A difference of four pins separated the first two pairs on completion of the first. round of the Ladies Doubles Duckpin Championship at the Columbia Country Club yesterday.
Garnering a fine triple of 318, Miss McIntyre helped her partner, Miss Hykes who made 283, to lead Mis Volein and Mrs. Kwok by a margin of 601-597. Miss Volein was in brilliant form as she chalked up the best triple of 325.
Mrs. Malleck and Mrs. Horton, one of the strongest contenders, took third place with 574. Mrs. Horton turned in a nice job, with 317 pins, Full results follow:—.
Miss Hykes. 102 90 91 233 Miss Mcintyre 97 92 129 518
Grand Total...
Mrs Kwok ce 92 94 96 2 Miss yew w... 2 114 119 32
Reynolds showed up well, his hooking and open; play being both vigorous and productive of results, while Lieut. Culmer, who led the forwards, kept the line well together and always up on the ball which naturally resulted in the Scottish outsides seeing but little of the ball for long intervals.
Spittle and Kerrick, stand-off and scrum-half respectively for England, played an inspiring game and it w: largely due to the efforts of these two that England was able secure the ball so often. Kerrick's work at the base of the scrum was undoubtedly the finest seen in Shanghai this axon and he was not only able to set his threes off time after time but also able to baffle McGregor with the eatest of ease.
White, too, played better than ^itherto this autumn, his forceful cunning, change of pace and clever "ut-through continually having the opposing defence in a tangle. Kenvedy, the: Scottish captain, was cromment but, leading a beaten de, he was rarely able to get his forwards into their stride. The Scottish pack did not down quickly enough and then not always in corred order.
ENGLAND: Sgt. Hamlin; J. W. M. Martin, R. H. Roe, A. G. White; P.J. A Innes, Lieut. Spitile, Lieut, Kerrick: W. D. Pearson, R. A. O. Mayne, H U. Lieut. Culmer, Sailmaker Lieut, Savage, P. B. Tay, R. Burch SCOTLAND: W. H. B. Rigg; I. M. Hutchison, C. T. Crowe, L/Cpl Pte. Carruthers; Lieut. R. D. Ma. Laglen. J. A. McGregor; A. M. Kenned, G. G. Brown, M. O. Liddell, Pte. Wal mosley, Pig. Peck, Lieut. I A. Mac-Tapen, D. M. Wheeler, L/Cpl. Wand.
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