BILLIARDS.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17221, 11 August 1921, Page 11

BILLIARDS.

2 -V N.Z. CHAMPIONSHIP. -.&• The> second-wand of ibo* New Zealand :-Billiards waa played yester- ■*' da? afterndon ana laat night in the Jellicc* 1 Hiil, R.B.A. Ckb. Th» match in the after--1 .'noon was between A. Bowie (Auckland) and B. Fredatovich (Auckland). Bowie started. * his fijst 100 when Yredatovich was 64, a " * tmk of SSLbelping him to get the lead. ,* i'Redatonch played some pretty cannons, bn t play was not aa good as on his previous * 'performance, and he had several futile visits ', jto tße table. Bowie had a lead of 36 when '-" reached 200. The latter player ■■ -iwnld and Bowie further inCtreMed hisf lead by * 87 break, and with a '*' Inbreak, in which thefe was a fluke. Bowie i-r-'-went W 411 when Fredatovich (plain ball) •\ '<Ni«a,iiKl. Bowie (spot) had a lead of 150 -»' 'when the plain ball player, ran to SOO, after j l * hatjnetfaued jot over half aa-.li«ur to make 'V',»a*-doubled figure break,' Fredatovich then J ( *,.etruek forav atd.by.noe play made a break 1 -' c olf 42, mostly Cff-ithe i*c «nto the centre pocket.' 'Be aiendilr reduwd hia opponent's 'detdj.artd made cental doable breaks. He was- only'ls behind-whetf" Bowie reached 500, , and-With a 49 break he got well ahead. From then onward the came was close. Bowie ww the first to teach the last century. Flaying a very'difficult cannon he was enabled to carry ft break oa to 27. when he mieeed

an easy cannon He then required SO to go out. Fredatovich was then 587, and a break of S3 helped him to get the lead, and he ran out" with an unfinished break of 36, the final scores being:— Fredatovich ■ ■■.. 666! Bowie . ■.... .. 6SB Double-figure breaks were:—' Fredatovich—l2, 13, 16, 10, 19, 10, 30, 11, 12, 13, U, 23, 12, 16, 10, 42. 16, 13, 29, 26, 10, 49, 19, 22, 36 (unfinished). Average per cue 6. " / Bowie—2o, 32, 12, 31, 16, 15, 17, 15, I*. 28, 37, 10., 17k iS, U; 12, '2O ; 23, 15, 27. Average per cue 5.75. _ The game in the evening was between'.W. Smith (Christchurch) and E. V. Roberta (Auckland). Smith opened his account with a break of 24, end shortly after obtained a '47, passing 100 when Roberts was only 24. Smith was in good form, .but Roberts was inconsistent, and on several occasions broke down on easy shots. When Robsrts reached his first 10 Smith was 230, but the AucKlartder commenced to improve, and made some fair scores. Smith got well ahead again, and was 497 wnen Roberta reacted 800. During the next round of the scoring board Smith maintained a lead of approximately 200, but after the Christchurch man had passed 800 Roberta came to l\ght witn I breaks of 87, 82, and 35, mostly obtained from losing hazards Smith's score was 606 when Roberts was 471,' and the local man ran out with a 25-unfinished break, the final scores being:— s Smith "?%£'■■■ Roberto •• * 3S Double-figure breaks were:— „ _ Smitb-14, 34, 47' 35. S3, 10, U. 83, 84, 16, 88, 11, 83, 81, 21, 10, 22. 19. 12. 10, 34, 25 (unfinished). Average per cue 8.3.

Roberts—l 4, 11, 11, 10, 15, 11. 12. 22. 23, 15, 36, 17, 11, 37, 82, 11, 35, 23. Average per cue 6.1 The semi-finals will be played this afternoon and to-night. The first match, starting at 2.30, will be between H; Warner (Christchurch) and R. Fredatovich (Auckland). In the evening H. G. Seideberg (Dunedin) will play W. Smith (Christchurch). This should prove to be the best game of the tournament. On form shown it was anticipated that Seideberg and Smith would have-.to fight off for the Dor— -Tn Championship, and it is somewhat unfortunate that they should be drawn to meet one another in the semi-final instead. The final match will be played on Friday night, when the Governor-General will attend.,