lORROW will see the Hongkew Golf Club make their third bid for the Mercury Cup—the blue riband of local lawn bowls supremacy—when they will attempt to wrest the trophy from the hands of the Clube Lusitano in an all-Portuguese final at the greens of the Barbarians Bowling Club, starting at 3.30 p.m. Twice before have the H.G.C. bowlers entered the final, only to be knocked out in their critical match; if they are defeated again this year, they will probably earn the phrase "always a finalist, never a champion." mates abostd' in the eighth. It} his 3ist circuit drive of In the of the X lurnedein his Bid. soe Jimmy 6-6 Div. $51.70.
Unlike the Hongkew Golf Club, the Clube Lusitano captured the Mercury Cup the very first time that they made the final, This happened last season when they eliminated the Yangtszepoo Bowling Club in the deciding encounter. And judging from the performances of the Lusitano stalwarts this year, both in the League and the earlier Mercury Cup tussles, they mean to continue with the good work tomorrow.
The "Mug" Winners Up to the present, three clubs have had a. virtual monopoly of the Mercury Cup. these being the Shanghai Lawn Bowls Club, the Yangtszepoo Bowling Club and the Shanghai Recreation Club. Twice, however, other clubs managed to get a "look-in": in 1937, the Police Recreation Club had their name engraved on the trophy, end last year. the Clube Lusitano joined the ranks of the "giants."
The winners of "mug." since the competition was instituted in 1923; are as follows, figures in brackets indicating the number of triumphs:—
1923—Shanghai Lawn Bowls Club.
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