The "Mercury" Cup The final round in the "Mercury" Cop lawn bowls competition was held on Sunday afternoon on the greens of the Junior Golf Club in Mongkew Park between the Shang-jai Lawn Bowls Club and the Resention Club lawn bowls team. The ch resulted in a very close score, this being 71 to 66 in favour of the] S.L. B.C, This is the fourth time jo) succession that the cup hes been won by thay club. ret the end of the Set five ends the sore wels tied at 18 shots apiece. Between the tenth ends the Rees succeeded in gaining seven points, the score be-Ing 87 to 30. By the Sfteenth end the Lawn Bowls Club had out this Jead to four points, 47 to 51 and ay the end of the nineteenth end here was only one point separating the two teams, and that being in favour of the Rect. The last two ends resulted in wins for the Lawn Bowls Club. Of the four rinks playing, two were won by the S. L. B, C, and two by the Recreation Following the match, the "Mercury" Cup was presented to the winning club by Mr. W. J. Davey of the Shanghai "Mercury," who made an appropriate speech. This was answered by the captains of oth the competing clubs. It was announced that the individual spoons for the winners had not yet arrived and would be presented at a Tater date.
The following is the score ty rinks and the state of the game heat fat the various endsi—
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