In the 1938 rules this has been mended slightly and reads:—
"4. When a game consists of a stated [number of heads, should it be found (when the given number of heads has [been played that the scores are equal, [gn, extra head shall be played, the jack being thrown by the side which won the previous head.
Whichever rules, the old or the new, are adopted in Hongkong the principle is the same and a tie obviated. The match in question was certainly 'a game' and the question of other games or matches in the series does not arise. Further elucidation upon this subject is eagerly awaited and will probably be available in the [detailed reports of the match when these arrive from Hongkong.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.