Shanghai, Sept, 21. AMOVING all doubts as to their superiority, the Hongkong Lawn Bowls team ran away with an astoundingly one-triumph of 40-14 against the Shanghai bowlers yesterday' on the: Shanghai Lawn Bowls Club green, this second Interport victory giving the Colony the possession of the Prentice Cup for the coming year at least. Having won two straight matches, Hongkong will not be affected by the third Interport which is to take place this! Saturday, The heavy win of the visitors is not so remarkable as the mediocre performance which was put up by the local four.
Though making a splendid start when they took a five on the very first head, the Shanghai men failed to impress as the game progressed, While their rivals scored an almost uninterrupted stream of points, Shanghai, which has been defending the Prentice Cup since 1934, managed to register only on five ends.
It took the Hongkong side only eight heads before they ran up a margin of 13 woods, leaving Shanghai behind by 18-5. Four ends later, the Colony were well out of reach when they stretched. their advantage to 20-8, "Never did the visitors allow carelessness to get the belter of them though they had victory well in their rasp. They ended in a blaze of lors, scoring on the last five ends {o wind up 26 shots ahead of their opponents, the score reading 40-14 in their favour, "Those who took part in the Inter port were:—"Int. Omar (skp), B. Hands Hall tio. 2):
Dungan "Yale. i), shamahalccsie" Wai "Fiiomaot (No. 5); (slap), argtoan (ig. 0th Omar again displayed his wizardry with the bowl, the Hongkong. skip huding both his weight and. green almost immediately, His perfect draws and drives, more often than not, were the sole means which Hong Kong had of saving a fast head. Leading for Hongkong, Duncan turned in his best performance of the visit when he landed his deliveries with skip with a draw which cut out his lent's Wood. Wallace, however ied_by striking in his original wood to lie one for the local team. Omar had another scheme. up. his sleeve; he "fired" his second wood and scattered the bowls, the jack coming to rest on a Hongkong shot to give the Colony a single.
'Omar came into his own once more fon the 19th end to earn a double for the southerners after being down two. Hongkong started off promisingly with' Duncan drawing up well on. to the jack with both. his "deliveries. Shanghai gained the Arst wood when Bell sat right on the jack; Thomson then came in for the second shot Faced with two woods against him, Omar swung his second shot for 9 desperate drive which reached its mark, carrying the Jack into the ditch to score a two for Hongkong and increase their lead to 35-14, With a single and a four, Hongkonyt finished strongly to romp ome with tone of the most convincing Tnterport victories seen for many' years, the final score showing them to be ahead by 26 shots.
The score-card of the match was as follows:— machine-like regularity on top of the Juck, whether through his forehand or his backhand.
Hall and Bradbury interchanged positions, with Bradbury moving into No. 3. "Their versatility permitted this manguvre and both played consistently throughout the match, On the Shanghai side, only Wallace and Bell displayed anything like their usual form, The Shanghai skip, though erratic at the opening stages of the match, played brilliantly on the last few heads, The indifferent support which he received probably caused his own play to deteriorate. There is little doubt that Bell, lead for the local side, was the steadiest bowler for Shanghai, Even when Hongkong wore far in front, he did not "allow himself to become ruffled fand continue to land his woods well snot RSs was sets" Fora lie coe tala 8 3 8
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