Shangha Lawn Bowls Club Maintain Early; Lead to Defeat Yangtszepoo Bowling Club Shanghai, July 31.
N the greens of the Shanghai- Recreation Club yesterday afternoon the Shanghai Lawn Bowls Club defeated the Yangtszepoo Bowling Club in the final of the Mercury Cup competition afler a well fought game, the closing scores being 87 shots to 71. The S.L.B.C. took the lead from the beginning and never fell behind throughout the en game.
Three of the inks were very evenly matched, as will be seen from the detailed score, but H. Wallace, although behind at the! end of the 6th end, his opponent having piled up 5 shots in the Sth, finished with a margin of 27 shots to 10, taking a succession of ones and twos fromthe 7th end onwards.
The Lawn Bowls Club won ree rinks but H. Finnigan, one of the skips of the losing side, came out} fon top with 23 shots to 19. W. J. Monk started off with 4 shots in both the first and second end. but J. B, Harvey, by dint of steady pla; Bradually crept up and. finished close loser by 20 shels to 19.
At the 18th the Yangtszepoo Bow!- ing Club were 19 shots behind, but four by Finnigan and a 3 by Harvey helped to reduce this total before the close of the game.
The progress of play can be estimated better from the following:— wu Bowls League VBC. Beat 5G.
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