"The Shanghai Lawn Bowls Club had a disappointing day yesterday when the two teams which they had in the semi-finals of the Rinks Championships came to grief leaving this stitution" with only one of the pionship Trophies for the season "in its possession, the Single: by Wallace on Tuesday.
"At the Country Club T. Parry (skip), W. J. Ward, F, Hornbrook and E. Jacobs were defeated in a very close game by I. A. Beith (skip), F. G. Harrison, L. J. Davies and M. Hendry with the very narrow margin of 21 shots to 19, a score which indicates the tenseness of the-game, especially at the closing ends.
The play opened very much in favour of the Lawn Bowls Club side as they ran away with the first five ends scoring three singles, a 2 and a 3. With an 8-nil' lead against them, Beith and his men retaliated by taking the next five, or of which, the 9th, produced a five and left the score at the close of the 10th 11-8 in favour of the Country Club team.
The 5 which Beith had scored was liquidated in the 11th when Parry added the same figure to his total, the board then showing 18-11 in his "favour. A dong-dong game then ensued, each side alternatively taking singles until the 16th which concluded with Parry at 16 and Beith at 13. At this stage, Parry put forward a particularly brilliant piece of work. His opponents were lying 5 when he came up and rested the Country Club wood through taking the shot.
Tide Turns A different complexion was put upon the state of affairs in the end which followed, Beith gathering another 5 which put him in the lead whick position he strengthened with a single and a 2 which brought him up to 21 shots inst his opponents' 16 at the 19th. rry followed with single which left him four shots behind and one end to go, not a ove hopeful position, but with -a sporting chance.
At this exciting stage bf the game, the 21st end, the Lawn Bowls team were lying 3 after the No. 2's had played but Harrison rested the 3rd wood which left Parry with 2, a position which neither of the skips chang-
Both skips played a sound game
no 3's. The leads, Hendry and Jacobs t Harrison and Ward were steady were wells matched but Davies' had the edge on Hornbrook at No. 2. BA. Berm. End T. S. Panay
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