BILLIARDS.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20542, 10 May 1932, Page 10

BILLIARDS.

PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. <gg "" M'CONACHY'S BREAK OF 1432. . (raow our ows cokrespokdekt.} LONDON, March al. After doing so well against J. Davis in previous mutches it must come as a. disappointment to New Zcalanders that Clark McConachy should lose the match for the professional championship by 5902 points. ~*«„♦ The match was concluded last Saturday at Thurston's Hall. It had lasted "for a fortnight and was played bv time. Fairly early in the. match DW-Jook the 'lead, and was playing a follow-up game through ° U The New Zealanders-' best play was on ' Wednesday evening last, when ho made a break of 1432 It was whoj Davis missed a two-cushion cannon at the top of the table, which he had to plav very finely, that McConachy secured an opening (says <<The Times'' correspondent). Although he depended largely on a close-cannon game, McCon achv'/play all through was most interesting. He controlled the run of the balls with such good judgment that ho had verv few difficulties. When the break had reached 914 McConachy made a brilliant masse loser,; almost as easily as if it had been a siniple stroke, and he was applauded most warmly when he reached W figures. In scoring the first 1000 points, McConachy made runs of 47, 69, 56, 50, and 67 cannons, wnicn represented an average proportion oi points scored by this means in the present game. Continuing to play very cleverly, and varying his methods m an interesting and skilful way, McConachy made other runs of 51 and 120 cannons but when the break, had realised 1432 he missed a thin loser a few minutes before time. . . The closing scqres were:—Davis (.in play), 18,758; McConachy 14,019. Last Day's Play. Davis was in brilliant form or. the Fridav night, and at the close of play he was leading by 6073. Thus ou Saturday the result of the match was a foregone conclusion. Nevertheless, McConachy succeeded in reducing his opponent's lead considerably. Although his task was so hopeless,. McConachy played in the evening with the same enthusiasm and keenness he had showed all through the match, and he had ttie minor satisfaction* of outpointing his opponent by scoring 1113 for an average of 101, while Davis made 1053 for an average of 96. McConachy increased his break of 448 (unfinished) to 530, but he had to wait some time before he was able to make much more progress. Concentrating to a considerable extent ou the more popular form of scoring, Davis made runs of 46 and 56 cannons in a break of 339 at his first visit to the table, and at his next he made a break of 100, in which there were 31 consecutive cannons. A little safety play ended in Davis scoring off a double balk, and this enabled him to give a very good display while making a break of 373, which included runs of 35 and 39 cannons. McConachy then had more of the play. He played the all-round game well in a break of 283, and varied his methods afterwards in a very interesting way, scoring the last 63 points off the red ball in a run of 107 and making a run of 128 cannons in a break of 327. Davis had added a break of -200, the feature Of \vhich~was a run of 76 cannons, and in the remainder of the play McConachy made other runs of 222 and 43. The result' was:—Davis, 25,161; McConachy, 19.259.