BILLIARDS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 205, 30 August 1926, Page 12

BILLIARDS.

AUCKLAND CHAMPIONSHIP. M. D. WHITE WINS THE FINAL. Piny in the Auckland amateur billiards championship was concluded on Saturdflv evening, whon M. D. White defeated E. V. Roberts. The winner will hold the Billinrds. Limited. Shield for nn» year. The flnnl session attracted n large gatherine at the showrooms of Billiards. Ltd. The scores nt the end of the previous sesu'nn wore ;—White, r>o2. in play : Roberts. 485. The former carried nn from 12 unfinished to 4!) before fniling. Roberts replying with n break of 20 nt his first visit. Wbiti- forced the pace and two cups Inter compiled a break of 40. He continued to piny nttrnetively. nnd heforc Roberts could pet going mndp four runs of over 20, and one over 30. thus establishing a lead of over 200 points. Roberts, however, rallied, nnd in oulek time added breaks of 23. 48. 30 and 45 to his total, reducing his opponent's lead considerably. White continued to play a foreins game and soon ndded breaks of 39 and 38. Almost immediately nfterw.irds he ndded n well-played nil-round break of 52. Roberts was In a hopeless position as fiy ns the scores were concerned, but rallied nsmln nnd ran up a 24 before fniling. This proved to be his Inst chance, as White then ran to points. The final scores were:— The best breaks were ns follow:—White. 49. 40, 20. 20. 23. 22. 37. 39, 38 and 52 White. 1000 : Roberts. 814. (average. 11.9 for final session and 10.1 for whole game). Roberts: 26, 23, 48, 30, 45 and 24. White fully deserved his win. He was remarknbly consistent throughout the two sessions, and should give a good account of himself in the New Zealnnd championships. B*t-<wts. after his good display in the first seslon, gnve ji disappointing exhibition, but throughout played with determination. On behalf of BilHnras. Limited, Mr. C. Cummins congratulated Mr. White on his win. and presnted him with the Billiards, Limited. Shield, which he will hold for one ypnr. also a'gold mednl for the Aucklnnd provincial champ'onship. The runner-up. Mr. Roberts, was presented with the set of balls used in th«; tournament. The prize for the highest -lireak was won by Mr. E. W. Warren, with a break of 87. NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIP. THE DRAW ANNOUNCED. The draw for the New Zealand Amateur Billinrd Championship, starting to-day, is ns follows :— First Round.—To-day, at 2.30, W Rae v. A. Smith. Second Round.—To-night, tat 730 IT. .T. Valentine v. H. A Massev ' Tuesday. August 31. at 2.30, A. B. Joplin v. W. E. Hackett: Tuesday, \u~ust 31 at 7.30, C. Mason v. E. W. Warren; Wednesday, September 1. at 130, S. Keefe v XTait: Wednesday, September 1 at 730 E. Stewart v. E. J. Morrison: Thursday Septeni'ber 2. 2.30. E. V. Roberts v. W Rne or A. Smith; Thursday. September 2. 7 30. F. B. Lovelock v. H. Siedebers; Friday September 3, 2.30. R. Fredatovich v. M. D.