1940-10-04 — Page 45

THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 4, 1940.

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K.B.G.C. 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

ALLEY

BOWLING "CHINA

MAIL" CUP

By "Skip"

JOTTINGS

+By` “STRIKE”.

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 palr 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 Fam 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 with the added incentive, produce C.P.O. Summers and C.F.O. Coo-

THERE has been a tendency R

The Inter-Unit Knock-patr. out Rink Competition for the "China Mail" Cup is well under way and sets of rules, together with en- trance forms, have been Royal Corps of Signals. sent to all Unit Comman-

THERE WAS LITTLE of interest in the Lawn Bowls League on Saturday although the three teams in the running for the top position in Second Divi- sion all won their games, Kowloon Bowling Green Club, who are the most comfortably situated, havingers. 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 bught to win. .

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

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

Scard was brought in as lead but was usually short but Leveti did well as did the Portuguese skip, though he lost a four at the last head and so won by only

Omar's Lost Chance

a

This rink, strange to sax, was ell ahead of McKelvie's for a singleton. ong time and actually led by Charlie Roza-Pereira had a 54 but the home four finished 'poor team out though Vas fully p strongly to win by a singleton held his own against Deacon who nd so rob Omar of what chance was quite useful as was John Gill e had of being the champion kip.-

This honour deservedly goes to Carlos Silva, who has not been beaten in the 16 games

I

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

"Providing that two of the ori-

a standard above their normal. ley. The individual scores were

There was such a challenge as follows:

"ASHEVILLE” match played last Thursday be- tween four players, all of the

ginal players play through

the H. Blount competition, substitutes who shall J. H. Watts 817 H. Hall not have previously played in a rink which has been eliminated, not carry on until the rink

will be allowed. These substitutes

is eliminated."

1665

,

Total

3033

"ASHEVILLE” TEAM

Total

W, J. Balaski 728 Joe Harvey 668 C. J. Fleming 660

J. E. Harman 652

2006

game.

C.P.O.'s

E; L. Wood 779 G. Birkett and H. Hall chal-H. B: wilkins 769 lenged J. H. Watts and H. Blount G. c. Merkel 744 to à 5-game match, which resulted | A. J. Bishoff-741 for an easy victory for the latter pair by 133 pins. The individual

Wood was top scorer of the scores being as follows

Total

Total match with a useful 779 or an 848 G. Birkett 794 average of 158 píns per

738 This is a fine score but this player would certainly have topped the 1532 800 mark had he not started off Blount, as usual, was top-scorer with a poor 125 on his first game; with 848′ and another two pins his 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 15 and his highest 169.

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

he would have reached the 800 be on duty on Sunday morning sistency of their bowling. and although they might manage In the case of Watts his lowest score, if he had not failed on his to play in the first round, they score was 153 and his highest 171 third and fifth games he made could not turn out for the second, In the case of Blount his lowest only 124 and 130 respectively. yet inight 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 meet such a case as in one or two per game, and while Hall' 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- Intra-Ship Match tries as possible.

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

This was due to the fact, firstly, that Thursday is a holiday, and secondly that two of the sub- 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.

was

There was a match, arranged

RIBEIRO'S GREAT SHOT

which he has so far played this T.W. CARR LIES "FOUR about the Open Pairs

acason..

Bob Morrison was again in

case,

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, fourth and fifth games he col- lapsed badly to make 122;,129 and › 128. Merkel can do better than thist

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

bod form against Başa and lost BOTTLES"-GETS NOWT! reference to it. The play Balaski was the top scorer for his

y only a couple of shots but

osselet's' rink. had a slight edge

Kempton's and had a margin 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.

of F. V. V. Ribeiro was really outstanding and it can be said that on the day's play U. M. Omar met his master which is "a most unusual thing" as Albert says on one of his records.

C.P.OS.

for the Asheville" team with 608

By "Skip" Much has been written

The "Asheville" Team were Final but I cannot omit a without doubt completely off form.

side with 726 or an average of 145 pins per game, but it will be noticed that this score, was not, as gas the lowest score of the ivil Service team against them

Joe Harvey was second highest nd had little difficulty in win-

or an average of 134. On tracing ing, though Jack Hollidge con- nued to show good form in get-

back through his bowling records in these Alleys I find that this ng the better of A. R. Minu, The homesters had three First after a tight game but Bill Field

score is the lowest he has ever ipping in place of Dallah who Division men in their team, which simply trounced Taylor though

put up in the Alleys--just imagine as not available. Jeff Hoosen strengthened it a lot.

the latter chalked up 11 in the last

this veteran bowler making such. bok Minu's place as three to A.

Minu "and did quite

Jimmy Chalmers was trailing four ends to recover from a de- He will agree-Omar, I mean, a lowly score as 109 which he did well as until a seven put him on the road ficit of 31-6 at that stage!

not. Albert-I think that he usual umber three, though lead is his to victory and he never looked

Similarly Kowloon Tong had ly had the position, when, the on his second game..

Fleming for the "Asheville' sual position. The rink won by back. Keown was similarly plac- very little to worry about when skips went down as Dick Alves team made 000 or 132 pins aver-

shots but Abbas went evened against Aitken but it was Civil Servants visited them, Harry had quite an off day especially bgc.

steady, rather than dramatic, scor- | Gittins gaining a commanding for the first 12 or 14 heads when. Harman has only played one or ing which brought him ultimate lead of nearly 20 shots against A. M. Omar was playing very two match games in these Alleys, victory. Donald Munro, on the Burling before the latter got go well indeed. But, Chico usually and this probably accounted for other hand, always kept ahead of ing, and scored on nine succes- 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 Willie Dall in spite of the latter sive ends! having Ted Post as his right hand

good shots.

doubt that the “Asheville”, teamr were thoroughly out of form.

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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.

Cornell played a deadly game as lead to R. R. Davies who did remarkably well to beat Bob Dun-

Charlie Strange will probably cnn at Austin Road. The other; Cricket Club rinks were never in

conelder himself, unlucky to only the running, Archie. Nissim hav-le with Kew after scoring on ing 37-chalked up against him to 19 heads but as he was able to which he replied with ten reach score only sixteen shots, perhaps ing double figures--the losing the home skip demorved his team's goal in many cases by · point, after'a!!!! mearis 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 Kowlooni Cricket Club had to make several changes in their team to oppose Kowloon Football Club and put up very poor op- position, apart from Overy who held Bill Simpson to ✨a single shot, wa

Younghusband had one of the

".

The plum of the afternoon was towards the end when he nomin- ated what would otherwise have been thought a fluke, to secure the shot when the Omars lay,

"There was another pairs chal- three or four in what appeared to be an impregnable position. It lenge game played off on Tues- was a great match, well worthy day, between four of the "best of the occasion and one which will bowlers in the Alleys. Cpl. Watts long be remembered by those and Cpl. Blount were pitted against Dod. Molthen and Ernie Hearther,

who saw it.

BOWLS TEAMS

selected for Saturday:

The challenge is a 20-game match to be played off in four matches of five games each. The

Following bowls teams have been, and M., Rakuten (skip); M M. E. Pur-first of the series was played off vis, J Hempsey. W. J. Burling and on Tuesday, October 1 and result. H. E. Strange. (skip); (C. J.-Waltered in first blood to Doç. Molthen W. E. Colledge, J. F. McGowan and

and Ernie Hearther, an advantage

(K.0.0.

First Division (v/K.D.R.O., Home). Holudge (nktp). G. Lee, A. W. Smith, W. Hyde and B. Second Division (v K.D.G.C., home) of 32 pins being secured. The Kern (skip); W. Paraons, G. C. Moss, T. Seddon, M. Scott E. Kirmon and S. second match will take place on 3. Fraser and F. Goodwin (sklili V. Eccleshall (skip); P. D. Crawley 9. Tuesday, October 8 at 8 pm. The C Labrum, A. Mador, A. W Ram Morris H. F Harper and C. Strange individual scores for the first Boy, and B. C. Fincher (skip),,,nati (bkip)|||A., F.- Shepherd, J. R. Carr match were as follows:-

Friendly Match (v K.T.G.0.A., home). F. §. Austin and W. R. Hillyer (skip); || Ernie Hearther 870 . H. Watts 840 T. C. Tribble, Leigh, G. Taylor H.K.C.C30 Dog Motthen 030 H. Blount 825 Second Division (v. C.O.C. home) It can be seen the scoring all

round was

and W. Carr (skip); R. E. Leo, A.

the apposition lying "four"bot" (skip); P, Curtin, F. A. Fabol, Li, Jack and B. Costello (skip); B. J. Lacon Watts not failed miserably on his

flag," ha wloked off a wood six feet wide? to accuro acconu, ahot He eventually beat Tommy Carr

and Meadows (skip). spec.9.G.C

A. T. Lay, W. A. Comeil, and B. R

Davies (skip) P. S. Consisty, WA nfth game to make only 120, it in First Olviafon (v. Recrald Al home) 'Cruickshank,an, Al Edwarda and Rwmoot point who would have won

W. Brown (skip);

➡ Gollally, A (B. Allan, J. W. Deakin

the first encounter, 5 re

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