that two of the ori- ginal players play through the H. Blount 848 competition, substitutes who shall J. H. Watts 817 not have previously played in a

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is eliminated.""

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"ASHEVILLE" TEAM

Total

W. J. Balaski 726 Joe Harvey 663 C.,J. Fleming 660 J. E. Harman 552

2606

Wood was top scorer of the Total match with a useful 779 or an 794 average of 156 pins per game. 738 This is a fine score but this player rink which has been eliminated,

would certainly have topped the 1532 800 mark had he not started off need not carry on until the rink with 848 and another two will be allowed. These substitutes Blount, as usual, was top-scorer with a poor 125 on his first game; pins is remaining four games were would have given him an aver- very consistent, his lowest being. may need some elaboration, not age of 170 pins per game. Watts 151 and his highest 109.

H. B. Wilkins for C.P.O.'s was so much to clarify it as to give was second highest scorer with a the reason it was made. It was good 817, or almost a 164 pin second top-scorer with a good 769, pointed out at the meeting that average. Feature of Watts' and or an average of 154 pins per members of certain teams might Blounts' scoring was the con-game. Again, in Wilkins, case, be on duty on Sunday morning sistency of their bowling. and although they might manage In the case of Watts his lowest to play in the first round, they score was 153 and his highest 171. could not turn out for the second, In the case of Blount his lowest yet might again be available for score was 163 and highest 182. the next one.

Birkett did quite well to make a The rule was formulated to good 794 or an average of 159 pins

Hall to meet such a case as in one or two per game, and while

instances rinks could not other lower than his usual, his 738 or wise have been entered and it 148 average nevertheless was fair, was wished to secure as many en- tries as possible.

Craigengower assured them-; It looked as if there would selves of runners-up position by be a record score in Hall's game beating Kowloon Dock at Hung against John Basto, as the visitors Hom, though the margin in their led at tea-time by no less than favour was only small. On the 21 shots to two. The home four other hand it should be noted then began to do better though that the visitors had not a very they went down by a dozen strong team out, Omar having a Adam Holland was unable third team player in his rink as play and Hyde Lay skipped in his well as Bill Penney, who although place, Willie Walker going as worth his place, does not play re-third man where he was excellent. gularly in the League.

Omar's Lost Chance

It should be noted, by the way, that entries will now close ut 5 p.m. (by hand) or first post on Wednesday next and not on the Friday as was originally in- tended.

Scard was brought in as lead but was usually short but Levett did well as did the Portuguesė skip, though he lost a four at the last, was head and so won by only સ for a singleton. led by Charlie Roza-Pereira had

poor team out though Vas fully This was due to the fact, firstly, held his own against Deacon who that Thursday is a holiday, and was quite useful as was John Gill secondly that two of the sub-

This rink, strange to say, well ahead of McKelvie's long time and actually 15-4 but the home four finished up strongly to win by a singleton and so rob Omar of what chance he had of being the champion skip.

This honour deservedly goes

to Carlos Silva, who has not been beaten in the 10 games

a'

as second man. Sherriff, especial-committee will be out training on ly in the early stages, was better the Friday. The draw will be than his opponent who had more announced in the mid-day papers to do.

on Friday.

which he has so far played this T.W. CARR LIES

LIES "FOUR

season. ..

Bob Morrison

'.

was again in

good form against Basa and lost. BOTTLES"-GETS NOWT!

by only a couple of shots but Rosselet's rink had a slight edge en Kempton's and had a margin of seven at the finish.,

The Indians had a very weak

By "Skip"

ALTHOUGH TAIKOO HAD A CLEAR CUT WIN AGAINST. POLICE I THOUGHT THEY WOULD HAVE HAD A MUCH BIGGER MARGIN THAN 17 IN THEIR FAVOUR.

Civil Service team against them and had little difficulty in win- ning, though Jack Hollidge con- tinued to show good form in get- ting the better of A. R. Minu, skipping in place of Dallah who Division men in their team, which simply trounced Taylor though The homesters had three First after a tight game but Bill Field was not available. Jeff Hoosen took Minu's place as three to A.

strengthened it a lot.

the latter chalked up 11 in the last R. Minu and did quite well as until a seven put him on the road ficit of 31-6 at that stage!

Jimmy Chalmers was trailing four ends to recover from a de number three, though lead is his to victory and he

never looked Similarly Kowloon Tong had usual position. The zink won by back. Keown was similarly plac- very little to worry 10 shots butTM Abbas

about when went better in beating Harry Strange,

evened against Aitken but it was Civil Servants visited them, Harry steady, rather than dramatic, scor- Gittins gaining a commanding ing which brought him ultimate lead of nearly 20 shots against victory. Donald Munro, on the Burling before the latter got go other hand, always kept ahead of ing, and scored on nine succes- Willie Dall in spite of the latter sive ends! having Ted Post as his right hand

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Cornell played a deadly game as lead to R. R. Davies who did remarkably well to beat Bob Dun- con at Austin-Road. The other Cricket Club rinks were never ‘în the rúnning, Archie: Nissim hav÷| ing 37 chalked up against him to which he replied with ten, reach- ing double figures-the losing team's goal in many cases by

·means of a three at the last head. Lockhart's four were far too good for the visitors, whilst Brown, after holding. Drew for half, the game, rather went to pieces,

Poor Opposition

Stephens and Eccleshall were pretty level until the half-way stage when the home skip had a useful burst of scoring to even- tually win by over a dozen.

was

Intra-Ship Match There was a match arranged

RIBEIRO'S GREAT SHOT

By "Skip"

he would have reached the 800: score, if he had not failed on his third and fifth games--he made only 124, and 130 respectively..

Merkel for C.P.O.'s did not "do as well as expected, his 744 being below his usual accomplishment. He was somewhat erratic, bag- ging the highest individual score of the match on his first game-a good 192-and a useful 173 on his third game, yet on his second, tourth and fifth, games he col- lapsed badly to make 122, 129 and 128. Merkel can do better than thishkon

an

Bishoff-fer C.P.O.'s· did very. well indeed to make 741 or average of 148 pins per game. It was a good effort and had he not made a lowly 102 on his

third game he might conceivably' have had 800 or close to it; also I be- lieve this was only Bishoff's first or second match game, in these Alleys.

Off Form The "Asheville" Team were Final but I cannot omit a without doubt completely off form. reference to it. The play

Balaski was the top scorer for his: side with 726 or an average of 145 of F. V. V. Ribeiro was pins per game, but it will be

high as the lowest score of the CPO.'s..

Much has been written

about the Open Pairs

really outstanding and it noticed that this score was not as can be said that on the day's play U.

Omar

when

Joe Harvey was second highest for the "Asheville" team with 668.

met his master which is or an average of 134. On tracing "a most unusual thing" back through his bowling records

in these. Alleys I find that this. as Albert says on one of score is the lowest he has ever put up in the Alleys-Just imagine his records.

this veteran bowler making such He will agree-Omar, I mean a lowly score as 100 which he did not Albert-I think that he usual-on his second game. ly had the position

the Fleming for the "Asheville" skips went down as Dick Alves team made 660 or 132 pins aver- had quite an off day especially age. for the first 12 or 14 heads when Harman has only played one or A. M. Omar was playing very two match games in these Alleys, well indeed. But Chico usually and this probably accounted for undid the younger brother's good his low score of 552 or average of work, often consolidating his own 110 pins per game. There was no good shots,

doubt that the "Asheville" team were thoroughly out of form.

The plum of the afternoon was towards the end when he nomin ated what would otherwise have been thought a fluke, to the shot when the Omars lay three or four in what, appeared to

securo

Another Challenge Game

Charlls Strange will probably

There was another pairs, chal- consider himself unlucky to only ¦ tie with Kaw after scoring on be an impregnable position. It lenge game played off on Tues- 14 heads but, as he was able to was a great match, well worthy day, between four of the best scare only sixteen shots, perhaps of the occasion and one which will bowlers in the Alleys Cpl. Watts the home skip deserved his long be remembered by those and Cpt. Blount were pitted point, after all!

who saw it.

BOWLS TEAMS

Following bowls teams have been, and M. N. Rakusen (skip); M. E. Pur- selected for Saturday:-

vis, J. Hempsey. W. J. Burling and I, E. Strange (skip); C. J. Walker, W. E. Colledge, J. F. McGowan and

K.C.C.

First Division (v: K.D.R.C., homa)—| J. Holudge (skip).

against Doc. Molthen and Ernie Hearther.

The challenge is a 20-game match to be played off in four matches of five games each." "The first of the series was played off on Tuesday, October 1 and result- ed in first. blood to Doc. Molthen. and Ernie Hearther, an advantage.. Kowloon Cricket Club had to make several changes in their G. Lee, A. W. Smith, W. Hyde and E. Second Division (v K.B.G.C., home) of 32 pins being secured. The team to oppose Kowloon Football Kern (skip): W. Parsons, G. C. Moss, T. Seddon, M. Scott, E. Kirmon and S. second match will take place on Club and put up very poor op. Labrum, T. A. Madar, A. W. Ram Morris, H. F. Harper and C. Strange individual scores for the first:

J. Fraser, and F. Goodwin (skip); V. Eccleshall (skip); P. D. Crawley, S. Tuesday, October 8 at 8 p.m. The position apart from Overy who

sey and E. C. Fincher. (skip); }) Try held Bill Simpson to a single

(sklp); | A... F. Shepherd, J. R. Carr.match were as follows:- Friendly Match (v-K.T.G.C.A., home) |F, 5. Austin and W. R. Hillyer (skip). Ernie Hearther 875- J. H. Watle 849 shot.

~T.. C. Tribble, R. Leigh, G, Taylor.

H.K.C,C,10kg

Doc. Molthen. 840 H. Diount and T. W. Carr (skip): R. E. Lee, A. Second. Division (v_C.C.C., home)- E. Ferry, R. ll. E. Marks and Overy G. R. Razavel, 7, L. Mount, A. Niesim (skip); F. Curtis, F. A. Fabel, E. Jack and G. E. Costella (akip); B, J, Laco und.' Meadown), (skip),mult

AFTV Day," W. A Comell and R R. Davies (Bicip) P. 8. Cassidy, W. A Firat Division (v Reorolo "A", Home) | Cruickshank, R. A. Edwards" and." A. -Ji Gellatly, A, B, Aldi, J, W. Deakin i W, Brown (skip),

HONG KONG BOWLING ALLEYS

Lookhart Rd.

Tal. 21800

Younghusband had one of the season's best fluken when, with the opposition lying "four bat

ties," howlaked off a wood dix

· feet wide to secure ascond, shot. He eventually beat Tommy Curr

C.3.0.0.

It can be seen the scoring all round was fairly even and had Watts not failed miserably on his fifth game to make only 120, it is a anoot point who would have won - the Orsi encounter,