BILLIARDS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 219, 16 September 1930, Page 13

BILLIARDS.

AUCKLAND AMATEUR TITLE.

™ ■ SURPRISE DEFEAT OF;. WHITE.

The' surprise' of last night's billiards indtch at Messrs, Billiards, Limited, showrrinin<* fnr the Auckland provincial am&tcur t ie defeat of M. D. White, by 11. A. , Masst J bv 10° points. White commenced well, makin- breaks of 3T and 20 in his .second and"ftiurth vJßite -respectively. Massey was playing consistently, and put u l| ' l ljr ®' l , if 2'> but White at once retaliated and made"" the same number, andl. finally reached the 100 mark vritli a small lea a. v. With a run of 25 soon afrn - the century was reached by White, Masse' e score; They were again level , VUiite <«Aiiin'Ulnf? a 25 and 22* nnd Massty a White was also first to reach the 200 mark, inn kin tr a break of 22, and secured lead. Then Massey, reasserting himself, compiler a record break of 7-1 and lion.- on? of 2b, which means that,he compil'-d 100 in tu visits to the table. A further bveak nf i., by Massey gave him a score being: Massey •-> IS. »\hite -1-. ln<. balls ran badly for White at. tins : sta ij' J and he scored only ?0 odd ~J, visits to the table. Mass.»y; rrodjwl tb<-■ - 4W mark with ft lead o£ oiei f reduced, hif -opponent« load a•'S break. He was unable-to makuup use leeway, ns-Massey added a '«r'lter.J)r«Mv ol 37 and ran out a winner by JO.. P™»«> . The final score was:—ll. A. Mae.se>. s<>, breaks of 22, .25. S3; <4,. •_(>. and M. D. White. 33S ; breaks ot—7, -p.■, —, -<>, po 22. and 2S. •~\v. E. llackett will play 11. A.. Massey In the final, commencing to-night-., tne_ match will be 1000 up in two; sessions of soo. ; '' . ■ .