BILLIARDS.
PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIP; HOLDS WORTH WINS SECOND ROUND. - The second round of the Auckland provincial amateur billiards championship for the Billiards, Ltd., Shield was played last evening at' Messrs'. Billiards, Ltd.'s, showrooms, when C. Wilson, of -Matamata, played L. F. W. Holdsworth. Both players, quickly settled down. Holdswortli made runs of 29 and 24, Wilson retaliating with breaks of 20 and; 47. The. latter s gained, a slight advantage at the hundred mark. • Holdsworth played consistently at his next few visite to the ; table and • runs of _ 3-1, 21. ar-u 40 resulted:. He led by 70 points at the half-way mark; Wilson, who Was pLiving a gcod uphillgame, made further Tuns of 21 andy2Q. Holdsworth, however, continued to : score. freely? ; and ran to points. 's ' ■ ? f-y- ">■! Holds worth's best breaks were 29, 24, ! 31, 21, 46, 44, 36 and 33. C.' Wilson's beet j were 20, 47, 21. and 20..,.,- .... .1 R. Carrick, the Auckland champion, will I *"lay M. D.- White this evening. '
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 201, 25 August 1937, Page 21
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