BILLIARDS TOURNEY.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18194, 3 October 1924, Page 12

BILLIARDS TOURNEY.

♦ R.S.A. V. CANTERBL R1 CLUB. Great interest taken at the Returned 1 Soldiers' Club last night, when » return snooker tournament vas -piayed. aetyeen members o: the R.S.A. and the ("lub A manth aio members of the R.S.A, tvp»e the guests of the Canterbury Club, a similar set-to resulting in a draw. Last evening the Returned Soldiers won oy .-3 points to 671—cr four matches to t*o. At a social gathering after the were conclnded, Mr Cummins, treasury ol .bo Rs A. welcomed the guests, and trusted thev had spent a ver>- en;-oyaDle ereniag. Th« Returned Soldiar3 Tvere p.easea to entertzia them. At the same time he owffed that the visitors tvere sorne'vha. h.ve tac "Uaors—when the other side :ost tliej thought what good the other men xrcre. There social games Drought anout a great deal of good among members of the community. Mr Barrett, on behalf of the Canteraurv Club. espressed the appreciation or the members of that body for the courtesy and hospitality extended them by the returned men in their fine and up-to-date clnb, -which ■was second to none in the Dominion. Mr C. Wood ''Canterbury Club) ate> expressed thanks for the hospitality extended. Mr W. E. Leadley. secretary cf the Association, said they were pleased to have the Canterbury Club members amongst them. He expressed a hepo that the fnncticn ircuid be but th<s Srst cf many more. Following are detailed results; FIRST GAMES. Smith (R.S.A.) 71. Wocd (C.C.s. 28. Barrett ;C.C.) 50, Pitcaithley (R.S.A.i -27. Ritchie (R.S.Ab. 62, Rhodes tC.C.) 20. "McDonald (R.S.A.) 33, Harman (C.C.i 31. secoxb games. Hannan (C.C.) 48, McDonald (R.S.Ab .T3. Pitcaithlev (R..5.A.) 60. Barrett (C.C.) 30. Wood (C.C.) 54, Smith {U.S.A.) r>7. Ritchie (R.S.A.) 51, Rhodes (C.C.) 31. THIRD GAMES. "Wood (C.C.) 43, Smith (E.S.A.) 37. Pitcaithiev (R.S.A.) 53, Barrett +7. McDonald" (R.S.A.) 66, Harman (C.C.) 33. In the match between Ritchie {R.S.A.) and Rhodes (C.C.), the ktter defaulted, owing to Ritchie winning the two previous matches. Gordon (C.C.) beat Forrest (E.S.A.). H. J. Sniffht (R.S.A.) 17, Wood (C.C.) 31. Wood won the second and Knight the third game. Measra Wilson, Crawford, Morton, and Mitchell were the official markers. Mr H. Fleck was in charge of the entertaining oi the gests.