1958-08-25 — Page 7

AUSTRALIAN VISITORS

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1958.

A friendship struck between Hongkong and Australian bowlers during the Empire Games at Cardiff recently is being renewed and extended to local lawn bowlers during these few

days.

Australia's national pairs champions Ros Marshali and Alten Rafloh who represented Australia In the pairs events at Cardiff were persuaded by the Hongkong team to stop over in the Colony for a few days on their way back home.

So Raum and Allon arrived here last Friday and were Immediately showered with Hong→

kong's reputed hospitality.

On Saturday, they were guests at the Kowloon Cricket Club green and yesterday Cralgen- gower Cricket Club in the morning and Kowloon Bowling Green Club in the afternoon were their hosts. Today they will be seen in sellon at Club de Recreio,

They will leave Hongkong on Tuesday,

Top phota shows Aften Bhalton taking one of Ids pawerful and accurate drives while the lower photo shows Ron Marshall demonstrating his specialty-the draw.-China Mail Photos.

MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN

FERDINAND

NANCY

I'M GOING HOME

AND TAKE A

BATH

SAY---THERE'S.

A WATER SHORTAGE,

SO DON'T FILL UP YOUR TUB

Week-End Lawn Bowls

Semi-Finals Of Two Open Events Decided

Helen Kwong To Meet

Selina Silva In Ladies' Singles Final

KCC AND RECREIO THREES QUALIFY By ROBERT TAY

Lawn bowls of a high standard was scen yesterday both at the Hongkong Cricket Club and the Kowloon Bowling Green Club, when the semi-finals of two more events of the Colony Open Championships were played off. An additional match decided at the Hong- kong Cricker Club was a quarter- final game of the men's singles event, which saw A, K. Minu triumph over his club-mate A. M. Omar by 21-17, to join L. M. Remedios (Recreio), F. R.

YESTERDAY'S LADIES' SINGLES SEMI-FINALISTS-From left to right are Mrs Margie Hetherington, Mrs Magie Ma, Miss Helen Kweng and Mrs Selina Silva-China Mail, photo,

Kermani (KCC) and C. Gough (PRC) which both players deserved to register two singles to win the was surprisingly of his usually

in the semi-finals of the event. Best of yesterday's generally, Far if not better than any men's high standard performances singles semi-final. were undoubtedly thone Craigengower's Helen

of

Kwong

und USIC'S Mirs Margle Hetherington at the Hongkong

Cricket Club.

Remarkable

Throughout the 24 heads of their lodies' singles semi-final match against each other, both bowlers put up a remarkable standard of bowls that was

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SO LET HIM EAT!· WHO'S STOPPING HIME) TELL HIM I SAID

HEARTY APPETITE... AND GOODNIGHT!

By Frank Robbins

THAT'S WHAT I KNEW YOU'D SAYİ GET DRESSED- YOU'RE FLYING GULLET O'HARA TO SAN FRANCISCO

FOR A FISH-AND-CHIPS

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Helen Kwong emerged even- tual winner of the thrilling came in which honours were almost event, by virtue only

Aghtback of her

great

End

the In spectacular recovery second half of the game and her brillant Anish in the last two heads.

wia this was it.

For ve heads towards the middle of the game she was in 2-7, che glorious form. From rallied in five successive ends with a single, a four, two more singles and another four to lead by 13-7.

Mrs Margie Hetherington de- serves an equal share of the ere-Dead, she dit for a great and notable game and if ever there was a match

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for

THE ENTHUSIAST

Except for Pat Gardner, who match by 21-19.

In the other ladies' singles | reljubte form, all the players on semi-final on the same green, view put up well above average Mrs Margie Ma put up a plucky performances,

Mro Baker's three were 13-15 be- fight against title-holder Seline Silva before bowing out hind by the end of the 14th head with In her first ever-but finished up strongly by 10-12.

Mrs Ma Demi-final,

wha four singles to clinch the match evidently handicapped by ner by 17-15. vousness but on a few heads when she

did get going, tho proved quite a thorn to the champion, who was however, on Barres, A. M. L. Scares, and W. C. the whole much too steady and Ogley of Craigengower after consistent for her opponent, leading by 8-7 at the end of the

Closely Fought

Last Two Ends The game appeared to be in the bag for her at this stage, but Helen Kwong, the gallant sportswoman of mary parts never buckled down under the At 8-14 on the 15th pressure.

trated the jack * Hetherington yard after Mrs had drawn a near toucher and piled up a four.

Slowly the score crept up to 17-17 End the 10-17 In hcr

Kowloon Cricket Club's D. C. favour. Mrs Hetherington came Symons, Jack Chubb and T. E. back with two to even the Baker had a close game all the score at 10-18 and the last two way against Talkoo Club's H. hoads, which produced some Black, P. B. Gardner and R. brilliant bowle by both players, B. Marshall before winning by saw Helen Kwong manage to 17-18.

Faltered

In the other semi-final, E. G.

eight head faltered in the second half of their game against Re- At Kowloon Bowling Greenerelo's C. F. Rozario, A. A. Reme- Club, both the semi-final dlos, Jr. and A. A. Remedios, Sr.. matches of the Colony Open whose some brilliant drawing Triples event were closely by their lead Rosario, fought out.

However, the game did not finish without a thrill. Tralling behind by 12-10 on the lust head, the CCC three were lying four thots, when skip Remedios managed with his second wood to wick in for the second shot and seal the match for his side.

BRITISH DRIVERS' CLEAN SWEEP

IN PORTUGUESE GRAND PRIX

Lisbon, Aug. 24. Stirling Moss, driving a Vanwall today won the Portuguese Grand Prix at Sporto in which the first three places went to British drivers. Mike Hawthom, in a Ferrari, finished second and retained his lead in the world drivers championship. With his seven points today--he gained one point for the fastest lap-Hawthorn now has a total of 37 points.

Eight points for a win brought his total to 32.

There are only two more events which count towards the championship the Morroc and Illan Grand Prix,

fl

by

Stuart Lewis--Evuns, l Vanwall, wes third in today's which was watched

50,000 people in cloudy

race over

woother.

Tricky Circuit

Moss drove brillarily round": the tricky 4.6 miles circuit and was only headed once-by How- thorn on the seventh lap-During the 50 laps totalling about 230 miles.

He finished in two hours 11 mins 27.8 sees more than four minules ahead of Hawthorn whose fastest lap was at 175 kilometres an hour (109.7 mph),

TENNIS TITLE FOR AYALA

Chile's

Istanbul, Aug. 24. Luis Ayala and Italy's M. Pricoli today won the singles les of the Istanbul's International Tennis Tourna- ment,

Con-

Ayala best. Mèxleo's treras. 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, and Pricoli eliminated Britain's Shirley Bloomer 6-2, 4-6, 6-3-France- Presse,

»Bayer's « TONIC

Jean Behra (France) In a JL, in a Lotus, skidded off the BRM was third, Wolfoang Von track. His car hit the sandbags Trips (Germany) in a Ferrari, and he was forced to retire. He fourth and Harry Scheli (United

was not hurt. States) in a BRM, Afth.

Slight Accident

Among those who abundoned because of mechanical trouble were Tony Brooks (Vonwall), There was a slight accident Cliff Allison (Maserati) Moria In the 27th lap when Gahum De Fillipis (Maserati)-Reuter.

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