BILLIARDS

Press, Volume LXXX, Issue 24269, 29 May 1944, Page 3

BILLIARDS

CANTERBURY ASSOCIATION The president (Mr J. H. Clark) presided at the annual meeting of the Canterbury Amateur Billiards Association held recently. The report and balance-sheet, which was considered highly satisfactory, was adopted. The chairman said that the competitions throughout the season had been keenly contested, and that the standard of play had been exceptionally good. The successful teams in the inter-club tourney were A grade: A;A.O. (Albertson,. Kent, find Martin). B grade: Lichfield Club (Phillpots, Gibbons, and Dryden). C grade; R.S.A. (Shaw, Whitfield, and Kennedy), T. Elkis won the Canterbury billiards championship, G. Young the junior championship, and C. Phillpot the snooker. The following officers were elected:— president, Mr J. H. Clark; vice-president. Mr F. Cleveland: judicial committee, Messrs Clark, Cleveland, and Albertson; match committee, Messrs Kent, McGregor, Cleveland: honorary solicitor, Mr J. B. Corbett: honorary auditor, Mr E. R. Caygill; delegate to the New Zealand Amateur Billiards Control Council, Mr A. Albertson; delegate to Pioneer Club, Mr G. S, Simpson; honorary secretary and treasurer, Mr G. S. Simpson. It was reported that the New Zealand amateur billiards championship would be played at Christchurch in August, and the best players throughout the Dominion would be competing. Inter-Club Matches The following are the results of the inter-club billiards tournament:— A Grade.—Sydenham (Heaton 200. Simons 200, Clark 171) beat Lyttelton Railway (Elkis 183, Kearns 160, Park 200): W.M.C. I (Choate 200, Anderson 200, Prew 200) beat R.S.A. I (Franklin 194, Tini 169, Hill 194): .A.A.C. II (Prince 195, Grange 200, Griffith 200) beat W.M.C. II (Giles 200, Cranfield 199, King 197); A.A.C. I (Albertson 200, Kent 200, Martin 200) beat Pioneer (Goodchild 55, Blackburn 116, Collins 186). B Grade.—W.M.C. I (Ledgard 169. Barter 200, McWhinnie 200) beat Sydenham II (Harding 200. Milne 140, Howarth 143): Sydenham I (McCaffery 200, Simons 200, Moore 200) beat W.M.C. II (Sambrook 195. Hollows 190. Hamilton 166); P. and T. (McGregor 200, Rivers 200, McMenimen 200) beat R.S.A. (Lye 104, Blackburn 153, Winterbottom 187): Pioneer (Cawtheray 200, Taylor 200, Fisher 200) beat Lyttelton Railway (Morgan 95, Schroder 115, McLean 184). C Grade.—R.S.A. 1 (Kennedy 200, Thomson 200, Rooney 200) Leal P. and T. (East 124, McKenzie 103, Burl! HI); Pioneer (Shields 200. Anderson IS9. Jefferys 200) beat Collins 106, Slandering 200, Marriott He,