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THREE UPSETS IN LAWN BOWLS LEAGUE

Prison Officers' Club Lose

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Third Division Lead

SPORTS

나 너

Govt. House SOCCER SEASON STARTS

SEPTEMBER 21

Lose By 29 Shots

WIN FOR KOWLOON

"B. G. CLUB Kowloon Bowling Green Club from Government House by 65 shots to 36 in a friend-

SEVERAL NEW SKIPS MAKE DEBUT beat a team

BY "NO. 1"

Once again the bright weather last Saturday afforded good on- portunity for a full bowls programme,

There was no upset in the First Division but two upsets were noted in the Second Division. Kowloon Football Club, playing at home, last to Craigengower Cricket Club by five shots and Kow- loon Bowling Green Club managed an overwhelming victory over a strong Talkod Dock Recreation Club combination.

A mild sensation was created by Recrelo beating Civil Service

C. C. by the huge margin of 50 shots a rare feat.

who

ly match of lawn bowls played at the KBG.C. yesterday.

The scores: »

Government House Team:

W.

L. Walker, HB. Mr. K. L. Smith, Dr. 1. Newton and Mr. J. Deakin (skip) 19 J. A. Fraser, Sir Atholl MacGregor, S. H, Dodwell and Dr. J. T. Smalley (skip) 7; W. A. Cornell, F. Flippance, J. Smith and. H. H. Peak (skip) 10. Total: 36.

Kowloon Bowling Green Club: V. C. Dixon, K. C. Hamilton, J. 8.

There were only three unexpect; beat the Hongkong Football Club ed results in the Third Division by the narrow margin of six shots Dinnen and R. Duncan (skip) 15: when, the Kowloon Football Club, which was mainly due to the de- C. E Turpin, T. E. Robson, A. Hyde

deserve

congratulations, feat of. Bebbington's rink by nine Lay and 'A. J. Hall (skip) 28; W. emerged victorous at Stanley shots against Mckelvie's quartette. E. Hodder, E, A. Atkins, A Bower against the Prison Officers' Club Mckelvie replaced Kempton. Dunand D. W. Waterton (skip) 22. a very strong team to be beaten can played splendid bowls to beat Total: 65. at home. The second surprise was Cullen by seven shots. created by Crigengower who beat Robertson, who had a good start Hongkong Cricket Club at Chater against Morrison, lost 25-21. Road. The third was at the Valley when the Indian Recreation Club sustained" a bad defeat at the hands of H. K. F. C.

FIRST DIVISION

The Champlons were the guests of the Indian Recreation Club and gained an easy win.

Alves was drawn against Minu and found the latter stronger.

Minu was soon leading Alves by six shots and then kept ahead for the greater part, The Indian quartette were slightly better than the Portuguese rink,

On the adjoining rink, C. G. Silva trounced M. R. Abbas by 13 shots. Marques played a brilliant game while the other three were as consistent.

Dallah was opposed to F. Silva and was trailing throughout: the afternoon.

Thirty-Nine Teams Enter League: Two From Sing Tao

The League Management Committee of the Hongkong Foot- ball Association held its first meeting of the season at the As- sociation's offices yesterday.

The football

season this year will start on September 21, and a

general meeting of representatives

af Club secretaries which will be held on August 14.

The following entries:-

are the League

FIRST DIVISION Hongkong Football Club, Kow- loon Football Club, St. Joseph's. Police, Royal Navy. Middlesex, Royal Scots. South China "A" South China "B". Kwong Wah, Eastern and Sing Tao.

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LEAGUE TENNIS “C” DIVISION

Chinese R.C. Beat

"South China

In a "C" Division League tennis match played at the Chinese Re- creation Club yesterday the home

O. Tang and F.C. Leung (C.R.C.> beat Ho and Ma 8-0; beat kwok and Lee, 6-2; beat Lau and Leung 6-1

team beat South China by seven sets to two. "SECOND DIVISION |

TW: Lee and Marsland Ma Hongkong Football Club, Kow-C.R.C.) beat H. K. Ho and N. K. loon FC., Kit Chee, Police, Royal Ma 7-5; lost to H, C. Kwok and Engineers, 30th R.A., South China, W. N. Lee 3-6; beat C. L. Lan and Eastern, Kwong Wah, Royal Scots, T. K. Leung 6-3, RAO.C., RASC., Sing Tao and Craigengower, but will find in them either Middlesex, or 38th R.A. too

the If strong opposition,

THIRD DIVISION Police turn up at full strength.

International, Royal Engineers, there may be an upset. I favour South China, RAM.C. 12th RA beat Ho and Ma 6-3; beat Kwok c. c. c. to win.

R.A.F., Royal Signals, 24th R.A. An interesting match will be

20th R.A. 35th R.A., Shell Sports and Lee 6-2; lost to Lau and Craigenzower Cricket Club at witnessed at Cox's Road when Club, Amateur Sporting Associa-Leung 2-4 Chatham Road The game be-Kowloon Cricket Club will entertion and 36th RA. tween Field and McNeill was very taln Kowloon Dock Recreation close though Field was slightly Club. The game should be evenį

if the Kowloon Cricket Club can better.

produce their third rink in its original form. In my opinion the Dockers will be able to get through.

SECOND DIVISION The first upset in this division was the defeat of the Kowloon Football Club at the hands of the

Simpson met Lewis and went down by four shots, Simpson was leading for the major part of the game,

Talkoo Recreation Club, at home, lost on all three rinks.

Despite his score of a seven at the 11th head, Keown went down to Drew by six shots. Drew was

more consistent.

Aother good match is promised at King's Park when the Recreio

MIZE, YORK HIT

TWO HOMERS NEW YORK, July 31 (Reuter)

League baseball

B will be hosts to Kowloon Bowl-The following are the results of

the American ing Green Club. This is another

matches' played yesterday- match which may result in an upset. However, I tip the visitors

to win.

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The evenly balanced teams of Cincinnati the Indian Recreation Club and New York

Hongkong Football Club will meet (Whitehead homered! at the Valley and it is difficult to St. Louis plek the winner. The Indians have (Mize (2) and Key homered) a better combination and are play-Boston

Duncan, meeting Munro, had the better of him by 24-16,

Lockhart, who was up 12 shots on four heads, had no difficulty in Craigengower Cricket Club, play-beating Chalmers.

Kowloon Tong met Police Re ing at home, proved too good for Kowloon Cricket Club and won by creation Club and won by 45 shots, 34 shots. Kern was drawn against Big counts were scored by Gittinsing, slightly better, bowls than the

The latter lead 11-nil on when he collected 37 shots on 13 4th head and scored five singles to heads against W, E Hollands, Kern's five on two heads to main tain the lead of 11 shots but con

Basa.

Kew's brilliant start against

Footballers and for that reason I fancy them to win narrowly.

SECOND DIVISJÚN

J. W. MacDonald gave him victory Craigengower Cricket Club will of 15 shots. Aitken, Channing's be visiting their neighbours, Police No 3 was giver. charge of the rink Recreation Club, and should have while Channing was No. 3 to him.no difficulty in,beating them.

ceded ten shots on the next two heads to lead by a singleton. Kern forged ahead and was lead ing by three shots at the 20th Against

21-16.

at the last-end to lose 23-21.

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NATIONAL

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с 13 3 8

.13 19

5 10.

(Sitsti hcmered)

Chicago Philadelphia Pittsburgh

(Lopez hamered)

16 11

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AMERICAN

New York

R. H. E.

8 10

(Ruffing homered) Detroit

6 12 2

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2

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Washington St. Louis

11

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Brooklyn

Stephens he lost by A very interesting match will be featured at King's Park when Tal- end but Basa managed single Two 1940 records were shattered koo Recreation Club will meet

York (2) and Fcx homered) The Craigengower veteran skip. at King's Park when Recreio met Recreio. I think Recreto will be

Philadelphia U. M. Omar, was opposed to spary. Cly Service Cricket Club, beating able to take a narrow marginal who was making his debut as skip, the latter by 50 shots mainly due win.

record contribution of Kowloon Bowling Green Club Chicago and had an overwhelming victory by 19 shots, Spary managed only Rodrigues' win over Steven, by 35 playing at home, should have no Boston

difficulty to beat the weak Hong-Cleveland kong Cricket Club combination,"

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seven singles. Kowloon 0. C. shots.

Remedios beat C, Strange by 13 seem to overhaul this rink every week with no beneficial effect, shots.

An interesting match was wit

Brown,

"

I would suggest ́ Labrum,· Spary and Goodwin for the next nessed between E, Souza, and W. .change.

Rosselet started off with 12-0) against E. C. Fincher and reached the end with almost the same speed as Omar led Spary.

AN EASY TIME

Hillyer.

Hongkong Cricket Club had the better of the Kowloon Cricket Club by nine shots.

Davies who, was opposd to A, W. Smith, who was making his de- but as skip, beat the latter by 10

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Kowloon Ecwling Green Club, shots. playing at Austin Road, had an 'Brawn trounced Overy by 19 easy time with Civil Service Cricket shots. Edwards was the outstand- Club to win by 20, shota..

ing player of the winning rink. Helland was once again playing Cart had a flying start against against Jones but this time had no Costello, who bad a positional dumculty in beating him by eight change with Maughan, and won shota,

29-11,

THIRD DIVISION

DETAILED RESULTS OF

EASTERN'S TOUR: PLAYED 21 AND WON 17

EASTERN ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, Senior Shield winners and runners-up in the Senior League last season, returned from their triumphant tour 'yesterday morning,

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Their tour, which was to have lasted four months only took. about two months and six days owing to Eastern's inability to obtain the necessary permission to tour India and Java though all arrangements had previously been made to play matches in these two places.

The biggest gate that Eastern

one.

$1

Eccleshall skip in Second Divi sion, was brought up to play No. 3 to Rakusen who made his bow

The Prison Officers caused Adrew during their tour was at as skip in the absence of HaTY surprise by losing to. Kowloon Singapore when they lost to the Strange. Rakusen has been playing Fotball Club.

All-Singapore X by two goals to No. 3 to Strange. Sherriff mët the Civil Service new skip and had the better of him by five shots.

Deakin was well ahead of Hall shots over Bagley was mainly res-arrived back in the Colony at and de well though they had been play- on the first ten heads but the ponsible for this unexpected interporter turned the tables when feat of the Prison Officers Club ing almost continuously for about he chalked up 14 shots on the who have lost the leadership of "next eight. Deakin broke the link the Third Division.

Great credit is due to Evans whose averwhelming victory of 15

The tour was a great success in all respecta and all the players.

two months.

A pleasing feature of the tour

by a singleton on the 19th head Hongkong Electric, playing af was the tremendous improvement and," the addition of two singles Ming Yuen, managed

on the last two heads, saw Hall win by seven shots.

Police Recreation Club, enter taining Recreio B managed to

a narrow shown by Cheung Kam-bol, East-

victory over Kowloon Green Club ern's inside-right who was the by three shots for which Thomson leading, serer of the tour. "With the experiences of this tour be- was mainly responsible.

Hongkong Football Club had an hind him he is expected to shine-

the this coming season, win by seven shots due to the overwhelming victory brillance of Shepherd's quartette Indian Recreation Club at the over J. J, Basto's rink. This was Valley.

over

the deciding factor of the game Hongkong Cricket Club, playing the whole tour- the other two rinks had tled. 19 at Chater Road against Craigen- Post was given the reins of gower Cricket Club, lost by two

all

the Police rink instead of Carey shots due to the heavy deleat of who was No. 3.

Lam at the hands of Wild.

On the adjacent rink Fender was short of his No. 2

but

managed Mr. A. 'N Other to complete the rink. He was play- ing slightly better than B. Basto.

24 beat Manila 4-3

25 beat Manila Selection 5-3

17 beat R.AF. 3–0

20 beat Penang Selection 3-2 27 beat Rangoon Champions 4—1 29 beat Ratgood Union 3-0 JULY

1 lost to Rangoon Selection 0-4

8 beat Penang Chinese 5-1 12 beat Ipoh 54-4

13 beat Ipoh Chinese 2-1

15 lost to Selangor Selection 26

17 beat Selangor Chinese 4-0.

21 beat Bingapore Chinese 4-1 P W L D F. A

21 17 3 1 81 38

LEADING SCORERS

The following were the leading goal scorers:

Cheong Kam-hot

Hau Ching-to

19

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FULL RESULTS The following is the full results of

MAY

V. K. Hyu!....

18

Lee Tackyar

9

Chow Man-chr..

Hsu King-sing

3

Chung Yung-sam

Tsao Chio-ting

1

The following 17 men comprised

Tsui Hang (Manager), Chan

Hin-hon, Woo Chi-Blang,

Tee

7 drew with Combined S'pore Kwok-wai, Tae Kim-hung,

2-2

Esu Eau

26 beat Manila Stars 6-2 **

FORECAST FOR THIS WEEK

29 beat Manila Chinese 7--1 JUNE

The Champions will play against

It was a ding dong struggle and Civil Service Cricket Club and

the Portuguese rink, with a three should have no difficulty in anner-

On the last head tied 19-all-sta

With slightly rearranged rinks. Kowloon Dock Recreation Club

ing yet another win. Mauri

Police Recreation Club will be at home to their neighbours,

the touring team-

6 beat S'pore Combined Services Fuk-yue (Hot Secretary), Lau

4-1.

9 lost to All-Singapore 'i-z

.11 beat Kuala Lumpur 6-2

13 beat 'pore Chinese Combined

King-sing, Lo Wai-kuen; Ching-to, Cheong Kam-hol, Trao Chow-ting, Lee Tucky, V. K. Byul, Chow Man-chi, Cheong Yung-sum, Kar Yau-leung and N.Z, Lee

F. K. Lau and C.C. Chiu (C.R.C.)

SPORTING

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1940.

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Sole Agents:

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St. George's iuilding, 2, Ice House Street,

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and Chung Sing Benevolent Bo- clety (Y.M.C.A, pool) 8 p.me/ TENNIS-Mixed Doubles Division.

C.R.C. v. University,.

SATURDAY AUGUST 3

TENNIS. "D" Division: C.R.C. LAWN BOWLS. First Division

"A". KIT.C., Filipino Club v. K.CO.

TOMOKROW SWIMMING.-Water-polo match between European Y.M.C.A.

Civil Service C.C. v. Recreto "A." Police R. v. Craigen- gower, Kowloon C.C. v. Kowloon Docks Recreto "B" V. Kowloon B.G.C., HK. Football Club v.

HONG KONG.

Indian R.C. Second Division Police R.C. v. Cralgengower, Re- creio Taikoo R.C., Kowloon B.G.C. v. Hongkong C.C., Kow- loon C. C. v. Kowloon Foot-' ball Club Third Division: Indian R.C. Craigengower v HK, H.K. Football Club Ÿ. Kowloon

Prison 0.0. Electric,

Football Club, Kowloon 8.0.C v. Hongkong C.C.

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