The remaining semi-final of the Shanghai Lawn Bowls Club Singles Championship was played off yesterday evening, T. S. Parry defeating A. Harvey by 21 shots to 8 in a game which lasted 16 ends: Two fellow skips of the Blues, Parry and Wallace, will therefore meet in the final.
In spite of the discrepancies in the closing scores, yesterday's match was a good one. Harvey opened the scoring by taking a single and a 2 in the first two ends. Parry then took matters in hand winning the next four ends, the sequence culminating with a 3 at the 6th which left the shots at this stage of the, game 8-3 in his favour. Two singles by Harvey brought his side of the score-board up to 5 but his opponent then produced a very useful 4. Harvey followed this with a 2. A single and two 2's by Parry made his shots 17 at the 13th end whilst Harvey registered 7. Two singles then followed, one each.
At the beginning of the 16th, Parry was leading by 18-8. He was lying lone and the game concluded by Harvey bumping up á couple of his opponents woods, leaving Parry with the three shots he required for game.
Conditions towards the close of the match were somewhat dimeult on account of the rain which commenced during the last few ends.
T. S. Panay
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