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WEEK-END BOWLS
THE CHINA “MAIL SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1956.
THOSE CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS WILL NOT BE EASY FOR KCC TODAY
Says
"TOUCHER”
The last two matches of the season will be played this afternoon in the First and Third Divisions of the Lawn Bowls League. The Third Divi- sion title has already been won by the Filipino Club and today's match be- tween the Kowloon Bowling Green Club and the Craigengower Cricket Club will just be a routine affair.
The First Division League Championship, however, has still to be decided and everything will hinge on the outcome of the match between Kowloon Cricket Club and Club de Recreio.
The
No. 8.
be idle us the Second Division games are being played off.
Kowloon Cricket Clubs interchange places as skip and Division teams will twelve need only a win by what ever margin to win the Chem- pionship which they have won only once previously and that es for boek na 1031
Like
the
Indian Recreation Club "Gold", the Recrolo bowlars can be depended upon to put up a sporting fight even though they themselves are out of the running for Championship honours.
BETTER BALANCED
On the whole, the Recreio fur this afternoon's Ime-up game is much better balanced the one in their previous than match against the KCC. KCC twelve advantage of playing on a home green but this can be offset by their being over-tenso
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have will
The the
In this Despite having been beaten | rrifical game, 4-1 on their home green In their Last Saturday their threes first round encounter. the and skips played a Recreio twelve, with a complete-minent part
more pro- in their victory Their leads
A suggestion has been made that some sort of competition bo introduced for these idle teams. **** In 1947 a knock-out competition was run for the First Division and it would be a good idea to run a similar compeition during the First and Third divisions. the next six week-ends for both
AS EXPECTED
Five Open Championship matches were played off during the week, all ending with ex- pected results. In tho Open Pairs S. Yurut and A. B.
ly reshuffled line-up, appear to over IRC "gold"". be confident of avenging their and No. 2s will have to bowl Kitchell qualine for the final
Forlier defcat,
The Kowloon Cricket Club, with only three points now be tween them and the Champlon- ship, will be Belding exactly The sumie line-up that scored i 4-1 Whe Dver Recreio
much better this afternoon
If by eliminating Talkoo's
A
they hope to edre out their Mullen and C. McLennan in a opponents.
close match by 17-13.
The other semi-final match Kowloon Docks G F.
between
Ou comparative standard of bowls the Portuguese team hold slight edge but the deciding luce point will, I think, be fouth W. M. McCall and
Accrelo four
weeks go with the exception ut between Hill Gaffney's four
whehever of one positional change. Dick 196 Hosselet and F. R Kerman they are drawn against,
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The Open Singursday saw Anals played on Although the Second Division Coates, J. A. Luz and Connie three former Champlons. A. E | Langua
title
a sady Pereira, and "darkhorse" C. A. practically
been
decided in Coelho enter the iss1 four stage favour of the Kowloon
Dock
of the Championship. "Blues". there are still no fewer
Coates than
week-ends of comfortable wine over Benny matches
before this League is Goodman and W. M. McCall concluded. The only interest. In respectively, but Joe Luz had to this division's games Is in the aght back from a 0-11 defeit rice for the runners-up position before eliminating F. Francis by and the leading skip's borth on 21-15. the skips' table,
ERVAJS
and Pereira scored
Coelho was given a close fight by Talkoo's Brian Douglass, who The hitherto unbeaten Kow-was actually lying the shot on Join Dock *Blues" have six the last head when Coelho suc- matches more to go in their bid eceded in turning the head into to end the season with an intact his favour with his last wood.
This record.
Externoon they
Tomorrow four evenly- will be up against one of their contested quarter-final matches Open Triples remoining obstacles when they of the Colony elash with KCC
scheduled of return Championship match at Cox's Road, A little the KCC and KBGC greens. All relaxation on their part may see the contesting combinations are the end of their unbeaten evenly matched and good, close games are expected all the way. recorri.
For the next six werk-ends or so all the First and Third
in a
but there's nothing like a
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EXCEPT OF COURSE ...another Carlsberg
AFD
TODAY'S GAMES First Division
KCC v. Recreio,
Second Division HKFC v. KDC "White." KCC v. KDC “Diue," PRC v. HKCC.
POC v. FC.
USRC v. CCC.
Third Division
KBGC v. CCC,
TOMORROW Colony Open Triples Quarter-finają
AL KCC-T. Gassan, R. H. Browne, W. M. McCall (KBGC) V. C. Fonseca, A. F. Pereiru, Pereira (Roc.); J. Tindall
Liddell, A. Eastman (KBGC) V A. Baptista, S. E. Souza, C. E. Paseos (Rec.)
At KBGC: C. P. Basto, G, A, Noronha, C. E. Roza-Pereira v. A. Grunt, W. Davidson, R. S. Gourly; J. W. Leo, J. W. Leonard, R. Bara
v. J. S. Sloodd, G. H. Clayton and W. B. Brown.
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Mr
The
SPORTS SPECTRUM
Wong Runs Foul Of "Socker" Shockers!
DENIS COMPTON ASKS
WILL JIM LAKER'S SPIN WORK IN SOUTH AFRICA?
The Ashes are now in safe keeping—and deservedly so—but England cannot relax in International cricket, Ahead is the tour of South Africa, which will be as severe as, if not a Mitle tougher than, the series in which we now lend Australia. The typical babble of club-, nothing back, and let me have
Consider, South Africa's recent record in Test cricket. They went to Australia room chatter, punctuated from the whole story."
and drew the rubber in 1982-58, Since then they have twice thrashed New Zealand. time to time, by the whoopa of Mr Wong made himself as elation or groans of disappoint- comfortable as possible before They came to England in 1955, ; Cyzil has made a most success- ment from the dice school, starting his explanation and also and after being two down | ful comeback and. If he is forrned a suitable cacophonous took thing to fortify himself squared the rubber before finally available, might well be per-
Bly John's background to
with a deep swallow from his losing it in a fluctuating gzina et suaded to make the trip. troubled thoughts as he sat on gloss of neat Scotch, "It is such the Oval to the spin mpstory
high stool at the end of the an unbelievable story
As for the remainder of the that Jim Laker and Tony Locke
there vil bar,
have to pinch
side, vt expect that checkt oc- my
I от sure the to convinco
strongest be considerable myself
emphasis possible casionally
MCC side will the whole thing
bespeed. ever that
selected for the trip. Naturally two or three young players will be given their chance,
He had finished at the office
"It
came about like this.
I
arriving by air. managed to fix up hotel accom- modation
that's no inent fent these days ... and then I dashed off to Kai Tak.
a little earlier than usual and, in the hope that Mr Wong happened might also be carly for thoir regular rendezvous at the club. received a cable from an im- The had hurried olang. js : portant business associate to say cffort was wasted and his hopes he doomed to disappoinment for not only had his friend falled to arrive ahead of time, he was now long overdue,
Jolun ordered a
long cool boer, While the barboy at-
"I was a bit surprised to find
усту tended to his requirements he?
large and edgy crow turned to the sports pages and I come to
milling around at the airport the conclusion the China Mait and, not
that some big film star
po!!- the first time, started a study of the relative merits of
thetician was due to arrive. I didn't think a lot about it at first but
each Na
successivo fight brought nouncement wave of exelted chatter the over growing groups I sort of sensed that romething special was afoot.
world's athletes. So engrossed did he became that he hardly noticed the sudden change of volume in the clubroom con- versation.
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an-
TVETH
from
wrong
The unusual hush eventually penetrated through his thoughts and be spun round on his stool
"Quile innocently I started to see
what had happened, making a few discreet inquiries, The sight that met his сусо It must have been the several mode him gosp. He sat for thing to do for I quickly rentisod that my movements were being yoconds unable to co- ordinate his
followed but,
Increas Intentions collecting his wite, he hurried terest, and it wasn't too difficult
rous the floor to
for me to see that meet Mr Wong who was standing Just inside the door.
ACTOR
with
comments
about me were being exchanged from between limi pr from behind shielding hands.
Equally important, however,
is the need to stabilise a tour the side with men of experience. GREAT ASSISTANCE
On
For batsmen in support of Puter May and one old hand, I don't thinic we shall look mich Author than Colin Cowdrey, Polor Richardson, Tom Chuyehey and it avaliable, David Shop- pard.
Trevor Bailey and Alan Oak- man head the all-rounders, God- Brian Statham had two such frey Evana is a "must" as dot- wonderful tcurs of the West choice wicketkeeper with John Indica and Australia that he Murray (Middlesex) or Brian must be regarded as the moet Taylor (Box) loading rivals Ukely fast bowler to do well for the second place.
Overpens.
For similar
That leaves only the spinners,
reasons, Frank Remembering the great success
I don't think the pace
A player of the calibro and Tyson is an almost automatic fat Roley Jenkino in South Africa cricket background of Cyril choice.
lán 1040, I would plump for a Washbrook or Reg Simpson,
leg-break bowler, and among both of whom were
Bert in South Africa in 1948-49, would be at attack will stop there. At least the younger men Tommy Green- one other fast bowler Freddle hough, of Lancashire, appears to great assistance to Peter May.
have the brightest qualifications. Reg has been out of the big Trueman, Alun Moss, or cricket
but Loader-could be picked, picture recently,
Not Quite Women's
By "RECORDER"
Peter
The
Day
Finally we can write down the nomes of Jim Laker and, Tony Lock. Jim tras established him self this season as the greatest off-spin bowler in the world on English-type wickets,
Can he do it in South Africa where the challenge of Hugh Tayfield la formidable?
1 say he can. Jin spine it morg than Tayfield, is more accurate now than ever before, flights it with the experience of 10 years cricket behind him and, perhaps most important of all, ia completely unruffled by the big stick.
The
pinin fact
Last Saturday was supposed to be "women's day" in British athletics. After all, it is generally conceded that Britain's feminino athletes are among the best in the Australians What a strange Mr Wong he
world. There is an even or a better than even chance of whether to was. His usually cheery features "At last the flight announce-
what ment concerning were now dominated by
a British girl stepping on the winner's rostrum in at least stay back. friend's my is known in pugilistic parlance | arrival came over the public seven athletic events at the coming Melbourne Olympic
supreme shiner. There address system and I started to
visible Was brulso
231 the move forward to gain a vantage odge of his collar and to com- position to see the passengers as plete the picture of misery his they got oul of the plane. left arm was done
In Up sling.
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"It was at this point that the really strange things started to Big John stood looking at his
tuppen. When I tried to move old friend with mixed feelings
in one direction I was which swayed between sym-
seremoniously blocked and pathy o astonishment, This barged out of the way. I tried was certainly a Wong with several more circuitous paths difference. Doing
35701 of but with a skill that would have quick thinking Big John de dono credit to the experta on olded 10 make
light of the tho gridiron the persistent situation in the hope of putiing | blockers were there." his his old friend at his case,
A
com-
Lo
stone cold sober?
Games,
So it becomes more than understandable that the Athletics Correspondent of the Times was at the White City last Saturday and that the WAAA Championships were the feature story of the sports pages of the Times last Monday.
A staff reporter was sont 10
But, said the Timer, "In tho Wealdstone to cover the trian- oprints, running down the gular match between the AAA, Slope in half a gale, K. J. Bok the Universities Athletic Union just nased. in front of the and the Combined Serviços. strongly finishing E. R. but D. W. In the best traditions of the Sandstrom
native Times he did not misinfona his readers. It often happens in England the native record for the 100 Yards Dash is equallet Last, Setsunday It would appear that it had been broken..
Big John looked a little fr credulous. "Are you sure this all happened while you
Wend You haven't by any chance been having spot Of the old Ta maybe
bout of alcoholle it. It was real amateur stuff remorse..." he asked when I can tell you. Mr Wong paused for breath.
yet...
U
OT
"Another stranga thing. that although I never red any thing in the
Applegarth's
record of 9.co firm for the time being, for the wind was almost hurling the starters from their blocks
Chataway, who did poorly, had 16 lines devoted to his in- different effort.
Logs space was devoted to brief mention of the fact that
la that the don't quite know go out to him or
That's
that re- a problem mains for the Springboks to try to solve.
-(London Express Service).
(COPYRIGHT)
Stan Wicks New Captain
Of Chelsea
By Jack Wood
Ray Bentley. international
whom forward
Choirea for have been prepared to consider offre all summer, will han over the captaincy of the side for the new
Stan Buson to
has been with
yours,
an England
He escorted Mr Wong to their favourite place at the end of the barend nummonded the No. i Boy with a wave of his hand. "Bring my friend a drink," he said. "What
will it Wong? Make something very special."
Mr Wong did
few # plicated
facial contortions
there were some rother surpris- Wicks, case his discomfort befora
The very suggestion made Mr
was las results in the throwing plying. "I'll have A double Wong wax indignant. "Not only
events. Field events were again MacTavish
strong, neat,
Big Stan papers about a in the limelight," aald the Brst was I stone colt cober, as you
three and Aery
nid No water and no call it my dear John," he re- partero' strike at Kal Tak I saw sentence of about nine taking Chelsea sods.
piled, "but I assure
nthough he won that several prominent figures having note of this fact. you Big John stopped just long you
EXTRAORDINARY
B international haven't heard half of it to carry the bags of the arriving
chp as a full- footballers When the plane came footballer. U Oh enough to enlighten the barboy
and
the Ted will lead back, he The results in the throwing as to his friend's liquid require in absolute pandemonium brake should mention that the women events were, indeed, extraordiu club pasillon of centre-hall
Drakka team from his regular ments before pitching into the loose.
were every bit as bad as theory June Paul, Janet Ruff, Jean fray. Turning an empty glass
men, One of them
Tiearly
"Bentley can still be a force "I was now convinced
Scrivens, Pam Billett, Iris Pond, with. upside
that strangled me in the melce, Pauline. Wainwright and Suzanno down he did a mock something big was afoot and
*T531000 crystal-gazing art and then with began to regret that I
hadn't there were carrying bogs, and Allday may have been making Drake,
I am: anxious a twinkle in his cyo he made brought my old autograph book chasing autographs with bits of
I even saw a couple of them history at the White City.
to take cʊENUES of the strain: off his opening thrust.
with me. I caught Wong, m'old pal, I see three glimpse of my friend as he got doing
The fiveting
At Wealdstone history was him. Wicks haa all it takes to paper the same as the men were also being made. All the thunder
make a grand captain,” It was quite an ex- was being stolen from confused pictures in the crystal out of the plane but as I tried perience, I can tell you,"
June hall.
first one your
Co., from Chataway and wife in
is chasing you round the
Big Jours roar of laughter Pirie and the English, native house with a couple of lawn
out through the club chatter records for the 100 Yards and bowls in her hands. I can only
like a knife. "Wong, he almost the Long Jump. surmise that she found out what
shouted, "those folks weren't
To begin with, Peter Cullen you said about lady bowlers a
well, not flung the Javelin out to 283 feet couple of weeks ago.
thought they e inches. The Un-English Actie
Committee had a
In
Faul
La
But
Chelsea receivert a number of
inquiries for Bentley, but no club got down to talking cash, Ken Armstrong, whom many
· Cheisen, fand regarded as the natural successor to Bentley se captain, showed in recent trini that his long illness of
ab equally rewire football types trying to when Clyn 41 last season has left no weak-.
he heat. will
to move forward to wavyo him I was sent head over heels with as neat a tackle and trip as has ever been seen on the Valley.
"I landed with a bang on the autograph-hunters Inground just as something
else the
kind you the second you seem to have a landed with loolt of delayed realisation on sounding bang on my eye. The sign up the players to play for your face, behind the black eye conversation all around me was their clubs next season audi
pushed his pour out to 225 fest that is, and you seem to be a strange as the things that
they obviously thought you 8.
8 Inches. All too dumbfounding, dsat I wasn't kick
were happening. appreciating
Why people
were in opposition
Young full-backs Belicte and Barclay Palmer pushed the Whittakor have been most im ding when I said the hafty should he talking about old
Woog'a laughter which 18-lb. Shot and amazed, officials fellow in the Pen lobby was fashioned things like horse and Gene Tunney ..... and in
In the currlage, expenses modern oven, than measured to test 4 third picture you seem
I just wouldn't know, Big John's and he almost forgot to the stopboard. Nineteen-year-open the season at Burnley, as They made thred but somehow or
discomfort. as he lay back old blacksmith Arthur Rowe partner, staggering out of a club or but
it seemed ather it hup be something ofler what must have to one of the main topics against the edge of the bar and only managed 31 feet 3 inches appearances between them.Jaak
Garald Caer reached 50 feet (enson, boen quite a session. How under discussion--and it sound really let himself go
"Now, now. Wong, your mis-3 inches.
Regular riglit-back Peter experialve stuff too. Suð- accurate
my all-seeing
Don Anthony thr ham Sillett is doing well after his crystal?"?
throw the denly a large
group of it take was funny, but not quile. looking young men cant out of all that. Take it easy, old mer out past 100 feet Young Ince operation, After visiting
Mike". - Ellis was third at a sillet the other
day Mr Mr Wong gave a fair imita- the customs room and what man
Wong wiped the tears from mediocre 181 feet: 1 inch. Both Drake sald
"One-of
the tion of a smile. "John," he happened after that you'll never
I tell you.
his eyes. Honcetly, John, Mark Pharaoh and Gerald Carp for bodies removed from eyen sald, "my advice to you is to sell believe
swear by all the gods and whirled the Discus past the 160 the back of his knee wa D Just had umo your crystal for whsiover you
to spot that Sort out can get for it. Your guess they were no film stars, but the Ramsey Omar that you miss the foot mark forear
melee It was all too frightening. The bit as a marble, South China foot post In the heat of the
thought E. would Be funny If national
national presa devoted some "The knee gave Foter a 10%
"to" Chataways - dri the autograph business paragraphs to
or trouble Just season, I
the fact that whenever a sheet of paper ap- peared in front of me Legoed equalled M. Abrahamtendea than ever-whom he returne however, Wt with the Arst name that came up remo 24 feet /?. Kom: Hencher.the:"26-2/5» :
inge long
ald Millwall right half, to
specialist
SPORTS QUIZ
Mixed up names.
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the following to form the ore far, wide of the mark but returning
maries of three great fighters, | I'm sure even one of theso new-ballers before I went down || 10 took my per out and different effort. The Times noted convinced he will be better;
Attack
really as I was con
concerned. I the
Things
serious ast
of the bare-knuckle era: famde robot machines wouldn't under another John, Dantel, Maco,
work out the salution in a thou wer
were Mendoza, Jom, Broughton. sand years. The only thing that for 2. What world record has been worries me is that, even when I broken recently by Willie tell you what happened you.
record de 29 ag
fantastic as of 11 K'a crowd around - mu were one to mind. Some lucky club cullen Paime periodik De09
that.
enthusiastic
without Jostrist autograph-huntersagt hans bookcod
they were
obviously
ohon work duri
armafningg
assured, that in:
and
mysterious-, eye
about-a
thing in the 1: "Borry about the flippant ap- but for Inated) of getting line for next season Hologrin, Kuldant: and", Katowice has hazelienoped him in tratas- {
--
Willams and Ire Murchison? won't believe 3. Who. originated the words:
ve trouble which The Em
Important
twitching and Olympic Games is not to proach to the whole thing,"
made
Ing. Frequent mention was Ber while
of the but to take part. The led Big John, with a touch of the signatures in the usual, little you
The good performaticas of Paul Ruff Watering of the ove makes him. osontil thing'
hing is not to seriousness, but I felt sure you books these mulling mences should put an end, to the Kat Co. at the White Cly the Fimat for match play
but to havo wouldn't want sympathyno were sticking large aborta, cof
ass radieruntural performances at Goalkeeper Malcolm Finlay Wealdstoca had more prominent | son still refuses to reign ex
Fan art the aports, pages.
cept as a part-time, player,
have well;"? fought
matter how..you cuma try your peper under n ployee's ridse and 4. How many athletes have battle pours. Come on, hoki, king, him to put his name on
5. Who are the world boxing flyweight,
run a four-minute mile; 5, 9. OT 147
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