1953-05-23 — Page 13

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LAWN BOWLS PROGRAMME

By “TOUCHER”

The Lawn Bowls League season enters its third week this after- noon with Recreio taking an early lead in the First and Second Divisions and Filipino Club and Craigengower in the Third Division.

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Club de Recreio followed up its opening match success over the IRC in the First Division with a convincing 5-0 win over the Police last Saturday.. The custodians of the law; Division honours were almost Their 4-1 triumph over their. shattered last elubmales gove Reerele "A" failed to reproduce the form that completely

the top spot in the Second won ther the match against Saturday when they were over-

table whelmed on

lengue own green Division Craigengower the week before,

their reputatlon any by Kowloon Bowling Green enhanced Only Hillyer's rink gave

favourites for this form of resistance, Joe Luz led Club on all rinks to the tune of the top

division's title. K, F. Bodle all the way and 77 shots to 43.

KBGC remained in striking were 17-3 up on the 13th head

winning before eventually

by

distance with good 4-1 win over IRC and KCC, last year's 22-12.

саме Into the Champions. picture with resounding 5-0 rlumph in their opening match against Kowloon Dack Club.

games The Third Division

featured by

frst the were aggregale century of the season when Craigengower chalked up a total of 105 shots against the Hongkong Football Club.

C. Pile started rather disas rously ugainst Jackie Noronha, enneeding a six on the 4th head "His trall behind by 1-11. 10 rink could do nothing right after That and a five on Die 10th head saw them down by 3-21 at that stage. They gradually picked up a little, however, after that to end up at 10-27.

Luck and greater ability to

men wCTE

A. Harvey and front men It. H. Browne, J. G Meyer and F. Howard look the week's honours the most successful Firs! rink with 32-10 Division

Leonard, D. te over J. W.

Souza Romelet, G.

and C. R. Roscelet.

No. 1 R. H. Browne and skip Harvey were the pick of the whing rink, with J. C. Meyer occasionally brilliant with his heavy draws.

up

Joe Landolf's rink held their To the CCC rink comprising own against that of G. C. Nor-C.C. Ma, R.K. Pavrl, Y.A. of concentrate in the later stages man until the half-way mark Razack and S. Leonard went

of the game gave ERC their four when they cracked up

the distinction of putting against points in their match against the superior drawing ability of what was probably the highest Kowloon Dock Club. The dock-their opponents.

rink score of all time, when actually 10 101s A much

HKFC they Improved

hander, S. Mills, nhead at the ten-interval and First Division team from that Lonsdale, W.S. Taylor and C. were leading by substantial of last year made an auspicious Strange a 53-3 defeat. margins on all three rinks start by claiming the maximum from a none too weak during the greater part of the points

Taikoo Club side, and should game.

be a team to watch for upsets this season.

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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB WHITSUN RACE MEETING

Co be held under tite Rules of the Hung Kung Jockey Club) Saturday, 23rd May & Monday, 25th May, 1953.

THE PROGRAMME WILL CONSIST OF 22 RACES

1st Day 10 Ruces-Saddling Bell 1.30 p.m.-ist Race 2 pun.. 2nd Day 12 Ruces-Saddling Bell 11.39 am-1st Race 12 noon. Tiffin interval on the 2nd day will be after the 4th Race at 1.30 pan, The Secretary's offee at Alexandra House will close at 11.45 u.m. -on-the-151-day-and-at-10.00.a...on the 2nd day.

MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE

NO PERSON WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED,

All persons, MUST wear their badges prominently displayed

- throughout the meeting.

Admission Badges ut $10.00 each per day are obtainable through the Secretary the written or personal introduction of a Member, such metier to be responsible for all visitors introduced by him.

Tins will be obtainable at the Club House if ordered in advance from the No. 1 Buy (Tel. 72811);

NO CHILDREN will be adinițțed, to the Club's premises during the meeting.

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE

The price of admission will Le $3 euch per day payable at the Gale.

Any person leaving the Enclosure will be required to pay the requisite tee of $3 in order to gain re-admission."

MEALS & REFRESHMENTS will be obtainable in the RESTAURANT.

SERVANTS

Servants must remain in their employer's boxes except for passing through on their duties. They may en no account use the Betting Booths in the Members' Betting Hall.

CASH SWEEPS

The cost of a Through Ticket is $44.00. Through Tickets re-i served for this meeting but not paid for by 10 am, on Friday, 22nd May, will be sold and the reservation cancelled for future meetings. There will be a Special Cash Sweep on the last race of the meeting. The rust of each ticket is $2.

Cash Sweep Tickets may be obtained from the Cash Sweep Offices at Queen's Building. (Chater Road), 5 D'Aguilar Street and 982 Nathan Road, unlit 10 nm. on both days.

TOTALISATOR

PAYMENT WILL NOT BE MADE ON TORN OR DISFIGURED TICKETS.

Backers are advised not to destroy or throw away their tickets until after the "all clear" signal has been exhibited.

A. Pearson brought his carly 3-0 lead on A.it. Kitchell to 20-13 on the 14th head ană 24-

In the Second Division ba

21 on the 19th but conceded a Recreio "A" and KBGC main- Ave on the 20th head to trail tained their winning with good behind by 24-26 and could only second wins of the season. manage a single on the last head to lose virtually only on the last two heads of the even-

Best Kowloon Dock rink on

Except for two postponed

another League

TODAY'S GAMES

gaines, there

will be #chedule of full matches this afternoon.

The most interesting match in the First Division will be that between KBGC and Recreio at Austin Road. Both

teams are

Lindrum On Snooker

The situation confronting

A. Marshallsay's rink had the better of A.K. Minu's four until the 15th head when. tho Indian rink drew up to 14-14 from 0-12 9th bead deßcit,

The Indians ended up by us does not at first look chalking up three twa's and promising, but in fact it is one three on the remaining six | jussible to make a break. heads.

Positions of this natura

up during view, however, was that skip- often crop ped by R. S. Gourlay, who not frame of snooker and if you only

the Have their only point but also put up of the game you will know Kowloonites are a competent exponent an excellent standard of bowls

the opening shot where every man in the rink what played well up to form. Skip should be. For the player Gourlay was particularly effec- who is only just beginning tive with his heavy woods, to give serious thought to

play,

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Whatever hopes Craigengower describe how I would plan ad of being in the running far the current scaron's Senior to clear the table.

PURE ELEGANCE!

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"SIR"

Bow Ties by

My opening stroke would hu to apply extreme left-hand side on the cue-ball and pot the red Into the middle' left-hand side pocket, with enough speed to make the cue-ball come off the bottom left-hand side cushion, contact the bollom cushion and

the bottom right-hand side

cushion, and then cannon into the. two nets lying on the cushion, sending them into the open part of the table. The cut-ball would then come to rest for position on the brown or green, X1, 33

illustrated.

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choice of unusually distinctive patterns,

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A tough diagram fronts you. Two blacks and all the colours are re- quired. What would you do? (Next week Horace Lindrum will demonstrate what he would do). Co(a)xed along

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«GREEN BROWN/

~Tüs"green" would be "the"next"

ball to pot into the bottom left hand corner pocket. The white ball would be sent on to the bottom left-hand side cushion to come off and Gnish in position for the red near baulk line, X2. For my next stroke ( would pot the red into the bottom right- hand

corner pocket with a follow-through action to bring the cue-ball off the bottom right- hand side cushion to nish in position for the brown, X3,

Addressing the while ball lov to pot the brown into the bottem left-hand corner posicet, I would slightly snow into close position for the remaining red, Xà.

To maintain a confident con- trol of the play I would make certain now after poking the last ret into the middle right- hand pocket that my cue-bail | stopped slightly towards the pink side of the blue, X5. Petting the blue into the middle left-hand pocket I would let the cue-bail run-through for position on the yellow, XI.

Right-hand side and the low striking of the cue-ball would be necessary for potting the yellow Into the factiom left-hand corner pocket, szrowing off the bottorn feft-hand skie cushion into position, X7.

Next I would strike the white ball very low and Hellcately rerow back trem le green (better loft-hand corner pocket) for position on the brown, x9. Once again addressing the cue- bull low-to pot the brown Into the bottom right-hand corner pocket-I would Screw Into position for the, blue, X.

Potting the blue into the left- hand middle pocket, I would follow through to gain position.

x10, for the pink into the top right-hand corner pocket. Again I would was a follow-through action to bring the while ball into line for the black, X11.

still undefeated and the result will be af special significance to both teams in their quest for the title,

Recreo will have a slightly stronger team out this week with the inclusion of A. P. Pereira and A.M, Souza who In their match did not play against Be Polico last week.

KBGC will fold two rinles Intact but there is a complete tho reshuffle in

third rink, Eastman coming in as skip in and Joc Tindall being promoted to the place of McKelvie No. 2 position from his Second Division skip role.

With

rinks 01 the Recreio

as they are, equally balanced very little will depend on the If the draw and luck of the

were able to come off KBGC the

match with one point that will

most likely be due to

In the

the

Hurvey's rind Division

clash creio "A" should be an ex-

between KCC and Re-

Д

tremely Interesting affair where despite the advantage of home green, the current Charn- pions may well be faced

with

their first defeat this season.

The top attraction in the Third Division would have been the meeting of the two leading teams, CCC and IRC, but unfortunately this has been postponed to Tuesday.

While on the

of subject Third Division

there games, a little confusion some time, back in the scores of the KCC-POC Malch 'ns these ap- peared in the press..

was

Main cause of the error was the confusing placing of home teams on the score cards, and

order

that such confusion

in

may not arise in future Komes, an appeal is being made by the Hon. Secretary of the Hongkong Lawn Bowls Association to all concerned in keeping the score cards to place the home teams on the left side.

Λ great deal of inconvenience also been caused by the inability of a few clubs to co- operate with the press and the Association

sending their semie cards as early as possible after the completion of their matches to the KBGC and the CCC and following this up by sending the other score cards on the next day to the Hon, Secre- iary.

TODAY'S GAMES First Division IRC v. Taikos KCC v. HKFC KDC v. PRC

KBGC v.

Recreio

Second Division KCC.. Recrelo "A" Recreio "B" v. KBGC

IRC V HKCC (postponed to Wednesday)

FC v. KDC

Third Division POC...FC

PRC v. Recrelo USRC v. HKERC HKFC v. KCC CCC v. IRC (postponed Tuesday).

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