Hongkong v. Shanghai Recreation Club The first of the series of Interport games was played on Tuesday, when the visitors from Hongkong met and were defeated by the Recreation Club by 2% points to 7. Although the margin was a large one, it must not be taken that Hongkong played badly, but that the Recreation Club four were brilliant. Also it must be remembered that the visitors had just completed a very strenuous voyage and have net had time to settle down. They occasionally showed signs of their true form and by the time the regular Interport matches fall due will no doubt be able to give Shanghai and Hankow a great fight.
The first few ends were productive of some very good bowling and the scores were kept down to singles, with an occasional two. At the 6th end the score read 5/2 in favour of the home side. The next five ends gave the club 9 shots, making the score 14/2. After the tea interval, the visitors began to pull up and scored five to the club's two and they had very hard luck in not securing another three, but Veitch robbed them by knocking out Ferguson and laying two. The score at the 17th was 16/7. After this Hongkong did not score again and the club piled on 8 more, thus winning by 2% to 7.
The teams were:
Hongkong—J. Ferguson (skip), R. Wallace, J. McMurtie and RB. Lapsley, 7.
Recreation Club.—H. Veitch (skip), T. E. Poignand, Phillips and Wallace, 24.
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