BILLIARDS CHAMPIONSHIP.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 1, 3 January 1922, Page 5

BILLIARDS CHAMPIONSHIP.

k j WIN FOR McCONACHY. ,f j NEWMAN'S RECORD BREAK. LONDON. January _. 1 C. McConachy. the New Zealand hilI liard champion, conceding T. Aiken, the ! Scottish champion. 4000 in a match of lii.iHiu up. defeated him with a margin ;of 373. Aiken's score being 15.627. McI ( una.-lis- on the final day made breaks |of .147. 260. ISo. 167. and 164. I Playing against ' . Fa-lkiner. C. New 1 man 'made a re.-oi-d break of 1274. At. • tithe . 10-c of play on Friday he had a 'reached 11'"- unfinished. On resuming nI on Saturday he increased this tn 1274. ..-'sshen he accidentally fouled hi? i p..orient's ball Newman is showing j! . .1 r.iordinary brilliant form, averaging _', thre" figures at nearly every session. ~j Hi- best average sr> far is 204 for four 1P si-its to tl-» table. He has held the Vie..,] throughout the match, hi? chief ~i break? being 1*274. 3811, 365. 341. 301. -ofi. a ' and 217. Falkiner has made breaks of -c 423. 372. 3C2. and 347. Th- sores al the close of play on ' Saturday svere: •t.' Vp-r-nan • firifi " t- Falkiner I*-" 1 " 1 a V.'. Smith is playing M. lnman in ft V, match ~t 16.000 up. After a bad star: Smith overhauled hi- onpnivnt. *'"' -...:.-? a", the , lose of play on Saturday 5„.".,h 7.17.1 lnman - - '•'-* mad,- break. ..: W.T. 370. 33!. 320. 307. 274. 2.-,'. 2.".3. and 3..1. Ir.man ■, .-■ ; n '•.. svas piaving consistently, made S mciv break? over 100. but none reached / ,-._ . -_•,„, I.A. and N.Z. ( able , "■' j TWO CRACKS STAND OUT. '•' i Ke-nli-erl V'f.o a m t,ONT*ON. January 2. is • > p orting Life" states tha Smit.h will .... ' „-. f'-em-r... in 'he Hill'-rd- champion it ii.jp refusing to Pay in a small hall "k I ....hi'.-ii do--s rot p-rniit ol an adequate *c liuar.cin' return, inman i? also a non- * stari'-r. A. Nrsvman. Beece. Falkiner, and McCon--1 .s'-hv intend to compete. — (A. and N.Z.)